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the whole family leads him. After reaching inside
telling of the purity of the seat
he is requested to take the high seat, and the patra seats himself.
Humbly the request for washing the feet
is made,
and it is granted;
the pair of feet -bottoms,
snatching the beauty of butea fondasa, fearing avirati (undetachment),
descend on the silver plate!
Lo, just then
the plate also expresses its affection for the Guru's feet!
That is,
following the Guru's feet
becomes red like kumkuma, like gold. As the donor
having the sandy pitcher
filled with filtered, heated,
moderately hot, germless water,
bends on the feet of the patra,
then the pitcher beholds its reflection
in the mirror of the nails of the feet of the Guru
away from passion and pride;
and speaks out 'blessed'! 'blessed!'
Victorious be Gurudev!
Victorious be this ghari (time)!
Silent Soil: 325
