– SRI & SMT.E.P.G.MENON (1961)
Here is one of the many instances of Mother’s kripakataksha. In August 1955, while our son was staying with our sister and brother-in-law at Trichur for schooling, he got a very serious attack of tetanus poisoning. The malady was detected at a rather late stage and in spite of the best possible medical help; even the Civil Surgeon at the Trichur hospital (incidentally an uncle of ours) had lost hopes of his survival. Tetanus poisoning is a disease in which the patient’s pains are increased by the slightest sound or by the feeblest light. Consequently our son was lying on a cot which was heavily curtained. However, even when suffering crucial pains, he used to get relief only when someone used to repeat Ram Nam in his ears; so he used to request somebody standing nearby to chant Ram Nam.
Our son’s condition was worsening and the doctors told our sister and brother-in-law that they might inform the boy’s parents of his serious and almost hopeless condition. The only person who was confident that our son will survive was our brother-in-law, because he had complete faith in Mother; all others lost hope and very much worried. That evening one of the disciples of Mother came to the hospital and told our son that the previous day he had written to Mother informing her about his serious illness and that this letter might have reached by this afternoon, and by her grace he would be alright. At night the doctors and nurses came and examined our son and told our brother-in-law that the end is fast approaching and they must be prepared for the worst. Our brother-in-law, sister and other relatives sat near him and started chanting Ram Nam. The boy was restless, suffering from acute pains. The frequency of the spasms increased. Then he cried out to Mother “Why are you making your child suffer so much ”. Afterwards he became quiet and fell asleep. Next morning, when he woke up, he was completely cured of the illness. All were wonderstruck at this sudden recovery, especially the doctors and nurses. They characterized this as a typical case of “faith cure”, which they were witnessing for the first time in their lives.
Later on, when we went to Trichur, we asked our son about the sufferings he had at the hospital. He then told us that on the night when he called out to Mother in his pains and thereafter fell asleep, he remembers to have had a vision of her sitting beside him and massaging his body. He is confident that his disease was cured by her grace.
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