Saint Sketch -6- Sri Narsi Mehta -Part-2 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

“The purpose of all rituals and duties is to please the Lord. Nothing else

pleases the Lord as much as the chanting of the Divine names. So, chanting the

divine names of the Lord is sufficientâ€

 

--- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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Lord Shankara’s presence in the shrine gave our tender Narsi, a great sense of

relief. He thought that the only place where he could seek refuge is the holy

feet of Bhagavan Parameshwara who is used to give solace and bliss to many such

tender lads who came unto him such as Gnanasambanda, Upamanyu, Chandeeswara

Nayanar.

 

Narsi went and hugged the Lord in the sanctorum with great fear. He started

singing the glories of the Lord Sankara and sought his blessings to escape not

only from the deep woods but also from the Samsara ocean which is more

mysterious and complicated than the woods.

 

Having walked very far, Narsi fell asleep upon the Lingam hugging him tightly.

Suddenly he felt that he was sleeping on somebody’s lap and also felt smooth

touch of a hand caressing his hair. Raising his head, he saw Lord Shankara clad

in Tiger’s skin, with a moon-digit adorning his head, bedecked with Kapala

mala (garland of skulls), Nagabharana (snake ornaments) and Thrishula (Trident).

He was astounded seeing the wonderful countenence of the Lord. The Lord asked

him to give up fear and cast his benign glance upon our Narsi.

 

The Lord said that he would give Narsi something which is the sweetest of the

sweetest, something which is deemed to be the supreme as regards to prema

bhaktas, something for which even the Jnanis crave for. Telling this he caught

Narsi by his hands and took him to Vrindaban through Akasha marga. Narsi was

amazed at the glance of the great place, the place where his sweet lord revels

in his divine sports with the gopis of vraja. Lord Parameshwara asked Narsi to

keep quiet and watch the proceedings.

 

Suddenly Narsi could hear a sonorous music produced by a flute, which cast a

magic spell not only upon mankind but even the normal creatures roaming about

the Vrindaban. The entire Vrindaban stood motionless listening to this

magnificent sound and soon after this he could see his great lord Krishna,

entering Vrindaban with all the other gopis for the divine Rasa leela. Krishna

was clad in an yellow silk robe and bedecked with wonderful Vaijayanthi mala,

peacock feather, srivatsa, Kausthuba and hari chandan was applied all over his

chest. Immediately, the divine rasa started. Narsi was spell bound! Suddenly he

found that the Lord Shankara who was standing alongside Narsi was missing and

Shri Krishna caught hold of his hands.

 

In a short while, the Lord vanished with all the gopis, and to his awe he found

himself in the same temple where he was lying, hugging Lord Shankara. The sun

had already started rising in the eastern skies.

 

Lord Shankara by his benign grace had lit the lamp of Jnana in Narsi’s life

through Krishnanubhava. No wonder why Lord Shankara is called “Loka Guruâ€!

 

!!! 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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