EPISODE-1995-உங்க தாத்தா ஜோஸ்யரான கதை தெரியுமா- Story Of Your Grandpa Turned Into An Astrologer

Описание: EPISODE-1993-உங்க தாத்தா ஜோஸ்யரான கதை தெரியுமா-You Know The Story How Your Grandpa Became An Astrologer Narrated By Sri Sankara Raman, Kambarasampettai-Compiled by Jagadguru Sri Maha Periyava - Kanchi Paramacharya/FbExperiences with Maha Periyava: The Astrologer Who Astonished the Arcot Nawab!
This incident took place several years ago. At that time, my father P.M. Nataraja Sharma was working as a Sanskrit teacher in the Bishop Heber College, Trichy. He had immense bhakti and respect towards Kanchi Maha Periyava.
Naththam village is located on the North bank of Kaveri in Trichy district. Once Maha Periyava was camping there. My father Nataraja Sharma wanted to have darshan of the Sri ChandraMouleeswara puja that Periyava was performing there. With three days coming up as holidays, he reached Nattham village on Friday night.The puja was over. Since nobody knew my father there, he was not welcomed in a special manner. Wearing the vibuthi prasadam given by Maha Periyava, he lay down to sleep in a corner of the pandal. The next two days passed by in the same manner. My father had very good darshan of pujas and the aradhanas.
The third day was the Vinayaka Chaturti festival day. After the special puja was over, my father went to get the prasadam from Periyava and told him about going back home. Periyava looked up and said, "First take the kozhukkattai (a favourite sweet dish of Lord Ganesha) kept in front of Pillaiyar, sit somewhere, eat it leisurely and then come back; we shall discuss about your returning home."My father was amazed. He wanted to take leave but Periyava had asked him to first eat the kozhukkattai and come back! After he ate the prasadam, Periyava called him. Periyava was very happy to learn that my father was the paternal grandson of Pudukkudi Srinivasa Josyar. Periyava reminisced about his grandfather and the incidents that happened at that time. My father was quite surprised!
Periyava continued: "Your grandfather went to Malayala Desam and learnt Jyotisha (astrology)systematically. He also took up the upasana of Devatas (chanting mantras on Gods).It was an interesting incident how he became an astrologer of Arcot Nawab. At that time, Tiruchirapalli was under the rule of Arcot Nawab. The Nawab had many astrologers. One day the Nawab ordered all the astrologers residing in his region, including those with him to come to his kutcheri (assembly). Many new astrologers assembled. Your grandfather was one among those new astrologers present.
"After the Nawab came to the kutcheri, the Diwan got up and told to the astrologers: 'Nawab is organizing a competition for you people. You should all write down in a piece of palm leaf the name of the gate on the wall of the fort through which Nawab will go out for hunting today, put it inside a palm cover and give it to us. All the palm covers will be sealed and preserved. When Nawab returns, the seals will be broken and the leaves will be read out. Nawab will honour the man who has given the correct answer.' So every astrologer noted down as east or south or west or north as the gate according to his computation and submitted his cover.
"Finally, on that day, the Nawab did not go out of any primary gate. He demolished the North wall of the west gate (the Northern petrol bunk side of today's Main Guard Gate) and got out, travelled some distance towards Woraiyur on the West, then turned North and went up to the Kaveri bank. Then he turned South and moved through the demolished entrance in the North Andar Street (today's name is Puduppadi Lane) to the Northern street of Rockfort. Then he turned East and came to the East Andar Street via the slanted rocky path. He came round the Rock from the right and reached his kutcheri which was at today's Town Hall through the Chinnakkadai Street. He did not go for hunting at all. After the Nawab returned, the seals were broken the palm leaves were read out. Only your grandfather's leaf had mentioned about the Nawab's activities accurately. The Nawab was amazed. The others in the kutcheri also were wonderstruck."Thereafter, the Nawab legally gifted your father 80 acres of land in Pudukkudi. In the street South of the Rockfort, there is a black temple on the Western side. Near that temple is a tall house with an iron gate. Opposite that house is a small house with thinnai (sit out). The Nawab also gave these two houses. Your grandfather spent gradually all the 80 acres of land and the two houses near Rockfort for dharmic activities."With this reminiscence, Maha Periyava blessed my father Nataraja Sharma and bade him farewell. My father used to narrate this incident to me often and feel proud about it. But how Periyavaknew all those old stories? He knew because Periyava is prathyaksha Parameswara Avataram. JAYAJAYA SHANKARA HARAHARA SHANKARA SRI MAHAPERIYAVA PADHAME CHARANAM-Author: Sri P.N. Sankara Raman, Kambarasampettai