Sri Ramana Reminiscences of Swami Pranavananda

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Swami Pranavananda (S. Narasimham before Sannyasa), uncle of Dr.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India, was a munshi in

Police Training College and taught local languages to Europeans.

Among others, he wrote RAMANA MAHARSHI CHARITRAMU, SRI RAMANA

STUTIPAATALU and SRI GURU-ANUGRAHA AVATARAMU. He was the first to

translate WHO AM I? into Telugu. He says:

 

Once I came to the Ashram from Gudivada (Andhra Pradesh). Bhagavan

asked me in a tone brimming with affection whether Kallaturi

Seetharamaiah was all right. " Who is he? " I asked. " Dr. Kallaturi

Seetharamaiah " , said Bhagavan with emphasis and gave a detailed

description about him. I was overwhelmed at the thought of his love

and consideration for the devotees. This person had visited Bhagavan

only once or twice earlier. He was not the one to talk freely with

Bhagavan; he would only offer his respects and sit quietly in a

corner.

 

A fortnight before Bhagavan's mahanirvana we were all having his

darshan by filing past him in a queue. The sarvadhikari told

me, " Bhagavan is looking at you intensely and you can take liberties

with him. A doctor, Kaviraj, has been sent from Calcutta by Sri

Rajendra Babu specially to treat Bhagavan. Kindly recommend the

doctor to him. " Accordingly, I made the request. Bhagavan

said, " Will anyone safeguard after the dinner the leaf on which he

has eater? " I then realised that this body is like a leaf. When the

purpose for which the body has taken shape is over, it will have to

be thrown away as a leaf on which the food has been taken.

(Source: Face to Face with Sri Ramana Maharshi, a publication of the

Kendram)

I have taken the above from Sri Ramana Jyothi, January Issue.

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