The Amazing Grace

510 Pages·2003·1.43 MB·English

SHRI PARAMANANDA SMRITI-KANA
“THE AMAZING GRACE”
(The life of Paramahamsa Swami Paramananda Ji Maharaj based upon reminiscences)
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Compiler and Editor
Onkar Nath Agrawal
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Translated by
Shri Onkar Nath Agrawal
Swatantra Kumar Pidara
Late Dr. Diane M. Sot
Marilyn Kapila
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Introduction by
Sant Prabhudattji Brahmachari,
Jhusi, Prayag.
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INTRODUCTION
“MANASI VACHASI KAAYE PUNYA-PEEYOOSHA-POORNAA-
STRIBHUVANAM-UPAKAARASHRENIBHIH PREENAYANTAH.
PARAGUNA-PARAMAANOON-PARVATIKRITYA NITYAM
NIJAHRIDI VIKASANTAH SANTI SANTAH KIYANTAH.”
‘Bhartrihari Neeti Shataka’ V.79
( “How many such kinds of saints are in this world, who – with their mind, words, and body, fully
replete with sacred nectar – irrigate always the three worlds with the pitchers of helpful grace and who
consider and cherish in their hearts the tiniest virtues of others as the very noticeable mountain heap of
virtues?” )
“JINAKE TANAMAN PUNYA PREM AMRITA TAIN POORITA,
BAANI ATI EE MADHURA HIYE KOON HARASHI HILORAT.
MUDITA KARAT JAGA PHIRAT NA PARA AVAGUN KOON NIRAKHAT,
PARAGUNA ANU KE SARISA TAAHI GIRI KARI HIYA VIKASATA.
SADAA MUDIT MANA TYAAGI MAD, SABAKE NITA GUNA GAHAT
HAIN,
KITANE AISE SANTA HAIN, JO PARAHIT DUKHA SAHATA HAIN.”
( Trans.: How many saints are there in this world:
Who willingly undergo pain themselves in order to help others;
Who possess a body and mind full of nectar of the heavenly love;
Who by his or her so very sweet tongue delight the very heart of everybody;
Who roam in this world making everybody happy, and don’t look at the defects of others;
Who take note of the tiniest of virtues of others and turn them into a mountain heap of virtues in
their hearts; and,
Who are ever smiling, have no arrogance, and always grasp the virtues of others.)
It is a very natural thing for a living being to be constantly busy fulfilling his or her own self-interest.
Anybody becomes a great person to the extent of his or her ability to accommodate others. This is so
because the smaller ‘self’ represents selfishness, and the larger ‘Self’ represents walking away from
selfishness to God. The men who have smaller selves are ordinary men, and those who have larger selves
are the great men, saints, mahatmas, sadhus, and extraordinary men. To think that only my body must be
nourished and nurtured is the narrowest kind of selfishness. That only my family is looked after, and only my
family may benefit is the broader selfishness. That my village, or my province, or my people or nation may
benefit is even a more broad-based or expanded selfishness. But that every living creature of this universe
may benefit is PARAMAARTHA (the greatest objective). Such sadhus or saints with that kind of ultimate
objectives are very rare in this world and appear on this planet only once in a while. They always do well of
others. They don’t have their own personal family; for them the whole world is their family. The idea is
rendered in Sanskrit language quite aptly “AYAM NIJAH PAROVETI GANANAA
LAGHUCHETASAAM; UDAARA CHARITAANAAM TU VASUDHAIVA KUTUMBAKAM”
(This is mine and that is theirs is a calculation of smaller minds, but for the people with magnanimous hearts
the whole world is their family). Our Swami Paramananda Ji of Bhagawad Bhakti Ashram, Rewari was that
kind of a praise-worthy magnanimous mahatma.
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In the Vedas and the Puranas many characteristics of the sadhus and saints have been spelled out.
It is said that the saints are free of lust, anger, greed, infatuation, arrogance, and envy etc., the so-called six
enemies of man. They have all the good virtues, have no desire, are forgiving, sacrificing, detached, holy,
and truthful, have sadhu like characteristics, are free of ego, are devoted to serving mankind, have
equanimity, are non-differentiating between a friend and a foe, and do not distinguish soil apart from gold.
