Yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahashay

Pranams at the lotus feet of Yogiraj!

Chapter - 5

Lahiri Mahashay sat near the lake, soon the snow started falling heavily, water current of river Vegvathi has increased, and he could hear the growling of wild animals.  He realized that his body temperature is increasing slowly; he continued to stay like that for some time. A Brahmachari came near Lahiri Mahashay and give a set of Dhothi and asked to follow him, he said, “ Gurudev is waiting for you.”  He walked with the Bhramachari for some time, suddenly he saw a marvelous sight, Lahiri Mahashay asked, “ is it going to be dawn?”  Brahmachari said “ It is mid night, the light you are seeing from Swarna Mahal, it was created today for a specific purpose by Gurudev.  You will get Dheeksha from this Swarnnamahal today, so that all your worldly bondage will disappear from now onwards.”  Lahiri Mahashay with raising heart beat arrived and stood near the Swarnnamahal, he was mystified by the sight, the fortress was decorated with various gems, the sparkling gems created an illusion of dawn, there were many saintly people standing at the door, there was an extremely rich fragrance in the air, inside the fortress he could visualize numerous saints and holy men sitting and meditating, the whole area was decorated with lamps, brilliant rays emitting from the body of holy men and saints, there were children reciting Vedas, everything looks  super natural, he never imagined in his whole life that he would witness this kind of magic.  He moved forward through the Swarnnamahal and found Gurudev, he immediately prostrated before him, “ Son, wake up, today all your worldly bondage will be removed, you will be enlighten with the knowledge of the supernatural world, You will be receiving Dheeksha  on Kriya Yoga to attain the knowledge of supreme bliss,” saying so, Gurudev spread his hands near the fire pit, instantly the whole place near the fire place filled with flowers, before the glowing fire place, Gurudev offered Dheeksha on Kriya Yog to Lahiri Mahashay.  After receiving Dheeksha, Lahiri Mahashay looked around the Swarna Mahal to his heart’s content and sat at the feet of  the preceptor who said “ Shyama Charan, close your eyes and keep silence,” after some time he was opened eyes at the instruction of his preceptor.  At that moment, there was no Swarna Mahal, no holy men, or no Vedic chants.  He was sitting in the cave before his preceptor and his disciples.  It was quite astounding for Lahiri Mahashay, he was recollecting all those marvelous sights from his memory once again.