Shi Nathji's Portrait by Vandita Sharma

This is the story of Shri Nathji capturing the heart of a young girl. Vandita Sharma is a young devotee of Shri Nathji from Panchkula (Haryana). She is the youngest member of her family who is intimately associated with HH Priya Nathji. Her parents and specially her mother Raj Sharma and her two elder sisters, Preeti Sharma and Shilpa Sharma are devoted to Shri Nathji. Her mother Raj Sharma is the younger cousin sister of Shri Nathji’s great devotee Shri Gopal Swamiji. Shri Gopal Swamiji initiated the family in devotion to Shri Nathji.

   She was attracted to Shri Nathji when she was very young. When her sisters and mother where leaving for Mussoorie, for the birthday celebration of Shri Nathji, they had decided not to take her along. But some power inside her created an intensive desire in her to also go to Mussoorie. She didn't want to be left out and so she said that if she was not taken by her mother and sisters to Mussoorie, then she will run away from home. She displayed such profound emotions that her family was convinced that she will indeed ended up running away, if left out. Thus she came to Mussoorie and attended the function. When HH Priya Nathji came to know of this incident travelled to HH Priya Nathji, he mentioned it in his lecture and said that this was her Bhakti that made her say so. At that moment everything changed for Vandita. She became a Nath bhakta. 

When she came back from Mussoorie, she had the motivation to draw prabhuji's portrait. Also under the portrait, she also wrote one of her favourite urdu verse of  Shri Nathji - "Jab kabhi chalati he baade intezare rehbari.. sinaye dariaye haq krta he ik surat aya" I don't know Urdu, nor understood the exact meaning of this verse, in her young age. So she just wrote the Urdu alphabets in the proper sequence., as she saw in Shri Nathji’s book. She says that it may be possibility that what she may have made a spelling error as she has no Idea of Urdu. But she wanted that verse exactly to be there under the image of Shri Nathji. She was never good in drawing and attempted to make this photograph using crayons. This large portrait she framed and kept in her temple room of her house. Were it is still placed and worshipped.  As she felt that she is not an artist and her drawing is not good, she never had the strength to take it to take this portrait to Mussoorie, to show HH Priya Nathji. The sight of this portrait filled her with intense happiness. She and all her family members, feel the presence of Shri Nathji in that portrait.

Vandita who was born in August 5, 1991 in now a grown up lady whose heart is filled with love of Shri Nathji ever since she had this sudden intense desire to attend the fiction in Mussoorie. She has completed her engendering from Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology and is now going to USA to do her master.

HH Priya Nathji – In Continuation of the Divine Lineage

His Holiness Shri Priya Nathji is the son of His Holiness Bhola Nathji Bhagwan. He has been carrying on with the divine work of Bhagwan Bhola Nathji ever since Bhagwan Bhola Nathji left his earthly frame on the 6th of September 1992. People have beenexperiencing the divine presence of Bhagwan Bhola Nathji in the personality of Shri Priya Nathji, giving them peace and beatitude. 

Shri Priya Nathji is a former scholar andnuclear scientist of Harvard University who left his lucrative job in America to return to India to serve his Father. He had been living with Bhagwan Bhola Nathji for over twentyfive years without a moment's separation. 

Shri Bhola Nathji often said to people: "Priya Nathji is the door through which you can come to me. He is my fresh form through which I shall carry on my work in the world. Let all stand by his side in this divine work of giving peace to mankind."

Shri Priya Nathji is a Saumya Murti –a beautiful personality. The mere sight of his

radiant face, full of mercy and compassion, comforts and consoles. The words that flow from him dispel all doubts. They carry with them a force that is neither that of vehemence nor of cold logic. It is a force generated by the alchemy of a loving heart, springing from an Akshaya Patra of Karuna and Prema–an overflowing Source of Compassion and Love.

To listen to Shri Priya Nathji's spell-binding oratory is an education for purposeful living. To hear his soul-stirring poetry in Hindi, Urdu and Persian is to go into ecstasy. Once you meet him, he simply haunts you and you cannot but give him a permanent lodgment in your heart.

