Humility!

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HUMILITY PERSONIFIED: A devotee of Nilakanth, who

is a scavenger by<br>birth, has come. He is sitting

outside the Diamond Jubilee hall just<br>opposite the

window to the left of the Master. Through the window

he<br>gazes at the divine form of the Master.<br><br>The

Master, too, notices him immediately and invites him

in.<br><br>Fruit and milk are brought. The Master offers them to

the devotee, who<br>rolls on the ground at his feet,

uttering, "Shiva, Shiva." He sees his<br>own Deity,

Mahadeva, in the Master. He prostrates again and again;

then<br>he begins circumambulating the Master. The sight was

indeed a feast for<br>the eyes!<br><br>Suddenly, the

Master, too, starts going around the Nilakanth

devotee.<br>The devotee repeats "Sadashiva" and the Master

responds with<br>"Radheshyam". Then both fall at each

other's feet!<br><br>Great is the embarrassment and

astonishment of the Nilakanth devotee,<br>for he sees in the

divine Master the very personification of humility.