Patan : refers to Siddhpur-Pātaṇ once capital of Hindu Gujarat; part of Sayājirao’s Baroda State. It is about 70 miles NNW of Ahmedabad.
... [Punamchand had a small Ashram in Patan, Gujarat, where he and others practised Yoga under Sri Aurobindo 's guidance. Every year from 1919 onwards, he travelled to Pondicherry to visit Sri Aurobindo. In 1923, during his annual visit lie asked for permission to stay permanently in Pondicherry along with his wife Champaben. Sri Aurobindo agreed. When Punamchand went to Patan to bring back his wife, Sri Aurobindo... ingured his leg, which had to be operated upon in Madras. When the leg did not heal even after a year, his parents insisted that he should return to Patan for treatment. Responding to their wish, he left Pondicherry with his wife. Her letters from Patan show that Punamchand was not happy about this and cried for the Lord always. While living in Gujarat, Punamchand was given the work of collecting ...
... sexual excess etc. Dixit's wife with two children cannot undergo the hardships entailed by our present precarious economic position. And so Dixit has now accepted an employment as a teacher here in Patan, so as to enable to cover his expenses. (All about Dixit is in his own words). Kantilal will go to Bombay in a few days and stay and serve there for a few months, (until his elder brother who has recently... unwritten answer, I would indeed like most to receive an immediate written answer and so I humbly pray to you to accede to this my request. I am now anxiously awaiting it. Eternally at your feet, Patan 28 July 1922 Yours, Punamchand Mohanlal Shah (Sri Aurobindo's reply through his disciple, K. Amrita) Dear Punamchand, Your small note to me and the letter addressed to Sri Aurobindo... no account and in circumstances be detained or used for any other purpose whatsoever. As to the expenses shown in the account, you asked originally for Rs. 70/- a month in Bombay or Rs. 30/- in Patan; but the actual expenditure has been for months above Rs. 200/-. This is an enormous amount and, as I have already pointed out, it is swallowing up all you collect. I do not see how you expect to be ...
... Part I — Recollections and Diary Notes Champaklal Speaks Lele’s Miracles Our ashram shifted from Kansia to Patan. We hired two bungalows belonging to a businessman, outside the Fatipal Gate on the way to the famous Kali Temple. Near our ashram, but on the other side, along the road leading to the Saraswati, was a Jain hostel for students in charge of a... eyes and that produced various experiences in some of them. Lakshmi's eyes were like Lele's, luminous blue, like in some cats! I remember an incident that occurred when Lele came to our ashram in Patan. It was the day of an eclipse and at the time of the eclipse he made us sit in meditation. I had no experience during this meditation and I cried a lot because of that. There were two pequliar c... observed in those days: he could not tolerate the slightest bad odour and so always kept with him a scented handkerchief; and he added a lot of ghee [clarified butter] to his tea. After he left Patan, Lele wrote to me that I should take Lakshmi and go to him in Ahmedabad where he was staying. He had arranged with the famous industrialist Ambalal Sarabhai to keep Lakshmi in his house for study along ...
... , a karmayogin who devoted himself to social service. He was so popular that after his passing, his students published a book of reminiscences about him. Entitled Patan-na muka sevaka: Swargiya Manibhai Dave (Silent Servitor of Patan: The Late Manibhai Dave). The book has contributions by A.B. Eurani, Kantilal Piii-ani and many others. ... continued to be robust and I was nicknamed Ganesh. In 1918, when I was fifteen, I joined the Jnanaganga abhyasagriha . [study-home] opened that year by the famous academician Dr. Pandya in our town Patan. It was run by my mother's maternal uncle, Manilal Dave. 1 Students would spend the whole day there except meal times when they would go to their homes. I was very happy there. Every year one ...