Majestic and winsome, simple yet sophisticated, steeped in our ancient lore yet well versed in current affairs, agile yet imperturbable, wise and witty, with a bewitching

smile and a visage that exudes Sneh and Karuna–love and compassion–with a yellow scarf on his head like a crown, with a short buttoned coat, Priya Nathji is a magnificent personality.

Shri Priya Nathji has a very special relationship with us, a relationship of love, which

makes us feel that he is our nearest and dearest loved one.

HH Shri Nathji's miracle on Om Prakash Sharma

This is the photograph of my maternal grandfather, Shri Om Prakash Sharma, who miraculously becomes a devotee of Shri Nathji is the last days of His life. Shri Nathji entered his body and gave him direct commandment, which he followed dutifully.

Shri Om Prakash Sharma was born on 28^th October 1929 in Ambala district of Haryana. His father Shiv Sham Sharma was a Head clerk in the Punjab irrigation department at Nangal. His mother’s name was Krishna. He did his graduation from Gandhi Memorial National College in Ambala. After that he went to Calcutta and did various businesses. He started with trading in chemicals and then moved to hardware and then motor parts. His was a very honest man and it is said that he never spoke a lie even in business dealings and was very pure hearted. He had settled in Calcutta and had a house at Sham Bazzar. He married Shila Sharma on 20^th June 1953. She was a very educated lady who had grown up in Lahore till partition and studied at Dev Samaj College in Ambala. She used to stay at Nisbat Road in Lahore. She still recalls Anarkali area in Lahore which was the home of Maha Mateshwariji’s father, Lala Hargopal. She says it was one of the most important shopping areas of Lahore. They first had one daughter, Sudha, my mother, followed by three sons.

In my family only Shri Gopal Swami, who was my father’s maternal cousin brother was a devotee of Shri Nathji. My parents came to know about Shri Nathji from Gopal Swamiji, who was considered to be an elder and wise man in our family. When I had left home in search of God and was living in temples, my parents were very disturbed as I was there only son. So they came to the Darbar of HH Priya Nathji and prayed that I may return home. So my parent stated to attend the 22^nd June function at the Darbar. Om Prakash Sharma had build a house in Chandigarh as well, were one of his sons was living. In 2000 my mother asked her parents if they would also like to come for the function. My grandmother Shila had an intense inner feeling that she must go. She persuaded her husband Om Prakash Sharma also to come. But he didn’t had any faith in modern spiritual gurus, thus was not inclined to come. Shilla then said that, you just think you are going on a vacation to a hill station. I have seen many hill stations like Kashmir, Shimla etc. but I have never been to Mussoorie. So just go with our daughter and see Mussoorie. So that’s how she convinced Om Prakash Sharma to also come along. So my father, mother and grandparents went to Mussoorie for the function. When Shila Shama saw HH Priya Nathji for the first time, she thought that now her husband would be very angry at her. They came to have darshan of a Spiritual master but what is it that we see there. A man is silk suite, wearing an English hat, sitting on a fancy chair with expensive shawl on his legs looking every bit like a rich man of royal lineage. My husband who was as such unwilling to come will certainly be angry at me for bringing him here, to see a well suited booted man who her daughter claims to be a great spiritual personality.

  When Om Prakash Sharma came before HH Priya Nathji he bowed as others did and HH Priya Nathji immediately embraced him. When Shila Sharma came before HH Priya Nathji she bowed and for some unknown reason immediately began crying. She was not able to control her weeping throughout the function. It was not in her control. When all were about to leave, HH Priya Nathji said that all that who have come here today have not come here on their own but have been brought here by His divine will. All the time during the function and on the return journey and even after reaching Chandigarh, Shri Om Prakash Sharma didn’t spoke a word. He never shared his experience, about Mussoorie. His behavior changed and he become more and more silent and lost in his own world. He begins murmuring some name and counted it on his fingers.

