Kortitabhiman (Ahankar) Part Continuation

 

 

Dear Guru Brothers/Sisters! This is in continuation of the earlier post about Kortitabhiman.  Once Sri Sri Thakur was staying at the Malakar’s house and as usual Sri Phanindra Malakar the youngest son of the house was entrusted with the holy job of looking after the daily needs of our Gurudev. During that time Sri Sri Thakur used to take a particular type of food prepared under some specific guideline which used to consist of some boiled vegetables duly mashed mixed with some particular type of spices.  Phanindra babu used to cook that food himself with utmost care and would offer that to Gurudev which He used to ate happily. Once what happened that Phanindra babu had to go out of station quite urgently for some days and he called his elder brother & sister and asked them to take care of Sri Sri Thakur with due care, particularly the food. He also showed them how to prepare that food and requested them to be very particular about that. After getting their assurances, he took permission from Sri Sri Thakur and left for his work. Phanindra babu’s elder brother hired one cook from outside and asked him to prepare that food and after preparation his elder sister used to offer it to Gurudev. But Sri Sri Thakur didn’t used to eat anything from it and food had to be returned as it is!! Like this it went for many days and Sri Sri Thakur also used to return it without accepting anything from it!! One day when the elder sister kept the food plate in front of Gurudev, He remarked that “why to unnecessarily take so much of pain to bring the food here, instead you can ask the person who is preparing it!" Whatever it is, after few days when Phanindra babu returned home, he immediately rushed to meet Sri Sri Thakur and was shocked to his health!! He cried out as “What has happened to you? Why you are looking so pale and thin? Are you not taking food?” etc. But Sri Sri Thakur didn’t said anything!! Phanindra babu immediately understood as something wrong has happened here. He went to the kitchen and found a cook who was going to prepare the food for Gurudev!! Seeing this he got angry and fired him out and himself prepared the food and offered it to Sri Sri Thakur which He ate fully!! Phanindra babu called his elder brother/sister and came to know of everything and fired them for hiring a cook for the service of Sri Sri Thakur!! He asked them that when he had specifically told to how to prepare the food and why the hell they hired a cook from outside?? Friends! Now you can understand as why Sri Sri Thakur didn’t ate anything? Later on Gurudev called the elder brother of Phanindra babu and preached them about service or seva of one’s Guru and Lord!! He told that "Seva is not like a fruit from any tree that you will go and take it!! Instead one should have an Akarta bhav and saranagati onto the holy feet of your Lord!! You people are showing me your money power by hiring a cook for me!! I know that how much money you are having and with this itself you are displaying so much of Ahankar!!"etc. Any type of Kortitabhiman had always been rejected by our beloved Gurudev! Whether it was a Queen of an Estate who wanted to construct a big ashram for our Gurudev and keep Him there forever or the elder brother of Phanindra Malakar babu! Sri Sri Thakur had even called these so-called devotees in His language as Unara Bhokto Non unara Shokto!! Jai Ram!!