... his destiny was different and it so happened that his request was conveyed by someone else. Sri Aurobindo said: “Tell him I will give darshan at Patan.” So he had to go back. But he wrote later that he did have Sri Aurobindo's darshan in his house in Patan. Later I learnt that the person who spoke to Sri Aurobindo about this boy had said: “The boy is unbalanced; if he sees you he will lose his head... Part I — Recollections and Diary Notes Champaklal Speaks Unfortunate On 10 October 1923 one of my classmates in Patan (after I left, he too turned to Sri Aurobindo) came to Pondicherry. This boy was very poor. In order to save money for his travel and his stay here, he was having only one meal a day—and that too not a full meal. I had done exactly the ...
... Part I — Recollections and Diary Notes Champaklal Speaks Paul Richard and Champaklal When Paul Richard¹ visited Gujarat [in 1921], he made our ashram in Patan his headquarters. He visited other places from there. He became like one of our family. The first thing he would ask us when we met him in the morning was, “Did you have a good sleep? Did you have... Palanpur and from there we went to Balarama Mahadev. We were also with him when he went to the Sahitya Parishad in Ahmedabad. Later he went away to the Himalayas. When he learnt that our ashram in Patan was closed, he wrote two letters to me calling me to join him. I was to wire to him if I wished to go. Though I wanted to live in the Himalayas, it never materialised because I was destined to come ...
... Prayers and Aspirations About the Author Champaklal was born on 2.2.1903 in Patan, Gujarat, India. During his first visit to the Ashram in 1921, when he prostrated himself before Sri Aurobindo with his palms around his feet, he lay there for one full hour. Then Sri Aurobindo placed his hand on his head and blessed him. When he got up he felt that... that he had nothing more to do in his life. There was an evident sense of having arrived. In 1923 when a devotee, Punamchand, was coming to the Ashram from Patan, Sri Aurobindo asked him to bring Champaklal along with him. So he had the rare grace of being chosen by the Master himself. In his book Champaklal Speaks , he writes: “I had aspired always to be able to spend all my time and all my energy ...
... consciousness became possible by penetrating prayer, deep meditation and continuous contact with Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, who are, to Champaklal, manifestations of God. Champaklal was born in Patan, Gujarat, on 2-2-1903. Even as a young boy he lost interest in everything except God. He did not like going to a school for formal education. Perhaps his mind, even at that young age, did not want to ...
... Chandernagore with Dikshit. Who was that?” C: “Dwarkanath Harkare who lived in Gandhi Ashram.” Sri Aurobindo: “Who is he?” C: “A Maharashtrian.” (Harkare had once stayed in our study- home in Patan and taken a keen interest in me.) It was 6.05 p.m. by now and Sri Aurobindo went into his room saying: “Now, tomorrow.” Now the third day. We got up at 6 a.m. After the day's routine we sat waiting ...
... I too felt very uneasy. He was taking a lot of trouble but, I don't know why, I simply could not pronounce them correctly, especially the last one, ष ( ș ). I did not know what to do. Our town Patan is an ancient place with many poles [localities]. Generally, at the entrance of each of them there is a large gate, often with a watchman or two. The watchman at the gate of the pole in which our ...
... Part I — Recollections and Diary Notes Champaklal Speaks How I Came It was 1923. Punamchandbhai spoke to Sri Aurobindo about our ashram at Patan (which was moved there from Kansia). He mentioned that if his wife Champaben came to Pondicherry she would be very helpful in looking after the kitchen here. He said that he had discussed it with Purani, who ...
... said: "For the present, go to Chandernagore and stay with Motilal Roy. Later, I shall call you here." Accordingly, we went to Chandernagore, but stayed there only for a month where after we returned to Patan. Finally, in 1923 we came over and settled down in the Ashram. ...
... account and in no circumstances be detained or used for any other purpose whatsoever. As to the expenses shown in the account, you asked originally for Rs. 70/- a month in Bombay or Rs. 30/- in Patan; but the actual expenditure has been for months above Rs. 200/-. This is an enormous amount and, as I have already pointed out, it is swallowing up all you collect. I do not see how you expect to be ...
