Heart to Heart

Once while we were with Hazur Maharaj Ji’s mother, Beji, she mentioned another very interesting incident concerning Maharaj Ji. It always amazes me that at this age of over ninety, how sharp her memory is. She said, “You know that by nature Maharaj Ji is full of humour, and enjoys making humorous remarks.” One day he was travelling by car with Sardar Bahadur Ji Maharaj on a visit to Pathankot. During the return drive, Sardar Bahadur Ji was sitting with Lala Munshi Ram and Maharaj Ji on the back seat, whilst Bhai Shadi, who was also with them, was sitting on the front seat beside the driver. While they were driving along, Maharaj Ji saw a ‘naga sadhu’ riding on horseback, with his disciple following on foot. The disciple could not keep pace with the horse and was almost running. As it was summer, the weather was very hot, and the road was burning, with heat. The poor disciple was sweating and his feet were burning, as he had no shoes.

Seeing this scene, Maharaj Ji folded his hands and bowed his head. Sardar Bahadur Ji noticed this and asked smilingly, “Why did you do that?”

At first Maharaj Ji kept quiet, but then, on the insistence of Sardar Bahadur Ji, he said, “I was thanking the Lord and was grateful to him that as a disciple, he chose to give me Masters like you and the Great Master. At least by your grace we wear nice clothes and ride in a car with you. I was wondering how it would have been if the Lord had made me a disciple of such a sadhu on horseback. I shudder to think of my plight!” Hearing this, Sardar Bahadur Ji (who also had a great sense of humour) had a hearty laugh.
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