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PRAKRUTHI AND PURUSHA
The scriptures declare that the original cause of the universe was nameless, formless, universal consciousness or the universal spirit or Parabrahma. There was a stir in the devine will to manifest itself into different forms. This dynamic aspect of him (to manifest into many) is called the Prakruthi or Devi. The universe itself is the form of her manifestation. Just as our body is underthe control of our brain, the brain is controlled by Atma; all the universe is under the control of Paramatma. Sadguru is the combination of the trio that is Brahma Vishnu and Maheswara. In other words the Sadguru is the Parabramhan. So all the universe is under his control. This truth can be under stood by the miracles that take place around Sadgurus. Even though the common folk wish to have trust in God, their belief in God would not be firm till they seek for the help of a Sadguru. The universe as well as the day to day events are controlled by a divine force. Without deep rooted faith in this truth, man cannot develop enlightenment, dispassion, and dharmic life. In this chapter some such miracles of Sadguru Sri Venkaiah Swamy are given.
One day Sri Swamy was going to Talupur in a taxi. Abruptly Sri Swamy said "Ayya! it happens to cut the throat". No body could make out any meaning from that. A few minutes later, Swamyji shrieked, loudly. At once the car stopped without applying brakes. The very next minute a goat Jumped across the car. The goat would have died if the car did not stop so suddenly. With this incident the driver Mastanaiah who was indifferent to Sri Swamy till then, became a faithful devotee of Sri Swamy.
At Talupur village there is a mica mine called the "D" mine. One day Sri Swamy was at that mine. It was about to rain heavily. There were thick clouds all over tlie area. The servants appealed to Sri Swamy "Swamy ! it is about to rain. All our articles would be drenched. There is no house in the near by vicinity. Sri Swamy played on his yekatara for a few minutes and roared "What, Veeraraghavulu! Don't you know that we are here? What will happen to our articles and our men? Is it all your will and pleasure?" With in a few minutes all the clouds were scattered and the sun appeared clearly.
In the same way once there was a storm at Shirdi. Devotees were anxious to reach their homes. Then Sainath came out of the masjid and roared. "0 Allah! My children are to reach home safely and quickly. Slop the rain". At once the rain stopped.
One of the servants told a curious thing about Sri Swamy. "While we carry Sri Swamy in a doli he will be very light. One day He was very heavy while in the doli. The servant looked at Swamy. Sri Swamy was smiling. By the next minute the doli was very very light. The servant recognised that Sri Swamy could increase or decrease His weight at His will. This is one of the aspect of eight fold siddhi called "Astha siddhi".
Once some devotees from Madras state came and appealed to Swamyji that there was no rain at all for the last two years in their area. Sri Swamy asked His servants to write an appeal to God. He kept the paper under His thigh and sat on it for four days without taking food and water and without sleep. On the fifth day it rained heavily in Madras state and all the tanks were filled. Then only He gave up his fasting and took His gruel.
In the same way, once there was a severe drought in the Kalichedu area and the cattle were eating waste papers and dried leaves as there was no grass available. On seeing this pitiable scene, Sri Swamy went on fasting for two days without sleep. He sat erect all through the period even without changing His asana. He went on crying " You fellows! stop the vehicle. The gang of children are on heels. How many times should I tell you? I will penalise you if you make me angry". On the third day he gave up fasting, took His bath and gruel. At once it began to rain till all the tanks were full.
One day a poisonous serpent called "Tatibolugu" Crawled in and settled under His thigh. The servants were terrified and told Swamy about the snake. Swamy said "if we don't harm it, it will not harm us". After a while it went away on its own accord. This situation reminds us the incident when the snakes crawled on the bodies of Sainath and Sri Ramana Maharshi.
One night Rosi Reddy tried to take some papers kept on the sill. His finger was bitten by a snake. At once Sri Swamy kept Rosi Reddy's finger between His thigh and palm and pressed it for a few minutes. He was relieved of his pain. Swamy said "Ayya! your body has become sanjeevini" From that moment he never suffered the pain of venom, even though he was bitten by snakes a number of times. Once the paddy seedlings were dying away due to lack of rain. The farmers from Kattubadipalli village told Sri Swamy about their plight. Sri Swamy said "Let us send an appeal to God. From tomorrow there will be two inches of rain". Sri Swamy got the above words written on a piece of paper and gave that papers to those farmers as a mark of his blessings. From that night there was heavy rain and within twelve hours all the tanks were full. All the farmers came and prostrated before Swamyji with gratitude.
