BrahmaSri

Tadepalli
Raghavanarayana
Shastry Garu
Jeevitha Charitra
Part2
By
Shreeram Balijepalli, Canada
In continuation.

handavolu
Shastry
had
in
possession by now Ashtamaadhi
siddhis (the 8 miraculous powers).
However, he never even once used them
despite facing many monetary and other
calamities. He used to take it in a spiritual
way and say that it was all because of
'Praarabdha Karma'. Such was His
greatness.

am a Telugu Vaideeki Velanadu

Brahmin; my Gurunatha is Rajagopala

Swamy of Nanganallur Sarvamangala
Rajarajeshwari Ashramam. I have been
intiiated into Srividya Margam and my
father and mother are Sri Balijepalli
Devendra Shankar Garu (A Dattaupasaka
and direct disciple of Swaprakashananda
Datta-Athivarna-Avadhutha)
and
Srimathy Balijepalli Vidhyavathy Garu.I
have finished my MBA in USA and
currently reside in Toronto. My Upasya
Devatha is Rajarajeshwari Parabhattarika
Devatha.

His MantraYogas and stories are actually

very strange stories. Only His disciples
Noori Satyanarayana Sharma & Noori
Bhogeeshwara Sharma alone knew His
powers in depth.
Let me narrate a few such miraculous
incidents here. Now, miracles are a natural
order of divinity. There is no such thing as
a higher or lower order of miracles and
every expression of miracle is the love of
Devi manifest.
Chandavolu Shastry had studied in a
school (Vedapathashaala) and that was
filled with ghosts! ('Deyyala Kompa')
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They never dared to come in the morning when the Vedic vibrations were present, however
they frequented the School in the night. So, no one stayed at night in the School due to this
fear. Once what happened was when Chandavolu Shastry
was sleeping in the School premises, the students by
mistake locked the door and went away.
That night one naked female spirit (Digambari) with
disheveled hair came near the sleeping saint. Chandavolu
Shastry Garu seeing her, started reciting Devi's mantra
and the Digambari asked him to shut up. But he defied
her and started reciting it loudly and she could not even
come near him and gave shrieking voices and ran away from the place never to be seen
again!
Another Miracle:

n those days, Chandavolu Shastry being an expert in Mantraoushadi (Mantric Herbs)

