01 Jun 2025
Giving the Darshan of Cosmic Form
We are all waiting for Swami. Meanwhile, a conversation took place between Ajay garu and Seetamma garu. It goes like this. Seetamma garu was describing to Ajay garu the darshan of Shri Datta with the golden radiance that Swami had given to her on the previous day. She was saying with great emotion that she could still see that form and that desire is still not quenching. Then Ajay garu heard this and said, “Seetama garu! You only have seen it. I am not able to see it,” with the anguish of not having that fortune.
Meanwhile, Swami had just arrived. The satsang had begun. It was Guru Purnima day. During the satsang, Swami was preaching the entire essence of the Bhagavad Gita to the devotees continuously for three hours. “The fruits of deeds attach to the soul only because of the involvement of the mind. The inert deed turns into ash along with the inert physical body. Vyasa fathered children to Ambika and Ambalika without any involvement of mind and so no sin is attracted by him. Agni told Rama that Sita, with no mental attachment, was not corrupted by the touch of Ravana. Despite the lack of physical contact, Renuka received the sinful fruit of beheading due to her mental involvement. While ascending the Sarvajna Pīṭha, Shankara replied to the objections of Sarasvati Devi, that the fruits of the pleasures of women He had obtained through illegitimate sex by entering in other’s body, will not touch Him and that He was pure because He had no mental attachment. Even Hanuman, seeing the naked demonic (Asura) women sleeping in Lanka, thought in the Sundarakanda that He had not become a sinner due to lack of mental attachment. This is the Niṣkāma Karma Yoga”, like this Swami rained the nectar of the essence of the Gita.
Suddenly, Swami stood up very quickly for five minutes. Then, He sat and asked Seetamma garu and close devotee Ajay garu, who were among the devotees sitting there, "What did you both see?" Both of them said that they had seen the same vision at the same time. But what was that vision? All the devotees were curious to hear. The following was that vision. Swami is appearing in the cosmic form (Viśvarūpa). Arjuna is prostrating himself at the feet of that Viśvarūpa. Behind Swami, there is an empty golden chariot. When I asked what is the inner meaning in giving the same vision to both people, Swami said that "Showing the same vision to two people at the same time proves that it is not an optical illusion". Swami also told that "Since Ajay was saddened that he could not see the visions and only Seetamma could see the visions, I gave vision like this."
Ah! What a miracle!
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