The benefit of reciting Bhagavan's verses
When one group of villagers who had just been given Arunachala Stuti Panchakam (Five Hymns to Sri Arunachala) to recite left the hall, a devotee asked, ' How can such uneducated people understand the literary Tamil in these poems?'
'They don't have to understand the meaning,' replied Bhagavan, 'they will get some benefit from merely repeating the verses.'
On another occasion, with respect to Echammal's granddaughter, Bhagavan said, 'In future when trouble comes to her, the remembrance of these verses (Essence of Instruction) will help her.'
This girl is now an old woman. When I saw her a few months ago, she told me, 'The verses have stayed in my memory all my life, but it is only recently, by the grace of Bhagavan, that I have begun to understand their meaning.'
(Memories of Sri Annamalai Swamy)
Related:
Echamma (Sri Ramana Leela) and her passing away
Echamma (Letters from Sri Ramanashramam)
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