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At another time, three Brahmins from North India came to Kumbakonam to test his wisdom and powers. They did not tell anyone what kind of food should be cooked for them, thinking that the Swami would know their minds. One wished for Tamarind-rice, another milk rice and the third liked to eat “Modakas” (favorite offering to Ganesha). They went to the river to take their bath. In the meantime, one of the Swami’s disciples came to wash the Swami’s clothes. Squeezing the clothes, he saw the Brahmins and said to them,
"The dishes you wished for have been prepared in the Mutt. Finish your bath early and come for the feast.” The Brahmins were astonished at these words. In a few minutes, the Swami’s disciple kept one of the clothes on a stone and went to bathe. The Brahmins asked him, “How did you know our desires?” Hearing their words, he replied, “Who are you? What are your desires? How could I know them? I did not speak to you, to know them.”
The Brahmins were puzzled. After finishing his bath, he took the Swami’s clothes and said to them, “O Brahmins! Finish your bath quickly and come it is time for meal. The dishes you wished for, are ready”. So saying the disciple went away. The astonishment of the Brahmins was boundless. They began to think among themselves, “When the disciples carried the Swami’s clothes, he invited us to dinner. When he kept them down, he denied any knowledge of us or of our desires, again, when he took them and started to go, he invited us to come and said he knew our desires.
This shows that gained knowledge when he was in possession of Swami's clothes by their mysterious power. If the Swami’s clothes have such miraculous powers, what will be the powers of the Swamiji himself? We have blundered in aiming at testing his powers. It is better we go away, after the bath; without seeing the Swamiji.” But one of them suggested. “It is not wise to go away without seeing the Swami and receiving ‘Thirtha’ and ‘prasadam’ from him. The other two agreed and the three Brahmins went to the Swami, prostrated themselves before him received the ‘Thirtha’ and proceeded to the dining hall.
The three dishes desired by them were served to them sumptuously and the servants asked them to have their fill. After a hearty meal, they went to the Swami and begged for the sacred grain and blessings. Smiling, the Swami asked them, “Have you partaken of your favorite dishes to your heart’s content? Choose the kind of reward that people who wish to test me should have? I shall give it.”
On hearing these words the Brahmins hung their heads and begged the Swami to pardon them for their folly. The Swami pardoned them and said, “You have tested my powers. So, in future, be born as Brahmins, perform worship at my shrine of Brindavan and eat in the Mutt what you like most.” He blessed the Brahmins in these words. The descendants of those Brahmins alone are performing worship at the shrine of the Brindavan in Mantralaya, even to this day.
"The dishes you wished for have been prepared in the Mutt. Finish your bath early and come for the feast.” The Brahmins were astonished at these words. In a few minutes, the Swami’s disciple kept one of the clothes on a stone and went to bathe. The Brahmins asked him, “How did you know our desires?” Hearing their words, he replied, “Who are you? What are your desires? How could I know them? I did not speak to you, to know them.”
The Brahmins were puzzled. After finishing his bath, he took the Swami’s clothes and said to them, “O Brahmins! Finish your bath quickly and come it is time for meal. The dishes you wished for, are ready”. So saying the disciple went away. The astonishment of the Brahmins was boundless. They began to think among themselves, “When the disciples carried the Swami’s clothes, he invited us to dinner. When he kept them down, he denied any knowledge of us or of our desires, again, when he took them and started to go, he invited us to come and said he knew our desires.
This shows that gained knowledge when he was in possession of Swami's clothes by their mysterious power. If the Swami’s clothes have such miraculous powers, what will be the powers of the Swamiji himself? We have blundered in aiming at testing his powers. It is better we go away, after the bath; without seeing the Swamiji.” But one of them suggested. “It is not wise to go away without seeing the Swami and receiving ‘Thirtha’ and ‘prasadam’ from him. The other two agreed and the three Brahmins went to the Swami, prostrated themselves before him received the ‘Thirtha’ and proceeded to the dining hall.
The three dishes desired by them were served to them sumptuously and the servants asked them to have their fill. After a hearty meal, they went to the Swami and begged for the sacred grain and blessings. Smiling, the Swami asked them, “Have you partaken of your favorite dishes to your heart’s content? Choose the kind of reward that people who wish to test me should have? I shall give it.”
On hearing these words the Brahmins hung their heads and begged the Swami to pardon them for their folly. The Swami pardoned them and said, “You have tested my powers. So, in future, be born as Brahmins, perform worship at my shrine of Brindavan and eat in the Mutt what you like most.” He blessed the Brahmins in these words. The descendants of those Brahmins alone are performing worship at the shrine of the Brindavan in Mantralaya, even to this day.
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