VARIOUS STORIES & TALES Sri Bhagavan became transformed whike relating incidents from his vast collection of stories & tales. On oneoccasion while describing Gautama’s joy at Goddess Parvati’s coming to his Ashram, Sri Bhagavan could not go on, for tears filled his eyes & emotion choked his voi-ce. Trying to hide his plight from other, he remarked, “I don’t know people who perform Harikatha explain sup- lain such passages to audiences & manage to do it with- out breaking down. I suppose they must make their he-arts haed like stone before starting their work.”