Reminiscences

ShriMaharaj once said, "Two main things terrify man: poverty and death. Take the case of poverty. One who

chooses to belong to my fold by leaving all his concerns and fears in my lap. I take on myself to provide him with at least a few morsels of food, albeit course, for his belly. Speaking about death, my guru has taught me perfectly well how to make his final moment fulfilling, who chants nama as per my advice, and I will not fail in that.'

Reminiscences

On the way to Kashi, ShriMaharaj stayed at Harda, for several days. During that time, a person doing the work of trapping parrots and selling them came to ShriMaharaj with a parrot, and praising it for its smartness, he urged ShriMaharaj to buy it. At his insistence, ShriMaharaj bought it. When handing over the parrot to the priest he said, "Hang up the cage in front of Rama and teach it only to say 'Shriram, Shriram." Accordingly, the priest got the parrot trained, and it used to utter nama almost uninter­ruptedly. Thus ShriMaharaj accomplished the well-being of that soul.