  Om Prakash Sharma was a very active person with athletic build and had no serious aliment. But for some unknown reason he began to get weaker and weaker day by day. He seems to have lost interest in the world and it seems that he has achieved in life what he wanted and had no apparent reason to continue to be in this body. Then he had what seemed like a heart attack. He was taken to the Hospital. He stayed there for around twelve days but his conditions continued to deteriorate. He will shifted to the intensive care unit were the doctors had already given up hope on him. It was the 5^th of March 2000, when a miracle happened. Shri Om Prakash Sharma was in the intensive care unit with an oxygen mask and different tubes inserted in his body. He was being monitored by different diagnostic machines which were displaying disturbing readings. Then suddenly Om Prakash Sharma got up and sat on his bed. He removed the oxygen mask and said in a loud and very clear Hindi, which was not his normal way of speaking. It was in the tone and style of Shri Nathji. He said  -

“ OM Prakash ji Aab App Bilkul Theek Hai. Aapko kuch Nahi Hua. Khare Ho Jaiya. Aap Ampi Lungi Theek Kejiye. Aab App Apne Ghar Jaiye. Par Jana Apni car Me Hai”

OM Prakashji you are now completely all right. There is nothing wrong with you. Get up now. Adjust your Lungi (a traditional garment worn around the waist) Now you will go home. But go in your own car.

All this while, he was also saying the words “Achaji ;  Ji Nathji” – As you say; Yes Nathji!” in his own style and tone of voice. It was like from inside him, one voice was of HH Shri Nathji, in form of commandment and the other voice was his own, which was acknowledging the orders.  

There was one person who was on the other bed in the hospital. Om Prakash Sharma looked towards him and told him in the same commanding voice. He said that exactly after four days you will get all right. Your pain will disappear and you will go home. Do not worry.

When all this was happening, there were four other people from my family in the room. One was my Father, Shri M.L. Gaur and others were Om Prakash Sharma’s two sons and one daughter in law. The daughter in law was very scared and said that father has gone mad or some spirit has taken possession over him body. My father said that in that case why is he taking the name of Nathji. It must be that Nathji has entered his body. Om Prakash Sharma began taking out all the tubes that were inserted in his body. Doctors and nurses came and were surprised to see that all the diagnostic instruments were showing the reading of a perfectly healthy human body. While they were in the discussion, as to how it was possible, Om Prakash Sharma began to leave the hospital.

In the meantime my uncle Gopal Swamiji reached the hospital to meet my grandfather. Om Prakash Sharma said to that Gopalji, that Nathji came and said I am now all right. There is nothing wrong with me. Gopal Swami said he knows that. Shri Nathji had also spoken to me about the same, but you stay one more day in hospital. You leave for home tomorrow. Om Prakash Sharma came home next day. He kept on counting some name on his fingers, but he never told anyone what he was doing. He also never spoke about Shri Nathji. Nor he ever interacted with HH Priya Nathji whom he had met only once in his life. He was getting very week though. He said to her wife to recite for him Nath Chalisa seven times every day, as he was himself too weak to read.

On the night of 27^th of September 2001, he suddenly started to speak to his wife at 12 o clock at night.. He spoke continuously on a lot of topics to his wife till 4.30 in the morning. Shila Sharma was surprised as to why her husband to speaking so much. He also told her what she must do in future. At 4.30 Sheela Sharma insisted that you must sleep now. He said that now it is not the time for me to sleep. It is time for me to do my “Path – Worship.” You sleep now. Then he said to her, “  look at your feet; they are swollen in pain. You do not take proper care of your health. Let me press it “and saying that, he touched them.  She protested and said, “No! do not touch my feet, but as she said that, she was suddenly overwhelmed by an intense feeling of peace and calm and was asleep. She didn’t know what happened then. In the morning when she woke up, she found her husband sitting by her side. He went to the bathroom and also washed all this cloths by himself. He dressed well. Then he combed his hair. He asked his wife to get him the breakfast, from the kitchen. Then after few minutes when Sheela Sharma came to give him his breakfast, she found him lying peacefully on the bed. He was lying in the yogic posture named Shava Asana. She was surprised as to why he is lying down when he had asked for breakfast. She tried to wake him and then she realized that he has died. It was the 28^th of September 2001. The time was 9.20 in the morning. Shri OM Prakash Shama died a very peaceful death. He had met HH Priya Nathji only once and that too unintentionally, without his own will. But that one meeting was enough to saturate his soul with divine bliss, for the rest of his life and beyond.