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REMEMBERS EVEN AFTER MANY BIRTHS

Man is a part and parcel of that paratatwa. But due to ignorance he thinks that he is the "body" and the people responsible for that are "his parents" like this, he is a jumble of such delusions. Due to the instigation of lust, greed, anger, jealousy, pride etc. he will commit so many good and bad things. To experience the results of these deeds he will be taking a number of births again and again with ignorance. Due to the merits of their previous births only, a very few among them are blessed with the association of satpurushas. With the help of the power of that association, their power of discrimination and dispassion wakes up in the seekers and by their self effort they become satpurushas too. The spirit of Lord Datta who is on the earth to grace the human race takes the fom of such satpurusha (as his abode) and brings welfare to the living creatures on earth. Such satpurusha will be clearly aware of their previous lives and the fruits of their karma in all the creatures. We see this in the lives of so many satpurushas. Here I put forth some examples of Sri Swamy's omniscience regarding the previous lives of his devotees.

In 1979 Sri Swamy was at Inukurthi Village. One day a woman in insufficient rags on her body and a palmyra fish basket in her hand was going on that way. Sri Swamy called her and ordered his servants to feed her sumptuously and give her a sari and ten rupees cash. They did accordingly and asked Sri Swamy "who she was". Sri Swamy said "Ayyaa ! in the previous life she was the daughter in law of Mysore Maharajah. As she did not give any (alms) dana and dharma she has become like this in this birth. One day Sri Swamy said to Chalamanaidu "Ayyaa ! in the previous life we were in the house of The Raja of Venkatagiri and studied. I studied Governor course and you studied Judge course. Then we livecj in palace. Both of us were unmarried. Now we are in thatche| houses. Do we get palaces always? After that we were in the house of Raja ofPithapuram. Now I came to Nagalavellatur|

In the beginning when Guravaiah came to the service of Sri Swamy he could not speak clearly. He was stammering| Servants asked Sri Swamy "Swamy ! kindly give educatiori to Guragaiah. Swamy : Ayyaa! He knows everything.

One day he told his servants about Guravaiah "He was born in Bangalore in a carpenter's house situated in the south street. After that he was born in a vysya house. Next, he was born in the house of Mysore Maharaja. After that I was born in the house ofMaharaj of Venkatagiri and he (Guravaiah) was born in the house of the metemal uncle of Venkatagiri" Maharajah.
Regarding Koduru Venkamma Sri Swamy said "Yol were the daughter-in-law of "flags and banners" you lived i| a palace wearing gold ornaments and you had your looks onl) in the sky but not on the earth. One day your leg touched the flag and the flag bowed and you fell flat on your face| The flag cursed you to be born on earth and live the life (| a widow. If the curse was not there you would not have the marriage at all. But due to the curse, you got your eari)j marriage in the childhood and lost your husband. But we will not desert you". Mallika Venkaiah came to Sri Swamy at the age of twenty five and was in his service till his last breath in 1984. Supply of fire wood to the sacred fire was his duty. He is the only person whom Sri Swamy did invite to his service.

One day Mallika Venkaiah heard of Sri Swamy as a great soul He came to see Sri Swamy. On seeing him Sri Swamy asked him to come near and said "Ayyaa ! will you live with me ?"

Venkaiah: No, Swamy ! I won't come to you. If I come to you, I have to go for begging food. It is not possible for me to do that job.

Swamy : Abbe ! Nothing of that sort. In Rameswaram I was a Manager and you were the head clerk. For a number of births both of us are coming together. All yourkarmic dues in that part are over. So come to me.

Venkaiah :- Swamy ! if you tell me the mantra to drive away evil spirits. Mantra for sore foot in cattle, Katerumantra, Poleramma Mantram, Scorpion and snake mantram, I will come to you.

Swamy:- OK, I will tell you those mantras if you come to me. You will act as a leader to our fire wood-gathering batch of workers. Those people will come behind you. Sri Swamy got a chit written to that effect and gave it to Venkaiah. Not only that, Sri Swamy gave him those mantras and corrected his mistakes in pronunciation also. (Till the last, Sri Venkaiah was the king without a crown and served his Guru God like a true sadaka).

At Inukurthi village there was a teacher. His son had lost the power of his limbs (legs and hands) due to a defect | in the brain. When the doctors failed to cure him they brought i him to Sri Swamy for his blessings,

Swamy:- What can we do. It is the bad karma incurred | in the previous life by beating the race horses. In the previous | life he was the driver of race horses and beat them mercilessly.] He must experience that bad karma.

A devotee :- Swamy ! this man is leading such a pious life. How did he incur that disease ?

Sri Swamy :- In the previous life he was a hunter of | birds. He hunted for his joy. Should he not pay the penalty | for that ? He fell down on the earth like a bird falling down, | rolling in the air. Sri Swamy explained how wonderfully the kannic principle works.

At Nagulavellatur a child lost the power of sensation in his two thumbs. He was brought to Swamy for relief. Sri Swamy said, "He used to hit the birds with a cat-a-pult for-fun. He should suffer that karma".

One day a girijan lady and her three children came to the ashraman with very hungry stomachs. Sri Swamy ordered his men to serve them food in a leaf plate. The children have eagerly eaten away the food in the leaf plate even before their mother had eaten it. Again and again they were served food till all of them were satisfied.
Sri Swamy :- These are not only children to her. At her home there are still four more children. In the previous life she was the daughter in law of Venkatagiri Raj ah. Without giving any thing to her seven maid servants she used to eat everything for herself. Those seven maid servants are now bom as her seven children and are troubling her by not allowing her to eat well.

Regarding the working condition of the karmic principle Sri Sainath said "you reap what you sow", "you get what you give".

One day Sri Swamy called Rosireddy and said "Ayyaa! in your last birth you were a brahmin by name^ Subbaiah. You were my teacher who gave me education. Now you take this Dhovatees and ten rupees as dakshina". Saying this Sri Swamy gave him a dhovatee and money.