The Great Protector

The Great Protector

An old gentleman in the room asked Papa: "Who was your escort during all your travels?" "Ram", replied Papa with a smile; but the old gentleman meant it to mean some friend with the name 'Ram' - perchance, somebody known to himself! "Which Ram?" again queried he, Papa again smiled and said, "Ram, the supreme Lord of the Universe, the friend and protector of all" and this reply silenced the old gentleman.  Whenever he stopped talking, sweet rhythmical humming of "Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram" would issue from his lips.  Having overcome my initial embarrassment I asked Papa if he had heard from Rame (his purvashram daughter) after he had left Mangalore; for I rem

embered how greatly attached to each other the father and the daughter were before the former gave up the worldly life.  "Yes", readily replied Papa, "Ramdas had a letter from Rame in which she complained that Ramdas had discarded her and her mother, but Ramdas had replied assuring her that they had not been discarded but were ever in the protection of Sri Ram."
                                                 - From Souvenir, I Remember by Chanshekar