Sripada Rajam Saranam Prapadhye.
Anonymous sripada devotee is sharing her beautiful experience with Sripada swamy which shows how swamy plays HIS divine leelas when HIS devotee is ready to serve HIM selflessly and humbly.
I am a regular reader of Sripada miracles page. My day is never complete without reading the experiences of the devotees shared on the page. I really love the quotes and daily messages shared by the page admin. One day I sent a message to the page admin saying : "I would like to contribute to your page. I want to volunteer 2 hours per week. I would like use the skills acquired by me in Lord's service". I wished wholeheartedly to serve the Lord in my own limited way. However, Admin said that right now there is not so much work on the page. If there is anything in the future she will let me know.
That evening I got an e-mail from a recruiter saying that there are some requirements that suit my skill set. I replied back to them saying that I am on a sabbatical right now.The very next morning they mailed back to me saying that i can work from home and shared the payment details. It was unbelievable as I'm not looking for a job right now and my CV is not active in any of the recruitment portals. Moreover i have never heard anyone being offered a job without a face-to-face interview in my entire IT career.
This reminds me of a context in Valmiki Ramayan where Sampati gets his wings back the moment he tells the vanaras (the monkey warriors) that he would love to serve the Lord SriRama by helping the vanaras in searching Maa Sita. I heard this from Sri Ramayana discourse by Sri Chaganti and I remembered it as the way he described it was heart touching. I immediately searched on the net for the sloka and I found a great site where we can read the entire Ramayana with meanings (http://www.valmikiramayan.net/).
Please refer to the verse from Valmiki Ramayana > Kishkinda Kanda> Sarga 63
(http://www.valmikiramayan.net/…/sarg…/kishkindhaitrans63.htm)
I'm copying the verse for your convenience:
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tasya tu evam bruvaaNasya sa.mhataiH vaanaraiH saha || 4-63-8
utpetatuH tadaa pakSau samakSam vana caariNaam |
8b, 9a. tadaa= then; samhataiH vaanaraiH saha= clustered around, monkeys, with; tasya= to him; evam bruvaaNasya= in this way, who is speaking; vana caariNaam samakSam= of forest, movers - monkeys, before eyes; pakSau= wings; ut petatuH= to up, flew - cropped up.
Both the wings of Sampaati have then cropped up just before the eyes of those monkeys who are clustering around him, while Sampaati is speaking in this way to those monkeys... [4-63-8b, 9a]
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O Lord you are so great. Your love towards your devotees is indescribable in words. Sripada please forgive me if I made any mistakes while describing this experience.
Digambara Digambara Sripada Vallabha Digambara!!!
Sripada Rajam Saranam Prapadye!!!
Jaigurudatta.