|| Hari Om ||

‘Anand Manee Maayeena, Kasa Ga Savaru |
Ghe Gagan Bharari, Udu Pahe Pakharu, Pakharu ||’

Ever since we have come to  Bapu, each and every member of our family  has experienced Bapu’s unconditional and incomprehensible love.  We have even experienced some of the experiences read by us. It not only makes one happy but it also strengthens one’s faith at the lotus feet of Bapu.

Today I am experiencing the same joy one gets in solving a difficult mathematics problem. I want to share that joy with you.

This experience would remind you of the ‘Ghantanaad’ from Matruvatsalyavindanam.

My husband and I were returning from Belgaum by train. My reservation was from Meeraj to Mumbai.  Since the S.T. bus which we were supposed to take to Meeraj was delayed, we decided to go to Kolhapur to board the  Mahalaxmi Express. We performed “Aanhik” and also chanted Dattabavani during our journey from Kolhapur to Meeraj.

Since it was a Sunday evening the Meeraj – Mumbai train was crowded. My husband and I had got the reservation seats in two separate bogies. Since I had the upper berth, I went up and sat on my seat. The six seats in front of me, were occupied by six men who were drunk. Their behavior was obnoxious. Their language was also abusive and very vulgar.

Since my husband had his seat in the adjacent bogie, he had already gone there to sleep. The only alternative I had was to wake him up and interchange our seats.

While all these thoughts were going through my mind my Sadguru gave me strength and I felt that I should not get scared of these drunkards. When my Sadguru is my saviour and with His protective shield there is no reason for me to fear. With this in mind I started my chanting

Later when those men  began to have their dinner, I began writing the Ramnaam book. I also began chanting “Anasuyo Trisumbhuto Dattatreyo Digambarah I Samrtugrami Swabhaktanam Uddharta Bhav Sankatat II. I was constantly praying to Bapu that I could not bear to hear their abusive language, it should stop and I also prayed that they go off to sleep quickly. I continued to chant my mantra and at the same time, continued to write Ramnaam book.

As I continued to chant the Mantra I noticed that the chanting had gained momentum. After some time, a miracle took place. One of those six asked the other to stop his abusive language. Without creating any further chaos, they all began to get ready to go off to bed.

While my Sadguru was physically hundreds of miles away from me, the experience of his all-pervasive form brought great joy in my life. Someone might not feel this to be an experience as intense as the one when one is saved out of the jaws of death however, for me, experiencing the effect of the chanting was as enthralling as any other experience. In the granth, Matruvatsalyavindanam, one reads about the strength of the demons diminishing on hearing Aadimata’s ‘Ghantanaad’ (ringing of Her bell). One wonders whether this is possible in today’s Kaliyug. A mantra chanted by an ordinary bhakta like me can have a profound effect to the extend that at least for a short span of time their bad thoughts had vanished and were behaving well. Seeing this my enthusiasm increased.

Besides, by becoming a Vanarsainik, one can do many things, is a thought that has deeply impacted my mind. While I am growing old I  would wonder as to how I would become a  vanarsainik. However, I have realized that those thoughts have no meaning. Now, I can firmly tell others that after surrendering at the lotus feet of Sadguru, if one continues to chant the mantras given by him, write Ramnaam book, chant Gurukshetram mantra  it can create positive vibrations in one’s life and all the bad thoughts will soon vanish.

Bapuraya, I pray that let me be at your lotus feet forever.

|| Hari Om ||