Maha Yogi Gorakhnath
Pranams at the lotus feet
of Gorakhnath Maharaj!
Chapter -16
Gorakhnath and Mathsyendhranathji arrived in Prayagraj, they saw the people of
the province carrying the dead body of the King, was followed by several
people, Gorakhnath said: “People of the King and his subjects are too sad at the
death of the King.” Mathsyendhranathji said, “King’s soul will rest in peace; he
must have done an abundance of piousness and welfare to his people.” Gorakhnathji expressed his desire to revive
the soul of the King, but Mathsyendhranathji said that his soul is already
attained union with Bramham. They both
moved towards the shrine of Lord Shiva located near the funeral ground. Gorakhnathji requested Mathsyendranathji that
he want to revive the soul of the King with his Manthrasiddhi, Mathsyendhranathji discouraged him, but he
was not willing to listen, he said: “ If I could not revive the soul of the
King, I will sacrifice myself in the fire.”
Mathsyendhranathji said “You cannot sacrifice your life like that; you
have to finish many tasks before leaving your mortal coil. I can help you to solve this problem. I can enter the body of the King, leaving my
mortal coil, you have to preserve my body for twelve years and I will return to
my body once again after twelve years.” Gorakhnathji was pleased with this idea of his
Guruji. Gorakhnathji felt anxious seeing
the mortal coil of his preceptor; all that he was worried about how can he
preserve his body for twelve years, though Yogi's mortal coil is imperishable. Gorakhnath carried the body of his preceptor
at the instruction of a female cowherd and safely kept in a place in the shrine
of Lord Shiva. Gorakhnath informed the
female cowherd to take care of the body of his preceptor and requested her not to
tell anyone about this incident. He used to
meet the preceptor who has assumed the form of the King on a regular basis, once he appealed to his
preceptor that he wanted to go for a spiritual journey. Gorakhnathji with the permission of
Mathsyendhranathji left the place.
One day the Queen came for
worship in Lord Shiva temple and offered her humble prostration before Lord, she thanked the Lord for restoring the life of her husband, seeing this female cowherd could not control
her laugh and it stirred anger in Queen.
She asked the reason why she laughed at her. The female cowherd was too scared, she told all that happened at the time death of the King, Cowherd said that she
is a widow, while King’s mortal coil was kept for the funeral pyre, Mathsyendhranath’s
soul took place in the body of the King, therefore the King is not alive, it is
Mathsyendhranathji assumed the form of King.
The Queen felt terribly upset and cheated, the female cowherd took the
place where Yogi Mathsyendhranathji’s mortal coil was kept. Queen felt terribly angry, ordered her
men to cut the mortal coil of Mathsyendhranathji and throw away in the forest so that it can feed on the animals.
