Chapter 22 - Description of the Greatness of Holy Places

[Note: This page represents a summary English translation of the Dvisāhasrī by Ṭembesvāmī, chapter 22.—In the 22^nd chapter He manifesting His 8 forms, performs the festival of Lighted Lamps, confers the growth of corn to a low caste person and talks about the greatness of a holy place.]

22/01-03: Nāmadhāraka spoke: His ardent desire, to listen His narration increases more and more. Siddh is the ocean of mercy.

22/04-16: Siddha spoke: Nobody can elaborate His full narration (04- 06). The Holy Master is resorted to by the devotees and following their request, dwells in three worlds (07-10). The Holy Master likes the faith and the devotion (11). No one is capable enough to describe His affection toward the devotee (12). He has exhibited many a times for gracing the devotees (13). He is accessible just by remembering Him (14-15). Once during the festival of lights the devotees of different places invite Him (16).

22/17-38: Holy Master spoke: He calls them one by one and says that He would remain present at each one’s place. Accordingly He reveals Himself at eight places at one time to please His devotees (18-27). The devotees please Him by offering differing things (28). Afterwards when all the devotees gather together there and discuss about the Holy Master’s stay at their place, the devotees being astonished eulogize Him (29-32). Even the Vedas are not able to make Him an object of eulogy (33-35).

22/39-76: (Siddha spoke:) He narrates a story of a low caste farmer devotee who becomes entitles to attain Liberation (39). He engages himself in his profession, salutes Him daily during His going to the confluence and returning. He makes the road clean (40-45). One day the Holy Master asks him to cut the crops (46). The farmer goes to his master and asks him to fix the share. The master ignores, as the crops is not ripen. After a promissory note, the master allows him to cut the crops and to fix the share (47-49).

He gets the unripe crop cut. His wife tries to stop him (50). But he is determinant (51-52). She goes to the owner of the field and requests to stop her husband (53-55). She weeps and goes to the field. After cutting all the crops, the farmer waits for Him (56-57). The Holy Master comes, sees the crop cut and asks him why he followed His words spoken normally. (58-60). The farmer considers His words authoritative like the declaration of the Vedas (61). All depart from there (62). After some time they see the sprouts grown in multitude beyond the imagination (63-64). The wife also repents (65). The farmer shows the farm to the Holy Master and eulogizes (66-68). The Holy Master blesses him (69-71). The farmer gives more share to the owner than they fixed, but he is noble and admits that it is the fruit of his devotion (72-73). The farmer distributes the crops to the servants (74-75).

Nobody knows the total number of his Divine sports (76).

22/77-78: Nāmadhāraka spoke: Why did He stay in Gāṇagāpura?

22/79-108: Siddha spoke: He explains the importance of the confluence of the rivers Bhīmā and Amarjā and compares it with the places that of the Kāśī (80-88). There lives a staunch devotee of Lord Śiva. He meditates upon and pleases Lord Śiva to him to stay at the confluence of the rivers. Lord Viśvanātha thus stays there (89-91). When the Holy Master explains the importance of Gāṇagāpura, Ratnā, the sister of His previous birth, arrives there (92-95). She bows down and requests him to make her free from the cycle of births and deaths (96-98). The Holy Master advises her to take a bath in the confluence (99). She becomes free after the holy bath (100). The Holy master shows all the Holy places of the Gāṇagāpura (101- 107).

In this way He explains the importance of holy places, uplifts the Mleccha-king and resides there (108).