These are their inner qualities. But now how do we recognize them as saints from their outward behaviour?
We can recognize the saintly nature by their helpfulness to others, and their good character in their physical
actions. Some of the outer features of saints engaged in doing good to others are the following:
1. The saints are always cheerful.
2. They have a kind of glow on their face, which attracts the aspiring and ready soul (samskaaree jeeva).
3. Their devotees experience in their own unique ways that the saint loves them the most.
4. They are engaged constantly in the tasks of doing well of others.
5. They are very particular about cleanliness. They want to see the human residences, bodies, clothes, and
minds, and all other things always clean.
6. They are very happy in feeding others, distributing things, planting trees, and building ponds, wells, tanks,
and temples.
7. They are always ready to do anything to remove the misery of others.
8. Their handwriting is very lovely.
9. They never attach much importance to money and wealth. They never hoard wealth for a tomorrow or
the next day. They believe in the slogan ‘let today’s needs be taken care of today, and God will take
care of the needs of tomorrow.’ They don’t believe in raising funds and taking care of things with the
help of the interest earned upon the principal sum.
10. They have a firm belief in the presence of God. They never worry, and they do not grieve.
11. They carry out all worldly actions like child’s play. They are not attached to the results of actions which
are carried out in the mundane world.
We see all these things in the life of Swami Paramananda Ji. It is not very long since he departed
from this world. He lived right in our own lifetime, although I didn’t have any close relationship with him. I
did not visit his Ashram in his lifetime. Afterwards I have been to the Ashram several times. The
brahmacharis of his Ashram and his devotees did come and stay at our ashram on the occasions of Kumbha
and Ardha-kumbha fairs. My articles were published in ‘Bhakti’ the monthly magazine of the Ashram. The
reason for my not visiting his Ashram while he was alive may be attributed to my own arrogance and sense
of superiority. Later on when I went to his Ashram and saw his creations, then I regretted that why didn’t I
live close to this great man? Why didn’t I establish a close relationship with him?
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I have had close relationships with his devotees. I have been close to Lala Nandakishoreji
Morepankhawala, his son Prabhu Dayal, his three daughters, Shri Bhoomanandaji, Prabhudattaji, and many
other saints of the Ashram. I came to know all the things about Swami Ji from their association. It is from
them, I learnt that Swami Ji -
1. Remained always cheerful. His nature was very childlike. He mixed with everybody. With children he
would behave like a child and with older man he would be like an old man.
2. The people with their good samskaaras inherited from the actions of previous lifetime would become
his very own after having his darshan. Even a person like Rao Balvir Singh Ji given to sense pleasures
became his unswerving devotee and placed everything at his disposal. [Editor’s note: Padmashri
Rajkumari Sumitra Devi sent us a note with a correction regarding the comment, saying: “My respected
father was a man of aristocratic nature... He took rich food, wore elegant dresses, led a rich life of
pomp and show, rode horses and hunted. But his character was absolutely spotless without any of the
vices which are a part of sensory pleasures in the present age. He would not even touch cigarettes or
alcohol. Moreover alcoholic drinks could not even cross the outer threshold of his gate.” When the
feelings of Rajkumari Sumitra Devi were brought to the notice of Respected Shri Prabhudatt
Brahmachariji, his response was of the nature that “the desirousness for objects of roopa (beauty), rasa
(taste), gandha (smell), sparsha (touch) etc., falls under the category of the word the sense-pleasures
(vishayas).” That means he did not use the word lover of sense-pleasures strictly in the sense of a
‘person given to sexual pleasures’.] The whole family of Lala Nandakishoreji began to live there. His
daughters did not marry. Many other girls and boys remained unmarried and served Swami Ji all
through their lives.
3. Everybody considered himself or herself dearest to Swami Ji. And Swami Ji loved them equally the
same way.
4. In the beginning, he wandered through the woods, forests, hills, and villages. But then in order to
demonstrate the ideal of service to others in real life, he built the Ashrams. These Ashrams engaged only
in activities, which benefited others.
