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ENCOUNTERS OF SOOBIAH CHETTY WITH THE MASTERS




Rao Sahib Soobiah Chetty was one of the first members who joined the Theosophical Society when it installed in India. And both, he and his brother Narasimhalu Chetty, they met Master Morya even before the founding of the Theosophical Society, when the Mahatma visited the city of Madras in 1874.

About this meeting, Soobiah Chetty related the following:


« H.P.B. and Col. Olcott arrived in Madras on December 19, 1882. A few days after their arrival, on a Sunday morning, Madame Blavatsky was unpacking, assisted by "the boys" - Damodar K. Mavalankar, Narasimhulu Chetty, Subbiah Chetty, and Krishnaswami, known as "Bhavaji."

Among the articles were found two portraits; and Narasimhulu and Subbiah were examining them intently, as they recognised in one of them a saddhu they had seen some years before.

Noticing them handling the pictures, H.P.B. pounced upon them and forbade it, saying they were pictures of the Masters. The two brothers said they had seen the person portrayed in one of them. H.P.B. declared this could not be true; but a fortnight later she was told that they had indeed seen the Master M. in 1874; that He had visited the city of Madras in His physical body; and that they were two of the four persons who had seen Him then.

She asked them to describe the visit.

They said that early one morning a saddhu entered their home unannounced. A strikingly tall man, clothed in a long white dress and white pagri, with black hair falling on His shoulders, and black beard, stood within the door. Of the three persons present one left the room, and the other two (Narasimhulu and Subbiah) drew near to him.

He made certain signs which the brothers did not understand, but remembered vividly. He asked for one pice; and when they went to the money-box they found it contained exactly one pice, which they gave to Him.

He turned and left the house, followed by the two brothers, and suddenly disappeared, to their great astonishment. They could find no trace of Him in the street. It was this sudden and mysterious disappearance that impressed the visit so deeply upon them that they always remembered it in detail.

H.P.B. added the information that He was on His way to Rameshvaram, one of the great places of pilgrimage in India.

G. SUBBIAH CHETTY

Editor's Note:  This is a hitherto unpublished incident. »

(This text was first published in Adyar Notes and News, October 25, 1928, p.2)





Soobiah Chetty also saw the Masters in 1883 in a couple of occasions:

« In 1883 H.P.B. spent the summer with General and Mrs. Morgan at "The Retreat" in Ootacamund. She invited or rather directed me to go there, and I obeyed the call with pleasure.

I was glad to avail myself of the opportunity given me of having the rare privilege of living for some time under the same roof as H.P.B. and under her influence. H.P.B.’s intense desire was to attract the attention of men of position to Theosophy. For this purpose she worked hard and succeeded eventually.

One day as we were discussing as to how this object could be secured, a very strong influence was felt. This was due to the appearance of Master M. in the room.

He materialised partly, and I was able to see a hazy form and though hazy I saw His arm clearly handing something to H.P.B.

My surmise that He had come there to give directions as to how the desired object could be gained was found to be correct. H.P.B. told me so.

During the same year also Master K. H. appeared in my house in Mylapore. Early next morning when I met H.P.B. at Adyar, she told me that the same Master had appeared before her about the same time and presented her with yellow roses which she showed me. Let me say that yellow roses were then very rare, in fact unobtainable in Madras. »
(The Theosophist, May 1924, p.244-245)




In July 1883, Soobiah Chetty received a note from Master Kuthumi written in Tamil:

«  You better come. Give my thanks to your father. He has done what he could, and — could do no more.

K.H»


This text was first published in the book Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom. First Series, letter 35, pag. 98. And the Editor, Jinarajadasa, wrote the following explanation:


« Transcribed from the original at Adyar. This brief note comes in a letter sent by Blavatsky on 17 July 1883, from Ootacamund, Nilgiri Hills, to Mr G. Soobiah Chetty in Madras, in which she sends him an invitation to visit her in the hills.

The main part of the letter refers to Mr G. Muttuswamy Chetty, a judge of the Small Causes Court of Madras, and father of Mr G. Soobiah Chetty. Mr Muttuswamy Chetty received in Tamil a letter, posted at Amritsar, from the Master K.H., the translation of which, I am informed, was as follows:

-      Sinnett’s paper is the only saviour for India. You must work towards it. Koot Hoomi.”

On receipt of this, Mr Muttuswamy Chetty tried among his friends to raise something towards the capital required for The Phoenix newspaper (see Letter 14). He was not, however, successful. »
(Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, p.122)












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