His Holiness Sadguru Shree Mama (“Mama”) was so generous that he would always grant some wish or desire to every person he met, be it wealth, knowledge, or guidance on the path of spirituality. Mama would give these gifts with an open heart and yet stay detached from them at the same time. It is important to note that His way of granting wishes was solely based on the desires of the person or people.
One day, in April of 1983, Mama was visiting the city of Karad in the southern part of Maharashtra state, India. As luck would have it, I happened to visit the same venue for a wedding. When I went to get an audience with Him in the evening, He asked me to come again the next day. The next day when my wife and I bowed down to Him, He immediately said, “ I will soon come to your place to give you some work.” I started thinking to myself, “What work might Mama ask me to do?”
Earlier in February, Mama was at a town called Kale, located in Maharashtra. Each sadhak who met Him at that time wished that Mama would grace their home with a visit. They understood that given the number of people present, visiting each and everyone could be very taxing on Mama’s time and schedule, and also, from a logistical standpoint, Mama couldn’t possibly visit everyone present; hence, the sadhaks hesitated to express such a desire. But Mama knew about their dilemma and told me the next day that He would like to visit each sadhak’s home. “After all the visits are done, we will commence the pre-scheduled program in the amount of time that is left,” He said. Everyone was very happy that Mama was granting them their wish. I, myself, was overwhelmed with joy for the simple reason that Mama asked me to accompany Him. When going to visit the sadhaks’ homes, Mama put His hands on my shoulder and said, “Let me put some weight on your shoulders. Let me walk a few steps in your company.” I did not understand the meaning of this but felt joyous for sure.
Seeing that Mama trusted me and was letting me accompany him, one sadhak approached me with a request. He said, “Since you are so close to Mama, can you please ask Him to conduct today’s discourse on the topic of how one should search for the right Sadguru?” I respectfully declined and requested him to ask the question himself. When Mama was requested to come to the podium to start the discourse, He paused for a bit and then said to everyone, “Today some of the sadhaks wish that I answer their questions about how to search for a Sadguru. But we have a head-master amongst us, who I suggest, should take up the task.” Then he pointed to me and asked me to go ahead with answering their questions. I was shocked and quite taken aback, but could not disobey Mama. To make matters worse, He reminded me that the session was to last a whole hour! Unable to wiggle out of this situation, I bowed down to Mama to request his blessings, gathered my courage and started the talk. After an hour, Mama presented the summation in just one sentence. He said, “Even a Sadguru is in search of a disciple who is worthy and deserving of everything the Sadguru can give.” I realized later that it was an answer to the earlier question a sadhak had asked of me. He had received his answer and Mama gave it to him without getting directly involved.
Later in May, after the incidence in Karad, Mama said to me, “I have come to assign you some work. You must take me on your motorcycle to wherever I ask.” And so, we went to Kagal that day. Kagal is a town in Kolhapur, a district of Maharashtra. A sadhak was patiently waiting for Mama there. Other sadhaks, who were not expecting a visit from Mama, were very happy to see Him as well but felt rushed at the same time since they couldn’t arrange for as much of a proper welcome for Mama as they would have liked. Mama said to them, “You all wanted me to visit you, so I came in the evening.” To this, one of the sadhaks said, “Mama, if it were morning, we would have gotten to offer puja at your feet and arrange some other programs. Please give us such an opportunity.” To this Mama replied, “You are expressing this wish just now! Earlier you wished for me to visit you, which is fulfilled. That is all for now.” When we returned from Kagal, Mama said to me, “Tomorrow is your rest day. We will go to Hebbal (a town in the state of Karnataka) the day after.”
Accordingly, we went to Hebbal. It had been my wish to visit Hebbal for almost 45 years, which now Mama fulfilled. There was a sadhak in Hebbal who had an ‘audumbar’ tree as well as P. P. Shreeguru’s paduka in his courtyard. “This sadhak always wished that I visit this place once, so I came,” said Mama. During that trip, we visited many people with similar desires in their hearts. Such was Mama’s nature, generous beyond measure, willing to give any person anything they wished for. I felt very fortunate to accompany Him on these trips, just like the soil that gets the fragrance of the flowers just because of its proximity to them.
