The walking Lord of
Varanasi – Sri Thrailanga Swamiji
Pranams at the lotus feet
of Swamiji!
Swamiji had strong physical
appearance, reddish-brown skin tone, sharp eyes, shaven head, wide forehead, symbolic
mark on the forehead, pot-sized belly, and stark naked. Once Swamiji finished his bathing in Lolark
Kund and came out, he saw a crowd of people surrounded by a person who was
unconscious, Swamiji sat near the person and slowly touched his body with
affection, soon the person regained his
consciousness and started weeping saying that he came to Kashi to die, he is
worn of troubles and sorrows, he was suffering from leprosy and pronounced his
name Bhramasingh, he came from Ajmer to attain Mukthi in Kashi, he asked
Bhramasingh to take bath in Lolark Kund and chew some bale leaves he had given,
he told Bhramasingh to meet him on a daily basis and take bale leaves from Swamiji, he asked him not to
forget Lord after getting relief from his illness. Later he became a sincere servant of Swamiji. One Bengali person was severely ill with skin
disease, he found his death is nearer, he came and resided near the shores of
Ganga, one day Swamiji saw a group of people assembled near this Bengali
person, Thrailanga Swamiji sat near him and affectionately touched his wounds
advised him to eat some mud and apply it to his body as well. He was instructed to follow the same for a few
days until he gets completely relieved from the illness. Later, Swamiji moved near Hanuman Ghat, there was a lady used to take bath in Ganga and visit Vishwanatha shrine on regular basis, she was
furious at the naked Swamiji, she abused him all her way, that night she had a
nightmare, in that she saw enraged Lord Shiva ‘You have hurt my Gana, therefore
your wishes are going to fulfill, insulting my Gana is equivalent to insult of
mine. I cannot remove your sufferings, only he can do something for you. ’ She
got up from the dream and remembered about Swamiji, the next day she had a bath in
Ganga and approached Swamiji and prostrated before him. She prayed before Swamiji ‘Bhagavan, I am
unfortunate, I did not recognize you, I have abused you and committed sin,
kindly forgive me, you are too compassionate, if you do not forgive me, I will
not leave this place.” Swamiji replied “ Ma, you do not worry, you are my
mother, mother scold her son for good only, I have already forgotten that
incident, you too forget that. Your husband will be freed from illness very
soon; we all are going through the sins of our previous births.” Sawmiji gave
some sacred ashes and asked her to feed her husband and apply some of the ashes
on his stomach. Later, she worshiped
Swamiji on regular basis like worship performed to a divine idol.
