Anxiety skyrocketed when his turn came but Periyava quietly shut the doors. Again there was a queue of devotees standing. About 3:00 pm, Periyava began to give darshan. Someone called him for lunch and Sri Mama had his lunch. Next order came in, “Will see you by 3pm!”. Sri Mama jumped and rushed to Periyava like a calf running to the mother Cow. When Periyava called Sri Mama, everyone inside were surprised and looked at Sri Mama. Periyava turned to him and called, “Come here!” Does that mean Periyava completed His ‘Biksha’ after the distribution of the ‘Theertham’? Sri Mama was standing in a hurry-burry with a pleading heart to Periyava. Mama saw many devotees waiting for Periyava’s darshan including those who did “Bikshavandanam” to Periyava on that day. Mama stood at the entrance with the entire mind echoing “Prabho! Prabho!” He almost jumped and took a dip in a lake close by and with somewhat dried or half-dried clothes rushed to the room cum hall where Periyava was giving ‘Theertham’. So Sri Mama rushed and reached there by 10.30 am only to hear that Periyava already began giving ‘Theertham’. One has to go empty stomach for getting ‘Theertham’. Sri Viswanathan Mama rushed to Periyava’s camp at Vanagaram without even having his food… He rushed to camp with the high hope of having the ‘theertham’ from Periyava’s hand. The team of doctors include even a senior visiting doctor from USA! Doctors were contemplating which one to remove first (baby or tumor) and how one would affect the other. She was at Kalyani General Hospital, a renowned hospital of those yesteryears. Mrs Viswanathan was having a giant size tumor along with the baby. In their own words, “Baby or Tumour?”, was their confusion. Sri Mama was in tears.Įarlier, when he came to Chennai to see his pregnant wife, doctors gave a shock and they themselves were puzzled about her surgical delivery.

The moment Sri Viswanathan Mama’s turn came up in the queue, Periyava shut the doors. Mudikondan Sri Viswanathan Mama almost burst in tears, “So Periyava won’t give me darshan?”

Govinda damodara swamigal