Originally published in the book Smrutiprasanga, ed.1, in 2018 by Shree Vamanraj Prakashan (SVP#240) compiled and edited by Sadguru P P Shree Dada. Refer to story number 14 from category Vividha Anubhuti authored by Late Dr. Shree L. N. Joshi on page number 331.
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(Sanskrit version)
उदारतमः इच्छापूरकः|
प.पू.सद्गुरुश्रीमामामहाराजाः अत्यन्तम् उदाराः आसन् | यमपि जनं ते मिलन्ति स्म तस्मै कामपि कामनां यच्छन्ति स्म – धनं ज्ञानं आध्यात्मिकमार्गदर्शनं वा | श्रीमामामहाराजाः इदं विशालहृदयेन यच्छन्ति स्म तथापि तेभ्यः अलिप्ततया तिष्ठन्ति स्म | इदं तु स्मरणीयं यत् तेषां इच्छापूरणं केवलं जनानां कामनाः अनुसृत्य आसीत् |
एकस्मिन् दिवसे १९८३ ख्रिस्ताब्दस्य एप्रिलमासे श्रीमामामहाभागाः महाराष्ट्रराज्यस्य दक्षिणे कराडप्रान्तं गताः आसन् | सुदैववशात् अहमपि तत्रैव विवाहोपस्थित्यर्थं गतः अभवम् | यदा अहं तान् द्रष्टुं गतः तदा ते अग्रिमदिने आगन्तुं माम् अकथयन् | अग्रिमदिवसे यदा मम पत्नी च अहं च तान् अभिवादितवन्तौ तदा सत्वरं ते अवदन्, “अहं अचिरात् तव गृहम् आगमिष्यामि, तुभ्यं कार्यं दातुम् |” अहं चिन्तयितुम् आरब्धवान्, “मामामहाभागाः किं कार्यं मया कारयितुम् इच्छेयुः?”
पूर्वं फेब्रुवारीमासे श्रीमामामहाभागाः महाराष्ट्रराज्ये कालेनामके नगरे स्थिताः आसन् | प्रत्येकः साधकः यः तदा तान् मिलितवान् सः अकामयत यत् श्रीमामामहाभागाः मम गृहम् आगमनेन अलङ्कुर्युः इति | किन्तु ते सर्वेऽपि अजानन् यत् साधकाः अधिकसंख्याः सन्ति अतः सर्वेषां गृहं प्रति गमनं श्रीमामामहाभागानां कृते क्लेशकरं स्यात् | अपि च तार्किकदृष्ट्यापि श्रीमामामहाभागाः सर्वान् सङ्गन्तुं न शक्नुवन्ति, अतः साधकाः स्वाम् इच्छां कथयितुं न अशक्नुवन् | किन्तु श्रीमामामहाभागाः तेषां संशयं ज्ञातवन्तः| अग्रिमदिने ते माम् अवदन् यत् ते प्रत्येकसाधकस्य गृहं गन्तुम् इच्छन्ति | ते उक्तवन्तः, “सर्वेषां गृहोपगमनानन्तरं वयं पूर्वनिश्चितं कार्यक्रमम् अवशिष्टसमये अनुतिष्ठामः| सर्वेऽपि सुखिनः आसन् यत् श्रीमामामहाभागाः तेषां कामनां पूरयन्ति | अहमपि अत्यधिकम् आनन्दितः आसम्, यतः श्रीमामामहाभागाः मां तैः सह आगन्तुं कथितवन्तः आसन् | यदा आवां साधकगृहाणि उपगच्छन्तौ आस्म तदा श्रीमामामहाभागाः स्वहस्तौ मम स्कन्धे निवेश्य उक्तवन्तः, “अहं कञ्चित् भारं तव स्कन्धे दधानि | तव सङ्गत्यां कानिचन पदानि चलानि |” अहम् एतस्य अर्थं न ज्ञातवान् परन्तु आनन्दम् अनुभूतवान् |
