| Sankara said,
"Mother, they say it is a second birth to become a sanyasi. So, if you permit me to
become one, the crocodile may leave me!" Aryamba,
to save the life of her son, said Yes. Lo! The crocodile released its hold on Sankara. He
came ashore safely.
Thus at the tender age of eight, Sankara became a sanyasi,
Sanyasis should give up everything-mother, father, home property, everything. They must
wander from place to place, and pray to God all the time.
So, leaving his mother at home alone, Sankara travelled to
Gujarat. There were no trains or buses in those days.
He walked all the distance. |
