Saint Sketch -3- Sri Bhagavan Nama Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal -Last Part

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

““Faith in the Guru’s words, in prayer and in the Mahamantra can surpass

anything. When there is sincere faith in Mahamantra Kirtan, one can easily play

football with the nine planets!â€

 

---- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

 

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One day, Sri Bodendra Swamigal was camping in a village called Perambur in

Needamangalam, a place adjacent to Raja Mannarkudi in Tamizh Nadu. A couple came

to have his darshan and invited him to their home for lunch. The Swamigal also

agreed to come the next day.

 

On the following day, Sri Bodendra Swamigal arrived at the couple’s residence.

He sat down to eat. A plantain leaf was laid and food was served. Just then, he

noticed a little boy in the house and asked him to sit down beside him and have

his food too. In spite of his repeated requests, the little boy was

unresponsive. The parents slowly explained to the Swamigal that the boy could

neither hear nor speak. He was deaf and dumb by birth. Hearing this, tears

rolled down Swamigal’s eyes. He cried uncontrollably because, just a while

back, he had made a proclamation in one of his works that one would escape the

fear of death if he sings or hears the Taraka Nama even once. He had thought

that the Taraka Nama could spare none as everyone would at least hear the Divine

Name knowingly or unknowingly during their lifetime. He felt bad that for this

little boy because the little one could neither utter nor hear the Lord’s Name

during his lifetime and there

was no way out for him!

 

The devoted couple consoled the Swamigal, " This is our karma and we have

accepted it. Swamigal should not shed tears on this account. Please do accept

the 'bhiksha' [food]. " At the tearful pleadings of the hosts Sri Bodendra

Swamigal had three handful of food and then took leave of them. The couple

reverentially accompanied the Swamigal to the entrance to the village. Hungry

that this boy was, he reached out to the leaf that Swamigal had eaten from, and

ate from the remnants. No sooner had he eaten the ‘Uchchishta’ from Sri

Bodendral’s leaf than he began singing the Names of the Lord! When the parents

returned to the house, they could not believe their eyes seeing their hitherto

deaf and dumb child jumping in joy crying out Bhagavan Nama in Bhakti. Indeed,

the Uchchishta of the great saint had performed this miracle!

 

One evening, in the place called Govindapuram, next to Tiruvidaimarudur, Sri

Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal sat on the banks of river Cauvery after his regular

‘anushtanas’ . He watched the small kids playing and joined them. He asked

them to bury him in the sand and said that he would come out of another place.

Fascinated by this play, the kids wanted to do it again and again. This

continued for some time. At one point, Swamigal was covered under the sand and

he did not come out of the other end. The kids were panicked and called the

elders nearby. The elders rushed in and decided to dig the ground in search of

the Swami. Just then, a voice came from inside asking them not to do so and that

Swamigal had gone into Jiva Samadhi there and wished to be so forever.

Even today, we have Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal’s Jiva Samadhi in

Govindapuram, a place between Aduthurai and Tiruvidaimarudur, next to

Kumbakonam. It is said that Bodendra Swamigal lives there chanting the Rama Nama

all 24 hours and round the year.

 

Devotees who go there and chant the Taraka Mantra in His Samadhi can hear Rama

Nama emanating from the Samadhi when they spend their night there. A few can

even see the form of the Mahan in Danda and Kamandala circumambulating the

Samadhi chanting the Rama Nama.

 

Today, anyone going to Sri Bodendra Saraswati Swamigal’s Samadhi Govindapuram

with problems and sufferings in their heart and pray with Bhakti are ridden of

their ills. That is the greatness of the Mahan who lived more than three hundred

years back, and lives in his Samadhi even today.

 

Bhagavan Nama Bodendra Sadguru Maharaj ki! Jai!

 

Regards

 

Please Chant

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

and be happy

 

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