He paused and looked

 Experiences with Maha Periyava: He paused and looked!!

This incident was narrated by Sriram. His father, Sri Ramanujam is a Vaishnavite advocate from Kulithalai agraharam and a staunch devotee of SriMatham. Both Sri Maha Periyava and Pudhuperiyava had stayed at his house every time they toured that place.

This incident happened probably in the 60’s. In that agraharam, there lived a family with few children – boys and girls. They were one of the few well-to-do families in that area. They were primarily into doing some business and did very well – all the money being earned in dharmic way only. While things were going well for a long time suddenly this family started to suffer. They experienced some mysterious things happening in their house – suddenly large balls of hair seen on the floor, human waste in the middle of the hall, glasses breaking etc.

They were completely clueless as to why all these scary things were happening. On top of all these, every time any of their house members went outside, their dresses would get torn automatically. This happened to women too. These incidents might sound unbelievable but this was witnessed by several people in that agraharam.

Subsequently, they (their business partner) somehow figured out that this was all caused by some black magic. They were perplexed and could not find a solution.

During that time Sri Maha Periyava was visiting that area and came to that agraharam. He was given a warm welcome and He ended up staying in Kulithalai for few days. While He was enquiring about everyone, the residents of the street explained to Sri Maha Periyava the problem this family was facing and requested Periyava to help them.

Periyava was silently listening to them and did not say anything.

Next day, when He and his anukka thondars (assistants) were walking on that street, people around Him pointed that specific house. Periyava paused for few seconds and looked straight into that house and walked away!

That one look destroyed every possible suffering from that house. From that moment onwards, all the black magic effects completely vanished for that family. Normalcy was restored in the family. They were able to conduct their business and women were able to walk outside without any fear etc.

I wonder the intensity of Sri Maha Periyava’s vision to destroy all evil powers and His Karuna Vilasam to help His devotees.