how Ramana was brought out of the Patala-Lingam

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It was Venkatachala Mudali who brought Ramana out of the

Patala-Lingam.

 

"One day, going near the thousand-pillared hall, I found a group of

boys hurling stones in the direction of the pit.

Enraged at the sight I seized a twig, and ran towards the young

scamps who fled promptly. Suddenly from the dark recesses of

the hall there issued forth the figure of Seshadri. I was taken aback,

but, soon recovering myself, enquired of the Swami if the stones

pelted by the boys had hurt him.

'Oh no,' replied the Swami, 'but go and see the Chinnaswami [Ramana]

there', pointed towards the pit, and went away.

 

Proceeding inside, I could make out nothing for a while, as I was

coming from the glare into the darkness. In a few minutes,

the faint outlines of a young face became discernible in that pit.

Somewhat frightened, I went out to the adjoining flower-garden

where a sadhu was working with his disciples. Mentioning the facts

to them I took some of them with me.

Even then the youthful figure sat motionless and with closed

eyes, despite the noise of our footsteps.

 

Then we lifted the Swami from the pit, carried him from the hall up

a flight of steps and deposited him in front of a shrine of Subrahmanya.

The Swami still remained unconscious, his eyes closed;

evidently he was in deep samadhi.

We noted the large number of sores on the nether side of his thighs

and legs, with blood and pus flowing from some of them, and wondered

how any one could remain unconscious of his body admist such torture.

Regarding it as irreverence, nay impertinence, to make any further

noise in such presence, we bowed and came away."

 

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Narasimha Swami: Self Realization

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