The miracle of Darshan
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There is a beautiful true story that illustrates the real meaning of darshan. The 16th century saint-poet from Kerala, Narayana Bhattatiri, sings about the incomparable moment of his darshan of Lord Krishna in his Sanskrit epic poem 'Narayaneeyam'. Bhattatiri arrived at the ancient Guruvayoor temple in Kerala in 1587,
On the 100th day, when the shrine
opens,
he describes in ecstasy his darshan
of the Lord:
Agre pashyaami tejo nibhidatara
kalayaaavali lobhaneeyam
Peeyoosha-plaavitoham
tadanutadutare divya kaishora-
vesham...
I see Him right before me!
A divine youthful form
surrounded by the enticing luster
of the blue kalaya flowers...
Immersed in nectar am I..!
The directness of this experience
shows that this is the moment of
darshan for the poet.
Even though he had been physically
seeing the deity
in the shrine for a hundred days,
darshan happened to him only on
the last day.
And at that very moment,
Darshan has the power to release both physical and psychic blocks in our system and cut through the layers of unconscious negative patterns built up over lifetimes. Our physiology can actually change in the presence of an enlightened Consciousness. For the receiver who is ready, darshan can be the moment of permanent and irreversible transformation.
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