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The Gift of Life to a Widow's Son |
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On one occasion Baba was traveling to Hanumangarh, Nainital, with some
devotees. Quite a distance before Haldwani, he asked his driver,
Ramanand, to drive faster and faster. At a lonely place between
Kathgodam and Jeolikot, Baba ordered the driver to stop the car and he
got out. In the forest nearby a woman was weeping over the body of her
son. He had died sometime before from a snakebite. He asked the woman
why she was weeping. Then he said, "Was this not your
only son?" She nodded. Baba said, "Your
husband is also not alive?" She began to cry. Then Baba
said, "Your son is not dead. Why are you weeping? Keep
quiet."
Baba rubbed the boy's body with his hand, and life returned to him.
After a little while the boy regained consciousness. Baba immediately
got into the car and drove off without giving the woman any opportunity
to express her gratitude to him.
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