With the nine forms of devotion: Sravana, Kirtana, Smarana, Padasevana, Archana, Vandana, Dasya, Sakhya & Atmanivedana, lets bow down with reverence before our Guru who is the supreme being, the Lord of Lords, SatChitAnanda, from whom the living came into existence and in whom everyone merges, before him let us salute, and thank him for all the beautiful things he has done to us. May Lord Siva, Sai & Guru's grace be on all.

Friday, May 18, 2012

Being in the company of a Guru

Recently on Hanuman Jayanti,I happened to read the following story of the Birth of Lord Hanuman. The story goes like this:
Hanuman was born to Anjana, a female vanara, and Kesari, a male vanara, in Anjana Giri mountain. Another name for Hanuman is "Anjaniputra" which means son of Anjana. His mother was an apsara who was born on Earth as a female vanara due to a curse. She would be redeemed from this curse on her giving birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva, and endowed with the Supreme Power of exalted devotion to Bhagwan Hari. Hanuman is endowed with 28 transcendental divine opulences, with perfection in each. Anjana, along with her husband Kesari, performed intense prayers to Lord Shiva to beget Him as her Child. Pleased with their devotion, Shiva granted them the boon they sought.Hence, Hanuman is also known as "Maharudra" because he was born of the boon given to Anjana by Shiva, who is also known as Rudra. The Valmiki Ramayana states that Kesari is the son of Brihaspati and that Kesari also fought on Rama's side in the war against Ravana.
Several different traditions account for Hanuman's birth. One is that at the time that Anjana was worshipping Lord Shiva, elsewhere, Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, was performing the Putrakama Yagna in order to have children. As a result, he received some sacred pudding, payasam, to be shared by his three wives, leading to the births of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna. By divine ordinance, a kite snatched a fragment of that pudding and dropped it while flying over the forest where Anjana was engaged in worship. Vayu, the Hindu deity of the wind, delivered the falling pudding to the outstretched hands of Anjana, who consumed it. Hanuman was born to her as a result.

Sai Maa, Smt. Veena Guptaji,
W/o Sri Ashok Guptaji New Delhi
This story made me focus on the following thought. Anjana maata received the droppings of the sacred pudding which originated as a result of yagna/havan by the pure souls and gave birth to an incarnation of Lord Shiva, endowed with the Supreme Power of exalted devotion to Sri Rama. What a power the sacred pudding had. If often, whenever given a chance, if a disciple happens to be under the aura of a Guru who is a perfect Siddha, then the seemless energy which the Siddha guru receives as a result of his perfect meditative state, gets transferred to the bhaktas under the Guru's aura. We need to be in the company of the Guru whenever we get a chance or rather try to grab a chance. The power which i receive from my Guru is also such, which i feel is no less than the power of the sacred pudding which Anjana Maata received. I often feel this state in the company of both of my Guru Maa, Veena Maa who often bestows me with the Udhi showered by the Lord Shri Sai. My Guru has has her own way of taking devotees on the marg of Atma Shakshatkar. Even Wonderful is the power above all. The power from which everything originates and to which everything merges into. This power and energy is our Sai, the supreme of All, the source of All. May this world always be under your divine Aura Sai.

At the lotus feet of Shri Sai
Sudheer Kumar Pisay

1 comment:

  1. om sai ram

    Thanks for posting the birth story of lord Hanuman
    and about importance of guru.

    Sree

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