Yes, I am blessed - B.L. Satyanarayan Sastry

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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

 

 

Yes, I am blessed

B.L. Satyanarayan Sastry

On a fine early summer morning during 1967, I saw H.H. Sri

Chandrasekharendra Sarasvathi Swamiji on the streets of Vijayawada

for the first time in my life. I and my younger brother came to

Vijayawada from Kakinada to attend the Gruhapravesam function of the

newly built house of our cousin-sister. Then Kanchi Matham was

camping in Labbipet at Vijayawada.

I and my brother were going to our cousin sister's house by walk. I

saw Swamiji coming in the opposite direction. Paramacharya was on His

way for a bath in the river Krishna. He was pushing the wheeled cart

before Him. Several People were accompanying Him.

I quickly took off my shirt and stopped. As the Swamiji neared us I

fell prostrate on the Bandar Road before the august Swamiji. The

stopped and looked at me and my brother for a new seconds and

proceeded.

After this my brother and I were slowly walking towards our cousin-

sister's house. My younger brother suddenly started weeping and

said " What an ill luck for me! While your samskara made your

prostrate before the Swamiji, on the road of Vijayawada, my ahamkara

held me out. I could not prostrate before Him. " I consoled him. " We

shall have Swamiji's darshan at leisure if time permits. " But we were

not able to have it.

After returning to Kakinada, I wrote a letter to Swamiji requesting

Him to Visit Kakinada. I enclosed a copy of my work on Godavari

Valley Development, wherein I made a fervent appeal to the Government

of Andhra Pradesh to take up the construction of a barrage on the

river Godavari at Polavaram.

A few weeks passed. I got the information that the Swamiji was to

visit Kakinada. My joy knew no bounds at the thought that I could see

the Jagadguru again.

I joined the Reception Committee to welcome the Jagadguru Sri

Paramacharya and the Junior Swami Sri Jayendra Saraswati.

After that I met the Jagadgurus several times during their stay at

Kakinada. On one good day, I called on the Paramacharya in the early

hours along with Sri Mukkamala Kameswara Rao, then working as camp

clerk to Collector, East Godavari District. We told our pravara and

gotharm and prostrated before the Swamiji.

Then I placed in his hands a copy of my work on Godavari Valley

Development.

The Paramacharya looked at me and my work intently and said " You

wrote to us to visit Kakinada. We have come " .

" Yes, Swamiji, I said.

For a while Swamiji looked at my work and a map of East Godavari

District in the work. He then asked " where is Tulya Sagara Sangamam? "

the river Godavari breaks into seven months in East Godavari District

before joining the Bay of Bengal. One such mouth is called

Tulyabhaga. This Tulyabhaga joins the sea at a village called

chollabgi, some three miles south of Kakinada town.

I showed the place to Swamiji in the map and told him that the

joining point is just three miles south of Kakinada.

Then a lively discussion took place between the Swamiji and me on

Planning and Development. I told the Swamiji that a project on the

river Godavari at Polavaram would greatly help us relieve our food

shortage and that the Administration was not taking any action for

its construction.

" Why are you worried? It is of no use to you " , Swamiji said.

" It will give food to lakhs of people, Swamiji " , I replied. I knew

that the project was of no use to me as I did not possess even a

single cent of land. But I believed that this project will greatly

help us in our economic development. To that day the project was

still on paper piling up dust in the State and Central Government

offices.

Swamiji shut His eyes for some time and said " It will come up during

your lifetime. "

I felt thrilled and postrated before the Swamiji and took leave of

Him.

In January 1989 I went to Kanchi Matam to have the darshan of the

Paramacharya.

The Paramacharya was in the palanquin. I and my family members sat

before Him, behind the barricade. I place the published copied of my

works of Mandukyopanishad and the typescript copy of the Coronation

of the Sandals in the hands of the Paramacharya. He first looked at

the work and then asked me about the publication.

I information the Swamiji that Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan was going to

publish the works. Swamiji felt happy and placed some flowers on the

works and returned them to me.

The Swamiji then said slowly in Telugu - " mandukyam velugulatu

velugu " (Mandukya is the Light of the Lights.)

I felt thrilled and fulfilled. This is the direct instruction from

the Paramacharya. This is the SANDESA. This is the UPADESA. Tears

rolled down from my eyes. I wept like a child.

My wife lighted the camphor. We offered the HARATHI to our

Paramacharya. He blessed us all.

When I reported to my teacher Sri Rani Narasimha Sastri Guru about

the discussion I had with the Swamiji at Kanchi, he too wept like a

child and said " My child! Now there is no need for you to hear

anything more. That instruction from Paramacharya is more than

enough. You are blessed. "

Yes; I am blessed.

B.L. Satyanarayan Sastry