Saint Sketch -5- Sri Bhadrachala Ramadas -Part-4 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

“In our spiritual journey, we first take this world to be real and as we

progress we understand that it is a myth; We have no direct experience with the

Divine and so start only with staunch faith, which finally leads to the true

experience of the divinity.

 

World starts as truth and ends up as a myth; God starts in faith and culminates

in Truth.

 

Hence that which starts in faith leads to the Truth.â€

 

----- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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There is an incident (story) exemplifying the glory of Bhadrachalam. There once

lived a Brahmin by name Kalakalan. His Guru cursed him because he misbehaved

with the Guru Patni (the wife of the Guru). He was inflicted with leprosy and

was thrown out by his own Brahmin brethren. He wandered about in misery. He

repented greatly for what he had done and prayed to God to save him from this

hell. None offered him food. Learning that even the worst sinner was offered

food by way of ‘anna dana’ in Bhadrachalam on the day of Sri Rama Navami

festival, he somehow managed to reach the Kshetra. He had a glimpse of the

Temple tower and fell down dead. The agents of Yama (God of death) approached

him to take him away but were stopped by Hanuman, the great Bhakta of Lord Rama.

He had been sent by Rama here. Lord Rama here had proclaimed, “One who has

entered my domain can never be touched by the agents of Yama†and took this

jiva unto His Lotus Feet. This

Kshetra is of such great glory!

 

Ramadas was deeply pained to see the dilapidated condition of the temple. His

eyes filled with tears when he found the old, oily, tattered dress on Rama,

Lakshmana, Sita and Hanuman. He said to Rama, “Now do I understand why you

have brought me here! My first work will be to set things right here in this

temple!†At this time he had no idea of using his post for the benefit of the

temple. His house in his native town, which was the only property left out and

his wife's jewels were sold out to provide for the improvement of the

Bhadrachalam temple. But since his desire to provide for Rama and His family was

so deep and vast that the amount earned from his property could not meet the

target set! It was then that he decided to use the tax collected from the people

on behalf of the King for this purpose. He said to himself, “Everything in

this world is Lord Rama’s and He is here suffering without proper clothing or

food. In such a situation how can

we enjoy his wealth?â€

 

He, therefore, diverted the funds of the State to this end. He kept a neat

record of every coin spent in this matter. However, the affair was soon brought

to the notice of the Nizam by some dissatisfied soul. The Nizam immediately

ordered the arrest and imprisonment of Ramadas as he was unable to repay the

‘usurped’ funds.

 

Ramadas here asks Rama through his kirtan, ‘Emira Rama nA valla neramemira’

- Oh! Rama! what is my lapse?’

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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