One night my train was late, and I arrived at Prayag railway station at 11
p.m. I was taking a rickshaw home when suddenly I thought that I should
go to Church Lane and have Baba's darshan
instead. I asked
the rickshaw puller to take me there, but on my way I thought that
everybody in the house would be sleeping and regretted my decision.
When I saw all the lights on in the house, all hesitation disappeared.
I went in and saw Sudhir Mukerjee talking to Baba. As soon as Baba saw
me, he took out an earthenware bowl full of kheer
from under his takhat and gave it to me saying, "Eat
it now." I felt as if he had been waiting for me. Though
I wanted to take the prasad home, I could not
disobey Baba. I was also hungry, so I ate it then and there as
instructed. Baba then said to Mukerjee Dada, "See, there
is an earthen bowl filled with kheer left in the
kitchen. Give that to him, he will take it home."
-Hem
Chandra Joshi, Commercial Railway Inspector (retired)
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