Divine Experiences

     My blog would be incomplete if I do not mention about my daughter's "Aksharabhyasa" i.e the pooja that is done before the kid starts going to a school. This is always performed by the father of the kid. He holds the hand of the baby and makes the child write the first letter. But I had wished something else for my daughter. I always wanted her Aksharabhyasa to be performed by a Yati or a Guru. I had dreamt of this when she was very young, but didn't knew how to go about with the idea. 
     Once when my daughter was 2.5 years old, we had a visit to Udupi. Pejavara paryaya was taking place at that time. My parents requested if we could get the Aksharabhyasa done by Shri Vishveshatheertha Swamiji fondly known as Pejavarashri... To our good luck they agreed. We went to the place where Swamiji was resting after his busy schedule during the Paryaya. The person next to gurugalu asked him to perform Aksharabhyasa to my daughter. 
       I still remember the first glance Swamiji gave at my daughter. His smile was divine and his reaction was that she is so small. Then he took the slate and held her hand. He made her write the letter "Shri" in both Sanskrit and Kannada. He later said children at this age do not co-operate and start crying, but your daughter is very intelligent and active. She wrote very nicely. She will come up in life. Those words were enough for me. There was a sense of pride and accomplishment in my heart. The person who is considered as an epitome of knowledge, wisdom and compassion  in Madhwa Lineage had blessed my daughter. What more I could have asked for. 
        Even today I feel blessed when I look at those pictures. Recently we have lost Pejavara Swamiji but I am sure his blessings will always be a guiding force to all of us.. I thought this experience had to be mentioned.

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