श्रीमामामहाभागाः मयि विश्वस्य तैः सह आगन्तुं माम् अनुमन्यन्ते इति दृष्ट्वा एकः साधकः अभ्यर्थनां कर्तुं माम् आगतः| सः अवदत्, “यतः भवान् श्रीमामामहाभागानाम् अतिसमीपवर्ती अस्ति, अतः कृपया तान् निवेदयतु यत् योग्यः सद्गुरुः कथम् अन्वेष्टव्यः इति ते अद्यतने प्रवचने कथयेयुः|” अहं सादरं तां विनतिम् अस्वीकृत्य तमेव निवेदयितुम् अकथयम् | यदा श्रीमामामहाभागाः प्रवचनं प्रारब्धुं मञ्चं प्रति आहूताः अभवन् तदा ते किञ्चित् स्थित्वा सर्वान् अवदन्, “अद्य सद्गुरोः अन्वेषणविषये प्रश्नाः समाधातव्याः इति केचन साधकाः इच्छन्ति | किन्तु अस्माकं समीपे एकः प्राचार्यः अस्ति येन अहं मन्ये, इदं कार्यम् अङ्गीकर्तव्यम् |” ते मां प्रति निर्देशं कृतवन्तः| जनानां प्रश्नान् समाधातुम् अग्रे गन्तुं चोदितवन्तः च | अहं तु सर्वथा चकितः अभवम्, किन्तु श्रीमामामहाभागानाम् आदेशम् उल्लङ्घयितुं न शक्तः| अपरः आघातः – इदं सत्रं होरापर्यन्तं भविष्यति इति तैः स्मारितम् | अस्मात् प्रसङ्गात् अपसर्तुम् असमर्थः अहं श्रीमामामहाभागान् नत्वा तेषाम् आशीर्वादान् प्रार्थयम्, ततश्च धैर्यं सङ्गृह्य व्याख्यानं प्रारभे | होरामात्रानन्तरं श्रीमामामहाभागाः सारांशम् एकवाक्येन दर्शितवन्तः, “यः सत्पात्रम् अस्ति तथा सद्गुरुणा दीयमानं सर्वं प्राप्तुम् अर्हः अस्ति तादृशं शिष्यं सद्गुरुः अपि अन्विष्यति |” मया कालेन अवगतं यत् इदं तु तेन साधकेन पूर्वं पृष्टस्य प्रश्नस्य उत्तरम् आसीत् | सः स्वम् उत्तरं प्राप्तवान्, श्रीमामामहाभागाः स्वयं बद्धाः न भूत्वापि तस्मै उत्तरं दत्तवन्तः|
ततः मेमासे, कराडप्रसङ्गानन्तरं श्रीमामामहाभागाः माम् अवदन्, “अहं त्वां कस्मिन्नपि कर्मणि नियोक्तुम् आगतः| यदा यदा अहं कथयामि तदा तदा त्वया अहं द्विचक्रिकया नेतव्यः|” अतः आवां तदा कागलप्रान्तं गतौ | कागल इति कोल्हापुरप्रान्ते महाराष्ट्रराज्ये नगरं वर्तते | एकः साधकः तत्र श्रीमामामहाभागान् मिलितुं प्रतीक्षमाणः आसीत् | अन्ये साधकाः, ये श्रीमामामहाभागानाम् आगमनं न अपेक्षितवन्तः, ते सर्वे श्रीमामामहाभागान् दृष्ट्वा आनन्दिताः अभवन् | किन्तु किञ्चिद् व्याकुलाः अपि आसन् यतः श्रीमामामहाभागानां स्वागतार्थं ते इष्टां व्यवस्थां कर्तुं न शक्ताः इति | श्रीमामामहाभागाः तान् अवदन्, “यूयं सर्वे काङ्क्षितवन्तः यदहं युष्मान् सङ्गच्छेय अतः अहम् अद्य सायम् आगतः|” इदं श्रुत्वा कश्चन साधकः अवदत्, “मामा, यदि प्रातःसमयः अभविष्यत् तर्हि वयं भवतः चरणपूजाम् अरचयिष्याम अन्यान् च कार्यक्रमान् न्ययोजयिष्याम | कृपया तथा अवसरं ददातु |” श्रीमामामहाभागाः अवदन्, “त्वम् अधुना इमाम् इच्छां प्रकटीकरोषि ! पूर्वं भवद्भिः काङ्क्षितं यद् अहं युष्मान् मिलामि, तत् तु पूरितम् | सम्प्रति एतावता अलम् |” यदा आवां कागलनगरं प्रत्यागतौ तदा श्रीमामामहाभागाः माम् अवदन्, “श्वः तव विश्रामदिवसः वर्तते | परश्वः आवां हेब्बालप्रान्तं (कर्णाटकराज्ये नगरं) गच्छावः|”
