Yogi Sri Balanand Bhramachari

Pranams at the lotus feet of Baba Balanand Bhramachari!

Chapter – 11

There was another fervent disciple of Balanand Bhramachari, he was Dhayanidhi who was living in an Ashram established by Deoghar Maharaj, he was living his son in the Ashram, one night his son got bitten by a venomous serpent, but Dhayanidi was not alarmed, he sincerely prayed to his Guru, while he was meditating he could envisage an miraculous sight,  in that Balanandji with a trident chasing behind the evil spirits who were trying to enter into the Ashram.  Dhayanidhi’s son got recovered from the serpent bite miraculously. 

Balanandji was undergoing extreme penance in the Thapovan near Deoghar, he was sitting inside the cave, he was on trans state, after few hours he got out of the meditation and opened his eyes, saw a huge serpent with its hood standing before him.  This serpent has long hairs on its mouths like the beard of human,  Balanandji understood it must not be an ordinary serpent.  It must be a noble-soul in the form of a serpent taking a test on him.  Balanandji assumed Thratakamudra and fixed his gaze on the eyes of the serpent, soon the serpent withdrew its hood and moved away silently from the cave.

Balanandji was sleeping covered in a woolen blanket, in the night he felt somebody removed the woolen blanket from his body and thrown away. His eyes were opened, saw the blanket was away from him; someone was standing close to him and showing gestures to go to the hill.  He immediately went climbing the hill and arrived in a cave, usually, it remains locked in the morning hours, but the doors of the cave were open, the person who took Balanandji entered into the cave, he was followed by Balanandji.  The cave was filled with darkness, Maharaj was searching for a matchbox, soon the light spread all over the cave, but Balanandji could not see the person who took him to cave, he was a little confused about whether he was in dream or awakening state, eventually he entered in trans.  The next day his disciples found Balanandji was missing in the Ashram so they came up the hill and entered into the cave in search of him.  He was in a transcendental state, It was an afternoon at that time, he got out of the meditation from the voices of his disciples.