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The devotee and the sevadal
This happened in the early 70s
and it was the time of Dasara. A procession of Vedic Pundits
started from Mandir to the Poornachandra Auditorium with Swami
coming way behind all of them that the devotees might get a good
glimpse of Him. Suddenly Swamy looks at one devotee and blesses
him smiles and walks away majestically. That devotee darts out of
the crowd and catching hold of a sevadal and asks him ecstatically:
'Do you know it is the Brahma-the Creator, himself who is walking
down the path?' The sevadal looks down pityingly at the excited
man and uncomprehendingly says, 'but, that is why we are all here
on this day. isn't it?' The devotee shakes his head as though he
was finding it difficult to explain to him what exactly he had in
his mind. He calls the sevadal aside and takes him to a hillock
nearby and pointing to a boulder the size of 10' X 8' and asked
him if he could see the boulder. When the Sevadal replied in the
affirmative, the devotee requested him to close his eyes and few
moments later when he opened them, he found only small pebbles in
the place of the boulder. Then the devotee explained. I have done
penance in the himalayas for a long period and have got the power
to use Brahmastra. When I heard that 'The Lord' had come down to
the earth, i could not believe it and so came to test him. 'When i
saw him come out of the Madir, i concentrated and with proper
incantation hurled the Brahmastra at 'The lord'. I had used only a
fraction of the power to pulverise the boulder. But 'The lord took
the whole power of the Brhmastra without even flinching and on top
of that turned towards me and even blessed me. Only 'The Lord can
take this and none else can.' Saying this, he broke down. The
sevadal was left to wonder what miracles take place in the mere
act of Swami's moving about the devotees in the pretext of DARSHAN.
Source:
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