Sharada Temple, Priest and 9'th Debilitated !!!

[Guest guest]

Dear Group and Mr. Nair,

 

This is my storey... at Shardaa temple, Maihar !!

 

Those were the days, I was like any software engineer, logical, self

believing and bit rough thinking I m part of other world, open world.

 

Religion and belief were hardly in my dictionary though I used to chant

Gayatri Mantra every day but that as more like a routine exercise,

neither I was understanding it's meaning nor I was trying to know

(9'th moon debilitated though aspected by saturn)

 

 

 

My father got retired and I was going alon the truck with our luggage,

my driver was a mischievous man, he was trying to convince me to allow

him to have some alcohol drink, I was not. We covered some 450 km on our

way and reached Maihar, Maihar means " Mother's Home " . It

was a pleasant evening around 5:30 pm.

 

 

 

He began insisting me to visit temple, I had no interest, as I wanted to

reach my village as early as possible and still 5 hrs journey was left

to cover, which is reduced to 3 hrs now. Looking his grave mood, I got

agreed and decided to climb the hillock, it has got 1400-1500 stairs.

The temple was though renovated some 30-40 yrs, it was built during Huna

dynasty somewhere year 400-450 AD. There is a stone writing in PRAKRIT

script, which is though similar to Sanskrit still difficult to

understand.

 

 

 

In the temple there are two black granite idols, one is Maa Sharda and

the other is Narsimha or Nrisingh.

 

 

 

Sharada is the goddess of speech, intellect, learning and art, in human

body she dwells in tip of the tongue. I was searching the meaning of the

term " Sharada " , A tantrik classic, Sharada Tilak says

" Sharda is she who liberates " .

 

 

 

Well, I had nothing to do with temple or idol, we started climbing the

stairs, he challenged me to cross all the stairs in one run, I was

though healthy, reluctant to running, but we started running non stop

and I covered some 1300+ stairs. He too. Then he got tired and stopped

near a water pump. I was already looking somewhere to stop.

 

 

 

We continued after a while, it was nearly 6:40 pm. A devotee who was

coming down, told me that in a minute or so, evening prayer will begin,

you should go and participate in it. I okayed for it, and we reached

inside the temple, all sweating and breathing heavily. After the evening

prayer (Sandhya) finished, I thought to worship mother divine, I looked

around for sticks and match box. As I reached before the main gate

(GarbhGriha), I lit the match box and started doing aarti with burning

sticks of agarbatti, my hand was moving up to complete the round, but

got stuck, I was looking at the idol and trying to pull down my hand, it

was stuck and I got a blow. Angry I, turned back, that was the stupid

policeman, who took away my agarbatti sticks and put them out.

 

 

 

I asked him why he is doing such a stupidity, he started shouting at me,

I asked the Priest's son sitting inside Garbh Griha and requested

him to allow me to let me complete my aarti, he didn't listen to me,

moreover, he asked the policeman to push me out. I was humiliated, no

one was there to speak for me, I still thought to approach the main

priest, he too remained standstill, didn't respond and ignored my

presence.

 

 

 

I was burning in anger, I was ready to fight with policeman, now they

were two, there were 20 – 30 people present. I started abusing That

Priest and his Son both, now I was looking so fiery and dangerous they

didn't come near me, I was abusing them both father and son for

misbehaving and insulting to me (9'th debilitated moon fighting with

established dharma), they were people, engaged in making money using

their position in the temple and other than money they had no interest.

 

 

 

Any way I went to back side of the temple, tears were rolling down the

cheeks.

 

 

 

My Driver came near me, sympathizing, I started abusing him with all bad

words, then I recalled, this is the temple where mother god itself sits,

doesn't she see my getting insulted by none other than her priest, I

started abusing mother with all sort of bad words. Whatever gali

(abusing words) I knew, I gave to mother. She was the only one

responsible for my insult before her idol only. I was crying for half an

hour, when driver left me, I don't know.

 

 

 

I was alone in the temple, I wanted to kill the priest and mother god

both. Now it was getting darker. And I had to come down. I stepped in

the stairs.

