The walking Lord of Varanasi – Sri Thrailanga Swamiji

Pranams at the lotus feet of Swamiji!

There was a woman named Ambalika, she believed Swamiji as Lord Vishwanatha, every morning she takes a dip in holy Ganga and visit Swamiji with a handful of flowers and fruits, she had a daughter named Shankari, she also follows her mother in the worship of Baba, soon she also became a staunch devotee of Swamiji.   Once the whole Kashi was afflicted with the chicken pox and Shankari was also fallen severely ill, seeing the critical situation of daughter Ambalika became inconsolable, taking bath and consuming the meal has become difficult, suddenly Shankari stopped talking, Ambalika understood that Shankari cannot be saved, she sat at the head side of her daughter and started weeping, Shankari said ‘Ma, why are you weeping?’ Ambalika said ‘ I am not in a position to see your troubles and  unbearable pains, why we are lacking mercy of Lord Vishwanatha and Swamiji? I am unfortunate to have the blessings of Swamiji,” Shankari said ‘No Ma, see Swamiji is standing close to you, look at him.’ Ambalika was shocked and looked around in search of Swamiji, she did not see Swamiji, she thought it was Shankari’s illusion, Ambalika kept asking about Swamiji, Shankri took the hands of her mother and put it on the feet of Swamiji, at that moment, she could visualize Thrailanga Swamiji, he replied ‘ Don’t worry my child, your daughter will be fine very soon, it is not her Mrithyuyog/time for death,’ After few days Shankari became perfectly hail and healthy.  There was an idol of Lord Ramachandra in the house of Ambalika, Shankari used to worship that idol and play with it as if her childhood playmate. One day she thought why should I worship a wooden idol, she decided to worship Thrailangaswamiji as her mother does, that was the moment her mother was not at home, she had gone to have a bath and worship of Swamiji.  Shankari took a vessel of Ganga water and decided to go Thrailangaswamiji’s hermitage, she looked at the wooden idol of Ramachandra but it was disappeared, where she could see Swamiji sitting on the place of the idol, ‘Child, you can do my worship, I am here for you.’ While doing worship she became attained transcendental state, she got out of the Samadhi and found that idol of Ramachandra in its place, she thought it was her illusion, she came to the hermitage of Thrailangaswamiji, and saw he was in a transcendental state, she was surprised to see the garland she was adorned Swamiji while worship at home was still on his neck, Swamiji got out of the Samadhi, Shankari asked ‘Baba, who adorned you with this garland,’ Baba smiled at her said ‘It was you did it’ small Shankari who was eight years of age was astonished, she adorned it while Swamiji was at home, how come the same garland in the neck of Swamiji, she kept on thinking about it.  One day Swamiji was leaving to Ganga for bathing, he saw Shankari and asked her to follow him, he made to sit her on the Ghat and he dived in the waters of Ganga, he took Shankari in hand and asked her to take bath, Shankari said she is not familiar with swimming, Swamiji said to travel on her back, he carried Shankari on his upper back and dived into the waters, soon Shankari realized they were sitting in a house near Gangaghat, he asked Shankari ‘ Child, where are we sitting now?’ she said ‘ it seems new building’ there was a girl child standing before her of the same age, Shankari asked ‘Baba, who is this girl?’ Thrailangaswamiji said it is ‘ It is Supreme Goddess Sri Bhagavathi, child prostrate before her.’ She followed Swamiji, she asked ‘ Baba, where is mother Ganga?’ Swamiji said ‘check with your hands, you will find it’ Shankari realized water all around her, later she realized that she was sitting on the shore of Ganga and Babaji was taking a dip in Ganga. Shankari asked Baba’ Baba, where were we?’ Swamiji said you are a sinless child that is the reason you could reach that supreme state.