Absconding

"You Journalists should not have used this kind of language!"
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I definitely was not qualified enough to translate His Tamil into English, not sure if anyone else can do it either. He used to even correct the English captions prepared by Newspaper Editors. An example of this is, when HH Jayendra Saraswati Swamigal went to Agastyar Koodam, the newspapers had mentioned that He was 'Absconding'.

The reporters came to Mahaswamigal seeking clarifications.They prostrated before Him and were ready with the questions.

Periayava asks them,

"What is the meaning of the word 'Absconding'?"

The reporters were not aware why He is asking this question.

One of them replied, "to disappear".

"Is that so?", said the Sarveshwaran.

"Are there any other meanings?", asks He.

They replied with couple of other meanings like "leaving without informing", etc.

"Is that so?", repeated the Sarveshwaran.

When they did not have any other answers, He asks a boy near Him to give the reporters a dictionary.

The reporters opened it and read aloud these meanings for the word Abscond.

"..having committed a mischeivous act.."

"..illicit and immoral act.."

"..disappearing.."

Periayava asks them,

"Do you think He did anything related to the meanings you had just read out?"

The reporters were stumped and could not reply.

The Compassionate One tells them kindly,

"All of you being journalists have a huge responsibility, is it not? You must have surely read about the proper ethics for a journalist. You should not have used this kind of language".

The reporters asked Him for forgiveness and told Him they will do anything to atone their mistakes.

Periyava said, "You have already published this in your front page. So, if you want to atone for this mistake, please issue a correction on the front page mentioning you had used the wrong word. This is the correct thing to do, this is what I feel."

The concerned Newspapers then apologized in the Front Page for having used the wrong word in the subsequent edition.

Namadwaar

http://www.namadwaar.org/nibbles/?s=Periyava

Seshadri

https://rlalitha.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/mahaperiyava-on-seshadri-swamigal/

Humble

Wall

INDeco Hotels is in Baburajapuram, near Swamimalai in Tamil Nadu. It was an Agraharam in those days and now has been converted to a resort. Paramacharya visited this place and stayed at the home of His devotee, one Shri Srinivasan. In the room where Paramacharya stayed He used to lean against a wall. This portion, which is between Rooms 101 and 102, is still preserved as it is, while the rest of the place has been renovated.

He gave Darshan to the devotees from the same 'thinnai' the porch in the front of homes in those days. He often moved away to outside of the room and went into deep meditation, leaning against the wall as shown in the picture.

The Hotel owners have left the Mud and Brick wall untouched!

The estate that currently houses INDeco Hotels in Swamimalai is a divine acquisition. This Unique Heritage Hotel, near Tanjore in Tamilnadu, in its former avatar was the home of Shri Srinivasa, in whose home Swamigal stayed.

This Kanchi Paramacharya’s choice to stay here was a mystery to many but until now, His energies swell here, not only in the space where He rested but in the entire environs.

A rivulete of the river Cauvery, lead by a Naga, flowed here to serve Him.

A mysterious naga chose to stay here to protect this estate so graciously and died soon after the Siddhi of the Kanchi Saint, when the property was acquired by Steve Borgia. The nagalinga tree, near this space unusually bloomed in thousands during the presence of Sankaracharya here, spreading its aroma all over the estate.

The Sankaracharya of Kanchi connected with many elements here: this estate, the 1896 Tanjore Bungalow, the mud wall, the Durga painting,t he rivulet of river Cauvery, the Naga, the Nagalinga blooms, the neem, vilvam, magidam, manoranchitham trees and the very divine words of Paramacharya. They all dwell here in divine harmony unlike the old Naga that chose to die soon after the Siddhi of the Saint.

The sanctity continued in 1996 when we were restoring the old 1896 house, we laid our hands on an old yellow trunk containing some rare photos of the Paramacharya and some documents. They have been carefully restored and exhibited here. They speak volumes while the vilvam, magidam, manoranchitham and the neem planted by Him sway His aroma.

INDeco recognizes these energies and devotedly respects every reminiscence of the saint. This part of the hotel remains vegetarian and a non smoking zone. The walls that compounded Him are left undisturbed for we feel His energies in them even now. Oh we can go on and on!

For the benefit of the devotees of the Saint of Kanchi all over the world, INDeco has exhibited most of the element mentioned above in a manner as humble as Him.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Periyava+Wall

Master