 

 

 

Gradually, reached the ground and again I burst upon my driver and

mother god. There was no end of my anger. Driver was though a

mischievous man, he was god fearing too, he got scared that he may eat

the fruits of all my sin that I was incurring by my abusive wordings to

mother.

 

 

 

He tried to calm down me, managed water and cold drink and asked me if I

don't believe the God, I said do u believe this sort of God? He

again remained silent.

 

 

 

Then I told him that I will never visit this temple again in my life.

Neither any one from my future generation, he said to me that it's

no good saying this and shouting...

 

 

 

He also said, If I may come, may be mother will welcome me, I said ok,

if this cheep priest gives me his place to worship the goddess and that

police man gives me agarbatti sticks to burn and do the aarti, I will

put my faith on her feet, He had no idea but to cool me down he said,

for God these are silly things.

 

 

 

Three years spent, I forgot what I said to driver.....

 

 

 

After completing my Masters in Computers, I started teaching in REGIONAL

ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF BHOPAL, MACT but had to left that Job and I

started my own firm, I was in web designing, small scale software

development.

 

 

 

I saw an opportunity and thought to design a website on the Maihar

temple and put my offer before the tourism ministry of MP Govt.

 

 

 

To collect some photographs and literature, again I had to go same

Maihar temple, my objective was different, money, name and fame, had no

faith on so called mother divine, goddess of learning the Sharda.

 

 

 

As taking photographs was restricted, I went to temple's office,

told about my objective, one man was taking interest in my ideas, he

managed to get me permission and did a phone call to security guard on

duty, but he didn't ask my name.

 

 

 

This time I was bit slow, climbing stairs conveniently. As I reached

inside the temple, opened my camera, The guard came to me, and suggested

to do a Puja. I was reluctant for doing Puja, I refused to do Puja and

took some photographs.

 

 

 

Now, I reached before same door to Garbh Griha, Another guard came to

me, Gave me Burning Sticks and told me to do aarti, I refused, He

insisted. I looked at my friend who came along, He was interested to do

an aarti, He took the sticks, Again guard gave me another bunch of the

sticks, I though not interested, did a round of hands with sticks in the

air, then what happens is, The Priest stands up and calls me inside the

Garbh Griha. I went inside and he outside.

 

 

 

I sat on his asana, He brought some chunni that we offer to mother and

flowers, gave to me and started doing prayers, now in a flash , I

recollected what I said to my driver in my first visit, He was same

Priest and the Policeman or security guard was same gurad who took away

burning sticks from my hand.

 

 

 

Any way, the priest completed his Puja for me, I was sitting on his

ASAANA, he was arranging a homa, He told me to go and touch the feet of

mother, and I touched the feet of real idol, I saw she is like

Saraswati, four hands keeping Book in one of hand and blessing with

another, Veena on the other one. It was thrilling, My friend and Priest

were out of Garbh Griha. I was there for some 20-25 minutes.

 

 

 

I was startled, does it mean there is God, does it mean it exists, does

it mean It listens to our prayers or abusive words ... etc.. when I went

out, I shared whole storey with my friend and we dropped the idea to

make a web site to promote our business rather I decided to design and

dedicate a web site to Maa Shardaa, however, this wish is yet to

complete. It's now 7 yrs to that incident. I realized a change in

me. I had to close my firm and came back to doing a Job with MNC, Now I

earn many more times.

 

 

 

Have been a star performer in my company for the last two years and

quite happy.

 

 

 

Next I went two more times to that temple and met a great saint in

nearby hillock, that's also a touching storey.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Lalit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hare rama krishna,

 

dear lalit ji,

 

Reading it was a nice experience for me,it has given me the real

effect of satsang, do keep posting ur other storey of saint also

 

thanks and regrds

 

sunil nair

 

om shreem mahalaxmai namah.

vedic astrology , " litsol " <mishra.lalit

wrote:

>

>

> Dear Group and Mr. Nair,

>

> This is my storey... at Shardaa temple, Maihar !!

>

> Those were the days, I was like any software engineer, logical, self

> believing and bit rough thinking I m part of other world, open world.

>

> Religion and belief were hardly in my dictionary though I used to

chant

> Gayatri Mantra every day but that as more like a routine exercise,

> neither I was understanding it's meaning nor I was trying to know

> (9'th moon debilitated though aspected by saturn)

>

>

>

> My father got retired and I was going alon the truck with our luggage,

> my driver was a mischievous man, he was trying to convince me to allow

> him to have some alcohol drink, I was not. We covered some 450 km on

our

> way and reached Maihar, Maihar means " Mother's Home " . It

> was a pleasant evening around 5:30 pm.

>

>

>

> He began insisting me to visit temple, I had no interest, as I wanted

to

> reach my village as early as possible and still 5 hrs journey was left

> to cover, which is reduced to 3 hrs now. Looking his grave mood, I got

> agreed and decided to climb the hillock, it has got 1400-1500 stairs.

> The temple was though renovated some 30-40 yrs, it was built during

Huna

> dynasty somewhere year 400-450 AD. There is a stone writing in PRAKRIT

> script, which is though similar to Sanskrit still difficult to

> understand.

>

>

>

> In the temple there are two black granite idols, one is Maa Sharda and

> the other is Narsimha or Nrisingh.

>

>

>

> Sharada is the goddess of speech, intellect, learning and art, in

human

> body she dwells in tip of the tongue. I was searching the meaning of

the

> term " Sharada " , A tantrik classic, Sharada Tilak says

> " Sharda is she who liberates " .

>

>

>

> Well, I had nothing to do with temple or idol, we started climbing the

> stairs, he challenged me to cross all the stairs in one run, I was

> though healthy, reluctant to running, but we started running non stop

> and I covered some 1300+ stairs. He too. Then he got tired and stopped

> near a water pump. I was already looking somewhere to stop.

>

>

>

> We continued after a while, it was nearly 6:40 pm. A devotee who was

> coming down, told me that in a minute or so, evening prayer will

begin,

> you should go and participate in it. I okayed for it, and we reached

> inside the temple, all sweating and breathing heavily. After the

evening

> prayer (Sandhya) finished, I thought to worship mother divine, I

looked

> around for sticks and match box. As I reached before the main gate

> (GarbhGriha), I lit the match box and started doing aarti with burning

> sticks of agarbatti, my hand was moving up to complete the round, but

> got stuck, I was looking at the idol and trying to pull down my hand,

it

> was stuck and I got a blow. Angry I, turned back, that was the stupid

> policeman, who took away my agarbatti sticks and put them out.

>

>

>

> I asked him why he is doing such a stupidity, he started shouting at

me,

> I asked the Priest's son sitting inside Garbh Griha and requested

> him to allow me to let me complete my aarti, he didn't listen to me,

> moreover, he asked the policeman to push me out. I was humiliated, no

> one was there to speak for me, I still thought to approach the main

> priest, he too remained standstill, didn't respond and ignored my

> presence.

>

>

>

> I was burning in anger, I was ready to fight with policeman, now they

> were two, there were 20 – 30 people present. I started abusing

That

> Priest and his Son both, now I was looking so fiery and dangerous they

> didn't come near me, I was abusing them both father and son for

> misbehaving and insulting to me (9'th debilitated moon fighting with

> established dharma), they were people, engaged in making money using

> their position in the temple and other than money they had no

interest.

>

>

>

> Any way I went to back side of the temple, tears were rolling down the

> cheeks.

>

>

>

> My Driver came near me, sympathizing, I started abusing him with all

bad

> words, then I recalled, this is the temple where mother god itself

sits,

> doesn't she see my getting insulted by none other than her priest, I

> started abusing mother with all sort of bad words. Whatever gali

> (abusing words) I knew, I gave to mother. She was the only one

> responsible for my insult before her idol only. I was crying for half

an

> hour, when driver left me, I don't know.

