As I silently moved towards the door—my heart pounding—and extended my hand to knock, a voice held me back. It was my own mind, reminding me of Radhanath Swami’s request that he not be disturbed. He was inside, behind that closed door, suffering from a splitting headache.
As I retracted from the door, worry again rushed through me like a whirlwind. Perhaps, he needs some help. Doesn’t the principle of caring for a sick guest rise above a mere request? I scrambled back towards the door. But I froze in my track before I reached it. Radhanath Swami’s request had echoed through my mind–once again.
Somehow this time, my eyes fell on the key hole on the door. Finding in it a way out of my indecisive oscillations, I fell on my knees and peeped in through it. The sight inside chocked my breath. Radhanath Swami writhed in pain on the bed, his head held tightly in his hands, as if it were to crumble otherwise. Emotion exploding in me, I pounded on the door. How could I sit back, seeing my guru suffer in this way?
The doors opened, revealing an apparently composed Radhanath Swami, “Why did you disturb me?”
Pointing to the key hole I confessed, “I saw that you were in such pain.”
Radhanath Swami whispered back, “I was trying to understand Lord Krishna through this pain. You broke my meditation.”
–Mr. Hrishikesh Mafatlal
117 replies on “When Radhanath Swami had a Headache”
I cudn’t stop teras from my eyes after reading this. Radhanath Swami is a very humble and amazing to see how focused he was on his mission to see Krishna in such terrible pain….
very touching incident
hari hari….
Radhanath Swami always thinks of Lord Krishna, the symptom of a pure devotee. We can not imitate Radhanath Swami but atleast can try to understand the mood of the pure devotees.
“I was trying to understand Lord Krishna through this pain. You broke my meditation.”……..It can only be possible for a advanced devotee like maharaj.
Thank you for sharing prabhuji.
Only a genuine person seeking after God can give this reply…simply amazing and amusing. Thank you so much for sharing.
That the sign of pure devotee, trying to see Krishna in each and every aspect of life. Thanks for sharing.
We cannot imitate but can get some glimpse of the platform on which Radhanath Maharaj performs bhakti
It is only possible for pure devotees like Radhanath Swami to see Lord Krishna as everything in their life
Personalities like HH Radhanath Swami are way beyond our comprehension.
Hare Krsna…Maharaj`s devotion & ability to see Krsna in everything leaves us speechless….Thank you for sharing this wonderful experience
How a pure devotee of God like Radhanath swami can actually see God’s hands in everything! This incident though reveals the heart of HH Radhanath swami.
We are grateful to you for sharing this incident.
Haribol! Krishnachandra Prabhu is so fortunate to have such intimate incidents with Radhanath Swami!
The intimate pastime as this with Radhanth swami reveals a lot abuot his greatness.
It’s hard to understand how vaishnava’s think.
Such sublime interactions between Radhanath Swami and his disciples is the stuff that great transcendental literature is made of. We must be careful not to disregard these internet-based pastimes as merely just another blog.
Incidents like this give faith to the conditioned people cheated on the name of religion that,”Yes! there are personalities like Radhanath Swami who are completely God conscious in all the circumsatnces and following them perfectly we will not be cheated but will achieve similar God consciousness like him which is the ultimate goal of human life.”
I don’t have words to glorify Radhanath Swami after reading this article.
When we see GOD everywhere, we see GOD also in our state of apparent discomfort.
Radhanath Swami sets very high standards of GOD-realization, which protects us from falling for our immature acts of GOD-consciousness. By his activities, he makes it very easy for us not to fool ourselves by imagining that we are at a higher stage of advancement than what is the truth.
Simply unbelievable!
Maharaj’s dealings are extra-ordinary.His pastimes are highly transcendental and beyond ordinary understanding.All glories to Maharaj.
Thank you for sharing. Radhanath Swami always remember Krishna, as he preaches to his students.
Very heart touching incident
Radhanath swami’s faith and his love for God is unimaginable.
Thank you very much for sharing.
Meditating on the Lord Krsna with severe pain. Very much Amazing.
Amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this.
Radhanath Swami is teaching us to see Krishna through every aspect of life even through pain….!!!
I can’t think of words to express my amazement at how Radhanath Swami Maharaj is not just tolerating pain but also remembering God through it.
It is incredible how Maharaj sees every situation, as a hand of the Lord.
Even in pain, Radhanath Swami sees the hand of God. That’s really amazing.
Radhanath Swami is great
This is amazing. Swami ji you are the true devotee of krishna who is always wanting to server even in painful situation.
only Radhanath Swami can say like this. Radhanath Swami ki kai.
nice article, thanks for sharing, rajesh karia
even when in pain HHRM has a strong desire to serve the Lord, its just amazing to see Maharaj’s strong desires, haribol, bhakti
Accepting even pain as an opportunity to understand Lord is wonderful and mostly un-comprehendible
Cant understand this pastime…. how to comment…
inconceivable that’s something outlandish!!
all glorires to radhanath swami maharaj.
jai!!!
Radhanath Swami sets a perfect example of meditating on Krsna every moment.
Radhanath Swami Maharaj in any condition of the life is always remembering Krishna, as all the previous spiritual masters have done.
Also this shows that Maharaj does not want to disturb anyone due to his being in any amount of pain. what a big heart!!
Inconceivable. Very Touching story – Thanks a lot Prabhuji for sharing this wonderful story on Tolerance and remembering/meditating on Krishna always.
Maharaj never reveals his discomforts. He just tolerates.
Thank U for sharing this incident.
It shows the purity of Radhanath Swami who is able to percieve the hand of Lord Krsna in all the events of life.
thank you very much for sharing such an intimate past time
It is very much inspiring prabhuji. Thank you very much for sharing the story.
For Radhanath Swami it is very natural to try to see the Lord in every situation as is evident from many episodes in his memoir “The Journey Home.”
very much inspiring, even in pain one should unconditionally meditate on Krishna !!!!!
Thanks Prabhu for sharing such an inspirational this story. Radhanath Swami is indeep an true Spiritual leader and an humble personified.
Thank you Prabhu for sharing. All glories to
HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj!