Nature-s Rudrabhisheka-1 = Pujya Gurudev

Companions in Solitude- 5 - Nature-s Rudrabhisheka-1

=Pt.ShriRam Sharma Acharya

(Akhand Jyoti Nov.Dec.2005)

[Pujya Gurudevs Travelogue of the Pilgrimage to the Himalayas - Continued] 

Today we reached Bhojwasa camp.Tomorrow morning we have to set out for Gomukh. Here there is no traffic. One comes across pilgrims / travellers between Gangotri and Uttarkashi. In camps also there are crowds; but not so here. Today we are a group of only six persons. Everybody has brought with him his own tiffin. Though it is called Bhojwasa (catering establishment) and also has an inn; but there are no board and lodging facilities, as are available at the lower camps. On looking upwards the mountaintop in front, it seemed as if Himagiri (mountain peak) was performing worship of Lord Shankar by pouring water over it by its own hands.

The scene was celestial. From a great height, a thin stream was falling down. Down below, there was a nature-made Shivlinga. 
The water was falling over it. While falling, the water was getting scattered into tiny drops and the sunrays falling on them were creating an enchanting rainbow. One concretely felt that Shiva was present in reality and the gods were showering on Him flowers of all colours from the Milky Way. The scene was so captivating and engrossing, that the mind and the eyes got glued to it. I kept on looking at it until darkness pulled the curtain over it. Beauty is the thirst of Soul.

But how can it be found in the mud of artificiality? People decorate their homes with pictures of these forests and mountains and feign to enjoy their beauty. But none cares to look at the immense beauty spread all over in natures lap. 
The Himalayas are called the ocean of beauty. Walking in these remote regions creates heavenly vibrations in the soul, and one longs to get lost in this boundless beauty. Todays scene was really natures wonder at its best; but in my imagination I was getting a glimpse of the celestial pleasure as if I was seeing Lord Shiva right before me in reality. I was inwardly feeling immense joy. If only I were able to describe even a part of this joy for the benefit of those who are not here, and let them get the feel of this celestial joy by reading these lines.

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Thanks GOD,Thanks Sadguru,

Shiv Sharma