The four tantric Sannyasi

From Rajghat, Syamananda Prabhu left for Bhograi via Bedapal.

In Bhograi lived four tantric sannyasis who performed tamasik worship offering animal sacrifices to Vasuli Devi[1]. One day the four sannyasis teased the Vaisnavas who were following closely Syamananda Prabhu. Hurt by that, they informed Syamananda Prabhu and he advised them to start sankirtana very loudly, which would automatically ruin those rascals.

On that same night Vasuli Devi in person came to the residence of Syamananda in a celestial form and started serving his lotus feet. He said to her in anger,

“You kill living beings, drink their blood and eat their flesh, therefore you should not touch my feet.”

Vasuli Devi repeatedly asked forgiveness for all her sins.

Syamananda Prabhu, who is an ocean of mercy, pardoned her and asked his disciple Sri Anandananda to initiate her into Sri Hari Nama[2].

After that Vasuli Devi went to the dwelling place of those four wicked tantrics and in a great rage punished them very severely. They fled away and took shelter at the lotus feet of Syamananda Prabhu to save their lives. He became compassionate and assured them that they had nothing to fear. He gave them many instructions and they became great Vaisnavas. On his order, the same Anandananda gave them initiation.

[1] One of Parvati’s forms. Vasuli is the favorite goddess of fishermen.

[2] It appears that it was quite common that a disciple would initiate while his spiritual master was still alive or even in his presence. If the Guru would bless him to accept disciples, he could do it without breaking etiquette. In this period we have many examples of this.

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