Swami Sri Bolananda Giri Maharaj

Pranams at the lotus feet of Giri Maharaj!

Chapter – 6

Once Bholanandji was sitting in Padmasana and conducting meditation, there appeared a bear and pounced upon him from the back, Bholanandji courageously fought with it, finally, he took the bear and thrown down the hill, he said “There you go I am going my own way.” and came out severely wounded.  He continued to explore the dense wood for Tapasya, soon he found difficulty in finding rooted vegetables or any meals, he continued Tapasya, without a meal, eventually, his body shown the sign of deterioration,  he was consuming leaves and water that all he could get in the wild forest.  In the summer, the watercourse also stopped, he came out a long way for fetching the water, and due to exhaustion, he was fallen unconscious in the water.  When he opened his eyes, saw a tribal man taking care of him, he had consumed a lot of water due to this his lungs were blocked.  The tribal man said “I do not know how you ended up in the water when I saw your body was floating on the water; I thought it is a lifeless body, but I realized the heartbeat, so I brought you here. Kindly treat this home like yours, you can relax here.”  With the help of the tribal man, Bholanandji got recovered from this incident.  Later, he gave Dheeksha to the tribal man, for his humility and kindness.  This tribal man was the first disciple of Bholananda Giri Swamiji.