Sreepada Sreevallabha Charitaamrutam - 44

Chapter– 44  

Description of Golden Pithikapura

Sri Bhaskara Pandit requested us to stay that night also in their house and listen to the divine history of Sri Sreepada. Next day after finishing our ablutions and other daily rites we went to the temple of Sri Tripuraantakeswar. In that temple Sri Bhaskara Pandit explained vividly about Sri Sreepada.

The birth place of Sri Sreepada

 “My dear ones! Sri Sreepada is verily the personification of Shiva. After disappearing in Pithikapuram, He reached Kashi town. He took bath in river Ganga.With His advent in Sri Pithikapuram He gave thrust for the earthly nature to proceed forward. Therefore, the earth in His birth place in Pithikapuram received live consciousness. So His Divine Paadukas will be established in the Maha Samsthan, which is to be founded there in future after some centuries. There the earth becomes alive and gradually enliven the entire earth. People in those places receiving awakening will be attracted to Pithikapur on account of the divine power of attraction. So we must understand that the yagna of the pruthvi tattwa performed by Him started from Pithikapur. All those places where He moved, or He will move will be awakened without our knowledge. Those who step in those places will be definitely attracted by that divine power.Not only that. Every person has the element of earth in him. This will have the attributes of sabda, sparsa, roopa, rasa and gandha(sound, touch, form, taste and smell).So when we think in terms of yoga, those people in whose bodies earthy element is aroused from His divine compassion will surely be drawn towards Pithikapur.Then I questioned,“Sir! Can people in this world in whom the pruthvi tattwa in their bodies is awakened be able to come physically to Pithikapur?” 

 

The greatness of Golden Pithikapuram

He smiled and said, “Your question is reasonable! There is golden Pithikapur as there is physical Pithikapur. Golden Pithikapur spreads as far as the physical Pithikapur extends.”Golden Pithikapur is purely constructed with consciousness. When that matter related to that consciousness is grown in the Seeker, he becomes a resident of the Golden Pithikapur. Several thousands of great mansions built with consciousness abound in golden Pithikapur. Yogis and great persons live in that golden Pithikapur and enjoy ineffable bliss. However, it is not visible to the physical eyes. Golden Pithikapur is visible only to yogic eyes and eyes of Wisdom.

Distinguishing land marks of Kashi–

  Pilgrimage of ‘Pancha Kosha’

In the same manner there is golden Kashi. Golden Kashi built with material of consciousness extends up to the extent to which physical Kashi town spreads. It was said,“Kashi yaatram gamishyama tatryva nivasa mayaham. Eti bruvana satatam kashivasa  phalam labhet.”To the person who always says that he was going to Kashi and lives there, the fruits of residing in Kashi are obtained. One should constantly retain Kashi Visweswara in mind for his consciousness to dwell in golden Kashi and to derive His grace. What is there that is not to be understood? There is Pithikapur composed of elements which is connected to your annamaya kosha (sheath of food). In the same way Kashi composed of five elements exists. Praanamaya Pithikapuram related to praanamaya kosha(sheath of life force) exists. In the same way praanamaya Kashi exists. Manomaya Pithikapura related to manomaya kosha(sheath of mind) is there. Same is the case with manomaya Kashi. Vignaanamaya Pithikapura connected to vignaanamaya kosha(sheath of wisdom) exists. Vignaanamaya Kashi is there. Anandamaya Pithikapura related to banandamaya kosha(sheath of bliss) exists. Similarly anandamaya Kashi exists. I call this anandamaya Pithikapura as Golden Pithikapura. I call this anandamaya Kashi as Golden Kashi. Then I said, “Sir! I am an ignorant one. Kindly explain this matter. Some say that pancha kosha yatra in Kashi gives great result. What is it?” Bhaskara Pandit said like this,  “My child!Pancha kosha yatra is merely a physical pilgrimage! In reality our consciousness should travel through five annamaya, praanamaya, manomaya, vignaanamaya and anandamaya koshas(repositories). This is the profound esoteric divine secret in this.By the grace of Sri Sreepada the spiritual seekers gain the strength to make pancha kosha yatra. Therefore, He conducts the five great yagnas relating to the five elements with His yogic power. As a symbol of these five great yagnas He holds durbar in ‘Paanchadeva Pahaad’ near Kurungadda.Divine secrets can be understood only by strict spiritual seekers and those with yogic sight. They will not at all be understood by ordinary men.Sri Sreepada took bath in Ganga. Then Mother Ganga appeared before Him and requested Him to take bath in Ganga river everyday. Sri Sreepada gave boon to Mother Ganga that He would bathe in Ganga daily.The consciousness of Mother Ganga will be in five koshas i.e.,annamaya, praanamaya, manomaya, vignaanamaya and anandamaya koshas.”Then I said, “Noble one! Mother Ganga is watery form! How can she have five sheaths? I do not understand it.” Bhaskara Pandit said like this smilingly, “Child! Deities are personification of mantras. They do not have physical shapes.