एवम् आवां हेब्बालप्रान्तं गतौ | पञ्चचत्वारिंशत् वर्षेभ्यः मम हेब्बालगमनस्य इच्छा आसीत्, सा इदानीं श्रीमामामहाभागैः पूरिता | हेब्बालप्रान्ते एकः साधकः आसीत् यस्य प्राङ्गणे औदुम्बरवृक्षः तथा श्रीगुरुपादुका आसीत् | श्रीमामामहाभागाः अवदन्, “अस्य साधकस्य नित्यम् इच्छा आसीत् यत् मया अत्र स्थाने एकवारम् उपगन्तव्यम् इति, अतः अहम् आगतवान् |” तस्मिन् प्रवासे आवां बहून् जनान् अमिलाव, येषां मनःसु तादृशी इच्छा आसीत् | ईदृशः आसीत् श्रीमामामहाभागानां स्वभावः| अत्यन्तम् अपरिमितः उदारः| इष्टं सर्वमपि दातुं समर्थः| तैः सह प्रवासानां भाग्यं मया लब्धम्, यथा पुष्पाणां सान्निध्यात् तदीयं सुगन्धं मृत्तिका अपि लभते |
मूलतः स्मृतिप्रसङ्गपुस्तके (आवृत्तिः १) श्रीवामनराजप्रकाशनेन २०१८ वर्षे प्रकाशिता प.पू.श्रीदादामहाभागैः सङ्कलिता सम्पादिता च | कृपया कथा -क्रमाङ्कः १४ ‘विविध अनुभूति’विभागे कै.डॉ.जोशी-महोदयेन लिखिता ३३१ पृष्ठे विलोक्यताम् |
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(German version)
Er erfüllte halt jeden Wunsch
Seiner Heiligkeit Sadguru Shree Mama war so großzügig, dass er Wünsche jeder Person immer erfüllt hat. Sei es Wünsche um finanzielle Entlastung, Wissen über Spiritualität oder seine Beratung auf dem Weg der Spiritualität. Er hat immer alles was er wusste den Leuten als Geschenk gegeben und war stets davon unbeteiligt. Er hat immer alles gebilligt, was sich die Sadhaks gewünscht hatte, was auch zu bemerken ist.
Im April 1983 war er zu Besuch in Karad (eine Stadt in Süden von Indien) und zu dem Zeitpunkt war ich auch dort zu einer Hochzeit eingeladen. Während des Besuchs konnte ich ihm öfters treffen und er hat mir gesagt, dass er mich für eine Aufgabe besuchen wird. Ich habe mich gewundert, was die Aufgabe sein könnte, und habe auf seinen Besuch gefreut.
Im Februar des gleichen Jahres war er in einer Stadt Names Kale in Maharashtra und jeder Sadhak, der/die zu ihm ging, hatte sich immer dasselbe gewüscht. Alle wollten, dass er jede Sadhak persönlich zu Hause zu besuchen. Obwohl die alle wussten, dass er nicht möglich wäre, jeder Haushalt zu besuchen, wollte alle trotzdem. Shree Mama hat diese Zwanglalage seiner Sadhaks verstanden und hat allen gesagt, dass er jeden Sadhak besuchen wird. ,,Nach dem ich euch besucht habe, werde ich in der übriggebliebenen Zeit unser Programm weiterfortsetzen‘‘. Jede Person war glücklich, aber ich war auch froh, dass er mich gefragt hat, ihm Gesellschaft zu leisten.
