Post by Sumi on Jan 16, 2012 16:11:38 GMT 5.5
Courtesy: Shri Yogesh Sundararajan
Source: www.periva.org
I thought I will reproduce few instances on the Humour aspect of Maha
Periava. These examples are testimony to the fact that Maha Periava had an
amazing sense of humour, keen sense of observation with a profound
knowledge on all subjects.
1.COOKING:
One afternoon Periava was talking to a set of married
men and was enquiring about their cooking skills.They were asked to spell
out the recipe for Sambar.Every one tried to emulate each other and
narrated the process in display of their swayambhagam skills. Every one was
mentioning about the ingredients like salt, milagai podi, paruppu etc etc.
Finally Periava said that they are all very great and without EGO!!! where
as he is still practicing.Everyone forgot the ingredient Thaan(vegetable)
and he was meaning this nicely in this incident.
2.SUMANGALI:
There was a huge crowd one day at the Mutt and many were
having dharsan of Periava. Among the crowd was one aged, old time widow
(with tonsured head) sitting in one corner and doing Japam. Periava called
one of the boys and pointing to that lady asked the boy to go and find out
if she is sumangali.The boy hesitated and so were others nearby. Periava
insisted and said ”Go and tell her that I want to know that”.The boy
mustered courage, went near the lady and asked her. She was beaming and
replied in affirmative.The boy was stunned and later Periava clarified that
the lady belonged to a village called "Sumangali" and belong to a family
who are disciples of the mutt for generations.
3.LIC BUILDING:
This incident happened around the time the then tallest
building of Chennai was inaugurated. Periava was camping at Madras and was
walking on Mount Road with his entourage to The Hindu office. As usual he
was followed by leading citizens and devotees. Among them were
Bharaneedharan and Gopulu(cartoonist).He stopped at the LIC Building and
asked them the number of storeys the bulding had.People were telling 13,14
and so on with and with/without terrace etc. Then he
asked them to stay back, count and follow him.They did the counting and
followed him. They said 14 and Periava looked at Gopulu and said but you
have put 17 lines in your cartoon depicting LIC in Ananda Vikatan. He was
stunned.
4.HINDU OFFICE:
Periava was on a visit to the Press at Mount Road at the
invitation of the Management. The Veda Patasala boys reached their earlier
and surrounded the latest printing machinery and anxiously waiting for the
explanation and demonstration. The staff were finding it difficult to
control and asked the boys to go back and leave space for His Holiness.
Periava came a little later and said "There is no need for me to understand
the technology and nuances of printing. It would be useful for these boys,
Explain to them.Periava was not there when the staff were telling the boys
to move back.
5.SILENCE
During Navarathri pooja time there was unmanageable and
unusual crowd and it was noisy at times. Unable to control this, a display
board was put prominently “Keep Silence”.It had no effect and Periava had a
unique way to solve this. In the evening during his address he was telling
that he is indeed Grateful to Goddess Kamakshi for blessing him with a
quality by which he could concentrate on the Puja unmindful of the
surrounding noise.The effect was evident from the very next moment! There
was no need for the board too.
6.POMEGRANATE:
A disciple from Calcutta had sent a basket of pomegranates(25 in
number) and sent it through his contacts in Madras. While carrying the
person took 5 of them and left them at home.He went to the Mutt and kept
the basket before Periava and said so and so has sent them. Periava
smilingly acknowledged that and called his assistants to count the number
of fruits inside. He asked the manager to reply to the sender and thank for
the basket of 20 fruits. you can imagine the embarrassment and internal
plight of that person.
Source: www.periva.org
I thought I will reproduce few instances on the Humour aspect of Maha
Periava. These examples are testimony to the fact that Maha Periava had an
amazing sense of humour, keen sense of observation with a profound
knowledge on all subjects.
1.COOKING:
One afternoon Periava was talking to a set of married
men and was enquiring about their cooking skills.They were asked to spell
out the recipe for Sambar.Every one tried to emulate each other and
narrated the process in display of their swayambhagam skills. Every one was
mentioning about the ingredients like salt, milagai podi, paruppu etc etc.
Finally Periava said that they are all very great and without EGO!!! where
as he is still practicing.Everyone forgot the ingredient Thaan(vegetable)
and he was meaning this nicely in this incident.
2.SUMANGALI:
There was a huge crowd one day at the Mutt and many were
having dharsan of Periava. Among the crowd was one aged, old time widow
(with tonsured head) sitting in one corner and doing Japam. Periava called
one of the boys and pointing to that lady asked the boy to go and find out
if she is sumangali.The boy hesitated and so were others nearby. Periava
insisted and said ”Go and tell her that I want to know that”.The boy
mustered courage, went near the lady and asked her. She was beaming and
replied in affirmative.The boy was stunned and later Periava clarified that
the lady belonged to a village called "Sumangali" and belong to a family
who are disciples of the mutt for generations.
3.LIC BUILDING:
This incident happened around the time the then tallest
building of Chennai was inaugurated. Periava was camping at Madras and was
walking on Mount Road with his entourage to The Hindu office. As usual he
was followed by leading citizens and devotees. Among them were
Bharaneedharan and Gopulu(cartoonist).He stopped at the LIC Building and
asked them the number of storeys the bulding had.People were telling 13,14
and so on with and with/without terrace etc. Then he
asked them to stay back, count and follow him.They did the counting and
followed him. They said 14 and Periava looked at Gopulu and said but you
have put 17 lines in your cartoon depicting LIC in Ananda Vikatan. He was
stunned.
4.HINDU OFFICE:
Periava was on a visit to the Press at Mount Road at the
invitation of the Management. The Veda Patasala boys reached their earlier
and surrounded the latest printing machinery and anxiously waiting for the
explanation and demonstration. The staff were finding it difficult to
control and asked the boys to go back and leave space for His Holiness.
Periava came a little later and said "There is no need for me to understand
the technology and nuances of printing. It would be useful for these boys,
Explain to them.Periava was not there when the staff were telling the boys
to move back.
5.SILENCE
During Navarathri pooja time there was unmanageable and
unusual crowd and it was noisy at times. Unable to control this, a display
board was put prominently “Keep Silence”.It had no effect and Periava had a
unique way to solve this. In the evening during his address he was telling
that he is indeed Grateful to Goddess Kamakshi for blessing him with a
quality by which he could concentrate on the Puja unmindful of the
surrounding noise.The effect was evident from the very next moment! There
was no need for the board too.
6.POMEGRANATE:
A disciple from Calcutta had sent a basket of pomegranates(25 in
number) and sent it through his contacts in Madras. While carrying the
person took 5 of them and left them at home.He went to the Mutt and kept
the basket before Periava and said so and so has sent them. Periava
smilingly acknowledged that and called his assistants to count the number
of fruits inside. He asked the manager to reply to the sender and thank for
the basket of 20 fruits. you can imagine the embarrassment and internal
plight of that person.