5. I have seen his Ashram. The cleanliness of that place even in his absence charmed my heart. Without
him Ashram looked dull, lifeless, and dead. The people over there requested me to take care of the
Ashram. But I cannot live in a place, which is not a teertha (holy place), and which does not have
rivers like the Ganges and the Yamuna. Any place becomes holy where saints live, but such kind of
sainthood, in true sense of the word, is possessed only by the kind of great man as Swami Paramananda
Ji was. People like myself have to seek refuge in the waters of the sacred rivers and holy places.
6. Swami Paramananda Ji fed people with his own hands. There were bhandaras all the time. He show-
ered love along with many other things. It has been observed that mahatmas due to some samskaaras
of previous lifetime get some addiction. It probably does not hurt them but their followers would
certainly get hurt if they would acquire those very addictions in their day to day life. For example,
Paramhamsa Shri Ramakrishna was habituated to smoking hukkah and because of being a Bengali,
Swami Vivekanandaji liked to eat fish. Now these days, you see most of the sanyaasins of Ram
Krishna Mission smoke cigarettes and are not averse to eating meat and fish. Our Swami Paramananda
Ji had a habit of drinking bhang. And same addiction has afflicted most of his followers. Lord himself
has said:
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“YADYADAACHARATI SHRESHTHAH TADTADEVETARE JANAAH;
SA YAT PRAMAANAM KURUTE LOKASTADANUVARTATE.”
( Trans. Whatever the way the good people act, the same way others act, because whatever such a
person has established as the ideal for living the others follow that.)
That is why the great man must be very careful in such matters. I have personally witnessed that he
succeeded in getting thousands of trees planted on a very dry and barren ground in the most planned and
beautiful manner. In various places such as Panchavati and Triveni etc., he created beautiful pathways,
crossings, roads, and footpaths. When one looks at them one is filled with delight, surprise, and
amazement. When you look at the tank excavated under his guidance, your mind is dazzled by it. Such a
great work was accomplished by the efforts of a single person! He made every person dig the soil out and
empty basket loads of it. I have been told that that when the Maharaja of Nabha arrived at the Ashram,
even he dug up five basket loads of soil and dumped the soil on the heap outside. He was always very
happy when he was engaged in beautifying the Ashram.
7. He built schools for boys and girls. He built a Pathashala (school) for the Harijan (untouchable) chil-
dren. The Goshala of the Ashram was an ideal goshala (cow shed). During the time of Goraksha (Save
the cows) movement I went to the Ashram and specially to see the Goshala management, and when I
looked at those cows and their care and management I was deeply impressed. Now that Goshala has
almost become defunct. The eye-camps for restoring eyesight were started by him. Now you see these
eye-camps all over India.
8. I have not seen his handwriting. I don’t even know if he ever wrote at all.
9. The sadhu nature of a man is known by his habits of spending and not by his hoarding. A businessman
who does not hoard becomes unsuccessful. And a sadhu who starts hoarding fails in realizing his goals.
That is why Kabirdas says:
“AAJA KHAAYA KAALHI KO JHAANKHE,
TAAHI KABEERA SAATHA NAHIN RAAKHE.”
( Trans. Kabirdas does not keep that person in his company who after having finished today’s meal
looks forward to having tomorrow’s meal.)
The real philosophy is: Let me take care of the things for today, and God will provide the things
needed for tomorrow. When you earn and save money, deposit that in a financial institution, and then from
the interest earned upon that sum, you take care of your affairs, that simply means that you are being a
businessman and you have no faith in God. I have seen such mahatmas who feed thousands of people
everyday, and don’t save anything for an uncertain tomorrow. In the Tatti Ashram, Vrindavan, Mahantaji
had 400 to 500 sadhus. Whatever he would get that day that he would spend that very day and would not
save anything for tomorrow. There was one of the gurus among the ten Sikh gurus, who fed thousands of
people everyday. After the LANGARA (a kind of bhandara), he would consign the leftover flour, daal,
rice, salt, vessels, and the firewood into current of the mother Ravi river. And the next day, he would get all
those things back again. Many big merchants and rich people were the devotees of Swami Paramanandaji.
Some of the rich persons of our community like that of Seth Ram Krishna Dalmia and Jai Dayal Dalmia
lived in his Rewari Ashram. There were many millionaires and multimillionaires who were his devotees.
