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"He was born in the low cast family, in the city called Thatha, in Sindu, the
country of the west. His guru was ācārya Kambala. Once Jalandhari listened
a voice from heaven, which told him to go to Udayāna and meditate there;
there only he would get desired siddhis (perfection). Therefore, he went to
Udayāna, got lessons from the king Indrabhuti, the godly- woman
Lakṣmikarā and from ācārya Kackapāda instructions in Tantras. Then he
meditate for ten days on Smaśāna, where he received open entrance to the
Maṇdala of Srī-herkā and Abhiśeka from Dakinis, and arrived at once at the
grade of Mahāmudrāsiddhi (the perfection in yoga). Thereafter, he engaged
himself in every way for salvation of living creatures whilst he was living in
this country for a long time.
After this, the acarya lived in the country of Jalandhara (modern Panjab plus
Himachal Pradesh), at the place where fire comes out between water and
stones (Jwala mukhi in Kangra valley of Himachal); Because he spent there
quite a lot time, he received name Siddha Jalandhari…
…In order to convert the countries in the east, he took the figure of a Hāḍi,
sweeper, so was called caste of people who were sweeping streets in the city
Catigrāma in Bengal. In this country, young king Gopicandra sat on the
throne not very long time ago, after his father raja has died. The young king
was very handsome, and he used to spend lot of time enjoying the company
of beautiful women.
His mother Menavanti was not happy with such situation, because she loved
him very mach, and she always was thinking and worried that one day will
come, when his butifull body will die. Once in the morning his mother
Menavanti saw acarya at king’s garden. While he was sitting under cocoanut
tree there, he prononce: ‘Nārikela Bhikṣavo’ and cocoanuts fly to him by
themselves. After drinking water from cocoanuts, he ordered them to return
back to their places (by saying ‘Nārikela Uparajāhi’) what they did so.
On seeing this happening, Menavanti has realized that he was an
accomplished Siddha who has control over powers of nature to create and
destroy, of life and death. Some time latter tears appeared in her eyes in the
presence of her son, and when the young king noticed this, he asked her
about reasons of it.
She answered: “Even if you will get much bigger kingdom then you have
now, ten times more than power and wisdom of your father, still one thing is
here, which makes me sad. Your beautiful body one day going to be
destroyed, and this is the reason of my constant sorrow."
Is there any way to dispel your sorrow, tell me, how I can escape death?
The son asked her.
On what mother have told him that the street sweeper of their palace has
power to conquer it.
Then Gopicandra came to Jalendhara and asked him about the instructions
how to avoid death.
Jalendharnath answered, that he can’t do this while he will remain on
throne.
Gopicandra insisted that after getting initiation, he will renounce his throne,
so they agree on this. Then they together went to the jungle. There acarya
given him an empty pitcher and asked him to put hand into it. When
Gopichandra did it, acharya asked him quickly, now tell me quikly what was
there. As king found nothing in the puthcher, he answered that there is
nothing, on what he was told by Jalendharanatha that immortality is like
this. Unsatisfied by such lesson the king asked from him, three more times
to teach him immortality, and each time this procedure was repeated, and
he got the same answer. At last, Gopichandra have lost control of himself,
and thinking acarya to be charlatan, he ordered to put him into well and
cover him with the elephant and horse dung mixed with thorns.
To see how much different can be one and the same story, I will present
here one more version story of Jālandharnāth given by Doctor Kalyani Malik
in her book, and based on folk songs and ballads of Bengal. In accordance
with it, he was the disciple of Guru Goraksh Nath, and priior to it prince of
Hastināpur (modern Delhi). Raja Gopīcandra was the ruler of Bengal in
eleventh century, with his capital in Comilla (modern Bangladesh), and in
accordance with prediction made by astrologers, his life time was going to
be very short. His mother was queen Mayanāmati, who was at the same
time disciple of Gorsksh Nath. Goraksh nath ordered her to conviince her son
to become Yogi and accept street cleaner Hāḍipā (jalandhari) as his guru. At
first Gopīcandra resisted this idea, and with help of two his wives, Adunā and
Padunā put her under different very difficult tests. She was made walk on
fire and on a bridge of hairs. She was drownned in water and given poison to
swallow. But by utering name of her guru (Śiva Goraksha), she passed all
test and convinsed him in great powers of yoga. After it he rennounced his
throne and became dicsiple of Hāḍipā. Later as yogi he suffered untold of
misery.
In accordance with one more version of his story, found in drama discovered
in Nepal, he was king of city Jalendhar (modern Panjab), and has seven
hundred qeens prior to becoming yogi.
Story of Guru Jalandharipa
(In accordance with Caturaśīti-siddha-pravṛitti)