intellectual. The sharpness of his arguments, the flow of his learned
utterings were capable of shattering the ego of all other learneds. He
had cultivated great respect among all intellectuals. He possessed
many 'Siddhis' in Yoga and Tantra, but his heart was longing for the
real spiritual bliss. This tormented him for many days. But
along with that he also had somewhere in some corner, the ego of
being such a learned and respectful "pandit".
To seek spiritual bliss, on one hand, and the ego of being a learned,
on other hand, created a dilemma within himself. He was not
able to decide whom to make his Master for such a path.
Finally, after pondering patiently on the topic, he decided to go and
seek refuge under the guidance of Acharya Ramanuja. Acharyaji, in
those days, was one of the prominent learned sage and saint, and was
recognised for his wisdom in all directions.
He went to Acharyaji along with his curiosity, but, unfortunately,
Acharyaji
rejected him because of his ego. He tried many times only for being
rejected every time by the Acharya.
One day he was sitting besides Acharyaji, when one of the Acharya's
so-
called sister "Atula" approached him and asked,
"Brother (Acharya ji), I struggle a lot while cooking in my in-law's
home. If you
have any suitable cook, do lend me one, so that I would be freed from
this trouble."
Pondering for a while, Acharyaji's gaze struck Kuresh bhatt. He
said,
"Kuresh, I cannot make you my disciple, but yes, if you wish you can
go and become a cook for my (this) sister."
The wealthiest of all, intellectual of all, ascetic of all, possessor
of many 'siddhis' as Kuresh was, people sitting around were greatly
struck at such a proposal for him.
Although Kuresh was egoistic, yet he was aware of the essense of
the 'Shastras'. He knew the secret of the blissful eye of the
SADGURU. Without wasting a second, Kuresh accepted the proposal and
said,
"Prabhu..! if not a disciple, you are atleast providing with an
opportunity of becoming your servant. This is much for me."
From that very second and for many years he cooked 'chappatis' for
Atula
and his other in-laws' home members. With his love and affection, he
cooked food for everyone; side by side in his mind, he used to remain
engross in meditation of the SADGURU. The continuity of his such
prayers, washed of all the ego making his spirit one with the
SADGURU. His heart was, then, filled with ATMAGYAN and BRAHMAGYAN.
Day came when Acharyaji, himself, approached to Kuresh and said,
" 'Vatsa', now you have become my disciple without any efforts."
Kuresh's life was filled with the blissful nectar of SADGURU's
blessings.
Really is the blessing of the SADGURU such, that it makes the life of
a disciple purest of pure.
Jai Gurudev.
(Ref..'Akhand Jyoti'-2004 'Patrika' from Gayatri Parivar)
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