>

>

>

> I was alone in the temple, I wanted to kill the priest and mother god

> both. Now it was getting darker. And I had to come down. I stepped in

> the stairs.

>

>

>

> Gradually, reached the ground and again I burst upon my driver and

> mother god. There was no end of my anger. Driver was though a

> mischievous man, he was god fearing too, he got scared that he may eat

> the fruits of all my sin that I was incurring by my abusive wordings

to

> mother.

>

>

>

> He tried to calm down me, managed water and cold drink and asked me if

I

> don't believe the God, I said do u believe this sort of God? He

> again remained silent.

>

>

>

> Then I told him that I will never visit this temple again in my life.

> Neither any one from my future generation, he said to me that it's

> no good saying this and shouting...

>

>

>

> He also said, If I may come, may be mother will welcome me, I said ok,

> if this cheep priest gives me his place to worship the goddess and

that

> police man gives me agarbatti sticks to burn and do the aarti, I will

> put my faith on her feet, He had no idea but to cool me down he said,

> for God these are silly things.

>

>

>

> Three years spent, I forgot what I said to driver.....

>

>

>

> After completing my Masters in Computers, I started teaching in

REGIONAL

> ENGINEERING COLLEGE OF BHOPAL, MACT but had to left that Job and I

> started my own firm, I was in web designing, small scale software

> development.

>

>

>

> I saw an opportunity and thought to design a website on the Maihar

> temple and put my offer before the tourism ministry of MP Govt.

>

>

>

> To collect some photographs and literature, again I had to go same

> Maihar temple, my objective was different, money, name and fame, had

no

> faith on so called mother divine, goddess of learning the Sharda.

>

>

>

> As taking photographs was restricted, I went to temple's office,

> told about my objective, one man was taking interest in my ideas, he

> managed to get me permission and did a phone call to security guard on

> duty, but he didn't ask my name.

>

>

>

> This time I was bit slow, climbing stairs conveniently. As I reached

> inside the temple, opened my camera, The guard came to me, and

suggested

> to do a Puja. I was reluctant for doing Puja, I refused to do Puja and

> took some photographs.

>

>

>

> Now, I reached before same door to Garbh Griha, Another guard came to

> me, Gave me Burning Sticks and told me to do aarti, I refused, He

> insisted. I looked at my friend who came along, He was interested to

do

> an aarti, He took the sticks, Again guard gave me another bunch of the

> sticks, I though not interested, did a round of hands with sticks in

the

> air, then what happens is, The Priest stands up and calls me inside

the

> Garbh Griha. I went inside and he outside.

>

>

>

> I sat on his asana, He brought some chunni that we offer to mother and

> flowers, gave to me and started doing prayers, now in a flash , I

> recollected what I said to my driver in my first visit, He was same

> Priest and the Policeman or security guard was same gurad who took

away

> burning sticks from my hand.

>

>

>

> Any way, the priest completed his Puja for me, I was sitting on his

> ASAANA, he was arranging a homa, He told me to go and touch the feet

of

> mother, and I touched the feet of real idol, I saw she is like

> Saraswati, four hands keeping Book in one of hand and blessing with

> another, Veena on the other one. It was thrilling, My friend and

Priest

> were out of Garbh Griha. I was there for some 20-25 minutes.

>

>

>

> I was startled, does it mean there is God, does it mean it exists,

does

> it mean It listens to our prayers or abusive words ... etc.. when I

went

> out, I shared whole storey with my friend and we dropped the idea to

> make a web site to promote our business rather I decided to design and

> dedicate a web site to Maa Shardaa, however, this wish is yet to

> complete. It's now 7 yrs to that incident. I realized a change in

> me. I had to close my firm and came back to doing a Job with MNC, Now

I

> earn many more times.

>

>

>

> Have been a star performer in my company for the last two years and

> quite happy.

>

>

>

> Next I went two more times to that temple and met a great saint in

> nearby hillock, that's also a touching storey.

>

>

>

> Regards,

>

> Lalit.

>

>

>

>

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