In 1948 Kehar Singh ji and a friend went to a man having Bhrigu
Samhita
(the prophetic astrological treatise of Sage Bhrigu). Kehar Singh ji
expressed his desire to have written details about his astrological
chart but said he did not have a horoscope. The astrologer asked him a
few questions and based on Kehar Singh's answers, looked up the
relevant charts in a book, drew up a horoscope, and wrote a vivid
account of his life. As the things written about the past were correct,
the predictions made for the future seemed to be credible. There was
one inauspicious prediction about his future. According to the
horoscope, he was to die at the age of fifty-four from contracting a
fatal disease. Kehar Singh ji was very distubed by this.
After a
long time a different astrologer came to see Singh ji for some other
purpose, and Kehar Singh ji took the opportunity to discuss the earlier
prediction with him. The astrologer recast his horoscope and also read
his palm. Endorsing the prediction, he showed him that his lifeline was
broken at that age. After this Singh ji felt there was no further
reason to doubt the prediction.
In 1963, when Kehar Singh ji
entered his fifty-fourth year, a lump of flesh developed on the lower
part of his tongue, which doctors diagnosed as a cancerous growth.
Though he became very worried, he could not decide whether to tell Baba
about his fears. When Baba came to Lucknow, Kehar Singh, Suraj Narayan
Mehrotra, and Prem Lal went around with him all day. In the evening
they went to the kuti of Shahanshah, Prem Lal's
guru, and sat
on the ground by the bank of the Gomti River. Baba sent Mehrotra and
Prem Lal elsewhere to attend to some task and whispered in Kehar Singh
ji's ear, "Now tell." In this way Baba
gave him an
opportunity to relate his problem. Baba's affectionate behavior caused
him to blurt out, "Baba, I have tongue cancer." Baba pulled Kehar Singh
ji towards him by his left hand, embraced him, and rubbed his head
vigorously with his right hand. Then saying nothing, he left him. Kehar
Singh ji watched the lump on his tongue everyday in the mirror and
found that it was getting smaller daily. In about a week not only did
the lump vanish completely, but the lifeline on his palm appeared
unbroken.
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