Pranam Vidya dateti vinayam பெரும் செல்வந்தனாக விளங்கும் மன்னனை விடவும் நிறையக் கற்ற கல்வியாளன் அதிகம் போற்றப்படுகிறான். மன்னனுக்கு அவன் நாட்டில் மட்டும்தான் மதிப்பு. ஆனால் கற்றவர்க்கோ சென்ற இடத்திலெல்லாம் மதிப்பு என்கிறது அவ்வையின் மூதுரை. `மன்னனும் மாசறக் கற்றோனும் சீர்தூக்கில் மன்னனில் கற்றோன் சிறப்புடையன்- மன்னர்க்குத் தன்தேச மல்லால் சிறப்பில்லை கற்றோர்க்குச் சென்ற இடமெல்லாம் சிறப்பு.’ When weighing the king and the learned, the learned is elder to the King; since the King is worshipped only in his territory; but the learned is worshipped throughout the earth. Mannanum masarak katronum, seer thookkil, mannanil katron sirappu udayan; mannarkkuth than desam allaal sirappillaik, katrorkku sendra idamellam sirappu. KR IRS 15821
On Sat, 14 Aug 2021 at 14:00, Rajinder Sandhir <rajinder.sand...@gmail.com> wrote: > It was first visit of an elevated saint (Shankaracharya) to Rastrapati > Bhavan. Since President, Dr Kalam wanted to give due honour to the saint, > he called me (I was comptroller in President's House) to his office and > asked me the traditional protocol. I told him, I will receive the saint at > the gate and bring him inside. After few minutes of deep thinking, he asked > me "what will happen if I receive him?' > I said, sir, you will make saint honour above president. He smiled. He > didn't say anything. Then inside the office, I briefed him, "sir, I will > bring him here, put his seat (asan) on this sofa and will request him to > sit and president will continue sitting on his usual sofa chair." He again > asked me, "what will happen if I make him sit on my sofa seat?" I again > said sir, you will make saint's honour above president. Again he smiled and > didn't give me any direction. > > After thirty minutes, when saint was to come, few seconds before, to my > surprise, I saw Dr Kalam, standing behind me at the gate. I immediately > went behind. He was there to receive the saint with garland and flowers. We > received the saint, walked through the corridors and straight entered into > his office. When I was spreading Saints seat (tiger skin asan) on the > visitors sofa which we had discussed, he directed me to put the same on his > sofa chair. I was shocked by this simple, humble and great gesture. *He was > president Kalam.* We offered fruits and flower basket to the saint. > > After the mulakat (meeting) I asked him the reason behind doing this. He > smiled and said, *”I wanted the sofa seat of the president of India, get > blessed by the saints spiritual power so that who ever sits here later also > gets the Saints blessings".* > > I admired my spiritual guru Kalam's these words and said "Sir, you are not > only a scientist but also a *saint in disguise too."* As usual he gave his > meaningful smile. > > Lt Col Ashok Kini H, SM, VSM > Former Comptroller to Then President Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. > > #NamoSaintKalam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2CA4C7B9-D321-40BD-A9A3-072981C7A5BF%40gmail.com > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Thatha_Patty" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/2CA4C7B9-D321-40BD-A9A3-072981C7A5BF%40gmail.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZoqqQmFf4Yj2AEqvd9G6EY6E-_Bs6i9d%3Da1cEg_YCiFP7w%40mail.gmail.com.
