Sripada Leelavaibhavam : Singanna Dora Story and his previous birth stories

From Sreepada Sreevallabha Leelavaibhavam Book Chapter -8. We come to know that Singanna Dora, when Sreepada Swami was in Srisailam used to help Sreepada Swami in collecting medicinal herbs and help people who needed the herbs.

Singanna Dora was a devotee of Sreepada Swami and followed Him.One day he invites Sreepada Swami to his hut.Swami accepts his invitation and visits his hut. Singanna Dora had two girl children, with one girl dumb and the other blind.Swami with his grace grants the girls speech and vision respectively. After seeing this miracle by Sreepada Swami Singaana Dora's trust, love and devotion for Swami increases even more.He then prays to Sreepada Swami and thanks Him for letting him be with Sreepada Swami and request for moksha.

Sreepada Swami through meditation comes to know about the previous life of Singanna Dora. As narrated by Sri Sri Sri Vittal Babaji In Leelavaibhavam- In his previous life Signanna Dora was a great scholar in Kaasi. He was full of ego for the knowledge he acquired and he did not want his disciples to acquire more knowledge than him.Whereas, a true teacher is full of compassion towards his disciples and always would feel happy if the disciple reaches great heights of knowledge than the teacher.Due to this quality of ego, in his next birth he will be born in a Kshatriya family and later rules Madurai as the king.

It is said that, the one who is jealous of others success in education and who does not like to share the knowledge they have thinking of they would acquire more knowledge than us, will be born as a person with lack of interest in studies, in his next birth.So, Babaji advises to us to share the knowledge we have with others.

In this birth also he does not play his role properly!Being a king, he himself does not lead a righteous life and behaves like a miser and does not help needy people and lives a greedy life.Now that he has added this quality in his account, in his next birth he will be born in a Vaishya community.Now, being a miser strengths in this birth and in this birth he develops a quality that hard work pays off and starts living more greedily and he does not spend money for any good cause like charity, donating for temples etc.,.

Because of this quality he will be born in a hard working farmer family in his next birth.As, he was carrying all these qualities from his previous births like ego, miser, greed..and in this birth all these qualities strengthens even more and he will not play his role perfect here as well!He has no interest in himself, just pass his time lazily and would always go for fishing.In this birth he enjoyed fishing and the lake view.Now, one more additional quality added to his karmic account.

Next, he takes birth as a fisherman.Even in this life he troubles everyone and extracts more money from people.Later, he takes birth as a hunter named Ravana . In this life he develops a quality to help others in need and this is the consequence of taking birth in holy places like kaasi and Madhurai. And, because of this quality that he developed, he was born in Srisailam, a holy place as Singanna Dora.

Sreepada Swami tells Singanna Dora that, he will have to take two more births and he will be fortunate to have Swami's Darshan even in his next two births.That is the love He has for His children. And, tells him that he was very fortunate, as, all the births he took were in holy places.

The two births are :

1. Narashima Saraswathi Swami Avataramu:

In SreeGuru Charitra we come across a story, where two scholars with full of ego and arrogance defeat fellow scholars and take the victory certificate from every King, that no one can defeat them in an argument in Vedas.They happen to once visit the place where Trivikrama Bharathi a devotee of Narashima Saraswathi Swami and a great scholar lives and asks him to participate in the argument or agreeing defeat, give them the certificate of Victory. Trivikrama Bharathi decides that the best person to teach them a lesson is Sadhgurudu and take them to Him.The scholars, in spite of Swami telling them in many ways that, Vedas are not known completely by anyone and what they are doing is not right, they ask for an argument or agree their defeat.Then Swami calls a Dalitha community person passing their way, asks His disciples to sprinkle some Vibhoothi on him and make him recite all the verses of Vedas.This Dalitha person is none other than Singanna Dora in his previous birth.The scholars learn their lesson.The Dalitha man, by the miraculous power of Vibhoothi (holy ash) could recollect all that he has learned in his first birth as a Veda Scholar.He starts pleading Swami for liberation and forgive him and free him from attachments.. As soon as the Vibhoothi is washed away he forgets everything and walks away as if nothing has happened and falls in the cycle of Maya again .Thus, is power of the sacred ash.

The scholars will be born as Brahma Rakshasas due to the curse of Sadhgurudu and later turn as tigers during Swami Samratha Maharaj's period and by Swami's grace get liberated.

2. Samartha Sadhguru Sainath Maharaj:

Sree Saibaba says to Nanasaheb Chandorkar that our relation is continuing since last 3 births. He is none other then Singanna Dora.

Singanna Dora - Sreepada Sreevallabha Swami

Dalitudu - Sree Narashima Saraswathi Swami

Nanasaheb Chandorkar - Sree Saibaba