REPAYMENT OF PAST DEBTS

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REPAYMENT OF PAST DEBTS.

 

There was a Muslim farmer who had to deepen his field well with

dynamite; but his application to the Collector for a license was

twice refused on the strength of the report of the local officers.

The farmer in disgust came to Baba and begged his intervention to

secure bare justice. Baba told him to wait till Nana Saheb came. When

nana Saheb arrived, Baba asked him to recommend the application to

the Collector. Nana replied that there was no hope of a third

application being successful. Baba, however, told Nana that this time

the Collector would grant the application, if Nana supported it.

 

FOR REPAYMENT:

 

Baba added: This application has left a box with us and he wants it

to be returned to him. It is not right to say to him, "Nay". the

words were cryptic, but Nana's constant association with Baba enabled

him to interpret them alright. The applicant had, in some former

birth, done a good deed or helped Baba (perhaps Nana also) by a good

turn, and so had to get a return for it. So, Baba, through Nana, must

now use his influence to turn the Collector's mind so as to see the

justice of the applicant's claim.

 

Nana took the applicant to the Collector and his third petition was

presented. Nana was careful enough to state the previous orders. When

the Collector asked the applicant why he insisted on having dynamite,

the latter forcibly put his own case. The Government itself had

issued a loan of Rs.500/- for the improvement of that land. Unless

the well was deepened with dynamite, improvement of the land and

return of the Government loan were not possible. The application was

at once granted.

 

(Courtesy: HH Pujyasri B V Narasimha Swamiji)