The Sannidhi of Sri Bhagavan

In the presence of Sri Bhagavan actions took place spontaneously of their own accord. Now when we think of them after a lapse of years we find them to be "natural miracles‟. It was as if Bhagavan himself unmoving held us as captives and allowed us all to play, as if He were the screen and we the figures on it.

Once, Sri S.Doraiswami Aiyer, Dr.Srinivasa Rao and others were going by car from Bangalore to Pondicherry and they stopped at Sri Ramanasramam to have darshan of Bhagavan. They were to stay only for a few hours; their car too had some minor repairs to be done and it was sent to the town. When Sri Doraiswami Aiyer was talking to Bhagavan I was present in the Hall. He was recounting how when they passed through Chengam (20 miles from Tiruvannamalai) their car had grazed an old woman who then fell down, and that this had caused some delay. Then Bhagavan asked with some concern: “What is her condition now? Has she been attended to?” I, who was merely a silent listener, immediately felt that I should go to Chengam. Without telling anyone, (not that I did not want to tell, but the thought never occurred) I took my cycle and went to Chengam and on enquiry at the hospital there, found out that there was no injury to the old woman and that she was attended to and sent home. I was satisfied. I returned cycling, came to the Ashram and reported everything to Sri Bhagavan.

The party, who could not have their car repaired, had meanwhile gone to the Railway Station to catch a train for Pondicherry. Presuming they would go only after the car came back, Sri Niranjanananda Swami had prepared dosais for them to eat and he was expressing disappointment that they had left without eating them. I volunteered with joy to take the eatables to the station. I had just then returned after cycling nearly 45 miles. I took the dosais and eatables, gave them to the party and after telling them about the satisfactory condition of the woman, returned to the Ashram.

The point to note here is this. Bhagavan did not ask me to do anything, but He impelled me from within to do all this. This is the miracle. To cycle nearly 50 miles without anyone's prompting, and without any urgent need for it and even without any personal satisfaction (the party was not close to me) to do all this without thinking why, means that it was done in the presence (sannidhi) of the Master! His concern for the old woman and solicitude for his devotees made me do all this with no strain and no thought of myself.

Bhagavan used to perform many such miracles and play with His devotees, especially those close to Him!