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Few devotees thought they could collect a fund of 2-4 crores of rupees and deposit it in the bank, and the
Ashram could be run by the accrued interest on that sum. Actually 25-30 thousand rupees were collected
but Swami Ji didn’t approve that and used that money in building the ghaats (steps) of the tank. This is
truly a real sadhu-like character.
“KAUREE GAANTHA NA BAANDHAHEEN, MAANGATAHOO SAKUCHAAYAN;
UNAKE PEECHHE HARI PHIREN, MATI BHUKHE RAHI JAAYAN.”
(Trans: They; i.e., the sadhus don’t keep even a cowri shell in their pouch, and shy away from
begging. Seeing this, God runs after them all the time fearing that they may not go hungry due to the lack of
money.)
10.There was a lot of expense involved in running the Ashram and the activities of the eye-camp etc., but
he never worried about those things. God took care of all that.
Now a question arises as to why all the things move smoothly while such great men are alive but
why every thing falls into disarray soon after their departure from this world? If he had put some funds away,
then all the works and the activities of the Ashram could have continued. We see today that the Ashram of
Rewari has lost its old glory. All its beauty has been destroyed. It is now totally abandoned. What is the
reason behind this desolation?
The reason behind this falling apart is that although the mahatmas build all these Ashrams etc., yet
they are not attached to them. It is almost like the children who while playing make clay houses, vessels,
elephants, horses, cows etc. They play for a brief period out in the open, and then when it is the time to
return to their homes, they destroy those creations by their own hands saying “MANUAA MARI GAYO,
KHELA BIGARI GAYO” (My interest is no more there in playing and for that reason let me bring an end
to this playful activity). These great souls’ intent in making these Ashrams is not the purpose of securing
houses of bricks and stones, but to establish an ideal of labour, and selfless activity among human beings.
They themselves work and present an example to the people around them. Those who build the marble
images, at first make a beautiful image in clay, and then keep on looking at that replica while they sculpt the
marble image. Once the marble image is ready, they don’t remain attached to that clay image, and destroy
it. In the same manner, the major goal of the mahatmas is doing good to others and spreading this idea
among human societies far and wide. Once the public comes to accept their ideas in general, then their
model – used for inspiring masses – recedes in the background and loses its vitality after the departure of
these noble souls from this world. There is nothing surprising about it. ‘The man’s wealth and the shadow
of the tree get destroyed along with their own demise’ is a popular proverb. Lord Buddha and Mahavira
Swami’s main aim was the propagation of the value of non-injury. The public accepted that. It really didn’t
matter, if no follower of Buddha was left afterwards. Swami Dayananda’s goal was the social reform. The
public accepted that. It really is immaterial whether Arya Samaj as a body stays or not. Likewise, the goals
of Swamiji were planting of trees, uplifting of the untouchables, women’s education, eye-care, and doing
good to others. He really built the Ashrams to set an example for the public. These ideas came to be
accepted by the public and they spread far and wide. So how does it matter to Swami Ji if all the Ashrams
of Rampura, Narela, Palam, etc. have fallen in ruins without a single brick left behind as a reminder of their
heydays? After all, his goal had been accomplished.
In this sense, our Swami Paramananda Ji was a symbol of hard work, and an ideal of a great man.
Professor Onkar Nathji Agrawal has succeeded in erecting a palace by collecting the written reminiscences
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of various devotees and by putting them in a book form. Many people in the Ashram would benefit from it
and would find comfort and peace. This collection is going to be very useful for the devotees of Swami
Paramananda Ji.
I pray to the lotus feet of the Fatherly God in the heaven, time and time again, that great men similar
to Swami Paramananda Ji are born everywhere in India so the stature of this nation in general and the moral
climate of the human society is improved. And I also pray that the thinkers of the like of our Onkar Nathji
also take birth everywhere so by gathering and presenting the words of great men in this manner they are
able to help the moral people in finding the right roads when in confusion.
There was so much more to be written but I have no time and I don’t see the need either. I can
only say that all men and women readers may make their life worthy by reading the bits of reminiscences
about the life of the Most Holy Shri Swami Paramananda Ji. They may also pass their time in a fruitful
manner by reading the book and reflecting upon it. I pray that they also reap the true reward of human
existence.