Ein Sadhak kam zu mir und sagte ,,Da Sie nah zu Shree Mama sind, hätte ich eine Bitte. Können Sie ihm fragen, ob er eine Rede heute über das Thema: Wie kann man sein Sadguru suchen? halten würde? Ich hatte seine Anfrage mit Respekt vor dem Mann abgelehnt und gesagt, dass er lieber selbst ihn fragen sollte. Als Mama auf die Bühne mit seiner Pravachan anfangen wollte, hatte er eine kleine Pause genommen und hat allen gesagt ,,Heute wünschen sich viele Sadhaks, dass ich ihre Frage: Wie man sein Sadguru sucht? beantworte. Das werde ein Sadhak aus uns das euch beantworten‘‘. Er hat mich vor dem Publikum angesprochen und ich war völlig überrascht und konnte dann nicht ihm nein sagen. Als ich zu ihm gekommen bin, hat er mir noch gesagt, dass meine Rede eine Stunde dauern soll, weswegen ich Angst bekommen hatte. Ich habe mich vor ihm vorbeugt und mit viel Mut, die ich wegen seiner Gnade bekommen habe, angefangen, die Rede zu halten. Nach einer Stunde hat Shree Mama alles was ich gesagt habe in einem Satz noch zusammengefasst! ,,Auch Sadguru ist auf der Suche nach Sadhaks, die es verdient haben sollten, was wir zu geben haben, nehmen zu können‘‘. Als ich das gehört habe, dachte ich an dem Mann, der mich vorhin die Anfrage stelle. Er hatte auch seine Antwort doch direkt von Shree Mama bekommen, ohne Shree Mama stark in der Rede beteiligt war.
Später im Mai nach diesem Ereignis hat Shree Mama mir gesagt ,,Ich bin gekommen, um dir eine weitere Aufgabe zu sagen. Du musst mir mit deinem Motorrad rumfahren, wohin ich dir sage.’’Und so sind wir nach Kagal gefahren, Kagal ist ein Dorf in Kolhapur in Maharashtra, Indien. Ein Sahak hat sich auf Shree Mama gewartet und die anderen Sadhaks haben nicht erwartet, dass Shree Mama zu Besuch kommt, daher konnten die alle nicht so richtig ihn zu Hause begrüßen. Mama hat denen gesagt ,,Ihr wolltet doch, dass ich zu euch fahre. Ich bin aber am Abend gefahren’’. Ein Sadhak sagte, ,,Mama, hätten Sie morgens zu uns gekommen, dann hätten wir auf Ihre Füße (Puja) machen und andere weitere Events einplanen können.‘‘
Shree Mama sagte ,,Aber du wünschst dir das jetzt! Früher hattest du gewünscht, was ich schon erfüllt habe’’. Als Shree Mama und ich wiederkamen, hat er mir gesagt ,,Morgen ist dein Erholungstag. Übermorgen fahren wir nach Hebbal (eine Kleinstadt in Karnataka).‘‘
Wir sind an dem nächsten Tag nach Hebbal gefahren. Nach dieser Stadt zu fahren, war doch ein Wunsch von mir seit 45 Jahren, was Shree Mama auch erfüllt hat. Es wohnte ein Sadhak in Hebbal, der einen Audumbarbaum und Shree Mamas Paduka in seinem Hof hatte. Der Sadhak hatte sich auch gewünscht, dass ich auch ihm besuche, daher bin ich gekommen, sagte Shree Mama. Während seiner Reise besuchten wir viele Menschen, die dasselbe sich gewünscht hatten. Shree Mama war großzügig ohne eine Grenze und hatte immer gegeben, was sich die andere Person gewünscht hat. Ich habe mich glücklich gefühlt, dass ich mit ihm auf seiner Reise ihn begleiten durfte.
Aus dem Buch Smrutiprasanga, ed.1, in 2018 verlegt von Shree Vamanraj Prakashan (SVP#240) zusammengefasst und bearbeitet von Seiner Heiligkeit Sadguru Shree Dada. Vgl Geschichte Nr. 14 aus Vividha Anubhuti geschrieben von gest. Herr Dr. Shree L. N. Joshi Seite Nr. 331.
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