had a desire to get 'Mayuri Shiki' a very rare herb. This herb was available only during
the time of a complete lunar eclipse atop a hill and that too upon the recital of a mantra.
Those who possessed the herb would be able to control and attract anyone. So, Chandavolu
Shastry Garu out of curiosity reading in a Shastra wanted to try the efficacy of the herb.
Chandavolu Garu went up the hill at the given time and started reciting
the mantra and saw the shining miracleherb and when he was about to
pluck it a threeheaded young boy appeared and the boy prevented him
from taking the herb. The boy said, "You have no need for this herb as
people when they even see your face will become attracted by you and
your power" He tried to convince the boy that He was taking the herb
only on experimental basis but the boy did not yield and as they were
arguing, the eclipse time elapsed and the herb stopped shining and
disappeared. The three headed boy also smiled and disappeared.
Chandavolu Shastry reconciled to the fact that it was not in His karma
to get the herb and climbed down the hill.
Later he came to know that Lord Dattatreya Swami was In charge (Adhipathy) for the herb!
So, the three headed boy was none other than BalaDatta! (Dattatreya in Child form).
He deemed it His good fortune to see Baladatta even without seriously trying!
Chandavolu Shastry Garu had the good fortune of meeting his poorvajanma (past birth)
friend who was now a great yogi. The yogi (whose name is
purposely kept anonymous) appeared before Him and said "Look
at everything which happens in this material world with
equanimity and I will appear after 50 years. So saying he
disappeared.
50 Years later, Shastryji went to Guntur and was doing
Pranayama in his room. Since he was an expert at Pranayama he began to levitate and
suddenly he began to fall to the ground headdown and then exactly at that moment the yogi
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appeared and saved Chandavolu Shastry Garu and blessed Him. The moment Shastryji
prostrated before Him, He vanished.
At this stage, let me tell all that this story did not occur in 5th century BC but happened
from 19001990!! So, all these miracles you read happened as recently till 1990.This gives us
some hope.
Ok, now coming back to the pertinent story, Venkatapppayya Shastry Garu had gone to
Kailasham (expired) and His 'Shreerama Kathaamrutham' was being printed by Chandavolu
Shastry Garu. In the AyodhyaaKaandam, Shastryji had a writer's block. He could not
complete one particular poem which was an explanation to the Gayathri mantra. Each
Syllable of the mantra was attempted to be written in poetic form by Him. He struggled
with the syllable "Bha" and got stuck there. Shastryji prayed His Upsayadevatha
(Rajarajeshwari Tripurasundari) and then drifted into sleep.
He had a weird dream while he slept. In the dream one BibiJaganmohini appeared and she
was in a sleeping pose and one 30 year old bearded man came fast running to Her and opened
her jacket and started drinking milk from her breasts! Shastry Garu was flabbergasted while
witnessing this in the dream. The lady looked so Huge and very Divine and He had no clue
who She was.
She said to Him, "Why are you standing there?"
He replied in his dream "Can I also get some Mother's milk from you?"
At that instant, he awakened from sleep and started getting the words in free flow as in
"Bharma Maya Ramya Harmyamu..." And finished his Novella easily.
He used to write from then on is such a frenetic pace that while the proofs of one chapter
was being printed, He used to finish by night itself another chapter!
Till date no one knew, who the lady was and who the 30 year old bearded man was. The
significance of the dream can be cognized as Shastry Garu drinking the milk of wisdom
from Paradevatha's divine breasts itself just like the 'Dravida Sisu' of Saundarya Lahiri
(Thirugnana SambandharChild saint Nayanmar)
Chandavolu ketharaju Subbarao Garu did not have progeny. He
took his wife to Rayaveluru and showed to a Western Doctor
there and the doctor declared that she would not be able to
conceive.
The couple took refuge at the feet of Chandavolu Shastryji. He
then gave her for a year Prasad (Theerthabhoothulu' meaning
Theertha Prasadam. 'bhoothulu' has an utterly corrupt meaning
these days in Telugu, the word has no connection with that
word. This word is an ancient Telugu word though. However,
etymologically speaking both, come from the word "Bhutha" as
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in Panchabhutha.).
She became pregnant and went to Rayaveluru Hospital for delivery! The Doctor who said
she is a barren woman was flabbergasted and checked her again and again! She gave birth to
a girl and the delivery was a hassle free one.
One more couple (Peravali Vasis Cheruvu Vishwanatha Sharma couple) also got blessed
similarly. Once this came to be known all over many people started flocking to get the
'Theerthabhoothulu'.

To Be Continued ..

Shri Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon

The state of Maharashtra, has produced a huge number of mystics and saints in India. Lets see an
instance in the life of the legendary Gajanan Maharaj. One day Maharaj went to the Nilakanth
temple near the village and desired to stay there. Patil built a palm cottage for him and people
started visiting the place. Once a group of Gossains (a type of Sadhu - saint) claiming to be the
disciples of one Brahmin Guruji reached the place where Baba was staying. The pretentious
Sadhus demanded halwa, puri (a variety of food in India) and ganja (opium) from Patil. They also
told him that by doing so he would get more virtue than by serving a mad and naked person like
Gajanan Maharaj. After taking his food just in order to prove his superiority over Maharaj the
group leader, Brahmagiriji started lecturing on Bhagavad-Gita to draw attention of people. He
started explaining "Nainam chhindanti Sastrani, Nainam Dahati Pavakam"- meaning neither
weapons can destroy the soul nor can fire burn it. In spite of his efforts, people were found to be
collecting around Gajanan Maharaj who was smoking his Chilum (clay tobacco pipe) sitting on a
wooden bed right opposite to Brahmagiriji. His ego was hurt and he became very angry finding
absence of proper public appreciation and attention. Strange are the ways of Sadgurus. In this
situation a strange thing happened. The bed on which Maharaj was sitting suddenly caught fire.
As the fire rose up the disciples of Maharaj requested him to get out of fire and also started
arranging for water. Maharaj said that neither water would be used to extinguish fire nor would
he get out of the fire bed. Addressing Brahmagiriji who was enjoying the sight, Maharaj said,
"since you have been telling people for the last one hour that neither weapon can destroy nor fire
can burn the soul, please come and prove it by sitting on this fire." On this Brahmagiriji did not
react but tried to avoid the situation. Then Maharaj asked a physically strong disciple to catch
hold of Brahmagiriji and bring him before Maharaj. One can well imagine the condition of a
pretentious sadhu (saint) in such a situation. His ego was totally shattered and he repented not
only for his behavior but also for his pretentiousness. Maharaj pardoned him and advised him on
the path to be followed for spiritual upliftment.

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