Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis c13.166

c13.166

The Nepalese legend in its various developments is of considerable interest. Here another example of Gorakhnāth’s power over nature is found, in his causing a twelve-years’ drought in Nepāl. The story goes¹ that Gorakhnāth once visited Nepāl. Because he was not received with sufficient respect, he took the clouds, fastened them in one of his bundles and sat on them, remaining motionless, in meditation, for twelve years. During that time there was no rain in Nepāl. Finally, it chanced that Matsyendranāth passed by, and Gorakhnāth, unreflecting, arose, out of respect for his guru. The clouds escaped thereupon and the drought was broken.²