In plain words
Even when I go to Kodaikanal, I take ragi flour with Me. That is all My food is!
Easwaramma had no schooling. When I look at the conduct and the fashion of the educated people of today, I think that in a way it is far better not to know any learning at all. When this body was seven and a half years old, I used to teach Paṇḍari bhajan to all the children. As we took those steps and sang those songs, Easwaramma and Subbamma would be filled with joy. One day, from the money Venkamaraju had given for household expenses, two annas were left over with Easwaramma. They bought two bundles of puffed rice. She shared out this puffed rice among all the children. She had a great spirit of sacrifice. Whoever came, she would greet them with love. If anyone was grieved that Swami had not looked at them: “Whatever Swami does is for your good! You must not grieve at all,” she would counsel them.
When I was taken to Uravakonda for My studies, I used to teach ten children at night. When I was coming away from there, all those children were very sad. Each of them brought a bottu and gave it as gurudakṣiṇā. A bottu means three paise. Four bottus put together make one anna. All that the children brought, put together, came to two and a half annas. I put that money into Easwaramma's hand. Holding My hand, she shed tears: “My son! Such sacrifice in You at so young an age!” From that day until she passed away, she kept that money tied up in a bundle, close by her.
The Three Wishes Easwaramma Asked For
Little by little we built the Mandir. One day, while I was having My meal, Easwaramma came upstairs. As various people were coming, she told them, ‘None of you come.’ She came up and held both My hands: “Swami! In our village there is not even a small hospital. If the little ones fall ill, the mothers have to carry them to Bukkapatnam. I cannot bear to see their plight. Are their children not as dear to them as mine are to me? So have a small hospital built here,” she asked. I gave My word that I would surely have it built. Later I had a big one built; I sent for a minister named Bezawada Gopal Reddy and had him perform the opening ceremony.