Bhagavan scolding

[Guest guest]

Once Echammal got herself into fits of nausea and

vomiting. I advised her to go and tell Bhagavan about it.

She made a wry face and scolded me: "Must I tell him

everything? Can't he see for himself? Must I send reports

to him?"

I could not keep quiet and ran to Bhagavan and told him all

about Echammal. He started grumbling: "What do you people

want me to do? It is all Echammal's fault. She strains and

worries unnecessarily. There was a time when she fed me

and other devotees, and it was all right, for she had the

means and we were without food. Now it is the other way

around: she is without means and we all get enought to eat,

yet she insists that she should go on feeding me. Instead of

keeping quiet, she worries and tires herself and gets sick in

the end. Who can help her? She shapes her own fate. Well,

let her face what it brings."

Nevertheless Echammal's trouble disappeared at once and

did not return.

 

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from Ramana Smrti by Voruganti Krishnayya

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