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Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi
powers e.g., when his arm was cut by a sword, the sword was blunted
without inflicting injury on him. This is making the body proof against
injury (kayasiddhi). Prabhulinga offered himself to be cut. When the
sword was thrust, it passed through and through his body as if it was
air and there was no injury on the body. Gorak was astonished and
offered himself as the disciple of Prabhulinga.
Again, there was a dialogue between Siva and Parvati in Kailas.
Siva said that Allama was one who would not be affected by Her
blandishments. Parvati wanted to try it and so sent Her tamasic quality
to incarnate as a king’s daughter on the Earth in order that she might
entice Allama. She grew up as a highly accomplished girl. She used to
sing in the temple. Allama used to go there and play on the drum. She
lost herself in the play of the drum. She fell in love with him. They met
in her bedroom. When she embraced him he became intangible. She
grew lovesick. But a celestial damsel was sent to remind her of her
purpose on the Earth. She resolved to overthrow Allama but did not
succeed. Finally she went up to Kailas. Then Parvati sent Her satvic
quality who was born as a Brahman sanyasini. When she surrendered
to Allama she realised his true greatness.
Sri Bhagavan spoke very appreciatively of Nayana, i.e., Kavyakantha
Ganapathi Muni, for about an hour, how he wrote Uma Sahasram
and Hara Sahasram, how he taught his students, how he engaged in
dispute with Bhattasri Narayana Sastri, how meek and humble he
was though so learned and capable, etc.
Sri Bhagavan related how Nakkirar, a Sanga Pulavar (Poet), faced
the wrath of Siva on questioning some composition of Siva in Tamil,
how he was taken captive by a spirit and afterwards released.
Nakkirar was doing tapas on the bank of a tirtha. A leaf fell down
from a tree; half the leaf touched the water and the other half was on
the ground. Suddenly the water-half became a fish and the land-half
became a bird. Each of them was united to the other by the leaf and
struggled to go into its own element. Nakkirar was watching it in
wonder and suddenly a spirit came down from above and carried him
away to a cave where were already 999 captives all of whom were
tapo bhrashta (those who had fallen away from their austerities).
D.: Was Nakkirar a tapo bhrashta?
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