Sai Ram: Primer devoto de Swami -Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu.
Goddumarri Anjaneyulu S. (1904-1979), es un sencillo brahmán, devoto y ortodoxo, que respeta los a hombres santos, y su esposa Bhagyalakshmi (1918-1976), con la que tuvo dos hijos, Narasimha Dass, y una hija Subburathnamma, enviaban a los dos niños juntos a la escuela con Raju.
Anjaneyuly fue el primer devoto del pequeño Swami.
Anjaneyulu conoció anteriormente a Raju, posiblemente, el hermano de éste fue un maestro en la escuela secundaria local. Raju ya había recogido un buen número de amigos de entonces, muchos de los cuales habían sido testigos de experiencias milagrosas en su entorno. Raju le había pedido a Anjaneyulu que adquiriera una estatua para el culto de Shirdi Sai Baba. Para complacer al joven, Anjaneyulu buscó en el mercado local, pero no pudo encontrar ninguna.
Raju entonces le dijo: "Ve a la fiesta en el Templo Lakshminarasimhaswamy Pennohobilam y trata ahí". Pennohobilam se encuentra a trece kilómetros de distancia de la Uravakonda. Fiel a la palabra de Raju la estatua se encontraba allí.
Este ídolo de Shirdi Sai Baba se convirtió en una estatua de vínculo espiritual entre Anjaneyulu y Raju. Siendo un devoto de Shirdi Sai Baba, Anjaneyulu creó un santuario personal de Sai Baba en su jardín. Él extendió una piel de tigre en una roca y coloco la estatua allí para hacer la puja todos los jueves.
Durante muchos meses Raju tenia sus bhajans los jueves en la casa de sus maestros-los devotos.
Llegó un momento, cuando decidió llevarlos a cabo en la casa de Anjaneyulu, ya que era un lugar tranquilo que estaba situado en las afueras de la ciudad y no molestaba a los vecinos.
Todos los jueves, de regreso de la escuela, Raju iba a la casa Anjaneyulu, previamente se bañaba, y cambiaba su camisa blanca y pantalones cortos de color caqui del uniforme escolar, por un dhoti de seda y angavastram.
A continuación, se realiza la puja a la estatua de Shirdi Sai Baba y luego realizaban los bhajans. Uno de los bhajans, que cantó entonces por primera vez fue "Manasa Bhajare Guru charanam, dusthara bhava sagara taranam". También cantaba la canción. "Baba Raava, Sai Baba Raava". Y pedía a todos que siguieran la canción a coro.
Las sesiones de bhajan de los jueves fueron grandes experiencias espirituales para la familia Anjaneyulu. Durante estas sesiones, Raju se concentraba profundamente, brillando en todo su esplendor, su cuerpo se balanceaba hacia adelante y hacia atrás como en un trance. Él permanecía en este estado durante tres o cuatro horas. Él acostumbraba, instruir, bendecir y materializar vibhuti, piezas de tela de la kafni de Sri Sai Baba de Shirdi, imágenes y frutas para los visitantes. Él levantaba la mano, recogía las cosas de la nada y las hacia desaparecer.
Ponía frutas y dulces en las bocas de los devotos. Él les ordenaba que se las coman inmediatamente y fueran de prisa a casa después de cualquier otro artículo que les daba.
Sus instrucciones eran especificas para personas específicas y no para ser compartidas con los demás.
Al final de este largo período, Raju acostumbraba decir: "Yo quiero irme, lleven a cabo el Arathi. Rompan un coco después de Arathi. "Después del Arathi, caía desmayado. La familia de Anjaneyulu se posicionaban en lugares diferentes de la habitación de puja para amortiguar la caída. Anjaneyulu , mantenía la cabeza en su regazo. Raju gradualmente se levanta después de unos quince minutos, con los ojos inyectados en sangre por el cansancio.
Hubo sin embargo un amor de padres y hermanos entre Anjaneyulu y Raju. Cuando el uniforme escolar del pequeño niño, estaba roto, Anjaneyulu lo cocía. Cuando Raju quería que su obra recién escrita, Parijathapaharanam, fuera puesta en escena en la residencia de Anjaneyulu, Anjaneyulu y sus asistentes arreglaban todo en un momento.