Mantras are the power forms of ‘Sabda Brahma’. Mother Ganga means a deity in the form of power and consciousness. She is the patron deity of the physical form of Ganga river in a state of close identity. It means it is a Goddess in the form of consciousness. In the same way when it is mentioned as Surya Bhagavan, it means the divine form in the state of consciousness in close identity with an orb called Surya in the firmament. You must note this nicety of dharma and the profound divine secret There is watery nature in humans. To purify that watery nature He proposed to perform

 jala yagna. So He wanted to bathe in Ganga daily in Kashi. By this yogic exercise all rivers in physical state are sanctified. All sacred rivers will be rid of their impurities and get sanctified. All great rivers like Ganga become polluted because of sinful humans taking bath in them. When great persons, holy persons and chaitanya swaroopas bathe in those rivers those rivers again become sanctified. The inner meaning of the jala yagna performed by Him is to purify the watery nature flowing in the form of fluid in the bodies of living organisms.Divine emperor Sreepada Sreevallabha by the mere movement of hand creates, protects, and destroys crores and crores of universes. He is the real Lord Datta–an embodiment of the Trinity. In compliance with the promise given to Sage Bharadwaja in treta yuga He incarnated in the lineage of Bharadwaja in the playful guise of a human being in the holy place Pithikapuram where‘Savitrakaathaka Chayanam’ was performed. The aim of His incarnation was to bless maha siddhas and maha yogis and uplift dharma through them. His promise to be born in the name of Narasimha Saraswati turned out to be true in respect of every letter of the promise.Those who doubt that divine promise, those who ridicule the incarnation of Sreepada will take birth as ghosts. He told many a time that those ghosts possess weak and unfortunate people and that He will grant relief to those ghosts in Gandharvanagar in his form as Narasimha Saraswati. Those who doubt His divine sayings go to hells like Rourava.

The book Sreepada Sreevallabha Charitaamruta written by you is a book where every letter of it is true. This will be translated into many languages. This great sacred hagiography confers abundant auspicious results in whatever language it is devotedly read. That great Lord averred that He would elect worthy people to translate Charitaamruta and during the time of translation also His special compassionate looks will be on the translator. The Lord added that even when this book is kept in the room of worship and worshipped there His mercy is obtained, and in kali yuga by the paarayana of this book it is possible to gain all auspicious developments. Therefore, it is only a lame excuse that you are writing this book! His auspicious Lotus Feet are making you write this book.

Then I said, “Oh noble minded one! What you said is quite appropriate. I am not a scholar. Moreover, I am not having any knowledge about vedas and vedantic subjects. It is a matter of great surprise and happiness to me that this great stupendous task is carried out by this ignorant one.”For that Bhaskar Pandit remarked,“The policy of Lord Datta is only that. It is a regular sportive diversion for Him to cure diseases with prohibited materials, and to conduct extraordinary works through totally ignorant people. It is a divine pastime. That is His nature. It is a proof of His divine power.”

Once an ascetic came to the Kukkuteswara Temple. Sri Sreepada was a small child at that time. Sri Narasimha Varma, Sri Pynda Venkatappayya Sreshti took Sri Sreepada in a horse carriage to Kukkuteswara Temple. That sanyasi was in a state of meditation in Kukkuteswara Temple. Sri Sreepada suddenly questioned Sri Sreshti “Grandfather! Why this fisherman was allowed to come here?” Sri Narasimha Varma said in a low voice, “Kannayyaa!It should not be said like that. He is a sanyasi and if angered he can curse.” Sreepada retorted, “Will a fisherman also get angry! Is a person who emits stench of fish and who eats fish to be called a sanyasi instead of a fisherman?” Sri Sreepada had a tendency to incite people. In the meantime that sanyasi opened his eyes. He observed that a foul odour of fish was coming from his body. He was a real sanyasi. He was thinking about the incarnation as fish of the Lord. He was thinking whether any yogic meaning was there for it. Then Sri Sreepada remarked, “Swamee! There are tiny fish in your kamandalu. See!How happily they are moving inside in different directions.” 

 

Special grace to Sanyasi

All this was very confusing to the Sanyasi. Sri Sreepada looked intently at the eyes of the Sanyasi. Then the Sanyasi became introvert. Then he had yogic insight and found that there were small, small cells in blood vessels and in different humours of the body and they looked exactly like fish. He understood that these tiny, tiny cells in the body engender different kinds of experiences. He realized that only these tiny cells in the shape of fish cause smell to the nose. In the same way very small cells which trace taste are in the shape of fish. He wondered, “Oh! Is this the action of incarnation as fish!” He learnt that if one gets the knowledge about very tiny cells which follow the scent of smells at ‘moolaadhaara’,he will get the power to control all odours in the world. He became extrovert and smiled. Sri Sreepada also smiled. That Sanyasi fell on the auspicious feet of Sri Sreepada. Sri Sreepada blessed. Then pleasant fragrance was spreading from the body of the Sanyasi. Sanyasi understood that this was the yogic procedure employed by Sage Paraasara to change Matschya Gandhi as Yojana Gandhi. Sweet smells waft from the bodies of pativratas. That is why they are called suvaasinis. Sri Sreepada silently taught that Sanyasi that when all experiences in the body change and are filled with fragrance physical changes also occur spreading fragrant smells. He is a divine reveller!

Then Sri Sreepada said like this, “You know about the incarnation of fish. The incarnation of tortoise is the foundation for the divine nature, and demoniac nature. Devas and Daanavaas placed the Mandhara mountain on the back of the tortoise which hides its head in the outer shell. You will become a great yogi, if you become an introvert. On the other hand, if you turn as an extrovert you will amass all bad qualities and become a demon. When you change as an extrovert someone will pierce your head. You will die. If you want to remain as an immortal you must withdraw into yourself. Practise yoga. You must be released from the bonds of karma.” 

 

Victory Victory unto Sri Sreepada Sreevallabha !