“SWAAMEE PARAMAANANDA DIVYA SANDESHA SUNAAYO;
SABAKOON RAKHI KE SANGA PREM KO PAATHA PADHAAYO;
PARA UPAKAARAKA KAAJA KARE BAHU VRIKSHA LAGAAYE;
ANDHANI DAYO PRAKAASHA KHOLIKE NETRA DIKHAAYE.
PAR UPAKAARAJA MAHAN SATAT, RAHAT NIRAT NISHKAAM HAIN;
TINI KE PADA PAATHOJ MAIN, PUNI PUNI PUNYA PRANAAM HAIN.”
(Swami Paramananda gave us a divine message. He kept people along with him and taught them a
lesson in love. He did many good deeds, planted many trees, restored the eyesight of blind people, so they
could open eyes and see once again. I repeatedly bow to their lotus feet and offer the holy greetings to
those people, who are always engaged in doing good to people without seeking a reward.)
Sankirtan Bhawan, Pratishthanpur Humbly,
Jhusi (Prayag) Prabhudatt Brahmachari
Kartika Shukla 12,Vikrama Era 2030.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction : Shri santa Prabhudattji Brahmachari, Jhusi Prayag. 3
Table of contents. 9
List of reminiscers 16
The story of the book 19
Preface to second edition 23
Notes of the translators: Onkar Nath Agrawal & Swatantra Kumar Pidara 24
The First Offering Of Flowers 31, From ‘Sadaachaara’ 33 31 – 33
Ch. 1 THE ARRIVAL AT RAMPURA
The first darshan by Rao Sahib 34, From ‘Sadaachaara’ 35. 34 – 35
Ch. 2 THE BUILDING UP OF THE BHAGAWAD BHAKTI ASHRAM REWARI
AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEVOTEES 36 – 94
Setting the stage for the birth of Rewari Ashram 36, Bringing Shri Maharaj Ji to Rampura
37, Farewell to ghosts 39, What it was then and what it has become? 39, The Construction
phase of Rewari Ashram 40, Task of waking the inmates of the Ashram in the morning 40,
What was the personage of Shri Maharaj Ji? 40, The darshan of Shri Maharaj Ji 41, The
description of Shri Maharaj Ji’s personality 42, The opinions of Baba Shivagiri and Siddha
Latooriya Maaee 43, The transformation of Mahashaya Rampat 44, From Mahashaya
Rampat to Swami Ramananda 45, The Achhoot Pathashala 47, Those useless talks 48,
How did Maharaj Ji get us to the Ashram 48, My arrival at the Holy Feet 51, Competing
for the service 52, Shri Maharaj Ji in delirium 53, How did I arrive at the feet of Shri
Maharaj Ji? 55, Nursing the trees with care 56, The establishment of a Sanskrit Pathashala
and a wing for the brahmacharis 57, If Shri Maharaj Ji had not checked Shankara Dev 57,
“HAR HAR MAHADEVA!” 59, The miracle of mahaaprasaadee 59, Setting up of a
Goshala in the Ashram 60, The cows at the Ashram, and the Go-chara-bhoomi 60, The
Aushadhalaya (the dispensary) 61, Setting up a school for girls 61, The construction of an
Atithishala 61, My coming to the Ashram 62, He saved me from going back 63, He sent me
to my village 64, Solving the problem of water at the Ashram 64, Shri Maharaj Ji’s gaddi
65, Unattached to all the expansion around 67, The ramp for the gaddi 67, The Narayana
Bhawan and Mahadeva Temple 68, My arrival at the Ashram 69, The construction of the
Big Satsang Bhawan 70, The miracle of the first darshan 73, “I sing songs of the glory of
the Ashram” 73, Did Shri Maharaj Ji ever sleep? 74, Shri Maharaj Ji’s car and its driver 74,
The money is not to be amassed 76, The fitting reply to an inner doubt by an action in
silence 76, He made us memorize the verses from the Gita 77, The God came riding the
gaddi 77, We got the prasaad 78, What kind of days those were! 79, The paapa and the
punya 79, He made me plant that peepul 79, “Bravo! Sumitra has dug up a whole
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mountain.” 80, Karmanyevaadhikaaraste: ‘Your right is to do your duty’ 80, The pillars of
the Ashram 81, The proposal for the ‘Gita Press’ at the Ashram 82, Wherever Shri Maharaj
Ji happened to stay 82, “There shall be a time like that” 83, Munshi Roop Ram’s devotion
to Guru 83, Ram Leela at the Ashram 84, That unique prasaad 85, The modernity in the
archaic 86, The cavern of dacoits and the Savitri’s coming to the Ashram 86, Those days of
unparalleled joy 87, Charmed by the very first darshan 91, The compulsory physical labour
92, An intimate love for the trees 93, From ‘Sadaachaara’ 94.
