Sant Tukkaram- Part-6 by Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To All,

 

The prostitute did as bid. The crowd was shocked to hear what she had to say.

Some said, " Well! Everything has come to light. Wearing the garb of a Sadhu he

is fooling people. " Some said, " We know not the truth. " Yet others said, " Poor

Sadhu. He is probably being blamed wrongly. " But, the Sadhu himself remained

totally unperturbed. He turned his head and looked at her very compassionately.

The Sadhu then said, " Well! All are my children. Everything around is verily

mine. So are you and this child! Sit here. I will give a share of the food I get

everyday! " The ‘'ataksha' (benign look) of the Sadhu and his loving words

touched the heart of the prostitute and she at once fell at his feet. With tears

in her eyes and remorse in her heart she said, " I am sorry for the bluff that I

uttered. I had been paid to utter this by their (she pointed to the Marwari and

his friend seated there) wives so that they would return to their old ways. " The

very look of a

Sadhu had changed even a prostitute. Such is the glory of the association of a

Sadhu. Immediately everyone fell at the Sadhu's feet and spoke gloriously about

him. Many more began to throng his presence.

 

What would have been the reaction of anyone under such circumstance? They would

have cried, " Oh! Lord! How merciful you are! You have saved me! " But, here the

Sadhu cried to Bhagavan, " Oh! Lord! Why did you do this? You could have let the

words of the 'deva dasi' sound true so that people would have stopped following

me. I would have happily left for the forest and remained all alone singing your

praises. Why did you prove her words to be wrong? " Sadhus wish to run away from

people but Bhagavan pushes them back. Thus, any abuse thrown on a Sadhu only

spreads their fame, for, Bhagavan blesses them with more 'keerti' (fame). One

should shun praises like poison and welcome abuses like 'amrit' (nectar). Sadhus

are like this. I do know how to enlighten on the glory of Sadhus!

 

A home is for Sadhus to step in! When someone visits our home and some mishap

occurs soon after, we blame it on the 'drishti' of the visitor. If the visitor

envies our way of living, his/her thought waves spread in our home and affect

our life. But, when a Sadhu visits our home he wishes well for us. His thought

waves fill the atmosphere and does good. A handful of food offered to a Sadhu

liberates not just you but seven generations, before and after you, in your

family!

 

Sadhus move from village to village and do not take 'bhiksha' (beg for food) in

the same village. The reason for this is that the Sadhu gets familiar with the

homes that offer food. His mind would say, ‘avoid this house as the man here

abuses’ or ‘go to this house where they offer food lovingly’ or ‘in this

house the food is not tasty’ and so on. One should not get attached in this

manner. Therefore, Sadhus do not stay in the same village. It is said that if

you do not get food drink Yamuna 'jal' (water) and live in Vrindavan!

 

We find many people begging on the streets and chase them away. But, do you

think that it is so easy to beg? It is, indeed, very difficult to beg! Try it!

We hesitate to ask for help even of a friend because our ego steps in. We feel

our reputation is at stake. We fear the insults that will be thrown at us.

 

!!! Will continue !!!

 

Regards

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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