God Protects a Devotee

November 3, 2006

Poonthanam was a great devotee of Lord Guruvaayoorappan. He and

Bhattathiri, the author of Naaraayaneeyam were great friends.

Bhattathiri had presented Poonthanam a ring that Poonthanam always

wore.

Poonthanam used to go through a forest to Guruvayoor to have the

darshan of the Lord.

One day he got delayed when he started. As a result of starting

late, it was twilight and he was still walking in the forest. Three

robbers waylaid him. The robbers started searching him. Poonthanam

was very scared and prayed to his Lord. Suddenly there was sound of

horses. Hearing the noise the robbers ran away. The minister of

Guruvayoor was coming accompanied by his soldiers.

Poonthanam thanked the minister for his timely help and begged him

to accept a gift as a token of gratitude. The minister asked for the

ring that Poonthanam was wearing.

Though Poonthanam knew that it was given to him as a token of

affection by Bhattathiri, he decided that he should give him the

ring. Accordingly he removed the ring and gave it to the minister.

The minister went away and Poonthanam reached Gururvaayoor safely.

That night, the temple priest had a dream. The Lord appeared in the

dream and told him to remove the ring in his foot and return it to

Poonthanam as it was his.

The next day, Poonthanam came into the temple after his bath. The

temple priest promptly brought him the ring that he had found on the

Lord's feet and returned it conveying his dream.

Poonthanam was speechless! Only now, did he realised who had come as

the Guruvaayoor minister.

" GOMU " <gokulmuthu

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