Swami comes to rescue at Sabarimala - My Experiences - 6

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The last I wrote was how swamy cut his birthday cake on Nov 23 kept in the altar

in my friend's place in Coimbatore and presented in the cake box 4 silver coins

carrying the image of Lord Ayyappa of Sabarimalai (Kerala, India). On seeing

the coins my first thoughts were that Swami is wanting me to go to Sabarimalai

which I never gave a thought to though I was in Coimbatore at that time for

nearly 5 years.

 

Soon the President of a leading company in Coimbatore, who is my friend offered

to take me to Sabarimalai and that was on April 14 - happenned to be Vishu -

Malayalee new year. Visiting for the first time and being slightly overweight

the task of walking bare foot for 5 kms uphill was indeed daunting. We

originally planned to start the trek at 5am and come down by 10.30 or so to

avoid the summer heat. But it so happenned that it was already noon when

completed darshan of Swami Ayyappa and we started our return journey down. I

was tired and there were boils on my foot making it absolutely difficult to

walk in the hot sun on a stretch strewn with stones and pebbles. My friend too

had difficulty but he said he was used to this.

 

I writhed in pain, walking ten feet and looking for a shelter - nowhere to be

seen - that too being non-season the shops were also less. I was in tears. I

cried and prayed to Swami: Swami you only gave me the coins of Lord Ayyappa and

indicated me to go to Sabarimalai. So I have come. What is this heat and I am

unable to trek down. See that it rains or do something. But you should do

something, please. Else I can't go down"

 

Once this prayer was sent to Swami as me and my friend walked another 5 minutes

we encountered one beggar, could be 65 years, talking Malayalam and partly

Tamil. He offered his rubber sandals to me to be worn and offered to tie an old

clothe to my friend's feet to prevent heat. I was glad for the offer of chappals

for me and asked him where he was going. He told that he was also coming down.

Immediately I asked him "then how will you walk in the heat? You will require

the slippers for you". He said " This heat is nothing new to me, I have

travelled long distances. Only you require the sandals and asked me to wear and

happily climb down". He requested us to drop him in a nearby village on the way

back and came behind us talking....blabberring....commenting "look this young

man is so happy now wearing sandals and he is walking so easily" etc. My task

became easy while my friend managed somehow and with this old man finally all of

us came down.

 

Immediately we wanted to drink tender coconut and offered this beggar also one.

He sat down and drank and was eating the coconut kernel inside the tender

coconut. Me and my friend were chatting wating for this man to finish so that

we can drop him on the way. We took a few steps and turned back to call him HE

WAS NOT THERE. HE WAS NOT ANYWHERE AROUND. OLD MAN....NO OTHER PLACE TO GO

THERE WITH RIVER ON ONE SIDE, PATHWAY TO CLIMB THE OTHER SIDE. Both were shell

shocked. Madly searched for him - HE WAS NOT THERE. I looked at my foot.

Slippers were intact. I realised BHAGAWAN had come in the form of beggar to

give me slippers and vanished in no time. He answered my call and I realised

when you are suffering the call naturally comes from the depths of the heart

and hence God instantly responds. At that point I recalled reading in one of

the books on Swami that Swami gave darshan to an elderly lady when she visited

Sabarimalai. Swami's head was

seen at the place of Ayyappa's and she "scolded" Swami for obstructing Ayyappa's

view to her. When she went back to Puttaparthi Swami asked her : "How dare you

say no when I give darshan at Sabarimalai?"". Love and pranams to Swami the

universal god.

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