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Baba was sitting at Hanumangarh,
absorbed in the recitaton of the Ramayana.
Many women devotees were also sitting there with their eyes closed,
engrossed in the melodious recitation. A five-year-old girl was sitting
in front of Baba, looking at him without blinking, while the chapter
called Uttarkand was being read. She clearly saw
the details
of Ram's coronation playing like a film on Baba's chest. At the part of
the story where it says, "First of all, the saint Vashistha marked
Ram's forehead with vermilion and then permitted all the Brahmins
to do so," Ram's image was obscured by the arrival of the saint
Vashistha and all the other Brahmins
who stood up to bless Ram. The girl cried out in anguish. Everyone
looked at her. Baba at once picked her up, put her on his lap, and
soothed her. Later, while the women were going home, they asked her why
she had cried out so loudly. She did not understand the singing but
told them in detail what she had seen on Baba's chest. She told them
she had cried because a sadhu with a long beard
and jata (matted hair) and some others had stood
in front of Ram, so she was not longer able to see his beautiful face.
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