THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES
Today, my dearest friend and devotee of my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) , Shri Ajay Kapahi, left for his heavenly abode while peacefully asleep in his bed.
It is the kind of death which many crave for, peaceful, painless and without any disease. It is the kind of death which not even many holy men are able to achieve.
I am convinced he left for the abode of His Divine Master, HH Shri Bhola Nathji, where he is in a state of great bliss and happiness that could not be had in this world of the living.
His life was a miracle in itself. Four times Death came to take him away and each time he felt the hand of HH Shri Bhola Nathji come and save him.
1. There was a time when he was in the city of Kota in Rajasthan taking a bath in a river. Suddenly he slipped and found his foot caught under a heavy rock. The waters were going above his head and he was drowning. He called out loudly:
"HEY! BHOLA NATHJI SAVE ME!"
And a miracle occurred. His foot came out from the rock and he found himself on the shore.
2. The second time was when he was in a terrible car accident in which his companion was killed. He went into a coma and the doctors feared he may not recover.
I went to visit him in the hospital and called out to him. And for the first time in days, his hand moved downwards to touch my feet! Very soon he was out of danger and out of the hospital.
3. The third time was when his car skidded at high speed and hit against the iron railings by the side of the road and then turned over, completely smashed. He found himself without a scratch.
4. The fourth time was when he was down with a massive heart attack and was in the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital, on a ventilator for several days and the doctors thought he was going to die.
A photo of HH Shri Bhola Nathji was brought to his bed and kept under his pillow. Soon thereafter he recovered completely and was later sent home.
He would always say: 'THERE IS NO MAN MORE FORTUNATE THAN I AM, WHO HAS BEEN SAVED SO MANY TIMES BY MY DIVINE MASTER, BHOLA NATHJI! I AM CONVINCED THAT WHEN HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI LEFT THE WORLD HE SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE TO SAVE MINE!"
But the end of every life is inevitable.Everyone who is born into this world must leave the world one day.
And in the early hours of December 21, 2016, this morning, he simply left for his heavenly abode in great peace to be with his Master forever.
I give the portrait of HH Shri Bhola Nathji on the left and Shri Ajay Kapahi on the right.
He was only 51 when he left this world. Truly has it been said:
"Those whom the Lord loves, die young!"
Every time a true and righteous soul leaves the world it is not only a great loss to his family and loved ones, but also a great loss to the world where yet another star has gone from the sky, leaving the world in greater darkness...
In the words of HH Shri Bhola Nathji:
"THY LOVERS ARE LEAVING THE WORLD, ONE BY ONE,
O DIVINE SAKI! BRING FORTH THY NECTAR OF ETERNAL LIFE,
WHICH SHALL BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE AGAIN."
Today, my dearest friend and devotee of my father, HH Shri Bhola Nathji (1902-1992) , Shri Ajay Kapahi, left for his heavenly abode while peacefully asleep in his bed.
It is the kind of death which many crave for, peaceful, painless and without any disease. It is the kind of death which not even many holy men are able to achieve.
I am convinced he left for the abode of His Divine Master, HH Shri Bhola Nathji, where he is in a state of great bliss and happiness that could not be had in this world of the living.
His life was a miracle in itself. Four times Death came to take him away and each time he felt the hand of HH Shri Bhola Nathji come and save him.
1. There was a time when he was in the city of Kota in Rajasthan taking a bath in a river. Suddenly he slipped and found his foot caught under a heavy rock. The waters were going above his head and he was drowning. He called out loudly:
"HEY! BHOLA NATHJI SAVE ME!"
And a miracle occurred. His foot came out from the rock and he found himself on the shore.
2. The second time was when he was in a terrible car accident in which his companion was killed. He went into a coma and the doctors feared he may not recover.
I went to visit him in the hospital and called out to him. And for the first time in days, his hand moved downwards to touch my feet! Very soon he was out of danger and out of the hospital.
3. The third time was when his car skidded at high speed and hit against the iron railings by the side of the road and then turned over, completely smashed. He found himself without a scratch.
4. The fourth time was when he was down with a massive heart attack and was in the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital, on a ventilator for several days and the doctors thought he was going to die.
A photo of HH Shri Bhola Nathji was brought to his bed and kept under his pillow. Soon thereafter he recovered completely and was later sent home.
He would always say: 'THERE IS NO MAN MORE FORTUNATE THAN I AM, WHO HAS BEEN SAVED SO MANY TIMES BY MY DIVINE MASTER, BHOLA NATHJI! I AM CONVINCED THAT WHEN HH SHRI BHOLA NATHJI LEFT THE WORLD HE SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE TO SAVE MINE!"
But the end of every life is inevitable.Everyone who is born into this world must leave the world one day.
And in the early hours of December 21, 2016, this morning, he simply left for his heavenly abode in great peace to be with his Master forever.
I give the portrait of HH Shri Bhola Nathji on the left and Shri Ajay Kapahi on the right.
He was only 51 when he left this world. Truly has it been said:
"Those whom the Lord loves, die young!"
Every time a true and righteous soul leaves the world it is not only a great loss to his family and loved ones, but also a great loss to the world where yet another star has gone from the sky, leaving the world in greater darkness...
In the words of HH Shri Bhola Nathji:
"THY LOVERS ARE LEAVING THE WORLD, ONE BY ONE,
O DIVINE SAKI! BRING FORTH THY NECTAR OF ETERNAL LIFE,
WHICH SHALL BRING THEM BACK TO LIFE AGAIN."
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