Shri K.R. Vaidanathan, a retired senior commercial officer Central Railway is well known to readers through his earlier works – Sri Krishna, the Lord of Guruvayur, Pilgrimage to Sobari and Temples and Legends of Kerala, published by the Bhavan.
For the past two decades, Sri Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, Guruvayur has been publishing in its mostly, real experiences of devotees in Malayalam. These make inspiring reading but catered only to Malayalam Knowing devotees.
In the present work, Shri Vaidyanathan has attempted to render over hundred stories in English to cater to a wide public.
The glory of the Lord of Guruvayur or Guruvayurappan, as the deity is popularly known, has spread far and wide as the God who answers the prayers of his devotees.
The Lord said to Arjuna in the Gita: "I am responsible for the welfare of those who remain devoted to me all the time". Thus it is that Guruvayurappan comes to the rescue of his devotees in distress and manifests his grace in infinite and inscrutable ways.
Those who have been blessed by the Lord range from saints and savants like Meppathur Narayana Bhattatiri, the author of the famous "Narayaneeyam" and Poontanam Nambudiri of Jnanappana (Song of wisdom) fame to ordinary mortals who not only find an answer to the problems of day to day life but also develop devotional love for the Lord.
Guruvayur has also produced several preachers of divine glory, verily transporting the listeners to a blissful firmament of devotion where one forgets the cares and sorrows of the everyday world and is attuned to the Lotus feet of the Lord. Among the names of such scholar devotees who lighted the lamp of devotion in many a home was Shri Anjam Madhavan Nambudiri (1918 - 1988). He held vast audience spellbound by his inimitable discourses on Bhagavata and the glory of Namasankirtan.
Author of several books and editor of "Sri Guruvayurappan" Malayalam monthly magazine till his death, and founder of Sri Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, bhakti was the breath of his life and burden of all his discourses and writings. His seven-day Bhagavata discourse was a veritable treat to listeners.
For the past two decades, "Sri Guruvayurappan" magazine has been publishing almost every month real experiences of Bhagavan's grace narrated by readers. These make inspiring reading and have helped in shaping the faith of the devotees in the lord.
Over a hundred of these stories were brought out in a book form by Shri Anjam himself in 1984. However, these, and other miracle stories published subsequently catered only to Malayalam knowing devotees. Shri Anjam himself felt when he was alive that an English translation of these stories would cater to a wide public. Hence this attempt to bring out a select number of stories in English.
The translator is grateful to author of all the stories Published in this volume, and to Sree Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, Guruvayur for permission to bring out this volume and to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for Publishing it.
Preface | ||
1 | Saved from extreme danger | 1 |
2 | Amputation averted | 2 |
3 | The Lord Heard my prayers | 4 |
4 | Cured the incurable | 6 |
5 | No one to look up to except the Lord | 8 |
6 | When cinema was mistaken for krishnanattam | 11 |
7 | The Lord is witness to every event | 13 |
8 | The glory of God's name | 15 |
9 | Narayaneeyam saved my child | 17 |
10 | Involved in serious accident yet no injury | 18 |
11 | Sickly child turns into successful mean | 20 |
12 | Injustice in promotion averted | 22 |
13 | Extreme kindness of God | 25 |
14 | Lost found and delivered by tender hands | 29 |
15 | Lost and found | 31 |
16 | Saved from the jaws of death | 33 |
17 | That lingering taste of prasadam meal | 34 |
18 | Varahamurti saved us | 36 |
19 | Lord's Names – A divine medicine | 38 |
20 | A long wait for darshan | 40 |
21 | The Thulabharam test | 41 |
22 | It was all Lord's kindness towards his devotees | 43 |
23 | Unforgettable miracle of the Lord | 46 |
24 | Efficacy of namajapa | 47 |
25 | The Lord's grace in mid-sea | 49 |
26 | Started walking miraculously | 51 |
27 | Unni Krishna, their constant companion | 53 |
28 | Relief from incurable headache | 57 |
29 | Infinite grace of God | 58 |
30 | Extreme kindness of the Lord | 61 |
31 | Unknown escort | 62 |