Once in Yarlapadu village, people were dying without any specific cause.. They thought that some evil spirit entered the village and was playing its mischief. No body dared to come out of their closed doors after sunset. Some of the villagers requested Sri Swamy and took him to their village. By the time they reached their village it was night time. So no body opened their doors thinking that the evil spirit was knocking the door. At last an old woman ventured to open the door. She announced the arrival of Swamy and all the villagers gathered there and welcomed Swamy.
Sri Swamy set up His holy fire in the village and stayed there for a few days. Thereafter, there were no such untimely deaths in that village.
It was the scorching summer of 1974. The ashramam at Golagamudi caught fire and the flames spread all around and the western wind was on full swing. There was no water in its vicinity. Ramanaiah, one of the servants prayed Sri Swamyji and poured a small pot of water on the flames. The fire, which was unmanageable even to a fire brigade was put down with that little pot of water. It was only due to the grace of Sri Swamy.
Once Sri Swamy was at the Siva temple in Talupur village. There was only one servant with Swamyji. It began to rain and the sky was with thick clouds and thunders. The servant submitted to Sri Swamy "Swamy! it is about to rain heavily. There is no body to carry you inside". The servant was terribly afraid. Sri Swamy ordered him to spread a mat before him. The servant again requested "Swamy! it is raining. If you move forward I can not carry you inside the temple."
Swamy:-"Clouds must be tied up. Be patient for a little while."
Sri Swamy sat on the mat and looked fiercely at the clouds for a while. Within a few minutes the clouds and the rain were scattered and it was a clear sky as usual.
One day Sri Swamy came to Narasa Reddy's house at Kalichedu. He asked them to arrange for some Zinc sheets to the kitchen shed. Narsareddy's wife said that she could not afford to meet the expenditure. Sri Swamy said "Don't worry they will look after it", and kept quiet. On the fifth day she was cooking vadas. Suddenly the (bandali) oil basin got a hole and all the oil was flowing in to the fire in the oven. At once she brought another basin and transferred all the remaining oil into it. Then it struck to her mind that when the oil fell on the blazing fire in the oven, it has to blaze out more fiercely and the thatched shed should have been on flames. But nothing has happened. Then she remembered the words of Sri Swamy five days back. "they will look after it". These words of Sri Swamyji saved her house from the fire havoc.
Once Sri Swamy was at Talupur. Barigela
Nagaiah asked "Swamy! when does it rain?"
Swamy:- Ayya! this year there are only three rains. The first after one and a half month, the second one after two months and twenty days and the third one will be after three months and five days. This is all the rain that the Gods would give.
Nagaiah:- Swamy! if there is no rain for one and half . a month, the cattle and the men will die.Nagaiah:-Swamy! it is high time, please take some gruel.
Swamy:- Ayya! we should take water only after the proposed task is completed.
After this, he took no gruel and water for six days. He sat in the same posture (asana) without any change for six days. There was no sleep during nights.
Hitherto, Swamiji used to lie down continuously. Devotees were thinking that Sri Swamy has became too old to recover his strength. But this incident was an eye opener to every one and they could realise Swamyji's powers and stamina. On the sixth day he took a bath and sat on his asana. At once it started raining and by the next morning all the tanks were full. We read in the puranas that the holy saints got us rain in time through their Yagna and penance. Today we see Sri Swamy doing the same thing. Such capable persons are called Bhusuras.
Some people may ask, "If Sri Swamy was such a powerful sage why did it take six days to get rain?" The scriptures declare that the total sins of the people of that area was the cause of draught in that area. To get their bad karma redeemed with his penance he needed certain time. The bad effects of nature, such as this drought, was a result of the lack of devotion towards God and dharma in their daily lives. As a result, the people do not conduct puja and Bhajan to God with devotion. So they have to face the wrath of nature in this manner.
In 1984 at the time of harvest there was a big cyclone in Nellore Dist. At Sulurpet, Naidupet, Gudur and Nelore all the crops were washed away by floods. But at Golagamudi a village 8 K.M. from Nellore, all the villagers worked in the fields chanting the name of Sri Swamy aloud. There was no rain except a thick fog for three days while there was heavy rain in the surrounding villages. So the farmers of Golagamudi village were able to secure all their harvest safely. This is only due to the conduct of Anna Santarpana in the name of Sri Swamy. "The_scrifflU£. will never go .wrong._Qnly weLunrip.rstandJhem wrongly". (Shirdi Sai)
One day Palakonda Subba Reddy had cut down a big tree at Chakala gunta. Sri Swamy asked him to carry the trunk of the tree on his head. It was too heavy to be carried on his head. Sn Swamy asked him to throw it down on the ground. When he threw it down Sri Swamy pushed the log with his stick in his hand. Then Sri Swamy asked him to carry the log again. Then the log was very very light. Subba Reddy thought that Sri Swamy could do anything, only if he willed it.
