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prevalent in that part of the world that if a woman bears no child, then she with the permission from her husband was to prepare bread there and to eat it at night in a burning ghat. avadhootji was then in a state of starvation and so he felt hungry. he went to that woman and begged for a piece of bread. The moment the woman saw a man in his koupin in the faint light of the ‘chula’, she took him to be a ghost and fainted. and the scene left the avadhoot scared. he thought that probably the lady’s husband was hiding somewhere near and he might come and make a mess. he therefore lost no time there and hastened away from that place and vanished in the darkness.
The next day, avadhootji looked for that lady in the nearest village and went to her house. The lady was still having intermittent seizures of senselessness. avadhootji had her convinced, quietened her and cured her of her spells of fit.
avadhootji said, although ghosts exist, a man holy at heart has nothing to be afraid of them. in course of a discussion one day, he told us about it. he also added that the ghosts dare not exist where there is no familial dispute, where discussions on God and godliness are always held and where the pious people live in peace and bliss.
We were then having a very happy time, but the moment we thought that Baba would be leaving us within a period of three days, we felt sad at heart. We insisted that Baba stay there for a few more days, but our prayer was turned down outright. he defended his stand saying that a number of sages were badly awaiting him there at Jasidih and that they were persistently writing letters to Baba requesting him to return to Kailash and that he was not in a position to linger anywhere en route Jasidih. he then read out a couple of letters:
लक्षीपततके कि वसे, पंच वणजिकधो िाम; आदद अक्षि छधोडके, बचे सधो ददजे आि।
lakṣmīpatike kara vase, paṃca varṇako nāma; ādi akṣara choḍake, bace so dije āna,
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