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Experiences with Sri Maha Periva - The Sound of Aum
Author: Radha Ramamoorthy, Pudukottai (in Tamil)
Compiler: Sri Kothandarama Sarma
Source: MahA PeriyavAL - Darisana AnubhavangaL vol. 2,
I used to write poems & songs on PeriyavAL & submit to him.
I would write on an

ordinary paper & keep it in PeriyavA's sannidhi. He would take & read it himself or would ask Sri Balu who would be on his side to read it. Sometimes he would ask me to read it & listen.
On one occasion, I wrote a song as a Raaga Maalika on the daily puja that PeriyavA does.

I kept it near Sri PeriyavA. He said to Sri Vedapuri SastrigaL who was beside him, "Take it and read." The SastrigaL took & read from the paper. When he was half way through, PeriyavA asked him to stop. Exactly at that time the MaTham's bell rang & PeriyavA said "Aum! Aum!"

loudly for each stroke of the bell. After it was over he said, "Now you read on."
Vedapuri Sastrigal continued, reading the next line I had written, which was "With the bells ringing Aum, Aum...".
All of us there were surprised. Why should the bell ring exactly at that time?

Why should PeriyavA recite "Aum... Aum..." for each stroke of the bell? Which God's sankalpa is this?
That incident seemed to make me realize Periyavaa as telling me, "You don't write anything on your own that is not known to me. It is my anugraha that makes you write.'

Periva Saranam

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