One day at Boyanapalli, the people were
talking about Govindamma the wife of Brahmamgaru. They said that she
glowed the lamps with water instead of oil and they praised her
greatness. Sri Swamy heard this and gave them water in a vessel and
asked them to light the lamps with that water. To their utter
amazement, all the lamps burned bright with that water. As long as
Swamy was among us he never agreed to propagate such wonders among
people. He ordered them to keep
them secret.
At the time of his lonely wanderings in the forest he used to go to the house of P. Seshaiah Naidu (Cherlopalli village) at mid night for food. The mother of Seshaiah was a great devotee of Sri Swamy. She served food to Sri Swamy with great reverence and Bhakthi.
In 1977 this Seahaiah Naidu was going on the road. Sri Swamy called him and gave him a chit. In that chit Swamy said that his life will be in danger after one year four months and six days, and that Sri Tiruvalluru Veera Raghava Swamy will save him from that danger.
After a long time, one day, he watered his fields with current motor and began to plough it. Immediatly one of his bulls fell down in the water in the field and began to shake its legs vehemently. Seshiah Naidu tried to lift the bull by holding its tail. His legs also felt some current in the water. He shouted to put off the main switch. But by the time they put off the main switch the bull died on the spot and the other one escaped the death. He was seriously thinking for the cause for the bull's death. His friend who tested the field with a tester found current all over the field. So he confirmed that the bull's death was only due to the electric shock. But the survival of Naidu who was bare footed in the water along with the dead bull was an enigma to all.
Suddenly Naidu was reminded of the chit given by Sri Swamy long ago. He searched for it and got it. According to the chit this dreadful accident was to take place exactly on that day. He believed that in the absence of Swamy's blessings he would have definitely died along with the bull.
Once a servant of Sri Swamy asked him "Swamy is it a fact that a sadhu joined a broken stone at Siddalaiah hill". Swamy said "Yes! it is possible. Once I made a big fire before the Sivalingam of this temple and closed the door and observed through the slit of the door. Due to the heat of the fire all the flooring stones were broken to pieces and they flew up along with the flames. Then it occurred to my mind. What will the villagers think of this act in the morning? At once all the pieces of stones came down and were joined together, in tact, as usual". That means Swamy approved the fact that by the will power, it is possible to join the broken pieces of stones in tact.
One day Sri Swamy was going to Siddalaiah hill in a bullock cart. On the way it began to rain with thick clouds. The servants told Swamy about the rain. Sri Swamy showed his palm towards the sky and made signs to stop the rain. Surprisingly there was no rain till they reached their destination.
At Golagamudi Ashramam there was a big boulder. It was so heavy that even two people could not lift it. One day Sri Swamy took it on his head without any body's help and went towards the west. He returned after three hours. When the devotees asked him about the boulder, he said that it should not be there.
In the same way a villager had kept a heavy log of wood for the construction of his house. One night Sri Swaray brought it -and placed it in the fire. Next morning the owner of the log came to Sri Swamy and cried for the loss. Sri Swamy asked him to split the beam with an axe. There was a huge snake in the beam. As per the "Vasthu-Sastra", if we use such a beam, the house holder will meet with a great calamity and perish.
One day Sattemma saw Sri Swamy in her dream. Sri Swamy was emitting great flames through his mouth. She was cleaning the way in which Sri Swamy was coming. Sri Swamy told her "I will have to look after the welfare of those who offer a morsel of food in my name."
One day at Siddalaiah hill some Munikannekalu (a type of evil spirits) asked Mallika Venkaiah to follow them to a new and greater Guru. He refused to leave his Guru and asked them to go away. In the same way these evil spirits teased him many times. One day Sri Swamy slapped on his chest and said "hereafter you will be free from their pestenng". They never teased him again after that, one day Swamy asked him to make pills of certain leaves and use them for his ailments. They were useful to him all through his life.
One day Sri Swamy told Venkaiah "if any evil spirit refuse to obey your orders, then command them to hold the pillar of the sacred fire. As long as you follow my instructions you need not fear any evil spirit".
Once, all the cattle in Kantepalli village (Which is at a distance of three kilometers from Golagamudi) suffered from swollen feet. Mallika Venkaiah could not secure a cart for bringing fire wood from the forest for the Dhuni of his Gurudev. Mallika Venkaiah chanted a particular mantra that he got from his Gurudev and summoned poleramma, a deity who causes this disease to the cattle. She appeared before him with flowing hair with innumerable eyes on them and thus threatened him. She wanted to frighten him through that ghostly appearance. But he was not at all afraid. Instead he roared "there is no place for you here. you must leave the out skirts of Kantepalli at once. Other wise you will have to embrace the pillar of fire of my Gurudev." She begged pardon and promised to leave the village by the third day morning. She kept her word and all the cattle have recovered from their ill health. The farmers brought fire wood in their own carts to Sri Swamy's sacred fire.
