Maharaj was staying at the house of Ram Ratan Sharma when Sharma's
brother-in-law expressed his sadness and anguish on being childless.
Baba said, "You go to have Badrinath's darshan
just after one year from today."
His wife became pregnant, and in obedience to Baba's command, they went
on the pilgrimage to Badrinath. On their way back Badrivishal was born
in Joshimath (a town along the way), but on the third day after his
birth, the child caught cold at night and died. His mother had firm
faith that Baba would certainly save her child. Remembering Baba, the
parents fell asleep, afflicted by grief. In the early hours of the
morning they had Baba's darshan in a dream, and
he told them, "Don't worry. Sri Ram will save you."
When
they woke up, the father came out of their room with the intention of
consigning the tiny body of their dead child, which they had wrapped in
a piece of white cloth, to the Ganges. He saw a sadhu
with tangled hair, wearing red clothes, sitting on the floor outside
the door. The sadhu said, "I
understand your grief. Take this child inside, he is alive."
He sprinkled a little water from his kamandal
on the dead child, and the child started breathing. The father took the
child inside to his mother. When he returned to thank the sadhu,
he was gone.
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