Śrī Saptaśatī Gurucaritra – Chapter - 48

 

श्री सप्तशती गुरुचरित्र - Śrī Saptaśatī Gurucaritra
अध्याय – Chapter - 48

 

In this chapter, the text describes the famous miracle of the hundred-fold yield of Harvest. A humble, lower-caste farmer (referred to here as a Shudra devotee) has absolute, unwavering faith in the Guru. To test his devotion and show a miracle to the world, the Guru commands him to harvest his green, unripe crop in the middle of the winter season. Despite fierce opposition from his wife and the local government officers, the farmer obeys. The Guru then causes a miraculous rainstorm under the Moola constellation, resulting in a hundred-fold yield from that single field.

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जो हो वेदां अगोचर । तो भक्तां हो सुगोचर ।
तया ग्रामीं भक्त शूद्र । नमस्कार करी नित्य ॥१॥

He who is entirely beyond the reach and comprehension of the vast Vedas (Veda-agochara) becomes easily accessible and visible (Su-gochara) to His true devotees. In that very village, there lived a humble farmer who routinely bowed down to the Guru with deep devotion every single day.

गुरुदेव संगमीं जाती । त्या पाहून करी प्रणती ।
पुनः ये तो येणें रीती । करी भक्ती शेतीकरितां ॥२॥

Whenever the Supreme Guru walked toward the river confluence (Sangam), the farmer would eagerly wait to prostrate before Him. Day after day, as he went about his farming duties, he anchored his heart in this continuous, silent devotion.

लोकी चमत्कार करावया । शूद्रा वदे गुरुराया ।
कच्चें पीका हें कापुनियां । टांकी मध्यान्हापावेतों ॥३॥

Desiring to visually demonstrate a grand miracle to the world, the King of Gurus looked at the farmer one day and commanded, "Go, harvest your entire green, unripe crop (Kacche peek) right now, and finish cutting it down before noon.”

तो तें प्रमाण मानून । स्वामिमागा ठरवून ।
कापी, तत्स्त्री येऊन । करी विघ्न तरी न हटे ॥४॥

Honouring the Guru's command as absolute truth, the farmer accepted the instruction without a single doubt. He went to his field and began cutting the green crop. His worried wife rushed to the field, weeping and trying to obstruct him, but he refused to stop.

ते कथिती अधिकार्‍यासी । शूद्र न जुमानीं त्यासी ।
दावी मध्यान्हीं गुरुसीं । म्हणे शेतासी कापिलें ॥५॥

The panicked family members then ran and brought the local government authority (Adhikari) to stop this apparent madness. However, the farmer paid absolutely no heed to the officer's threats. By noon, he returned to the Guru, joined his hands, and reported, "O Master, I have completely cut down the field as you requested.”

तूं अतःपर काय खासी । असें गुंरु पुसे त्यासी ।
म्हणे तुझ्या प्रसादेसी । लाभ आम्हासी होईल ॥६॥

The Guru turned to him and asked testingly, "You have cut down an unripe crop; what will you and your family eat for the rest of the year?" The farmer replied with absolute surrender, "O Bhagavan, I have total faith that through Your pure grace (Prasad), we will be abundantly provided for.”

त्याचे पुरवाया हेत । वृष्टी मूलर्क्षी पाडित ।
शतगुण त्या शेतांत । गुरुनाथ धान्य देती ॥७॥

To fulfill his pure faith, the King of Gurus caused a miraculous rainstorm to pour down exclusively under the cosmic alignment of the Moola constellation. Consequently, that field generated an extraordinary, hundred-fold yield (Shata-guna) of high-quality grain.

तो करुनि क्षेत्रपपूजा । सस्त्रीक करी गुरु पूजा ।
स्वामीभाग देउनि द्विजां । धान्यपुंजा वाटी हर्षे ॥८॥

Overjoyed with the miracle, the farmer performed the traditional ritual worship of the field deity (Kshetrapala). Alongside his wife, he offered a grand worship to the Shri Guru, set aside the Bhagavan's share, donated generously to the learned Brahmins, and happily distributed the massive heaps of grain among the needy.

संतोषोनी गुरुमूर्ति । त्यांच्या वंशा गती देती ।
अशा लीला केल्या किती । त्यातें नेणती ब्रह्मादिक ॥९॥

Deeply pleased with his absolute, pure devotion, the divine Guru blessed his entire lineage with ultimate spiritual liberation (Gati). The Guru has performed countless such extraordinary, divine plays (Leelas), the full depth of which remains un-fathomable even to cosmic creators like Bhagavan Brahma.

 

 

 

इति श्रीमत्परमहंसपरिव्राजकाचार्य श्रीमद्वासुदेवानंदसरस्वति विरचिते श्री सप्तशती गुरुचरित्रे अष्टचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः