Memories of Bhagavan

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Kanakammal’s Memories of Bhagavan

 

Dr. Prakash Adiseshan of Ann Arbor, Michigan has translated the

following interesting excerpts from Smt. Kanakammal’s Tamil book,

Ninaivil Nirainthavai.

1. Sri Bhagavan was observing the activity of a child, who was

pointing out that Sri Bhagavan’s head was clean shaven and so is

hers, etc. He talked about how observant some children are.

This led Sri Bhagavan to recall an incident about a little girl who

used to live in Ramana Nagar. She had observed people bringing food

and offering it to Sri Bhagavan and then distributing it to the

people in the hall. One day she approached Sri Bhagavan hesitatingly,

and upon asking he found out that she had wrapped a few papads in her

dress, having got them from her kitchen at home. Sri Bhagavan and the

girl shared the papads. The next day she repeated the act by bringing

fruits from her garden. After sharing the fruits with her, He asked

her if there was a picture of him in their house. The girl said that

they had one. Sri Bhagavan asked her to henceforth offer the food to

the picture and eat it herself and think that he ate it. (from Ch.

29)

2. An elderly man walked into the hall and upon seeing him, Sri

Bhagavan’s behavior changed: he appeared to behave like an obedient

student. The person who entered said, “Bhagavan, please clear all my

doubts.”

Smiling and looking at a devotee nearby, Sri Bhagavan replied, “Do you

know who this person is? I came away from Madurai unable to answer his

questions. Now he has come all the way here with more questions!” The

visitor was Sri Bhagavan’s Tamil teacher in school. (from Ch. 17)

3. One day a devotee pointed out to Sri Bhagavan that someone in the

hall was sleeping. The devotee added that he has been watching that

person sleep this way for the past few days. Sri Bhagavan looked at

the devotee and said. “That person is taking care of the purpose for

which he came. How about you? Why have you come here?” (from Ch. 19)

4. Among Sri Bhagavan’s attendants was one Vaikunda Vaasar (another

name for Vishnu). Once when he was lying down in Sri Bhagavan’s hall

he noticed a snake near him. He became petrified and hastily

approached Bhagavan pointing out the snake. Sri Bhagavan looked at

the snake and said with a laugh, addressing the devotee, “Vaikunda

Vaasar, your bed has come looking for you. Must be a smooth bed,”

referring to Sri Vishnu’s lying posture on the snake. (from Ch. 19)

THE MAHARSHI

March/April 1998Vol. 8 - No. 2

Produced & Edited byDennis HartelDr. Anil K. Sharma

 

 

 

 

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