Paramacharyal's grace

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Namami Sankaraachaaryam, sarvalokaika Poojitham

 

With permission blessings and grace from HH Swamy Vijeyendra

Saraswathi garu of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham Paramacharya and

miracles

 

Paramacharyal's grace

K.S. Ganapati Subramanyam

I was serving in a Central Government Department in Bangalore, and

came to Madras on 1-11-1973, to see an ailing relative of mine. That

night I casually mentioned to my younger brother that I was having

some difficulty in swallowing food. He immediately took me to Dr. M.

Vaidyalingam who was our neighbor and who was working as a Physician

in the Government Mental Hospital, Kilpauk, Madras. He examined me

and advised me to take an X-ray and show it to him. Accordingly the

next morning, I went to the X-ray clinic of Dr. Sankaran, in Millers

Road, Kilpauk, Madras. He took the X-ray and told me that I was

suffering from cancer of the oesophagus and that I should undergo an

operation immediately. Otherwise I may survive only for a fortnight.

I showed the X-ray to Dr. Vaidyalingam who confirmed it as cancer,

and advised me to go to Dr. Mohan Rau who was then running a

Surgical Clinic on the Poonamallee High Road, Madras. He confirmed

the earlier diagnosis and as it was on the thoracic side of my body,

he got in touch with Dr. Solomon Victor, Surgeon of the Government

General Hospital, Madras requesting him to examine me immediately,

Dr. Solomon Victor examined me and confirmed that I was suffering

from cancer and said that I should undergo the operation

immediately. I told him that I would go to Kanchipuram and get the

blessing of His Holiness the Paramacharyal and then undergo the

operation. He agreed.

On the afternoon of 5-11-1973 I went to Tenampakkam (Sivaasthanam),

where His Holiness was staying. At the time, His Holiness was

discussing with Sri Annadurai Iyengar about some Sanskrit

publication. There were about half a dozen Vedic scholars sitting

around. I prostrated before His Holiness and told him that I was

suffering from cancer and that expert medical opinion was that, like

Parikshit, I might survive only for 7 days if I did not undergo an

operation. On hearing this His Holiness said in Tamil (practically

shouted) that no operation was necessary. " You will be all right.

You will live for hundred years. "

By the blessings of the Acharyal I got myself admitted in Government

General Hospital, Madras on the evening of 5-11-1973. From 6-11-1973

the tests began. 'X-ray was taken and it proved that I was all

right. I was sent to the E.N.T. Department where Dr. Swaminathan,

Head of the Department and two of his doctor assistants examined me.

A long instrument was introduced through my mouth and it was slowly

sent through the gullet, right upto the bottom of the stomach. He

could not find any trace of the cancer and accordingly gave his

opinion in writing.

My relatives however were afraid that it might relapse. So for their

sake I took some Ayurvedic medicine prescribed by Dr.

Venkatasubramania Sastrigal, Ayurvedic physician attached to the

Sankara Math, Kanchipura. After a month I again went to Dr.

Sankaran. On seeing me he recognised me and asked me whether I had

undergone the operation. i told him that I had not undergone the

operation but that instead I was taking some Ayurvedic medicines and

that I felt better. Dr. Sankaran placing both his hands above his

head exclaimed that some miracle had happened, He said " Please tell

me what happened. I say that you have been cured of the disease.

Otherwise it is impossible for you to be alive without undergoing

the operation. For your satisfaction I will take the X-ray, and give

it immediately. But please tell me what happened. " I told him what

His Holiness said to me. Immediately he said, " You have been cured

solely by the Grace of His Holiness. He is a great soul. He can make

and unmake things! " He developed the X-ray and as he had anticipated

there was no trace of cancer. He also tole me that if my original X-

ray was shown to postgraduate medical students appearing for the

M.D. examination, and if they did not diagnose the disease as cancer

of the oesophagus, he would give up his profession from that

instant.