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helped him in stealing. After stealing the king’s treasury, the king kept one part
of the cache and gave him three parts and took his name and address so that he
could help him again. The next day the king ordered the thief to be caught and
brought to the palace. The king asked him whether he knew anything about
yesterday’s robbery in the palace. The thief told the whole truth of how the
robbery was conducted by him and an accomplice. The thief was questioned as
to why he was telling the truth. The thief said that only on his Guru’s instructions
he is robbing and also telling the truth. The king was extremely pleased with the
thief and gave him a job so that he could earn his own livelihood. Isn’t truth
another form of God? Hence where truth prevails there itself God manifests.”
Tomorrow Janaiv or Upavit (sacred thread initiation) ceremony will be
held in the Ashram. The two sons of Pandeyji will also be initiated with the
Janaiv (sacred thread around their neck) and hence he has arrived with his family
to stay in the Ashram. For this ceremony he has brought a truck load of items.
Sacred thread ceremony in Kishenpur Ashram
24th Jaisth 1356, Tuesday (7-6-1949). From morning itself, there is a lot
of festivity in the Ashram. The Janaiv ceremony is to be held for Parshuramji,
his children and the children of Pandeyji. The Yagna for this ceremony will be
held in the eastern side verandah. The Yagna altar and its surrounding have been
beautifully decorated with very unusual drawings using rice paste. The Yagna
continued from noon to ten in the night. Shree Shree Ma had also blessed the
place of Yagna for some time too.
Didi returned back from Kashi today. Before that she brought to Kashi four
tins of ghee from Delhi for the ensuing Savitri Yagna. Nowadays government
permission has to be taken for transporting ghee from one place to another and
getting permission from officials is an arduous task. But Didi is an expert in
this matter and repeating Ma’s name she just somehow accomplishes these
ventures. From Kashi two daughters of my friend Manmohan had arrived along
with Didi. And they have come here on Shree Shree Ma’s instructions.
During the evening paath by Haribaba, Puran’s mother fell down on Shree
Shree Ma’s feet and started wailing; she mentioned that Puran’s health is
detoriating. Hearing her several devotees in the hall were almost in tears too,
but only Shree Shree Ma was smiling. The heart rendering wails of the mother
crying with the hope of losing her child just did not have any effect on Ma. On
the other hand Ma smilingly instructed her not to disturb the ongoing paath by
wailing in this manner. Didima was sitting beside Ma. Hearing the mother’s
cries She started consoling her. But after this incident nobody seemed to be
able to concentrate on the paath. Haribaba too began to console and advise