Ramana Maharshi about Devotees Rajambal and Meenakshi Ammal

[Guest guest]

28th December, 1945.

 

Morning

 

It seems Echammal passed away at about 2-30 a.m. and the matter was reported

to Bhagavan only about 8 a.m. in the hall. The talk naturally was about

Echammal and how from 1907 she persevered in offering food to Bhagavan

without any break. Bhagavan also remembered three other persons who fed him

when he was under the iluppai tree in the Big Temple. One was Dasi Rajambal

who, it seems, took a vow that she would not eat before feeding Bhagavan and

was feeding him for about two months until he moved away to Gurumoortham. It

seems she continued to send food even to Gurumoortham for a day or two. But

Bhagavan asked her to discontinue it. It seems this lady died only

recently.

 

Bhagavan mentioned also Meenakshi Ammal, a Kammala woman, and said, “She was

like a rakshasi. She would daily go round the hill and then come and cook

and bring food to me. After some time she began assuming control over

everybody including Palaniswami. If others brought food, etc., she would

give some to me and whatever remained she used to take away with her.â€

(Bhagavan said, in the afternoon, “Our Nagappa’s mother Ratnamma also used

to bring food in those daysâ€). Of food supplied regularly, (Kattalai) as

Bhagavan put it, he said, “You don’t know what trouble all such regular

supply involves. Those who make it expect some control over you. It also

creates some aham in them.

 

Everyone of them expects you to take something. One would say “I say, serve

something with your own handâ€, and then each would serve something. The

quantity would become too great. Any number of people bring any number of

things, and at all times, and you must take them. Sometimes we used to mix

up all things received, milk, food, porridge, etc., and drink it if the

resulting mixture was a liquid. ‘Swami-hood’ is very difficult. You cannot

realize it. I am speaking from fifty years’ experience. After such

experience in Gurumoortham I wanted to avoid it by not remaining in anyone

place.â€

 

Source: Extract from Day by Day with Bhagavan by Sri Devaraja Mudaliar

 

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