Swami Talk-Ananda tells his reminiscences to Brahmacharins in the year 2020
‘When Rama’s ape army started building the bridge to Lanka the huge stones would not bridge. They just floated away and won’t jell’ started Swami Talk-Ananda.
“The engineers were worried. They searched for Rama and found him sitting on a rock, smiling pleasantly and looking intently somewhere. They followed his gaze and found an army of squirrels rolling on the beach and bathing in the sea. It annoyed them a bit to see some others desecrating the beach where an epic holy task was underway. But Rama’s quick glance forbade them from driving the squirrels away. They looked further and were surprised to find that all the squirrels were in fact getting themselves covered by sand and washing themselves in the water. There was a singularity of purpose in their work. Then they observed that the sand particles were not only floating but were floating together, jelling easily… Then it hit upon them. This is the Jell. They coated the stones with it and at once the stones stuck to each other. With a gusty ‘Jai Shri Ram’ the bridge work restarted and was over in triple-quick time.
Sri Rama called the squirrel king and blessed him and his people. When pressed to ask for a boon, the king declined. When Sri Rama was insistent he asked ‘We have had your darshan. We have been allowed to serve you. What more do we want? Let all our future generation carry the mark of your blessings on them for ever and ever’
And so it happened. As you can all see, Indian squirrels still carry the holy fingerprints of Sri Rama” concluded Swami Talk-Ananda
Swami Sampurnananda
`Talk-Ananda' series
July 23, 2010
Old Math, Mother’s Place
Belur Math
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