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The Protection of a Devotee |
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A bus driver from Nainital named Nar Singh came to Kainchi to meet Baba
and remained with him for the day. It was past eleven at night when
Baba permitted him to leave. He did not like the idea of walking the
nineteen kilometers back to Nainital along the road, so he decided to
take the route through the forest, which was only eight kilometers. He
was afraid of going through the forest alone on a dark night, but he
left anyway, taking long brisk steps. After some distance he saw a
black dog following him. He was frightened, thinking that the dog might
come from behind and bite him. Nonetheless, he continued going forward,
every now and then glancing at the dog. He had forgotten all about his
fears of going through the forest, and his attention was concentrated
on the dog. The dog maintained a certain distance from him but followed
him all the way. Reaching Nainital, he turned to see the dog again, but
it had disappeared. The next day when he arrived in Kainchi for darshan,
Baba said without any prompting, "That was a dog. You
were unnecessarily scared. Bhairav [an aspect of Shiva]
rides a dog. He had come to protect you."
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