32 | Resort to namajapa in crisis | 65 |
33 | Rickshaw knocked her down yet safe | 67 |
34 | An unforgettable incident | 68 |
35 | Miraculous escape from death | 71 |
36 | The grace of God Then, today and always | 73 |
37 | Immense grace of Guruvayurappan | 77 |
38 | Lost and found all the articles | 80 |
39 | Saved from cancer T.B | 82 |
40 | Let my tongue go on chanting Lord's names | 84 |
41 | Cured only by Guruvayurappan's grace | 87 |
42 | Remembering Hari saves from all dangers | 90 |
43 | House burgled but nothing lost | 91 |
44 | Namajapa cured the Child | 94 |
45 | Speech defect rectified by namajapa | 96 |
46 | Amputation averted | 98 |
47 | The incident I can't forget | 100 |
48 | Relieved of acute toothache | 102 |
49 | The Lord is with us at every step | 104 |
50 | The lord saved us when the car crashed | 106 |
51 | Namasankirtan divine medicine | 108 |
52 | Narayaneeyam to our rescue | 110 |
53 | Prasadam aplenty | 112 |
54 | When medicines and mantras fail | 114 |
55 | Miraculous escape from bus accident | 118 |
56 | Namajapa became a habit with me | 121 |
57 | Our prayers were answered | 124 |
58 | Bent head straightened | 127 |
59 | Miraculous escape from death | 128 |
60 | The Lord will not abandon you | 132 |
61 | Guruvayurappan is not just an idol | 134 |
62 | The mysterious appam prasadam | 137 |
63 | Lost eye sight restored | 140 |
64 | Relieved of asthma problem | 142 |
65 | Experiencing God's grace | 144 |
66 | Reinforcing fait in God | 147 |
67 | Sheer grace of god | 149 |
68 | The glory of Lord's Prasad | 151 |
69 | Leelas of Guruvayurappan | 152 |
70 | A blessing in disguise | 156 |
71 | Respite from extreme illness | 159 |
72 | A memorable night | 163 |
73 | The lord saved us from bomb attack | 165 |
74 | Namajapa exorcized evil spirits | 167 |
75 | The lord cured it without surgery | 168 |
76 | A miraculous cure | 171 |
77 | Tumour which was not tumour | 174 |
78 | The lord always gives you a helping hand | 177 |
79 | The lord fulfils trip to Triprayar | 180 |
80 | It was not cancer | 182 |
81 | The unknown rescuer | 185 |
82 | Attained the lord's feet after writing this piece | 187 |
83 | When life is in danger | 189 |
84 | Sanctified oil cures rheumatism | 190 |
85 | When the Lord appeared in the form of serpent | 192 |
86 | Guruvayurappan's children | 195 |
87 | The incident I cannot forget | 197 |
88 | The infinite mercy of the Lord | 199 |
89 | How incurable disease disappeared | 201 |
90 | Lord's representative attends wedding | 202 |
91 | Astrology could not seal her fate | 204 |
92 | Saved us from a precipitous situation | 205 |
93 | Trauma in train journey | 207 |
94 | Buying Bagavatam from Bhagavan | 209 |
95 | My sole refuge is Bhagavan | 211 |
96 | Saved from instant death | 213 |
97 | Cured the incurable | 215 |
98 | Resort to him for solace | 217 |
99 | God saved us in the nick of time | 219 |
100 | Lord is their refuge | 221 |
101 | The Lord's mercy at every step | 223 |
102 | Major operation averted | 224 |
103 | The devotee is never forsaken | 227 |
104 | Lord's special blessing | 228 |
105 | Unbearable pain cured | 230 |
106 | A towel in the stomach | 232 |
107 | God will never forsake his devotee | 233 |
108 | Wall collapsed, but we were safe | 236 |
109 | When stranded in unknown isolated place | 238 |
110 | Sree Guruvayurpuresa saranam | 240 |
111 | Remembrance of things past | 242 |
112 | Prayer is more powerful than medicine | 246 |
113 | One Who saves us from danger | 248 |
114 | Medicine and prayers cured me | 250 |
115 | Lost and found | 252 |
116 | The lord was my sole refuge | 253 |
117 | Impossible made possible | 256 |
118 | The Lord's Prasad | 258 |
119 | The lump that disappeared | 260 |
120 | Indescribable glory of the lord | 264 |
121 | The hands that pulled us from death | 267 |
122 | God's grace | 269 |
123 | The lord's extreme kindness | 271 |
124 | How I realised the Glory of the Lord | 273 |
125 | Extreme mercy of the Lord | 274 |
126 | Guruvayurappan's blessing | 278 |
127 | The invincible hands that pulled me from danger | 280 |
128 | Experiencing God | 282 |
129 | Lord's devotee is never destroyed | 284 |
Shri K.R. Vaidanathan, a retired senior commercial officer Central Railway is well known to readers through his earlier works – Sri Krishna, the Lord of Guruvayur, Pilgrimage to Sobari and Temples and Legends of Kerala, published by the Bhavan.
