Ram Ratan Verma's daughter was of marriageable age, but the planet Mars was
in the seventh house of her horoscope. The astrologers predicted that
if the groom were not a Mangali (particular
astrological
sign) boy, their married life would not last more than four years.
Verma was not able to find such a groom, so her marriage remained
unsettled.
One day Baba came to their house, and while Verma's daughter Shanti was
making roti for Baba, he said to Verma, "Settle
your daughter's marriage."
Verma said that although he had tried, he had not succeeded in his
efforts. Baba sent for the girl from the kitchen and read her palm.
Shanti was happy to think that Baba would tell her something about her
future, but Baba spat into her palm instead. Everyone laughed. Shanti
also laughed and went off to do her work. Nobody understood it at the
time, but Baba changed the influence of her horoscope, which was
obstructing her marriage.
Baba suggested a boy from Jaipur and
asked Verma to get Shanti married to him. Verma said that it was not
possible since the boy's family had already received a marriage
proposal from a girl in their local community. Baba at once said, "Their
purpose will not be served. You talk."
Baba's words came true. Verma got an opportunity to initiate the topic
of marriage with that family. The groom's family wanted the marriage to
be performed without matching horoscopes. For his own satisfaction
Verma asked for the boy's horoscope and consulted the astrologers, who
told him that the boy was not Mangali and that there was the
possibility of his death by drowning within four years. The marriage
was Baba's command, so plans went ahead. Still, Verma was worried in
his heart. Thinking about his daughter's future, he became pensive, and
his health began to suffer. When Baba arrived one day, Verma told him
of his secret fears in the presence of other family members. Baba said,
"It is the law of destiny, do it."
From the
time Shanti arrived at her in-laws' house, she was concerned about her
father's worry. She had done her best to persuade her husband not to
bathe or swim in a river or lake, but she was not certain that he would
comply. One and a half years after their marriage, Shanti's husband,
V.B. Singh, had just taken his exams in Lucknow when he met Baba and
traveled with him to their house in Mainpuri. Baba went to bathe in the
Yamuna River and took V.B. Singh and his cousin along with him. V.B.
Singh did not dare to bathe in the river but had to get into the water
on Baba's insitence. He thought of bathing in the shallow water, but
Baba made him stand in front of him and knowingly pushed him from the
back. V.B. Singh fell into the river and was taken by the current. He
did not know how to swim, so he sank in the water and was carried away
for some distance. Baba followed him and rescued him. In this way Baba
fulfilled the prophecy and also prevented his premature death. On
returning to the house, Baba told Shanti's father, "Here
is your son-in-law, now nothing will happen, even after four years."
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