RAMANA MAHARISHI
One of his uncles came home When Venkataraman asked him To know where from he came? He replied, “From Arunachalam.”
When he asked his uncle again, “Where is this Arunachalam?” He said, “It’s at Tiruvannamalai.” It sat deeply in his mind then.
His ailing father suddenly died, When he was just 12 years old, But he stood before the dead, Not crying, but like a wood.
“Is death to the body itself? Or even to the inside life? “ This thought was in his mind When others openly cried.
He asked himself “Who am I?” “Am I this body what I carry, Or my life inside the body?” This thought gave him worry.
On many days, alone he sat, As dead man he began to act To know what had happened, To his life, when his body died?
His imaginary acting took him To the query, “Who really I am?” He was very active in sports, But not so keen in his studies.
“How to go to Arunachalam?” As he waited for a good time, An opportunity really came As if it was God’s gift to him.
Nagasami gave him five rupees, For remitting his college fees, But the boy took three rupees Keeping back the two rupees
He also kept a letter saying, “From the house I’m leaving In search of my father’s life As he left his body, not his life.”
As the money wasn’t sufficient Half way he traveled by train And some distance he walked, *Here and there, begging for food.
For a sum of twenty rupees He pledged his two ear rings With an old lady of a house To meet his way side expenses.
She also fed him sumptuously Which he ate very happily And also gave him a packet Full of edibles on his way to eat.
At last, he reached the temple At Tiruvannamalai, his final goal, He stood, with tears in his eyes, Before the Deity speechless.
Note:- *One of his forefathers refused to give food to a hungry Sanyasi, who cursed that in every family after him, one son will become a Sanyasi, who will beg for his food. Perhaps this curse fell on this boy to become a Sanyasi and beg for his food.
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