Humbled

[Guest guest]

I had been to the Arunachaleswar Temple in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, just

about a half an hour ago, today.

 

I went to have the darsan and just when I am about to enter the sanctum

sanctorum (Garbha Gruham), I was stopped by a menacing looking and snarling

monkey, which just took a position near my feet. Whatever I tried to do, to

escape it and proceed, failed. The monkey literally stopped me on my feet. Even

the by passers were rendered helpless as whoever tried to come to my rescue were

threatened menacingly by the monkey.

 

Finally some wise man in the crowd, that gathered, suggested that I " give " a

banana to the moneky. The banana stall is outside the temple and the monkey was

not permitting me to move. I had no other alternative but to take out the

bananas from the Archana Material.

 

I thought by throwing one banana afar, I can distract the monkey and so threw

one banana quite far. But the moneky which saw the trajectile of the banana that

has been thrown did not budge at all. I am still arrested. So this time I had no

other go but to " give " the banana to the monkey which took it happily and then

collected the other banana thrown by me earlier also and left me to my way.

 

I had darsan and since I went to Arunachaleswara a veryyyyyyyy long time ago

and did not know much of the importance of the temple, asked the priest the

significance of the deity and the temple.

 

Among other things he told me that whoever had a conceit or in our language

" Head strong " , the person will be humbled in the premises of Lord

Arunachaleswara in one way or the other.

 

I never realised that I could be having a " Head strong " but professional

conceit maybe.

 

But today I stand humbled. By a " MERE MONKEY " ?

 

Thought I will share the experience and reduce my head-strongness.

 

Best wishes

Hemantha Kumar