El juegode la obra fue diseñado sólo para la familia. Así que Anjaneyulu vistió a Raju con un sari de su esposa. El hijo de Anjaneyulu, Narasimha Dass, desempeñó el papel de Sri Krishna, la hija de Subburathnamma actuó como Devendra y Raju era él mismo Sathyabhama.
El día más memorable fue cuando Raju había regresado de un viaje a Hampi con su hermano y había vuelto a abrir la escuela después de las vacaciones. En su camino a la escuela, Raju estuvo en la casa Anjaneyulu.
De camino a casa se encontró con Anjaneyulu. Anjaneyulu, al ver una luz brillante alrededor de la cara del muchacho le preguntó qué le había sucedido. Raju no respondió sino que procedió a irse a la casa.
El resto se ha hecho famoso en la historia. Más tarde, en la mañana, cuando Anjaneyulu llego a saber que Raju había declarado su divinidad, se precipitó a la casa de Seshama Raju. Al ver a Raju, de inmediato señaló: "No es Satyam, es el propio Sai Baba" y se postró delante de él.
A continuación, le recordó al muchacho ", dijo usted que venía a casa para el almuerzo. Todos los niños tienen hambre y estamos esperando por usted. "Raju se levantó de inmediato, y dijo," Vamos "y se fue a casa de Anjaneyulu con pasos rápidos y los niños luchaban por mantener el ritmo.
La esposa de Anjaneyulu pregunto"¿Dónde está el niño?", Anjaneyulu pregunto a Raju, "Satyam, hijo mío, ¿cuál es el problema?"... Raju respondió: "Yo no soy Sathyam, soy Baba. Tengo que vivir para el bienestar de la humanidad. No me detenga. "
Anjaneyulu se quedó estupefacto, por la comprensión del significado de lo que dijo el chico. Estaba seguro sin lugar a dudas de que Raju, su Satyam, era Sai Baba, a quien tanto adoraba. Así que en la misma piedra, del santuario de su Sai Baba de Shirdi, Anjaneyulu extendió una piel de tigre, e invito a Raju a sentarse en ella. La Sai Baba Gundu (Sai Baba roca) se convirtió en el primer pedestal para el nuevo avatar y Anjaneyulu su primer devoto.
Después del almuerzo, Raju se retiró a la roca de nuevo y se sumergió en sí mismo durante dos días completos. Mientras que los otros empezaron a cantar bhajans y ha hacer adoración, Anjaneyulu coloco una almohada de terciopelo en la cabeza del muchacho.
Cuando se despertó, quiso ir a la casa de Seshama Raju y de allí a Puttaparthi. Se comprometió a venir a la casa Anjaneyulu de nuevo para el almuerzo antes de su partida final. Ese día, los fieles en la casa de Anjaneyulu, adoraron los pies del joven Sai Baba y los de sus padres. Todos estaban engalanados. Una fotografía, ahora famosa, fue tomada del jóvenes Sai Baba y la extraña estatua de Shirdi. Muy pronto el joven Baba se fue ha Uravakonda para no volver nunca más.
Ayyagaru, como cariñosamente llamaba Raju a Anjaneyulu, había ayudado a establecer un vínculo entre las dos encarnaciones divinas en el Sai Baba Gundu. Este símbolo inanimado de la expresión divina, incluso llegaría a ser espiritualmente potente en los últimos años.
En el año 2000, el mismo Swami comentó acerca de este devoto humilde, "él fue el primero en reconocer mi divinidad."
Los niños de Anjaneyulu le han sobrevivido y viven en Anantapur como devotos de Sai, en la memoria de su padre y su madre y su relación divina con Swami en Uravakonda.
OMSAIRAMMM...
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Sai Ram - Swami's first devotee - Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu.
Swami's first devotee - Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu
Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu (1904-1979), a simple, devoted and orthodox Brahmin who respected holy men and his wife Bhagyalakshmi (1918-1976) had the two children – Narasimha Dass, a son and Subburathnamma a daughter. Raju and the two children went to school together.
