Golden Steps To Salvation

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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The beggar said, "Saithji! I do not have any vessel to carry 'ghee'."
The Saithji took out the vessel which was in the beggar's bag and said, "You can carry 'ghee' in this." And he gave him 'ghee' also.
Shamed by this incident the beggar completely gave up stealing.
By means of one significant utterance Bābā Bhārati impelled the dacoit Khadgasingh to return the stolen property and to discard robbery. What was that utterance? Please listen! I will describe the whole incident.
Bābā Bhārati had a beautiful horse. The dacoit Khadgasingh seeing its brisk movement desired to possess it. He decided to take possession of the horse somehow or the other. He was waiting for a suitable opportunity.
One evening, in the darkness of the dusk Baba Bhārati was returning home on his horse and on the way he noticed a lame man sitting on one side of the road. In order to help him, he stopped the horse. The lame man said, "Bābāji, I came limping from a village and with great difficulty I have come upto this place. I am so greatly tired that I cannot place a single step further. Kindly take me on your horse and leave me in some square in the city. I will somehow go to my house."
Bābāji who was by nature benevolent asked the man to sit on the horse and he walked on, leading the horse. When he had gone a few steps, suddenly the reins were pulled away from his hands. The man sitting on the horse was sitting quite securely. Before making the horse run he told Bābāji that he was the dacoit Khadgasingh and said, "I pretended to be lame only to take possession of this horse. Now the horse is mine."
Bābāji said in a tone of seriousness, "Yes, of course. Now the horse is yours. But I request you not to speak of this incident to any one; otherwise nobody will believe