Ch. 3 BEFORE THAT 95 – 150
That haunted bungalow 95, Those lucky Hindus and Muslims 97, God takes care of
everybody 98, The sweet dumplings of Narain Datt Bahare Baba 99, The bhandara after
the death of a she-dog 99, Gracing the life of the Raja Sahib of Jind 100, In the pit in Kashi
101, The Naatha (Master) of Nathji 102, Few childhood incidents from the life of Shri
Maharaj Ji 103, The leelaas at Asauda 104, The age of Shri Maharaj Ji 105, How and
when did Shri Maharaj Ji leave his home? 105, The theft of sweet dumplings 106,
Unexcited even during the discussions 106, Burnt-up rotis made by me 107, The
pronouncements made in the early days at Jind 107, Blackened face in front of God 107,
The ideas of Shri Maharaj Ji and the response of the Government 108, My fortune yet my
misfortune as well 108, The Protector of satsangees 109, The first acquaintance of the
people of Jind with Shri Maharaj Ji 109, The Sanskrit Parishad in Kashmir 110, Unusual
eating habits of Shri Maharaj Ji 110, ‘Maharaj Ji devoured by a lion’ 110, “Look! Think
again.” 111, Living inside a tunnel 112, The bewilderment of Nava Nath 112, Shri Maharaj
Ji’s mother 112, An unending supply of food 113, In the village of Asauda 114, A Christian
missionary in Asauda 115, Cooking khicharee in Narnaul 116, The alms of abuses 117,
The daily bhandara 117, My first darshan of Shri Maharaj Ji 119, Shri Maharaj Ji’s hand
upon my head 119, ‘Brahmananda’, the guru of Shri Maharaj Ji 120, In the year 1898
121, Shri Maharaj Ji coming out of the woods 121, The earliest photograph of Shri
Maharaj Ji 122, The release from the clutches of Bhagwan Das 123, Going to Palam in
place of Kashmir 124, That magical lock of hair 125, The humour-loving Videha (Beyond
body-awareness) 126, Granting the gift of life to a Jat boy 126, ‘Words of a saint don’t go
empty’ 127, The arrangement of rotis 128, Swami Govindananda Ji Bharati, the initiating
guru of Shri Maharaj Ji 129, ‘To Shri Paramananda Shastri’ 130, The prasaad of pooraas
at Narela 130, The fortune smiled upon the Vanakhandi near Jind 132, At peace and above
anger 132, Living in solitude at Ramra 133, The rupee and the watermelon 133, This
lahuriyaa 134, The burden of rupees 135, Shri Maharaj Ji rendering himself invisible and
changing his body 135, Saving the life of Mahatma Chet Ram 136, The fear of walking up
to Shri Maharaj Ji 137, Saving the life of Rao Murali Singh 139, “Don’t worry, your credit
is OK.” 139, Shri Maharaj Ji in the Mahabharata Age 140, The Construction of Jind
Ashram 140, The news of the First World War 141, I should see Shri Maharaj Ji when he
is alone 141, The renovation of Ramahrida 142, The potato curry and paraamthaas in the
woods 142, In the Vanakhandi as well as in the holy place called Amti 143, The contract to
ward off death in the very first visit 144, Honouring the prasaad of a leather-worker
devotee 145, “I am neither a doctor nor a vaidya.” 145, “There won’t be any cultivator
left.” 145, The wind changed its course 146, At the old pond 147, Blessing the Mandee, the
grain market at Narela 147, The huge roti at Raghunath’s hut 148, The power of humility
148, From ‘Sadaachaara’ 149.
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