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“Once, when he was barely four we decided to initiate him into some form of spiritual education, according to the traditions of the time. So we took him to Thangamma, a staunch Gandhian, retired headmistress and reputed teacher…Bhagavad Gita in hand, she chanted its first line: “Parthaaya Pratibodhitaam”…imagine her disbelief when the young boy before her very calmly uttered the second line: “Bhagavataam Narayanena Swayum!”!
She was absolutely speechless! She couldn’t believe her ears, and so she asked him to repeat himself, which he did, with twinkling eyes! Thangamma was astounded that a child could recite from an ancient sacred text, which he hadn’t been taught – that too when he couldn’t even read yet!”
–Pitaji