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> Samartha Ramadas

> `Oh dear! Look at the face of the bride ! Imagine

> her fate !

> If you desert her now, at the verge of marriage will

> anybody marry

> her ?'

> `Think of the condition of the father ! Can he

> recover from

> the shock ? To find a bridegroom itself is a

> difficult task. Can he

> find yet another bridegroom now? The father of an

> unmarried girl

> can't rest in peace. How can he ever rest in peace

> if the marriage

> comes to a stand still at the verge of

> performance.?'

> The bridegroom paid no heed to the pleadings of the

>

> relatives or the reasoning of his friends. He just

> walked out

> without uttering a single word.

> The news that the bridegroom walked out of the

> mantap,

> walked out of the girl's life, walked out of his

> parents, walked out

> of the society - spread like wild fire. The

> commotion came to a

> stand still for a long minute. The brahmin's voice,

> chanting

> mantras, ceased. The music stopped as if shocked at

> the turn of

> events.

> Then people started commenting in their own way

> depicting

> their mentalities. `If he is not interested , why

> didn't he inform

> beforehand ? What right has he to spoil the bright

> future of a

> young girl ? Such people have to be lined up and

> shot at with one

> bullet ! He liked the girl, he agreed to marry but

> suddenly

> something went wrong somewhere !' `May be something

> is wrong with

> the girl'. `Whatever is the reason, we are just a

> tool in God's

> hand. It is destined to happen. He is destined to

> remain a bachelor

> and the girl is destined to suffer. Who are we to

> criticize God's

> ways ?'

> Whatever were the reactions of the people, the boy

> who

> walked out cared a foot for them. He remained an

> irresponsible brat

> before everybody. He left sorrow in the hearts of

> many. His name was

> Naroba. He looked irresponsible, but he was the most

> responsible

> person. He attained self realization. He looked

> inefficient in the

> samara sagara but he swam over the sagara quite

> efficiently. He

> became a blessed soul and won the name of Samardha

> Ramadas in due

> course.

> Naroba was born to Suryajipanth and Nirubai in a

> village

> called Jamba in Aurangabad district. He lost his

> father at the age

> of eight and father's death developed a detachment

> in him. We use

> the words `Smasana vairagyam', `Prasuthi vairagyam'.

> We develop this

> detachment or vairagya when we see the death of

> somebody close. A

> woman develops prasuthi vairagya at the time of

> delivery. But these

> are short lived. Very soon we are brought back to

> this mundane

> world and continue to be chained by our desires, by

> our relatives

> and so on. But the vairagya in Naroba was sincere

> and serious. He

> was sick of the world around. He wanted to seek the

> blessings of God.

> One day he went to the temple of Lord Hanuma in the

>

> outskirts of the village. He was thrilled at the

> darshan of Hanuma

> and with tears of joy expressed his feelings. He

> sought the

> blessings of Hanuma to be relieved from the world

> around. Hanuma

> realized the urge in his prayer and blessed him. He

> expressed this

> experience in a song.

> `Aamha Saayamsi Hanumantha! Aaradhya daivatha

> Raghunadha

> Guru Sri Rama Samardha ! Kaayune de sapi'.

> With the help of Hanuma, I had the darsan of Rama.

> I am

> Ramadas now. Whatever befalls me, I will not leave

> His lotus feet.

> This Ramadas settled himself at the feet of Ramadas

> unmindful of the

> world around.

> Naroba's mother came in search of his son and at

> last found

> him there. She could read vairagya writ all over his

> face, but she

> could not digest that fact. She did not want her

> son to be some one

> special. She wanted him to be her son-that's all!

> So she requested him to come home. Naroba answered

> `I am

> very much at home. House is not the one created by

> man, but it is

> created by God. I am at the feet of God. That's my

> house.'

> " Punarapi Jananam, Punarapi Maranam. " I am caught

> in the

> cycles of rebirth. I was born to many parents but my

> ultimate parent

> is God.'

> Any argument led him to God ultimately but she

> managed to

> bring him home though she could not bring him back

> to normalcy. He

> continued to live in a detached way till he reached

> his twelth

> year. As anybody felt, she too felt that marriage

> was the only

> solution for his vairagya. So, against his wishes

> she settled it and

> brought him to the mantap. Subhamastu it is the

> opportune time

> to.... Naroba took it as `Yes it is the opportune

> time to give up

> samsara. So did he give up much against the wishes

> of his kith and

> kin.

> He chose a thick forest for his meditation and

> presented his

> situation before God. `Oh God! I got up from

> marriage pandal at the

> wrong time since I felt it was the right time to

> give up the world

> around. I am more attracted to your graceful feet

> than to the

> physical body of a woman. I don't know whether I am

> right or

> wrong . I leave it to you to decide `

> Rama was moved by his ardent prayer and appeared

> beforehim.

> He spoke to him thus - `Oh Ramadas ! You are a

> blessed soul. You

> have to guide many suffering souls in the world.

> You sit at the

> banks of Krishna river and do your meditation. You

> spread bhakti to

> people around you.'

> Accordingly he meditated upon God for 12 long

> years. He

> chanted Ramanama incessantly. He was blessed with

> many miraculous

> powers. Then, as per the orders of Rama he toured

> all over the

> country spreading Bhaktimarg all through his marg.

> He rennovated

> many temples and guided many disciples.

> One day, Ramadas was lost in his prayer. A death

> procession

> went past him. The wife of the deceased looked at

> Ramadas and fell

> prostrate before his feet. She pleaded for his

> blessings with tears

> rolling down her cheeks. Ramadas opened his eyes and

> said `May you

> be blessed with a son. `She cried even more

> bitterly'. Swami! I am

> helpless. My husband is on his way to cemetary. How

> is it

> possible ?' Ramadas was unperturbed. He smilingly

> said, `These

> words are not spoken by me. They are Rama's words.

> Rama's words

> can't go wrong. Bring your husband here.'

> The dead body was brought. All people were made to

> chant, `Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya Jaya Ram. `Rama nama

> echoed into the

> sky and within no time the deceased sat up. The

> people around

> couldn't believe their eyes ! They were surprised

> at his faith in

> Ramanama. Ever since then he came to be known as

> Samardha Ramadas.

> In the course of his pilgrimage he came to

> Pandaripur.

> Sarvam Ramamayam Eko Vishnu. Such words tell us

> that though we pray

>

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