ADI SHANKARACHARYA AND PADMAPADA/SANANDANA

Once while Adi Shankara was in Kasi he saw Sanandana (one of his prime disciples) standing on the other bank of the Ganga. Sanandana was drying Acharya's clothes. Adi Shankara decided to reveal Sanandana's Guru Bhakti to the world.

He asked Sanandana who was on the other bank to bring the dry clothes to him. Sanandana wanted to fulfill his Guru's wish immediately. He could not wait to find a boat to cross the Ganga. So he started walking over the flowing river just as he would walk over plain dry land.

As Sanandana walked over the Ganga, big lotuses sprung up supporting his every step. Keeping his feet on these lotuses, Sanandana walked over the river and reached his Guru. Then Shankara asked Sanandana, "How did you cross the Ganga?”
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He said, "The very thought of you reduces the deep ocean of samsara to shallow knee-deep waters.” Adi Shankara showed him the lotuses and named him Padmapada. He, later, became Acharya of Dwarka Math.

MORAL: If we have full faith in our Prabhu, He takes care of all our needs.