Mantralaya-1034
(Sri Raghvendra Patwari, devotee of Rayaru)Date
: April 20, 2023
Background
Dear Devotees : Namaskara.
||Sri MannMoolaRamastu Mannmathe Moolamahasamsthhaana Mantralaya Sri Rayaramathe||
||Gajagawhara Sri Jayateertha Gurubhyo Namaha||
||GAJAGOWHARA TEERTHHASTHHAM RAJA RAJA SUPOOJITAM JAYATEERTHA GURUM VANDE SANTAAPA TRAYA SHAANTAYE||
||OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAAYA NAMAHA||
SATYAMEVA JAYATI NA ANRUTAM
NA CHA MADHAVA SAMO DEVA NA CHA MADHWA SAMO GURUHU
I
lost my Appa (father) Sri Raghvendra Patwari who was a strong Rayaru
devotee from a very young age of 5 years till his last breath of 80
years.
How Sri Raghavendra Swamy blessed my father throughout his life is described in Mantralaya (1034).
Meaning
As per Geeta, Death is certain for every life which has taken birth in this universe.
Jatasya hi Dhrvo mrtyurdhruvam janma mrtasya ca
Tasmadapariharye rthe na tvam socitumarhasi
Sri
RagahevndraTeertharu is capable of bestowing the Mukti to his devotees.
This can be witnessed through examples of Venkaana the water man who
desired to attain Mukti, Purvashrama wife Sharada Devi who attained
Mukti and Kanaka Dasru in his next Janma after seeing Rayaru. I am
confident that Rayaru is taking care of my father.
I wish to
share about my father Sri Rahavendra Patwari and his strong devotion
towards Rayaru. As a kid my father was born in the 7th month and was
weak physically. My Grandfather’s friend Joshi Sir was a close family
member and greatest devotee of Rayaru. My grandfather wanted to discuss
about my father’s weakness with Joshi Sir. Let me talk about
Joshi Sir, Joshi sir had a routine of not talking to any one while
doing Pradakshina of Sri Rayara Brindavana, this is called as Mouna
Pradakshina where focus is just on Rayaru. Once due to some work his
routine of Mouna Pradakshina became late. At night around 9:00pm
he started Pradakshina. During Mouna Pradakshina he saw a
small kid sitting in Rayara temple and was crying hard, he was puzzled
at this time , when no one is there around who is this kid crying ? In
those days 9:00pm used to be like midnight of our time. But Joshi sir
thought he will attend the kid once he completes his Mouna
Pradakshina as he might talk to kid accidentally and break his practice
if he attends kid now. After completing the Mouna Pradakshina ,
he wanted to take care of kid but the kid was not seen, he searched all
around temple and thought it may be some near by house kid and went
home. During that night Rayaru came in Joshi sir's dream and spoke to
him “I came to meet you and you didn’t care me at all then smiled and
gave a full coconut and mantrakshate”. When Joshi sir got up he saw
coconut and mantrakshate beside his bed. Till this date his family
members have preserved coconut and mantrakshate in a box and are
worshipping. This Joshi Sir told my grandfather he should not
worry about weakness of my father as he was born for a great cause and
Rayaru will take care of him. Joshi sir taught my father and he blessed
him whole heartily.
My grandfather was a teacher and was close
to Sri SujayendraTheertahu. Everytime my grandfather used to visit
Mantralaya and would do sevas like bringing water from River and
so on, he didn’t have that much money to afford performing high paid
Sevas. My grandfather used to say in front of Rayaru Brindavana that my
son and grandsons and family tree with your blessings will become good
donors of Sri RayaraMutta and will engage with Rayaru for ever.
During
the college years my father used to feel that some one is walking
behind and sprinkling water on him, he witnessed this in the hot
summer of Hyderabad and Gulbarga . My father used to get the dream
before the exam night. In dream he would see the question paper
along with answer. He would get up early in morning and study those
before going to exams. While writing exam he used to pray Rayaru and
open the question paper and thank Rayaru for showing exact same
questions previous night.
My father got the first job interview
after completion of M.A Degree as a Kannada Lecture in Bangalore. There
was just 1 position available and interviewers were specialised in
different domain in Kannada than what my father had studied which was
KumaraVysa, Rana, Pampa and DasaSahitya. My grandfather had little hope
that his son (my father) will get the job as there were too many
applicants from Bangalore and Mysore. Before going to interview in
Bangalore my father decided that he will do break journey and visit
Mantralaya on the way. While taking Darshana at Mantralaya Brindavana,
Rayara Archakaru who was standing near the Brindavana gave my father
the Mantrakshate and told I know you are going for job interview and
Rayaru told me that you will get the job and interviewers will ask
questions that you studied. After taking this blessings my father
started to Bangalore and got the job. Interviewers asked the subjects
where my father had mastery.
