At 2:31am on November 28, 2009,
Jose G. Alfageme Roblas, Prahlad dasa maharajah said…
1. My godbrother Ananta Prabhu ( nowdays serving with Narayana Maharaja's Camp) was, for a while, the limousine driver of my Gurudev Srila Gour Govinda Maharajah, in Orissa. He told two stories;
He and GGS were travelling on a preaching tour in a remote rural tribal area of Orissa. One day they were crossing a densely forested region. The area was completely uninhabitated, neither houses nor a single human being could be found here. It was deserted like this for many kilometers in all directions.
All of a sudden, they discovered a kirtana party of Vaisnavas, playing and singing in the
middle of the otherwise quite deserted forest tack! There were no houses, nor vehicles, nor was it evident where this kirtana party had come from, or why they happened to be there. Very much surprised, Ananta couldn't help but stop the car, and look on in amazement. This particular car had darkly tinted window glasses, such that from outside, it was quite impossible to see anyone inside. But still, these joyful Vaisnavas went directly to the rear left door of the car, where Gurudev was actually sitting, as if they new perfectly well that he was there, were expecting him, and were there just to honor him.
Maharajah opened the door to see the devotees. Very happily and with the utmost respect, they placed a garland on Gour Govinda Swami's´s shoulders, and appreciatively touched his lotus feet. The whole thing incident lasted only a few minutes, and then the mysterious "Vaisnavas" dissappeared ! Ananta Prabhu and Gurudeva soon resumed their trip, eventually arriving safely at their destination.
In this particular area of Orissa, there never was a single Vaisnava ! None lived in the region at all. My Gurdeva asked Ananta not to refer the incident to anybody. He was convinced that they were residents from the heavenly planets!
2. The second pastime took place in similar conditions. But this time, they were traveling in a scorching hot desert area. That particular day was very hot, even for the desert. High in the sky, the sun was hitting like anything, beating down with ferocity on the head of anyone foolish or brave enough to be caught there. Both driver and Gurudeva were suffering much from the terrible adverse climatic conditions. Still out of duty, they continued on.
Then, as if out of nowhere, one cloud appeared. It located just over the car, and soon started pouring down the rain ! The heavy downpour fell only and exactly over the car, and no other place, neither the road, not the surrounding fields. Ananta couldn´t believe his eyes! It seemed a miracle of relief from Sri Krsna Himself ! He had never seen such a thing there, and was sure that Krsna had arranged it just to save them from the hammer-like killing heat that day.
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