For the past two decades, Sri Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, Guruvayur has been publishing in its mostly, real experiences of devotees in Malayalam. These make inspiring reading but catered only to Malayalam Knowing devotees.
In the present work, Shri Vaidyanathan has attempted to render over hundred stories in English to cater to a wide public.
The glory of the Lord of Guruvayur or Guruvayurappan, as the deity is popularly known, has spread far and wide as the God who answers the prayers of his devotees.
The Lord said to Arjuna in the Gita: "I am responsible for the welfare of those who remain devoted to me all the time". Thus it is that Guruvayurappan comes to the rescue of his devotees in distress and manifests his grace in infinite and inscrutable ways.
Those who have been blessed by the Lord range from saints and savants like Meppathur Narayana Bhattatiri, the author of the famous "Narayaneeyam" and Poontanam Nambudiri of Jnanappana (Song of wisdom) fame to ordinary mortals who not only find an answer to the problems of day to day life but also develop devotional love for the Lord.
Guruvayur has also produced several preachers of divine glory, verily transporting the listeners to a blissful firmament of devotion where one forgets the cares and sorrows of the everyday world and is attuned to the Lotus feet of the Lord. Among the names of such scholar devotees who lighted the lamp of devotion in many a home was Shri Anjam Madhavan Nambudiri (1918 - 1988). He held vast audience spellbound by his inimitable discourses on Bhagavata and the glory of Namasankirtan.
Author of several books and editor of "Sri Guruvayurappan" Malayalam monthly magazine till his death, and founder of Sri Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, bhakti was the breath of his life and burden of all his discourses and writings. His seven-day Bhagavata discourse was a veritable treat to listeners.
For the past two decades, "Sri Guruvayurappan" magazine has been publishing almost every month real experiences of Bhagavan's grace narrated by readers. These make inspiring reading and have helped in shaping the faith of the devotees in the lord.
Over a hundred of these stories were brought out in a book form by Shri Anjam himself in 1984. However, these, and other miracle stories published subsequently catered only to Malayalam knowing devotees. Shri Anjam himself felt when he was alive that an English translation of these stories would cater to a wide public. Hence this attempt to bring out a select number of stories in English.
The translator is grateful to author of all the stories Published in this volume, and to Sree Guruvayurappan Sankeerthana Trust, Guruvayur for permission to bring out this volume and to Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan for Publishing it.
Preface | ||
1 | Saved from extreme danger | 1 |
2 | Amputation averted | 2 |
3 | The Lord Heard my prayers | 4 |
4 | Cured the incurable | 6 |
5 | No one to look up to except the Lord | 8 |
6 | When cinema was mistaken for krishnanattam | 11 |
7 | The Lord is witness to every event | 13 |
8 | The glory of God's name | 15 |
9 | Narayaneeyam saved my child | 17 |
10 | Involved in serious accident yet no injury | 18 |
11 | Sickly child turns into successful mean | 20 |
12 | Injustice in promotion averted | 22 |
13 | Extreme kindness of God | 25 |
14 | Lost found and delivered by tender hands | 29 |
15 | Lost and found | 31 |
16 | Saved from the jaws of death | 33 |
17 | That lingering taste of prasadam meal | 34 |
18 | Varahamurti saved us | 36 |
19 | Lord's Names – A divine medicine | 38 |
20 | A long wait for darshan | 40 |
21 | The Thulabharam test | 41 |
22 | It was all Lord's kindness towards his devotees | 43 |
23 | Unforgettable miracle of the Lord | 46 |
24 | Efficacy of namajapa | 47 |
25 | The Lord's grace in mid-sea | 49 |
26 | Started walking miraculously | 51 |
27 | Unni Krishna, their constant companion | 53 |
28 | Relief from incurable headache | 57 |
29 | Infinite grace of God | 58 |
30 | Extreme kindness of the Lord | 61 |
31 | Unknown escort | 62 |
