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Swami Madhavananda

ON ONE OCCASION, probably in 1939, Sri P.M.N. Swamy,
a staunch devotee of Bhagavan and secretary of Sri Ramana
Satchidananda Mandali, Matunga, went to the Ashram at
Tiruvannamalai to have darshan of Bhagavan and stayed for
the day there with his wife and nine month old child, Ramanan.

They had their breakfast in the common dining hall in
the morning. After finishing they went to wash their hands at
the tap outside, leaving the child in the hall. By this time
Ramanan crawled away somewhere and could not be seen. The
perturbed father called out to the child as `Ramana, Ramana'.

Bhagavan, who was then passing on his way to the
meditation hall immediately responded to the call and the child
also was found near the well in the Ashram compound. The
response from Bhagavan naturally created a little puzzle in Sri
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P.M.N. Swamy's mind because he thought that the call `Ramana,
Ramana' intended for his child might have been wrongly
interpreted by Bhagavan.

Bhagavan was quick to read Sri Swamy's mind and told
him, "Why do you feel puzzled when I responded to the call? Is
there any difference between this Ramana (meaning himself )
and that Ramana (meaning the child)?"