This little known Salt Inspector was the first devotee of Swami.
Anjaneyulu had possibly known Raju earlier as the latter’s brother was a teacher in the local high school. Raju had already picked up a good number of friends then, many of whom had been witness to miraculous experiences associated with him. Anjaneyulu had then been asked by Raju to procure a Shirdi Sai Baba statue for worship. To please the young boy, Anjaneyulu looked for it in the local market, but could not find any.
Raju then told him, “Go to the Lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple festival at Pennohobilam and try”. Pennohobilam was situated thirteen kilometres away from Uravakonda. True to Raju’s word the statue was found there.
This Shirdi Sai Baba statue became a spiritual link between Anjaneyulu and Raju. Being a Shirdi Sai Baba devotee himself, Anjaneyulu created a personal shrine for Sai Baba in his garden. He spread a tiger skin on a boulder and placed the statue there for puja every Thursday. For many months Raju would have his Thursday bhajans in the houses of his teacher-devotees. A time came, when he decided to hold the bhajans in Anjaneyulu’s house as it was a quiet place being situated on the outskirts of the main town and did not disturb the neighbours. Raju had possibly allowed the Anjaneyulu family to actually spiritually prepare themselves to receive what was to follow.
Every Thursday, returning to the Anjaneyulu house, from school, Raju would bathe, then cast off his white shirt and khaki shorts school uniform and don silk dhoti and angavastram. He would then perform puja to the Shirdi Sai Baba statue and then lead the bhajans. One of the bhajans, he sang then was “Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam, dusthara bhava sagara taranam”. He would also sing the song. “Baba Raava, Sai Baba Raava”. He would ask everyone else to follow the song in chorus.
The Thursday bhajan sessions were great spiritual experiences for the Anjaneyulu family. During these sessions, Raju would stand in deep concentration, glowing in splendour, his body swaying forward and backward as in a trance. He would remain in this state for three to four hours. He would advise, instruct, bless and materialise vibhuti, pieces of cloth reportedly from the kafni of Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi, pictures and fruits for visitors. He would raise his hand, pick up the things from nowhere and give them away.
The devotees would open their mouth at his bidding and he would put fruits and candies into the open mouths. He instructed them to eat them immediately and take home post haste whatever other article he gave them. His instructions were specifie for specific people and not meant to be shared with others. Raju would even call people at specified time and place for special spiritual advice.
At the end of this long spell, Raju would indicate and say, “I want to go, perform arathi. Break the coconut after arathi.” After the arathi, he would fall down. The Anjaneyulu’s family would position themselves in different places in the puja room to break his fall. They were not sure where he would fall. Anjaneyulu himself would then pick him up, keep his head on his lap and wave a fan on him. Raju would gradually get up after about fifteen minutes, his eyes bloodshot with weariness.
There was yet a parent-sibling love between Anjaneyulu and Raju. When the small boy’s school uniform was torn, Anjaneyulu got a new one stitched. When Raju wanted his newly written play, Parijathapaharanam staged at the Anjaneyulu residence, Anjaneyulu had his attendants arrange the stage in no time. The play was meant only for the family. So Anjaneyulu himself dressed Raju in his wife’s sari. Anjaneyulu’s son, Narasimha Dass played the role of Sri Krishna, daughter Subburathnamma acted as Devendra and Raju himself was Sathyabhama.
The most memorable day was when Raju had returned from a visit to Hampi with his brother and school had reopened after Dassera holidays. On his way to school, Raju had been to the Anjaneyulu house.
On the way home he met Anjaneyulu. Anjaneyulu, seeing a brilliant light around the boy’s face asked him what had happened. Raju did not answer but proceeded home.
The rest has become famous in history. Later in the morning when Anjaneyulu had come to know that Raju had declared his divinity, he rushed to Seshama Raju’s house. Seeing Raju, he immediately observed, “He is not Sathyam, he is Sai Baba Himself” and prostrated before him. He then reminded the boy, “You said you would come home for lunch. All the children are hungry and we are waiting for you.” Raju immediately got up, said, “Let us go” and left for Anjaneyulu’s house with brisk steps and the children struggling to keep pace. Raju asked Anjaneyulu’s wife, “Where is the boy?” Anjaneyulu asked Raju, “Sathyam, my dear child, what is the matter?” Raju replied, “I am not Sathyam, I am Baba. I have to live for the welfare of mankind. Do not stop me.”