During his service as principle of
Degree college he used to travel to Yadgir from Gulbaraga and everyday
he used to go to Rayaru temple at 4:00am. The Archaka of that priest
shared this news today. My father told Archaka that this temple has
Mantralaya Rayaru Sanidhya, presence. Archaka asked my father how are
you telling with so much confidence ? My father told he saw Rayaru came
in the form a old Achar entering Brindavana. If my father miss visiting
the temple , Rayaru would appear in dream and ask why there is no
attendance today ? That is reason why he told there is presence of Sri
Rayaur here in this temple. This news is being shared by Archaka today
which I was not aware off.
My father started wiring about
Mantralaya Series in year 2004, came in connection with you all
devotees and Rajaram who is/was uniting Rayaru devotees into one
platform. My father was very dedicated and never missed a week , every
Thursday he used to send the article to Rajarama.. He usually first
writes poem in Kannada and then translate to English. He learnt
computer and became very comfortable within no time. What he shared
with me was he had no idea of what to write every week but when he sits
in his usual place and holds the pen and pray to Rayaru the poem starts
flowing on his own and he doesn’t even know how and where it end, he
never preplanned of what to write. During his open heart Surgery when
talking to doctor he asked about recovery period and how long it takes
to be normal with writing and typing in computer. Doctor said you
should ask about operation procedure and what happens during operation
rather than recovery period. My father told Doctor that he writes
article about Rayaru and he wants to write in advance as many as
possible so that during his recovery he will not miss articles. While
coming to topic of operation procedure, my father told Doctor you
will not operate, my Guru Rayaru in the form of you will operate me and
hence, he is not worried about operation procedure. Doctor who had no
idea of Rayaru by the end of treatment became devotee of Rayaru and
stayed in connection with my father for very long time. This is the
kind of dedication he had towards Mantralaya Series and influence on
folks who comes to his contact
10 years back after performing
Navaratri Pooja, my father was sitting in our hall. He felt that Rayaru
came in front and told him that his life span is over already and he
would talk to Sri Hari for life extension. That night when my father
was sleeping, he felt that his soul left the body and went a place in
the sky where so many people were being offered food in the PanduRanga
Vitthala temple. They offered food to my father but he refused to eat
saying he is not hungry. That time priest of PanduRanga temple who is
Rayaru came outside and told why did they bring my father here he still
has lot of work to do and asked them send him down. My father felt
falling down and soul entering the body and for next 2 days he was dull
and had body pain. He used to tell all of us that remaining life is
bonus given by Rayaru ( similar to how Jaganatha Dasaru got from
GopalaDasaru) to reach 1008 Mantralaya articles and do Raya Seva every
second.
After loosing my brother my father started to become
mentally weak. On the day of April 13th few days before his death, I
came to my hometown as I was supposed to go to Mantralaya and Bichali
for my brother’s monthly rituals and Go Daana(Cow Donation). I told my
father that it summer and it is hot and asked him not to come with him.
He was adamant that he has to visit. We reached Mantralaya at evening
6:00pm , he got blessings from Shri SubhudhendraTheertharu and saw the
Maha Mangalaruti standing very close to Brindavana. Shri
SubhudhendraTheertharu loved my father a lot and shared good relation.
After completing Maha Mangalaruti, I took him for 1 km walk outside at
the entrance of Mantralaya where he saw beautiful development and
decorations all over. He told me look what Vijaya Dasaru and Gopla
Dasru has described about Mantralaya that it will a be a place where
every day there is new development will happen along creation of
positive energy and it will be like Indra’s place. He appreciated works
of Shri SubhudhendraTheertharu his imagination and care for of
Mantralaya . Next day on Friday my father saw Rayaru Panchamruta and
went to Bichali and did rituals of Go Daana there. We came home to
Gulbarga on Friday. On next day my father told my mother that this time
he had asked Rayaru to give him peaceful death which is painless and he
should not be bed ridden and take service from others. He told my
mother that he requested for rest of us and devotees good health and
life. My mom asked why are talking like this ? My father smiled and
told I am being practical and don’t worry. Next day on Monday he woke
up and did his Dwadaishi pooja and performed Shiva pooja as it was
Monday. Then for a long time he kept reading Sudha Parimila. My mom
says he was dull that day. Next day this request came true. I recall
few years back while we both are driving my father told me that is he
asks Rayaru to reach his feet then Rayaru will fulfil his request
within 24 hours. I can co-relate that now. As per his wish he got
death which was painless and never took the service from anyone. I just
came to know that he had shared 2 years back a message to his favourite
student Guru who used to Drive our car for father that his ashes should
be impressed in Tungabhadra River. He asked not to share this with
family members till his death. On Thursday I am heading towards
Tungabhadra for his ash impression.
I consider my
self-blessed to be born has his son who gave me wisdom of Rayaru. So
many folks have been touched by father. I am proud of Ragahevndra
Patwari great Devotee of Rayaru and I am very confidant that he will be
at the feet of Rayaru.
My father's words will continue to echo
inside me that "The devotion towards Sri Raghavendrateertharu is
the ultimate truth and is the most simple and effective way to reach to
Sri Hari - "NAMBI KETTAVARILLAVO EE GURUGALA"!
|| BICHALI JAPADAKATTI SRI APPANACHARYA PRIYA MANTRALAYA
SRI RAGHAVENDRATEERTHA GURUBHYO NAMAHA||