One day early in the morning, at four O'clock, Mallika Venkaiah was going in a bullock cart to bring the fire wood from the forest. On the way, a cobra, spreading its great hood, stood on its tail and stopped the cart. Venkaiah jumped from the cart and tried to kill the cobra with his axe. It made a loud hissing sound and moved this way and that way in great anger. But it didn't harm either Venkaiah or the bullocks. He gave up the idea of killing it and chanted the holy mantra taught by Sri Swamyji. The cobra at once contracted its hood and sneaked away in to the bushes. ;
N. SreeRama Naidu was digging a well. At a depth of eighteen feet, they faced a hard boulder and they could not go deeper. In that area water was available only at a depth of thirty feet. He represented his problem to sri Swamyji. Sri Swamy advised him to offer a little of the first portions of the dishes of their food in to the well for four days and to stop the work for another four more days and see what happens. With strong devotion in Sri Swamy he carried out the instructions of Sri Swamyji. On the eighth day strangely when he started the work that hard rock turned out in to a very very soft stone and the whole work was completed with in a few days.
N. Sree Ramaiah's lime garden would not yield any crop even one year after the scheduled time of five years. He begged for the blessings of Sri Swamy for his lime garden. Sri Swamy advised him to bring a pot of water from a pond near their water tank and pour a little of that water on the trunk of every plant. Without dropping even a single drop of water on the ground. He faithfully carried out Sri Swamy's advise and poured the remaining water in to the well. With in a fortnight, to the surprise of all, not only his own garden, but also all the gardens which used the water of that well yielded very good crop.
One day Sri Swamy was about to take his lunch. SreeRamaiah came for the darsan of Sri Swamy. Swamyji invited him to share the lunch with him. If he ate, the food will not be sufficient for Swamyji. So SreeRamaiah declined to eat. Sri Swamy said "Ayya! do you think that this is mere rice? you will know the effect in future." Sri Swamy placed the food in his hands and asked him to eat and drink water from the house of a potter on his way. He obeyed the orders of Sri Swamyji. Many years later, Sree Ramaiah had renounced his house and came to Golagamudi to participate in the service of Sri Swamy. Till the end of his life he used to bring bhiksha from the near by village Anikepalli and thus the words of Sri Swamy came true.
Once SreeRamaih's family was suffering a lot due to ill health and internal quarrels. At that time he received a letter from Sri Swamyji asking him to remove the ruins of skeletons lying under his site opposite to the house of one Mr. Lakshminarusu. On digging the earth they found a lot of charcoal and bones. After removing them they could lead a harmonious and peaceful life.
Mopuru Dasaiah and Komaragiri Ramanaiah cut down a big tree. They tried to tie the trunk of the tree to the bullock cart. But they could not lift it using some ropes. So they represented their problem to Sri Swamyji. Sri Swamyji said "call the people who eat palaav", saying these words Sri Swamy went away. As a last effort they again tried to lift it. This time it was very light and they were able to lift it easily.
One day Sri Swamy put some dried twigs on the river water and lit the fire from his rope. He was sprinkling water on the fire. Instead of getting extinguished the fire was blazing ^th flames. This incident is from the narrations of Mataji "Vakkamma". The same miracle can be found in the life history of Sri Akkalkota Swamy,
The Americans landed on the moon for the first time and came back successfully. All over the world people applauded their advancement in science and technology. One day Nooteti Audeiah told Swamy " Swamy! the Americans landed on the moon and came back successfully". On hearing this Sri Swamy said "How little the moon is! It is not an equivalent to a bridge". In size and distance, if we compare it with the universe and the planets, then really it is a minute thing. Swamy, being a universal spirit, there is no wonder speaking so light of this extraordinary thing.
At Kulluru Rajupalem the well of Yerukala Raju was dried up during Summer and in the rainy season the water was pungent and full of dirty worms. One day Sri Swamy took a bath in that well. After this, the water became pure and drinkable and there was no dearth of water during the summer also.
Once, people were dying due to Cholera at Mangupalli village. The river was in floods. So the villagers could not cross the river and reach Sri Swamy. Sri Swamy gave alighted wisp to Chalamanaidu and asked him to concentrate his attention on the wisp (torch) and walk on the river. Even though the river was in full floods they crossed the river and reached Mangupalli. While they were crossing the river, it was only knee deep. Sri Swamy put up a pole with a chit on the out skirts of that village and came back. There after not a single person died in that village.
Pakala pati Guruvu garu who lived in the
forest of Chintalapalli (Vishakapatnam) also protected a village in
this manner.
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