

I passed my hand round the back of Gopalda’s swinging body and poked my finger at Upadhyaya to draw his attention to what was happening.

When this oscillating or swinging motion became more pronounced, I started feeling rather uncomfortable. Within a few minutes we noticed that Gopalda’s body was oscillating like the pendulum of a wall clock. We three sat on the opposite side, with Gopalda in the middle.

The door of the inner temple was closed, and a solitary person was playing the veena before the closed door. It was a bit early, and no devotees had yet arrived. Next morning, Gopalda, Upadhyaya and I went to the temple. They were happy to get the chance to be of some service to Gopalda. Late that night we reached the house of Ramana’s devotees at Sri Rangam. Just at that very moment the train from Tiruvanamalai arrived and Balarama Reddy ran across the platform and boarded the departing train. The guard blew his whistle and waved the green flag and the train from Pondicherry started with a groan. It appears wherever they travel some reference to the Maharshi is made, perhaps because he was known to have taken much interest in Sri Krishnaprem and his South Indian tour. After leaving Sri Ramanasramam and visiting Pondicherry, their train sets out for Madura. We continue with the story told by the devotee of Bhagavan who arranged for the South Indian tour of Sri Krishnaprem, who is called 'Gopalda' in this narration.
