PURIFICATION OF THE SINNERS

        Every man craves for peace and contentment. He tries to achieve a state where he is not pestered with any sorrow. Many people failed to achieve such state and try to forget their worry and sorrow through the joy they got through time passing entertainments. Some among them will become slaves to certain vices and weaknesses. Even though they got some temporary relief through them, from the very next minute, they will "be meeting with more and more unrest and desperation. To escape from them, again and again they will only resort to their weaknesses. In fact, due to the failure of health and unrest in their houses, they suffer a lot. Such helpless creatures will get a transformation through the darsan and blessings of Satpurushas like Sri Swamy. Their lives will pickup a new radiance from that day onwards. Those who do not whole heartedly crave for such transformation, will not get it. Those, who fulfill our heart felt desires alone, are called the Satpurusha. In this chapter we will know about some such people who got transformation through Swamy.

Bethu Jaya Ramaiah was a great drunkard. One day he held the two feet of Sri Swamy and begged Swamy to keep him always in that state of intoxication. Inspite of the repeated asking of Sri Swamy and his servants he did not leave the feet of Sri Swamy for a long time. At last Sri Swamy blessed him saying "Alright you can go". We do not know the power behind that single word. From that day his personality was totally changed. He gave up drinking. He spent all his time in silence. Previously he was quite angry and of quarrelsome nature picking up quarrels for no reason. Now he is totally a changed person. He spent most of his time in lonely places.

One day three ladies dressed in zari saries came to the darsan of Sri Swamy and stood there. Sri Swamy asked them to sit. They thought that their saries would be spoiled if they sit in the dust. So they did not carry out the orders of Sri Swamy at once. Sri Swamy repeated his order for the third time. This time one of the ladies sat there on the palmyrah leaves. Sri Swamy gave his chit of blessings to all the visitors and also to the lady who obeyed his order and sat on the palmyrah leaf. He refused to give the chits of blessings to the other'two ladies saying "No, the upper gods are not agreeable to give you chits". Even though Sri Swamy was a ?I merciful God, to receive his grace we have to implicitly obey his orders with love, devotion and self surrender without a second thought. If the vessel is to be filled with water from a tank we must bend its top and neck. Isn't it ?

Subba Reddy of (Badwel) reports a wonderful experience which he had witnessed long ago.

The two he-buffaloes that drag the fire wood cart of Sri Swamy entered into a near by field and damaged some crop. The owner of that field was driving them to BANDILA DODDI. The servants of Sri Swamy begged him to leave the buffaloes as they belonged Sri Swamy. In his drunken mood he did not hear their words. Sri Swamy met him on the way and asked "Ayyaa! where are you taking the buffaloes". He did not give any reply and moved on his way. Sri Swamy looked at him seriously and made a sign with his palm as if he asked him to stop. At once the drunken man as well as the buffaloes stopped as if their legs were tied. Sri Swamy said "Is it my own work? This is the work of God. If you so desire you may claim a share in the sacred fire. Don't do like this in future". The drunken man brought back the buffaloes. He not only helped Sri Swamy but "lived with Swamy. He used to graze the buffaloes daily.

Tupili Venkaiah (Golagamudi) was not only a drunkard but also an active participant in the (Kodi pandem) cock-Fight betting. With these vices he lost all his landed property. His wife was a great devotee of Sri Swamy. She washed the clothes of Sri Swamy and his retinue with Sradda and Bhakthi. Even though she represented her plight regarding the conduct of her husband, Sri Swamy kept quite. Daily Pitchemma used to offer milk to Sri Swamy. One night she sent the milk through her husband. By that time Sri Swamy was asking for milk. So immediately they offered the milk to Swamy. Sri Swamy drank the milk and cried like a cock "KOKKOROKO". Every body laughed at the behavior of Swamy. They thought that Sri Swamy did like that only to indicate that the milk was brought by a man who had the vicious habit of cock fighting (KODI PANDEM) But to the utter amazement of all, from that day Venkaiah gave up all his vices like drinking, gambling and cock fighting etc.

Ramanamma daughter of Tirupathi Janakiramaiah Nellore, came to the darsan of Sri Swamy along with her sister's daughter. When they were at a distance of half a hiriong Sri Swamy sent men ordering them not to come to him. At that time Sri Swamy was very furious and in a fit of anger throwing all the articles in the fire and he himself was about to jump into the fire. Sri Swamy's men stopped them at a distance. On seeing all this unrest and shouts Ramanamma's sister's daughter went back home. After a long time Ramanamma sent word to Swamy requesting that she would not leave the place without speaking at least one word with Swamy. Merciful Swamy ordered her to speak from a distance of sixty feet. She wept saying "Swamy I will take any kind of punishment that you give but I can not go back leaving you." Swamy "Ayyoo, she is prepared to under go the punishment. What can we do" Alright, take four people and conduct Bhajan in the Maruthi temple and next morning let her come to Amma (mother)". She did so and got the blessings of Swamy. Here the punishment is also simply chanting of Bhajans in the Anjaneya temple.

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