The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1862-01-23
RE.iGluts MATTERS.
The uessimh OF the MnI,rntta
A IliSpoo SUrrRsrfrioS, EXTRACTED PROM THE
PrBftsurp AcCoUNTs or NARAYuS BAwA, or
PINpOpRDEE.
NY cARLos CAREFUL.

Miracles, always cheap in India, were not lacking
10 confirm and authenticate Naraym's mission.
Aside from the details nf cures alleged To- have been
performed nn the lame to cpcrs and the blind, who,
as all new converts were tLl T. had gone away
ipicing, AMI uf vows made in distant places and full
filled Is, Narayun Other marycls were related of
h,m. 1t was told that the uncle of Narnyuu, being
unable Ia pay the balance of his lnnd-tnx to the
officers If the Rajal or Sattara, was taken before
the chowdry ~ council, and subjected 10 the custo-
mary torture pracliccd among the governors of
Nlahratta, 10 cytort payment from dcnqucnts
having large stone placed on his head. Narayun
b'hcd the outrage with Indignation, and miracu-
lously removed the stone aud paid the deficiency.
When the Rajah himself came to visit Narayum
aud commanded hiI attendance, he utterly refused
tn obey the summons, and ordered the Rnjah to wait
upon him rhc incrcdulous Raiah demanded n
sign ol Ibis authority, and Narayun ordered large
rock to transport srr from s bed and move To hill
ock near by in his presence. These, and humid
red other similar fcns were narrated of him TO all
comcrs and from the wonderful command which
they daily bclcld him exercise over the scrpcnts
brought I" him from every quarter. such tales gain
ed a ready rcdrncc. Prophecies were not wanting.
N
ring to period not distant from that in which Mar
ayun appeared, was pressed into his service by the
lirahmius This prediction forctclls the appearance
of mn extraordinary person who is 10 obtain polite
NJ supremacy in lnlil and terminate all foreign do
innon the person 50 forctol was not to De a mere
man. though appearing in human FORM but an in
caruation of lndraiit, the son Of Rawan. Rawan,
rs Those Of my readers at all acquainted with Hin.
doo mythology will know, was gigantic, many
armed, many headed titan or demon kind of
lIinioo Iliarrus. who, some thousands of years
ago, was king Of Lunko, or Ccyon, and was slain
10y the God Rama, at the end of the war, which is
celebrated in the Ramayun, the IIindoo Had
In tbs war lnlraiit, too, was slain by Luxoomun
Iamr's brother. 1t may be wondered at that the
son Of a demon should have 80 glorious future
destiny predicted for him or that those who wish
ed To set forth Narayun Powar as a God, should
thus sock to identify him with titanic hero. But,
those who wonder should remember that through
the whol" lIinloo system Of theology, the dcmon-
acal or titanic nature anil the divine melt into each
other. True their external phenomena are diamct-
rcally opposed, but this is only "maya" or ilu-
sion while their internal essence is one. Indra-
overcome the God lndra, the atmospheric .Tovc)
and wrcstrd the hundcrbult from him. Rawau, his
father. was both titan and sclfdcnying dcvotcc,
of cval'd character, whose very death at the hands
of Rama, WAS glorious reward for his virtue. II
is not too much To say that in the panthcstiG and
mystic doctrines of the IImdoos, all contrarirtics
and divcr,itics rcconcicd in unity. The appa-
rent cninity and punishment of the dcvout demon
king were only external maya, phenomenal llluson;
thc hostile conflict and death embrace with Rama,
were III reality, union with divinity.
Therefore, if lndrajit now came as a God and n
'lclvcrcr of mankind, no Indoo would consider
hi, 50 coming inconsistent with his former titanic
character. All that was necessary was to make
ih yerecs Of Toolscdas, fit Narayun Dec. This
with little Interpolation was easily done and the
prediction, thus altered, was speedily circulated
AMI before long, was in every hand and ON every
tongue throughout the Mnhrnttn country
Ps,lmists were not wanting to hymn the praise
nr Namyun Dco. The Brahmins who surrounded
him, composed many hymns and cantclcs in his
praise and these songs being often profcssed
history of Narayuu's wonderful works ard being
sent 10 every quarter added constantly tn his fame
According to those songs, Narayun was power. was
glory, was health, brightness, happiness -- God
who raised the dead healed the sick, bid the lame
walk, the blind Sec the deaf hear, the dumb speak,
the lcpcrs to be clcanscd, and the world to he puri
fl and they all obcycd him. Narayun's fame
WAS now spread throughout western India, and the
most extraordinary expectations began to be enter
ancd, in reference to the works to be accomplished
10y him. lie was established in the minds of men
nS an incarnation Of the deity and the people of
all classes, and " thousands were waiting to see
him do tho works of God. While the people wait
cd, the cvangclsts rccitcd his miracles and cures,
and quoted tho prophecy Of ToolSedas while
the psalnuSts, with tcrvor peculiar to the east,
gave in song their lorid accounts of the wonder
working power Of Narayuu
As Rama and Krshna had in former times rid
the earth of demons and ovcrthrown the dominion
Of wicked men, SO he was destined to put an end To
the rule of European barbarians One writer from
Dcckan, just after Narayun's death, describing the
excitement which had been prevalent there, says:
"Thousands nockcd from every part of the country
To see this new deity and besides those who wen,
expressly for the purpose Of prostratng themselves
before him, all travellers were sure to take that road
who had ANY business at Wacc or Sattara. Crowds
of hliul and Of lcpcrs also nockcd To Pimpoordcc
from all quarters, expecting to obtain dcvcrancc
now that God had coudcccndcd todwcll with men.
Many lrpcrs were seated beside rvulct, waiting
for miraculous cure, for it was given out through
out the country that several lcpcrs had been cured
and several blind had received their sight"
In another published letter from oona is this par
apr,ph:
81 suppose You must have heard Of Narayun Ba-
wa, the miraculous child of rimpoordcc, who was
said tn raise the dead To make the blind 10 see, the
deaf to hear, the lame tn walk. Ac. The general
intatuatiou respecting him hero was truly asoniSh-
ing even the most sensible natives did not escape.
Immense crowds left Poona every day 10 visit him
during his brief career. One day | was told that
there had been a report that a large snake SUM
moncd by Narayun Rawa from Pcitu, had arrived
at the tcmplo of Mumma pc,cc (the Protestant
Church dedicated to ST, Mary, whittier great ma
ny people had gone in consequence"
A, o further evidence ot the general prevalence
Of this dcusion, take the following statement, made
at the time that Narayun was at the zenith Of his
fame, by nm intelligent resident at Bombay:
"Eycn in bombay, wlcrc the commercial spirit
the spread Of education, the constant intercourse
with Europeans, aud the impressions received from
daily witnessing the resources of British powcraud
science, displayed in the arsenal, shipping, dock
yard and mint have generated a wholesome skcpti,
cSm as To the miraculous power Of pretended god,
and saints, even here the mlduess took To such an
tNtcut that, within two or three months. mo- les.
than ten thousand pHgrims. r,any of them of wealth
and rank, set oil 10 bow before the feet OF Narayun