32 | Resort to namajapa in crisis | 65 |
33 | Rickshaw knocked her down yet safe | 67 |
34 | An unforgettable incident | 68 |
35 | Miraculous escape from death | 71 |
36 | The grace of God Then, today and always | 73 |
37 | Immense grace of Guruvayurappan | 77 |
38 | Lost and found all the articles | 80 |
39 | Saved from cancer T.B | 82 |
40 | Let my tongue go on chanting Lord's names | 84 |
41 | Cured only by Guruvayurappan's grace | 87 |
42 | Remembering Hari saves from all dangers | 90 |
43 | House burgled but nothing lost | 91 |
44 | Namajapa cured the Child | 94 |
45 | Speech defect rectified by namajapa | 96 |
46 | Amputation averted | 98 |
47 | The incident I can't forget | 100 |
48 | Relieved of acute toothache | 102 |
49 | The Lord is with us at every step | 104 |
50 | The lord saved us when the car crashed | 106 |
51 | Namasankirtan divine medicine | 108 |
52 | Narayaneeyam to our rescue | 110 |
53 | Prasadam aplenty | 112 |
54 | When medicines and mantras fail | 114 |
55 | Miraculous escape from bus accident | 118 |
56 | Namajapa became a habit with me | 121 |
57 | Our prayers were answered | 124 |
58 | Bent head straightened | 127 |
59 | Miraculous escape from death | 128 |
60 | The Lord will not abandon you | 132 |
61 | Guruvayurappan is not just an idol | 134 |
62 | The mysterious appam prasadam | 137 |
63 | Lost eye sight restored | 140 |
64 | Relieved of asthma problem | 142 |
65 | Experiencing God's grace | 144 |
66 | Reinforcing fait in God | 147 |
67 | Sheer grace of god | 149 |
68 | The glory of Lord's Prasad | 151 |
69 | Leelas of Guruvayurappan | 152 |
70 | A blessing in disguise | 156 |
71 | Respite from extreme illness | 159 |
72 | A memorable night | 163 |
73 | The lord saved us from bomb attack | 165 |
74 | Namajapa exorcized evil spirits | 167 |
75 | The lord cured it without surgery | 168 |
76 | A miraculous cure | 171 |
77 | Tumour which was not tumour | 174 |
78 | The lord always gives you a helping hand | 177 |
79 | The lord fulfils trip to Triprayar | 180 |
80 | It was not cancer | 182 |
81 | The unknown rescuer | 185 |
82 | Attained the lord's feet after writing this piece | 187 |
83 | When life is in danger | 189 |
84 | Sanctified oil cures rheumatism | 190 |
85 | When the Lord appeared in the form of serpent | 192 |
86 | Guruvayurappan's children | 195 |
87 | The incident I cannot forget | 197 |
88 | The infinite mercy of the Lord | 199 |
89 | How incurable disease disappeared | 201 |
90 | Lord's representative attends wedding | 202 |
91 | Astrology could not seal her fate | 204 |
92 | Saved us from a precipitous situation | 205 |
93 | Trauma in train journey | 207 |
94 | Buying Bagavatam from Bhagavan | 209 |
95 | My sole refuge is Bhagavan | 211 |
96 | Saved from instant death | 213 |
97 | Cured the incurable | 215 |
98 | Resort to him for solace | 217 |
99 | God saved us in the nick of time | 219 |
100 | Lord is their refuge | 221 |
101 | The Lord's mercy at every step | 223 |
102 | Major operation averted | 224 |
103 | The devotee is never forsaken | 227 |
104 | Lord's special blessing | 228 |
105 | Unbearable pain cured | 230 |
106 | A towel in the stomach | 232 |
107 | God will never forsake his devotee | 233 |
108 | Wall collapsed, but we were safe | 236 |
109 | When stranded in unknown isolated place | 238 |
110 | Sree Guruvayurpuresa saranam | 240 |
111 | Remembrance of things past | 242 |
112 | Prayer is more powerful than medicine | 246 |
113 | One Who saves us from danger | 248 |
114 | Medicine and prayers cured me | 250 |
115 | Lost and found | 252 |
116 | The lord was my sole refuge | 253 |
117 | Impossible made possible | 256 |
118 | The Lord's Prasad | 258 |
119 | The lump that disappeared | 260 |
120 | Indescribable glory of the lord | 264 |
121 | The hands that pulled us from death | 267 |
122 | God's grace | 269 |
123 | The lord's extreme kindness | 271 |
124 | How I realised the Glory of the Lord | 273 |
125 | Extreme mercy of the Lord | 274 |
126 | Guruvayurappan's blessing | 278 |
127 | The invincible hands that pulled me from danger | 280 |
128 | Experiencing God | 282 |
129 | Lord's devotee is never destroyed | 284 |