Very much reminiscent of the deeply dedicated devotee Sri Ramanatha Brahmachari was Sri Natesa Iyer of Chidambaram. He served Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi from the 1930's till his final day. (He first saw Bhagavan in 1922). Sri Natesa Iyer served devotees in the dining hall at all hours of the day or night.
Once in a state of deep surrender after having a vision of Bhagavan in Villupuram, he said to Swami Ramanananda,
Sri Natesa Iyers worldly collections consisted of a spare dhoti, a cloth to wrap around his shoulders and 2 books, Bhagavan's Collected Works and the PeriaPurAnam.
He left his body in the most interesting and touching circumstances. He had confided the date and time of death to Swami Ramanananda. He would say "Bhagavan is calling me. I am going in n days". As the days approached his eyes shone, and he looked happy as if going home. One day prior to leaving, he said, "Only one more day! I am going to merge with Sri Ramana Paramatman"
His final words, minutes before passing away were, "Has Bhagavan come? I am coming".
Once in a state of deep surrender after having a vision of Bhagavan in Villupuram, he said to Swami Ramanananda,
"Bhagavan is not something or someone we can fathom with our minds. We have to admit our ignorance and our inability to say anything about him that is true. When we accept that Bhagavan is unfathomable, when we surrender our compulsion to understand and explain him, we fall into a deep silence that is the experience of the real Bhagavan within us."
"Bhagavan was like Dakshinamurthi to me. The inner feeling of his presence was so stilling, I rarely had any desire to open my mouth in His presence, For most of the time, no thoughts or desires for answers could survive the power of that presence."
Sri Natesa Iyers worldly collections consisted of a spare dhoti, a cloth to wrap around his shoulders and 2 books, Bhagavan's Collected Works and the PeriaPurAnam.
He left his body in the most interesting and touching circumstances. He had confided the date and time of death to Swami Ramanananda. He would say "Bhagavan is calling me. I am going in n days". As the days approached his eyes shone, and he looked happy as if going home. One day prior to leaving, he said, "Only one more day! I am going to merge with Sri Ramana Paramatman"
His final words, minutes before passing away were, "Has Bhagavan come? I am coming".
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