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The Life Story of the Gurudev
The mind was now yearning for restraint. He asked for leave from his family. No one was ready to understand. There was a lot of opposition. Gagalbhai also started doing intense penance, renunciation and austerities to appease the opposition. He gave up ghee from the root for 12-12 years. He laid the foundation of the Vardhaman penance. He started doing penance one after another. He did only one or two austerities. He did the sixth on the cradle and beyond that, he did the ayambilos of rice-water or roti-water. This continued for years. He completely stopped the six vigais from the root. Even that took 6-6 years. The family did not give in.
Now, as a final preparation, he left his son in school. He left him in the care of Gurudev for his stay. He entrusted the responsibility of the business to his cousin brother and nephew and in the year 2023 VS, he fled from Ahmedabad in the month of Posha.
He received the support and cooperation of many well-wishers. He came to Mumbai-Murbad. Pujya Gurudev had already come there after doing vihar. He had already sent his son Kanti there. There was a five-day auspicious festival. The well-wisher families played the role of family members so well that almost no one realized that this was a secret initiation. On the 13th of Po.Su., the initiation anniversary of Pujya Gurudev was celebrated and on the 14th of Po.Su., the same Gurudev gave the initiation to his father and son. They were named Pujya Muni Shri Gunayashvijayji Maharaj and Pujya Muni Shri Kirtiyashavijayji Maharaj as his disciple and grand-disciple. He gave them hitashiksha. He explained the ultimate meaning of the given names. Both father and son, Guru-disciple munis, decided to adopt the Guru's teachings completely.
Now both of them joined the service of Pujya Gurudev. The great opposition of the family melted away due to the influence of the Guru. With joy, they took the final initiation at Bhuleshwar Lalbag, Mumbai. The father muni got engrossed in intense penance and the son muni in studies. Both of them excelled in their respective fields.
Pujya Muni Shri Gunayashvijayji Maharaj had nurtured the son muni from childhood, which was not hidden from Pujya Gurudev. Seeing that art, he started entrusting him with the mumukhsus who came to know and stay with him. He got this responsibility in just one year of paryay, which he fulfilled with great care and made the Guru's faith worthwhile. Pujya Gurudev was very satisfied. In the same way, in the initial years, he stayed in the inner circle of Pujya Gurudev and the entire burden of service, communication, etc. was placed on the strong shoulders of the father muni. He also fulfilled it with great care. Communication is not easy. Especially if you have to do the communication of such a high-level Gurudev, you need a lot of mental and physical preparedness. Pujya Munishri developed that preparedness and gave immense satisfaction to Pujya Gurudev as well as the Gachchha. Due to this quality, his self-development was rapid. He was at the forefront in penance and meditation. Now spiritual maturity,
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