An Incident-2

When I was studying in Gopalapuram School during 1960's, Kanchi Periavaal came to Gopalapuram and stayed in a devotee's house for about a week. At that time there was an announcement that Periavaal will give a silver coin to everyone who who has completed writing of 10000 Sri Rama Jayam. Myself and my elder sister completed the writing and went to collect the coin. We were standing in a queue. When my turn came I gave the note book and collected the coin. However my sister had a problem. They said that the book did not contain 10000 namas. She started crying. Periavaal,who was watching the incident called the concerned person and told him to give her the coin. He then said to the person that the intention is not the numbers but to appreciate the devotion and sincerity. How great he was. Even today we used to think about it.