The Fragrance of Love

Tulsi Sahib was the epitome of love and was pleased to see true love in the behaviour of his disciples and devotees. He once went to Agra and visited the home of Soami Ji Maharaj in Panni Lane. When the women of the neighbourhood came to know of the Satguru’s (Tulsi Sahib’s) presence, they ran to receive his darshan. Though some of them were busy with housework, they ran to him without bothering to clean and tidy themselves. After reaching Soami Ji’s house, they bowed down at the Satguru’s feet and sat down around him. Seeing their dirty, untidy, and smelly clothes, a disciple of Tulsi Sahib asked them to sit at some distance and told them that their clothes reeked of sweat. Tulsi Sahib stopped him and lovingly said, “No, no! Let them be seated in a manner they like; you are not aware of the fragrance of their love. You cannot comprehend the intensity of their love – you may get a foul smell from them, but I do not.”
_{Tulsi Sahib, Saint of Hathras}