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Rallapalli Anantakrishna Sarma garu is a Praatah-smaraneeya for countless reasons. Here's a memorable one.
He was acquainted with a "revolutionary" Telugu poet who had made a name for himself as a "progressive," etc.
After a few years, this revolutionary poet lost his eyesight and became totally blind.
One day, Rallapalli garu visited this man to enquire about his health etc. The revolutionary said, "People keep telling me that I am suffering this sorry fate because I wrote horrible things about the characters of the Ramayana & Mahabharata."
"They say that my blindness is the fruit of such sins. Can there be anything crueler?" The revolutionary poet was inconsolable. Sri Rallapalli garu looked at him for a long time silently and said: “I am also one among those people.”
The revolutionary was shocked but he retorted: "Why? Aren’t you a votary of the truth? Have I written anything that is untrue?”
Sri Rallapalli replied in a decisive tone: "“Swami, even if we accept your stand that our ancients were indeed endowed with faults, can’t you forget them at least now, after the lapse of so many centuries?"
"What is the ultimate purpose of your love for truth that unearths only their faults and advertises them to the world once again? If such advertisement is your only purpose, why do you need to travel to the era of Rama, Pandavas and Kauravas?"
"It is far easier for you to excavate the teenage mistakes of your parents and publicize those stories and establish your great love for truth. Right?”
What Sri Rallapalli garu wished for that revolutionary poet is the wish of countless Hindus for the makers and supporters of #Adipurush. They WILL become blind but Hindus will have the eyesight to see their blindness. As always, Sri Rama Jayam 🚩🕉️🕉️🚩
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