Offense against Sanyasis & devotees – Story
A thrilling true incident in the history:
He was an ascetic who had renounced everything.
He had no food; if he felt hungry, he would stand in front of a house and clap his hands twice.
If someone heard the sound and offered him food, it was fine. otherwise, he would go hungry.
Good people exist everywhere, don’t they? Accordingly, a woman in that village, understanding the plight of this virtuous ascetic, took pity on him and, whenever the ascetic came, she would greet him respectfully, offer him hospitality, and give him food.
The ascetic would accept a single morsel of the food offered with love. The woman followed the principle that she would not eat until she had fed this virtuous man.
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One day, when the ascetic went to that house for food, the woman was not at home; she had gone out for some work.
Only the woman’s husband was at home. He saw the ascetic; the ascetic’s appearance and demeanor aroused contempt and anger in the man.
Therefore, he raised the cane he was holding and shouted, “Go, go… don’t stand here… go…” and chased him away.
The ascetic left without saying a word. A long time passed after this incident, and the woman returned home. The woman did not know that the ascetic had come or that her husband had insulted and chased him away.
She was worried, wondering, “What happened today… that great sage hasn’t come for food yet…”
The woman’s husband, who had gone to his office, started to write; but he couldn’t write. Within seconds, his hand became completely numb and paralyzed.
They rushed him to a doctor; but to no avail. So, his friends brought him home and laid him on the bed.
His wife was distraught, confused, wondering, “Why did this happen…?”
At that moment, her husband said, “Today, a mendicant came to the house. “I raised the cane, scolded him harshly, and chased him away. Perhaps, that’s why this has happened…” he said to his wife.
The woman understood the truth. She realized, “Ah! The person who came was our respected sage. It was him that my husband insulted”.
Immediately, she took her husband in a cart and went in search of the sage. The sage was sitting in a place, tapping his hands to the rhythm, and singing.
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Upon seeing him, the woman got down from the cart and fell at the sage’s feet; she made her husband stand before the sage and wept, begging for forgiveness.
The sage, looking at her husband’s afflicted hand with compassion, said, “Go, go…” and began humming the song and tapping the rhythm again.
At that very instant, the paralyzed hand began to function. Seeing her husband’s hand begin to move, the woman shed tears of joy and, along with her husband, again fell at the sage’s feet and worshipped him.
This is a real incident.
That sage was called Sri Vittoba Swami. This incident is a true story that took place in Polur, a town on the way from Tiruvannamalai to Vellore in Tamilnadu.
The monument of Sri Vittoba Swamigal is still located in Polur.
MORAL:
Insulting and blaspheming the pure sanyasis and devotees will invite the anger of God. We will get sinful reactions immediately. Our devotional services will go to dark.
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