Reminiscences of Shri Kunju Swamigal - 23

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At Skandasram we dould sit before Sri Bhagvan every evening at 6.30

and recite Aksharamanamala.

Sri Bhagvan used to close His eyes reclining on the pillows.We would

finish the recitation

exactly at 7.30 when we generally had our supper.Once in two or three

days,during the

parayana,Sri Bhagvan would go into deep meditation.Even at the end of

the parayana, He would

not open His eyes.We used to call Him gently,but Sri Bhagvan would be

completely oblivious

of His surroundings.To wake Him

up,Perumalswami,Akhandananda,Mastanswami and i would take out

some conches at the ashram and blow them.The sound of the conch used

to penetrate into Him

and bring Him back to the external world slowly.On such days,we would

eat only at 9pm.

This happened frequently.Even after moving to His Mother's samadhi at

the foot of the hill,

this used to happen once in a week or ten days.Dandapaniswami used to

massage Sri Bhagvan's

feet to wake Him up,but in vain.He used to become aware of the

external world only through

our blowing of the conches.It is said in Vaasishtam that Sri Krishna

had to blow the conch to

wake Prahlada from his tapas.

 

in Sri Bhagvan,

sriram