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Sri Shivabalayogi
6.
Tapas Completed
by Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao
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From January 1961 to 7th of August 1961, that is, till he completed his YOGATAPAS he observed total fast. It was towards evening of the sixth day of August, at about seven that the yogi experienced serene and exalted samadhi. During this experience he had the most complete realisation of the DHYANAMURTHY. The next morning, even before it dawned, at about two, he came out of the samadhi. Exactly at that time the syncretic figure of a man and woman, that is, of Parvati Parameshwara could be seen merged in Sri Shivabalayogi’s body which appeared like the form of “ARDHANARISHVARA”. Since then the yogi is worshipped by some devotees as such. That night Sri Chelikani Venkatadharma Rao, who was working as the village surveyor, saw the dome (shikhara) of the mandir where the yogi was doing tapas shining brilliantly enveloped by a dazzling light. This was the time when the yogi was attaining the Yugatapas-siddhi.
Sri Shivabala yogi broke his silence at eight in the morning, on the concluding day of his twelve-year-long tapas by chanting “OMKARA” in a melodious voice. The door of the Mandir was now thrown open to devotees who had crowded for his darshan. Though there was marked physical deformity and the body was emaciated and weak, many could perceive the indescribable lustre on the yogi’s face. An immense gathering of people of about three lakhs, had gathered in the open to obtain a glimpse of him, as he came out victorious after a prolonged tapas. People from the neighbouring villages as well as devotees from distant places had assembled there. The yogi appeared on a high platform erected in front of the mandir and blessed in silence all the people.
At three in the afternoon he spoke a few words in the form of a message: “It is foolish for people to say that they will conquer the sun; this will not do good to the world. That it is possible for one to reach the sun and return alive in samadhi is in my own experience. To achieve this, people should meditate, they must know themselves. This will bring peace to the world.”
A strange incident occurred at the Adivarapupeta ashram on 19th January, 1962. Several devotees were seated in the presence of the yogi at about eight in the night. A lady devotee of about twenty years, who sat reclining on the wall, suddenly forgot herself and became unaware of the surroundings, began to swing her body and started to grind her teeth. One of the devotees recognising that she was now possessed, asked her who she was. In a thundering voice she answered: “I will not tell; who are you?” When he announced his identity, the woman owned that she was Somalamma, known as Shyamalamba of Rajamundry, that she was now Rakthakali (blood-sucking goddess Kali), that she will first devour herself, then kill the people of Adivarapupeta including the Swamiji, and then destroy the whole country, thus quenching her thirst for blood. Then the yogi extended his bare left palm, and assured Rakthakali that he will give as much blood as to satiate her thirst and that she should come to him and leave the devotees. With a vicious smile Rakthakali came towards the yogi, bit the left palm and when blood began to flow, she started sucking it as if she were greatly thirsty. The blood-sucking bout lasted over three hours, and all the while the yogi was quietly conversing with her. In reply to his questions she revealed that she had sucked enough blood to quench her thirst for 2,000 years and that his blood was as sweet as sugar. Afterwards she surrendered all her powers to the yogi and disappeared.
The yogi stayed in Adivarapupeta for the next one and a half years. Gradually the number of devotees increased and the mandir in the burial ground was transformed into an ashram. A small organisation was also formed. At the request of the devotees he installed on the midnight of February 25, 1962, a Shivalinga in accordance with religious custom at the place where he did tapas for twelve years. He consecrated the Linga with the power of his tapas and infused life into it. This Svayambhu-Linga which was brought from the Narmada river, is said to be growing since it was installed, and this linga which is known as “Atmalinga” is supposed to exhibit the form of Ardhanarishvara.
A month later some citizens of Bangalore came to Adivarapupeta and requested him to come over to Bangalore. The yogi agreed and left Adivarapuepta on 21st March of the same years and come to Kakinada where he sojourned for four days in Tapaswiji Maharaj’s ashram. On the 1st of April he reached Nandi after passing through Injiram, Yatapalam, Jamamidiyada, Chaulavaram, Machevaram, Mandapeta, Thapeshwara, Velathur, Dhavaleshwara, Yelur, Vijayawada, Madras and Palamaneru. Sri B. D. Jatti, then the State’s Finance Minister, was first among those who were initiated to meditation by the yogi there. He stayed as Nandi for 19 days and there . . . for Doddaballapura where he . . . branch of Sri Shiva-balayogi ashram and stayed for 45-days. The marvels of the yogi’s power during “trance” were demonstrated for the first time in the State, here.
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