Anjaneyulu was dumbfounded, understanding the purport of what the boy said. He was sure beyond doubt that Raju, their Sathyam, was Sai Baba, whom he so long worshipped. So on the very stone, the shrine of his Sai Baba of Shirdi, Anjaneyulu spread a tiger skin and made Raju sit on it. The Sai Baba Gundu (Sai Baba rock) became the first pedestal for the new avatar and Anjaneyulu his first herald.
After lunch, Raju retired to the rock again and was immersed in himself for two full days. While the others started bhajans and worship, Anjaneyulu put a velvet pillow under the boy’s head.
When he woke up, he desired to go to Seshama Raju’s house and thence to Puttaparthi. He promised to come to the Anjaneyulu house again for lunch before his final departure. On that day, the faithful Anjaneyulu worshipped the feet of the young Sai Baba and that of his parents. They were all garlanded. A photograph, now famous, was taken of the young Sai Baba and the strangely procured Shirdi Sai Baba statue. Very soon the young Baba left Uravakonda never to return again.
Ayyagaru, as Raju would fondly call Anjaneyulu, had helped to provide a link between the two divine incarnations at Sai Baba Gundu. This inanimate symbol of divine expression would even become spiritually potent in later years.
In the year 2000, Swami himself remarked of this unassuming devotee, “He was the first to recognise My divinity.”
Anjaneyulu’s children have survived him and live in Anantapur as Sai devotees, in the memory of their father and mother and their divine association with Swami at Uravakonda.
OMSAIRAMMM...
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Sai Ram - Swami's first devotee - Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu.
Swami's first devotee - Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu
Goddumarri S. Anjaneyulu (1904-1979), a simple, devoted and orthodox Brahmin who respected holy men and his wife Bhagyalakshmi (1918-1976) had the two children – Narasimha Dass, a son and Subburathnamma a daughter. Raju and the two children went to school together.
This little known Salt Inspector was the first devotee of Swami.
Anjaneyulu had possibly known Raju earlier as the latter’s brother was a teacher in the local high school. Raju had already picked up a good number of friends then, many of whom had been witness to miraculous experiences associated with him. Anjaneyulu had then been asked by Raju to procure a Shirdi Sai Baba statue for worship. To please the young boy, Anjaneyulu looked for it in the local market, but could not find any.
Raju then told him, “Go to the Lakshminarasimhaswamy Temple festival at Pennohobilam and try”. Pennohobilam was situated thirteen kilometres away from Uravakonda. True to Raju’s word the statue was found there.
This Shirdi Sai Baba statue became a spiritual link between Anjaneyulu and Raju. Being a Shirdi Sai Baba devotee himself, Anjaneyulu created a personal shrine for Sai Baba in his garden. He spread a tiger skin on a boulder and placed the statue there for puja every Thursday. For many months Raju would have his Thursday bhajans in the houses of his teacher-devotees. A time came, when he decided to hold the bhajans in Anjaneyulu’s house as it was a quiet place being situated on the outskirts of the main town and did not disturb the neighbours. Raju had possibly allowed the Anjaneyulu family to actually spiritually prepare themselves to receive what was to follow.
Every Thursday, returning to the Anjaneyulu house, from school, Raju would bathe, then cast off his white shirt and khaki shorts school uniform and don silk dhoti and angavastram. He would then perform puja to the Shirdi Sai Baba statue and then lead the bhajans. One of the bhajans, he sang then was “Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam, dusthara bhava sagara taranam”. He would also sing the song. “Baba Raava, Sai Baba Raava”. He would ask everyone else to follow the song in chorus.
