Yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashay

Pranams at the lotus feet of Yogiraj!

Chapter – 28

Yogiraj had several disciples and these disciples had their own disciples, and many of them attained the highest of the spiritual state.  There was Panchanan Banerji who was one of the prominent disciples of Yogiraj,   had a disciple Varadhacharan and he had disciples Kaji Najrul Islam, and Subhashchandra Bose.  In this way, the succession of Yogis goes endless.

Yogiraj’s disciple Ramdhayal Mazumdar had a disciple Sant Seetharam Omkarnath.  Pandit Gopinath Kaviraj elaborately mentioned about all these saints in his work.  There was a shrine built in Puri in the name of Lahiri Mahashay by Bhupendra Sanyal who attained Dheeksha without visiting his house in Kashi.  Bhupendra Sanyal heard about Mahashay and admired him dearly, he sincerely prayed with all hearts.  One night while he was in deep sleep, Lahiri Mahashay appeared in his dream and gave Dheeksha to Sanyal.  In this way, though he did not receive Dheeksha personally from Lahiri Mahashay, with his intense faith and devotion he attained Dheeksha from Mahashay in his dreams.   Later when he arrived in Kashi, he asked Dheeksha from Yogiraj, Mahashay said “I have already given Dheeksha to you. So there is no meaning in giving Dheeksha again.”

Yogiraj had a nephew Tharaknath Sanyal, once he became severely ill, with the grace of Lahiri Mahashay he regained his good health, he was so surprised to see the supernatural powers of his uncle,  One day Sanyal said “ I want to meet your preceptor.” Sanyal thought if the disciple had these much divine powers, then the preceptor must be supreme in Yogic skills, he wanted to get maximum benefit out of the visit, Yogiraj said “ I asked my preceptor to visit, but he is not willing to do that,”  Yogis are visible only to a very few truly ascetic and pious people, Tharaknath Sanyal did not get Dharshan of Babaji, but a non-believer in Moradabad attained Dharshan of Babaji.