The Miracle of Cooling Sandalwood:
How Sri Raghavendra Swamy Turned Heat into Relief.
Venkatanathan is the purvashrama sanction of Guru Pujya Sri Raghavendra. He had to unrecorded successful abject poverty. His woman Saraswathi was precise cooperative and had ne'er complained to him adjacent if they had to forego meals for a day.
But 1 time it truthful happened that she could not spot her kid crying with hunger. She told Venkatanatha that a Brahmin was having a puja successful his location and that helium was feeding the poor. She told Venkatanatha astatine slightest for the involvement of the kid they should spell and devour there.
Venkatanatha fractional heartedly accepted her proposition for the involvement of the child. They each went to the brahmin’s house.
When the Brahmins saw Venkatanathan with his woman and kid they passed sarcastic remarks astir him. As it was blistery summertime they told him to grind sandalwood and marque paste to springiness to the Brahmins aft meals.
Venkatanatha was precise overmuch humiliated and started grinding the sandalwood chanting Agni suktha (Agni Mantra) unconsciously which reflected his mind’s turbulence. After the Brahmins had their meals, chandan paste was distributed to chill their bodies from the summertime heat. As soon arsenic they applied chandan they felt a burning sensation. The idiosyncratic who ordered Venkatanatha to bash the occupation told the others that Venkatantha was chanting immoderate manthras and due to the fact that of that lone they experienced burning sensation.
The big asked Venkatanatha wherefore helium did similar that. Then lone Venkatanatha realized his mistake and said that helium was disturbed by their remarks and successful that authorities of caput started chanting Agni sthothra unconsciously. He asked for their pardon and told that helium would chant Varuna manthra and would grind the remaining sandal wood. As soon arsenic the chandan paste was grinded with chanting of Varuna manthra was applied to the bodies, they experienced the coolness of chandan. The radical past realized Venkatanathan’s greatness and asked his forgiveness for their behaviour.
This incidental showed Venkatanatha's spiritual powerfulness and his quality to power quality done his devotion and knowledge.
Om Sri Raghavendraya Namaha
Om Sri Raghavendraya Namaha
Om Sri Raghavendraya Namaha
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