Next morning Swami takes bath, wakes up the boy and asks him to start his daily routine after bath. The boy says to Swami, "Anyhow I will die in some time why should I take bath?"Swami replies to the boy saying there is still time for that incident to take place and whatever might happen we must not leave or neglect our daily activities.Swami again cooks for the boy and asks him to eat food..again the boy says the same.. "Why should I? I will die anyway".Swami says to him what shall happen, shall happen but, we must not break our daily routine.
After a while, Swami says to him last night he could not sleep because of the boy's continuous crying and also that he(boy) was sick he was blabbing the whole night.He says to boy now that he is feeling a bit better,He wants to take some rest and goes to the nearby Hanuman temple and asks the boy to accompany Him and massage His legs.Swami sleeps near the Hanuman idol and the boy also sits there massaging his Guru's legs.As the boy was nearing to death the followers of Yama came and threw Yama noose (yama pasham) on the boy.But, how much ever they tried they fail to take the life of the boy.The boy was observing all this and feels happy as the noose is not able to harm him.And he laughs to his hearth and enjoys looking at what was happening.The Yama batulu threatened the boy to come out..but the boy understands that the noose is not able to enter the main temple and holds on to His Guru's feet more strongly with faith and replies them that he will not come out .Not knowing what to do, they leave and inform Yamadharam Raja. Now it was his turn to loose!
While all this was happening Swami Ramdas was in a deep sleep and the boy did not leave His Guru's feet even for a second.But, he horoughly enjoyed by looking at what was happening.The followers of Yama and Yama both leave the place as all their efforts of taking the boy's life did not succeed.The boy keeps on laughing.Mean while Swami wakes up from His sleep and asks him surprisingly he was weeping last night and how come he is very happy and laughing now!He narrates the whole incident that happened while Swami was asleep.He says that he is no more scared as all the efforts of Yama and His followers did not succeed.Swami says to the boy to take biksha from the astrologer's house and asks him to tell confidently and bravely that he is still alive and is with his Guru.
That evening very excited he boy stands in front of the astrologer's house and asks for biksha with more strong and powerful voice.The astrologer gets stunned by listening to the boy's voice and hastily comes out.He was in a great doubt as how could his prediction go wrong!How could the boy be alive!He asks the boy, "Are you still alive?How can my prediction go wrong?" The boy replies that he is alive, happy and healthy.The astrologer requests the boy to take him to His Guru Swami Samarha Ramdas. The boy introduces the astrologer to Swami.Swami then says to the astrologer, "Oh, so you are that great astrologer". The astrologer immediately asks for forgiveness.Swami advises him even if he predicts anything serious in the astrology chart one should not let the person know it and scare them.Our speech should give happiness and solace to others.Thus explaining he blesses the astrologer.
What is not possible for a Guru?If we have Guru's blessings with us and if Guru's grace has fallen on us none can harm us.As a disciple, we must make sincere efforts to follow the path Guru has set for us.Doing so we will be eligible for Guru's full grace and Guru Kripa. By following Guru's teachings and Guru's instructions day by day we progress and one fine day Guru will be forced to glance at us...His mere glance has the power to remove all the karma we are facing. Complete surrender to Guru and devoted love for Him most importantly following and practicing His wisdom teachings will make us win all the difficult situations in life and Guru only has the power to make impossible things possible.
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