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Sharat Chandra Chakrabarty, aka Sharat Babu was a great devotee of Nag Mahashay and later wrote his biography. Nag Mahashay was a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. One day he begged Nag Mahashay to initiate him, but he refused, saying: “I am not a brahmin. A non-brahmin is not supposed to initiate a brahmin. You are a brahmin and scholar and I am an illiterate man. How can I initiate you?” Thus Nag Mahashay refused Sharat Babu.
One day Nag Mahashay went to the market and Sharat Babu followed him. They reached a spot where the road was narrow and cane bushes were on both sides. In that secluded place Sharat Babu held Nag Mahashay’s feet and begged for initiation.
Nag Mahashay said: “Don’t lose heart. Lord Shiva Himself will be your guru.” Overwhelmed with joy Sharat Babu understood that Nag Mahashay had given him a boon, and he would definitely get Lord Shiva as his guru.
He had complete faith in Nag Mahashay’s words because he was a man of truth. From then on Sharat Babu never pestered Nag Mahashay for initiation, instead he waited for the right time.
In April 1897 Swami Vivekananda was staying at the Alambazar monastery after returning from the West. Sharat Babu went to see Swamiji and found him resting in his room. He sat down to wait for Swamiji, but all of a sudden he saw that Lord Shiva was lying where Swamiji had been.
He could not believe his eyes at first, but as he stared at the figure he could not doubt what he saw. He then remembered the boon Nag Mahashay had given him. Swamiji initiated him on 1 May 1897.
Source: Various Facets of Vivekananda by Swami Chetanananda.
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