How much time required to attain GOD's grace? - Chelaparambu Nambuthiri - Spiritual story

अब्दार्धेन हरिं प्रसन्नमकरोदौत्तानपादिश्शिशुः

सप्ताहेन नृपः परीक्षिदबला यामार्द्धतः पिङ्गला ।

खट्वाङ्गो घटिकाद्वयेन नवतिप्रायोऽपि तन्न व्यथे

तं कारुण्यनिधिं प्रपद्य शरणं शेषायुषा तोषये ॥ 

- Chelaparambu Nambuthiri 

"Bhagavan was propitiated by Dhruva in 6 months, by King Parikshit in 7 days, by Pingala in 1.5 hrs, by Khatvanga in 48 mins. Though I am 90 yrs old, I am not worried. I will seek refuge in Him who is the Ocean of compassion and propitiate Him for the the rest of my life."

Story behind the verse:

Chelaparambu Nambuthiri, though a great devotee, was very much a slave of the senses even at the age of ninety. One day, while he was in the Guruvayur Krishna temple, a friend reminded him that it was time to give up the pursuit of worldly pleasures and to lead a life fully devoted to Krishna. The poet, then, recited the verse beginning with अब्दार्धेन हरिं, prostrated in front of the idol of Krishna, and never got up. It is said that his pranas left his body at that very moment and his soul merged in Krishna.