Saint Sketch -6- Sri Narsi Mehta -Part-5 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

 

“The Maha Mantra is precious! So precious that Lord Sri.Krishna blesses this

Mantra only to his dearest.”  

 --- SRI SRI MURALIDHARA SWAMIJI

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                             Sri Narsi Mehta Part-5

 

Narsi had a daughter of marriageable age. As the family was very poor Narsi’s

wife was deeply concerned over the matter of finding a suitable groom for their

daughter. All other girls of her age in the village were married but Narsi being

immersed in his devotion of the Lord had not thought about this. As far as he

was concerned his life moved as per the will of God.

 

One day, a big landlord of Junaghat passed by Narsi’s house. As he felt very

thirsty, he requested for some water here. Narsi’s daughter gave a warm welcome

and offered him water. This man was highly pleased by her qualities and decided

to make her his son’s bride. He was doubly happy as she hailed from a pious

family. He immediately expressed his desire to Narsi. Narsi hesitated as he was

fully aware of his own financial conditions and also realized that he could

never fully satisfy their demands. However, the landlord managed to convince

Narsi that the whole marriage expenses would be borne by him and that he would

also speak to and convince all his family members on his decision. Narsi with

the strong conviction that this was verily the divine Lila of his Lord gave his

consent.

 

The marriage took place as promised by the landlord. But the landlord’s wife,

who was not at all pleased with the way the marriage had taken place, gave vent

to her displeasure at the right opportune; She abused Narsi for not offering

dowry in keeping with their status and left the place of marriage with her

family without taking the new bride along. She refused to accept Narsi’s

daughter as her daughter-in-law so long as she did not bring the amount demanded

as dowry.

 

Narsi, drowned in the meditation of his Lord, remained totally unperturbed by

all these happenings. Narsi’s wife pleaded with him to settle this issue by

pacifying the landlord’s wife as she could not bear to see her daughter grieve.

At once, Narsi took his daughter to her husband’s home. He begged for their

mercy but the landlord’s wife remained unmoved. Narsi, to everyone’s

astonishment, promised to bring the demanded dowry amount before the close of

the following day and left his daughter in her husband’s home.

 

Narsi was in tears not knowing a way to fulfill his promise. Come what may he

would never fail to keep up his word. He knew that this was the divine play of

his Lord but was baffled as to how he would be able to fulfill his promise. Just

then he heard a melodious kirtan by a group of devotees and rushed out. He

learnt that this group was on its way to Dwaraka(the holy land which was ruled

by Lord Krishna). These devotees were highly pleased to meet Narsi. They asked

Narsi if he knew anyone at Dwaraka. They were afraid of attacks by dacoits

during their long journey by foot. They wished Narsi to take the cash they had

with them and to give them a letter addressed to a friend of his at Dwaraka who

would give them this amount.

 

Narsi informed them that he had a good friend at Dwaraka. His name was

Shyamalasa and he owned a big bazaar at Dwaraka. Saying this he immediately

penned a letter addressed to him and gave it to these devotees. He asked them to

show this letter to Shyamalasa and assured them that he would take good care of

them for four months (‘Chaturmasya Yatra’). The devotees received this letter

joyfully and continued on their journey. It so happened that the amount of cash

that Narsi had received from these devotees was exactly the same that his

daughter’s mother-in-law had demanded. He at once took this amount to his

daughter’s home and gave it to her mother-in-law.

 

!!! 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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