Mango Pulp Cure

In June 2009, in Italy, Śrīla Gurudeva related to us another incident from his student days when he and his brother-in-law were on their way to a neighbouring village for a wedding. His sister and her husband, who lived in a nearby village, would visit them from time to time. Śrīla Gurudeva was very much loved by all his family members.

At the time there were no vehicles and the only way to commute from village to village was by foot. It was the month of June, which is extremely hot in Bihar. There was a heat wave at the time, referred to as lū in Indian language. On the way to his sister and brother-in-law’s house, they stopped at a big pond to bathe. Afterwards, Śrīla Gurudeva sat on the banks of the pond while his brother-in-law washed his cloth with soap, spread it out on the ground and waited fifteen or twenty minutes till it was completely dry. Śrīla Gurudeva was sitting in the sun all this time, waiting for his brother-in-law to finish, and he began to feel sick and faint. His brother-in-law quickly took him to a nearby house where Śrīla Gurudeva collapsed, completely unconscious. The gentleman of the house hastily prepared some mango pulp by boiling fifteen or twenty green mangoes in water and discarding the seeds and skin. He then applied this pulp thickly all over Śrīla Gurudeva’s body–from the soles of his feet and palms of his hands, to his chest, stomach and head.

Śrīla Gurudeva’s temperature had become extremely high, but after half an hour with the powerful compress of green mango pulp, his body cooled down. He regained his consciousness and opened his eyes, completely cured. After thanking the gentleman, they continued on their way to the next village and reached the wedding party.