... [5] were written by Sri Aurobindo to his secretary Nolini Kanta Gupta, whom he asked to reply to Durgadas on his behalf. To Punamchand M. Shah . Punamchand Mohanlal Shah (born 1898), of Patan, Gujarat, met Sri Aurobindo in Pondicherry in 1919. Four years later he became a member of his household. Between 1927 and 1931, he spent much of his time in Gujarat trying to collect money for the ...
... Roy to Moni enclosing a letter from Remain Rolland asking for the file of the French edition of the Arya . Dilip asked for advice about marriage. 1925 3 January. Punamchand Shah, a sadhak from Patan, developed nacrosis of a bone which he had injured when young. He had to go to Madras where he was operated on successfully by Dr. Rangachari. The cure took three months. 4 January. One of the Mother's ...
... the primitive man over which our civilized societies are superimposed on a thin crust of convention, is being strangely and ominously agitated. Already a red danger-signal has shot up from Prabhas-Patan, and sped across the country, speaking with a rude eloquence of strange things beneath the fair surface of our renascent, enlightened India: yet no sooner was the signal seen than it was forgotten. ...
... no account and in no circumstances be detained or used for any other purpose whatsoever. As to the expenses shown in the account, you asked originally for Rs 70/– a month in Bombay or Rs 30/– in Patan; but the actual expenditure has been for months above Rs 200/–. This is an enormous amount and, as I have already pointed out, it is swallowing up all you collect. I do not see how you expect to be ...
... of him once, “Champaklal has a natural talent already developed to an unusual degree.” Another time he wrote, “You have the capacity. You have only to be steady in your endeavour.”... As a boy in Patan, Champaklal often copied from copy-books—perhaps from the Foster Series , which was common in those days. His copies of animal drawings from such books are still with us. At the age of twelve he passed ...
... Punamchandbhai went to see Sri Aurobindo and I too went along. He told Sri Aurobindo, “My horoscope indicates a fatal accident in the near future, so I am not going. Champaklal will accompany Champa to Patan.” At that time while giving his permission, Sri Aurobindo had not made any comments. This happened some time after we had returned from the wedding. One day, Punamchandbhai went for a walk on the ...
... A Strange Experience It was 1922; I was then 19. As I said before, every year during the holy month of shravan [July-August] my uncle used to go to a village near our town Patan and stay there for worship in its Shiva temple. After he died, my father asked me to go there in shravan and perform the same ritual. I went with my father's sister, Motiben 10 , who is now here ...
... presence there that was awaited. Mother had been informed about this letter and she had already spoken to Sri Aurobindo. And now, in the bathroom, Sri Aurobindo said: “Champaklal, you have to go to Patan. We shall send you away.” I became very serious but seeing my face Sri Aurobindo started to smile mildly. In those days Sri Aurobindo believed sadhaks should not marry and never gave his permission ...
... joy,... joy. (14.10.76) × The first four lines describe the atmosphere around 1920 when Champaklal was in Patan. The rest of the lines describe his experience after his coming to Pondicherry. ...
... give you. But first let me tell you the story behind my wish expressed to you at that time. It is in May, 1919 when Punamchand had come to Pondicherry (that was before I came). When he was back to Patan I asked him whether he had seen Sri Aurobindo's room inside. I put him several questions regarding the room. He said there were two rooms connected by a door in between. The inner room was his private ...
... by Himmatlal's behaviour that he declared he could not even bear to look at the boy, to the point that he was afraid that some day he might even kill him. So we decided to leave Kansia and settle in Patan. Except this episode, my remembrances of Kansia are memorable and joyful. Kashibhai came with all his children to Pondicherry on 20 February 1928. Later, during one of the evening talks Sri Aurobindo ...
... "Tears," "Discipline," "Chaque fois un cceur tressaille,' suggesting the alteration of just a word or two which I thankfully accepted) but wrote to me that in "tomar puraskar" I have committed chhanda patan [break in metre] as gurha = gu-ra-ha = three syllables [?] whereas I have given it the value of two beats only. [...] However that may be, he could not refrain from praising my translations of Mother's ...
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