“”"Then do one thing," Baba instructed. "For a year, stop all talk of marriage, and if the girl's father sends you a message, refuse to marry her! After one year, I will see to it."
Rawal obeyed, and the parents of the girl came to know that Rawal was no longer interested in their daughter. The father remarked with a laugh, "Who would give his daughter to such an ugly man anyway?" Meanwhile, he tried his utmost to arrange his daughter's marriage, but without success.
At last, he sent word to Rawal and the latter replied smugly, "I will never marry her! Don't talk to me about it." Her parents began flattering him, but Rawal was adamant in his refusal. Thus a year passed. He informed Baba of all the events, and Baba permitted him to marry her. Rawal told the girl's parents, "I have no desire to marry, but since you are insistent, I agree." So, in the end, Rawal married the beautiful girl whom he fell in love with, and from then on was always at Baba's feet and began coming to Baba on every possible occasion.
In the train, Baba distributed sweets and prasad at frequent intervals, and gave a short discourse on the dangers of hypocrisy and posing to be a guru. He stressed the dangers involved, both for the persons posing and those led astray by them, and added:
“”Only the Sadgurus and the Avatar have the right to allow others to bow down to them. They are the Ocean of love and mercy, and free from all bindings. Even if one on the spiritual path allows others to bow down to him, he takes upon himself the burden of others, and unknowingly creates many more bindings for himself, who is already bound by his own sanskaras.
For example, if you continue to excrete and urinate in a puddle, the puddle will stink unbearably; but if you do so in an ocean, it would not in the least be affected. It has the capacity to absorb anything and everything, good or bad, and nothing pure or dirty can affect it in any way.
Baba concluded, "You all are very lucky to travel with me this day. Nobody knows who I am and what Baba is. It is indeed fortunate for you who are with me."