The Thursday bhajan sessions were great spiritual experiences for the Anjaneyulu family. During these sessions, Raju would stand in deep concentration, glowing in splendour, his body swaying forward and backward as in a trance. He would remain in this state for three to four hours. He would advise, instruct, bless and materialise vibhuti, pieces of cloth reportedly from the kafni of Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi, pictures and fruits for visitors. He would raise his hand, pick up the things from nowhere and give them away.
The devotees would open their mouth at his bidding and he would put fruits and candies into the open mouths. He instructed them to eat them immediately and take home post haste whatever other article he gave them. His instructions were specifie for specific people and not meant to be shared with others. Raju would even call people at specified time and place for special spiritual advice.
At the end of this long spell, Raju would indicate and say, “I want to go, perform arathi. Break the coconut after arathi.” After the arathi, he would fall down. The Anjaneyulu’s family would position themselves in different places in the puja room to break his fall. They were not sure where he would fall. Anjaneyulu himself would then pick him up, keep his head on his lap and wave a fan on him. Raju would gradually get up after about fifteen minutes, his eyes bloodshot with weariness.
There was yet a parent-sibling love between Anjaneyulu and Raju. When the small boy’s school uniform was torn, Anjaneyulu got a new one stitched. When Raju wanted his newly written play, Parijathapaharanam staged at the Anjaneyulu residence, Anjaneyulu had his attendants arrange the stage in no time. The play was meant only for the family. So Anjaneyulu himself dressed Raju in his wife’s sari. Anjaneyulu’s son, Narasimha Dass played the role of Sri Krishna, daughter Subburathnamma acted as Devendra and Raju himself was Sathyabhama.
The most memorable day was when Raju had returned from a visit to Hampi with his brother and school had reopened after Dassera holidays. On his way to school, Raju had been to the Anjaneyulu house.
On the way home he met Anjaneyulu. Anjaneyulu, seeing a brilliant light around the boy’s face asked him what had happened. Raju did not answer but proceeded home.
The rest has become famous in history. Later in the morning when Anjaneyulu had come to know that Raju had declared his divinity, he rushed to Seshama Raju’s house. Seeing Raju, he immediately observed, “He is not Sathyam, he is Sai Baba Himself” and prostrated before him. He then reminded the boy, “You said you would come home for lunch. All the children are hungry and we are waiting for you.” Raju immediately got up, said, “Let us go” and left for Anjaneyulu’s house with brisk steps and the children struggling to keep pace. Raju asked Anjaneyulu’s wife, “Where is the boy?” Anjaneyulu asked Raju, “Sathyam, my dear child, what is the matter?” Raju replied, “I am not Sathyam, I am Baba. I have to live for the welfare of mankind. Do not stop me.”
Anjaneyulu was dumbfounded, understanding the purport of what the boy said. He was sure beyond doubt that Raju, their Sathyam, was Sai Baba, whom he so long worshipped. So on the very stone, the shrine of his Sai Baba of Shirdi, Anjaneyulu spread a tiger skin and made Raju sit on it. The Sai Baba Gundu (Sai Baba rock) became the first pedestal for the new avatar and Anjaneyulu his first herald.
After lunch, Raju retired to the rock again and was immersed in himself for two full days. While the others started bhajans and worship, Anjaneyulu put a velvet pillow under the boy’s head.
When he woke up, he desired to go to Seshama Raju’s house and thence to Puttaparthi. He promised to come to the Anjaneyulu house again for lunch before his final departure. On that day, the faithful Anjaneyulu worshipped the feet of the young Sai Baba and that of his parents. They were all garlanded. A photograph, now famous, was taken of the young Sai Baba and the strangely procured Shirdi Sai Baba statue. Very soon the young Baba left Uravakonda never to return again.
Ayyagaru, as Raju would fondly call Anjaneyulu, had helped to provide a link between the two divine incarnations at Sai Baba Gundu. This inanimate symbol of divine expression would even become spiritually potent in later years.
In the year 2000, Swami himself remarked of this unassuming devotee, “He was the first to recognise My divinity.”
Anjaneyulu’s children have survived him and live in Anantapur as Sai devotees, in the memory of their father and mother and their divine association with Swami at Uravakonda.
OMSAIRAMMM...
OMSAIRAMMM...
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