|
|
Biography Of Saint Sain Kanwarram Sahib
14. A HANDFUL OF
COINS
Once in Shahdadkot, he collected money while singing. A Muslim begged
for money saying that his children were starving. Kanwar requested him
to wait until the function was over when as usual he would distribute
the money among all the needy. However, the man persisted in the name of
God saying that he was to leave the place immediately. Kanwarram yielded
to the name of God and he gave him a handful of coins, which to the joy
of the receiver contained silver once. Seeing this another Muslim
'Fakir' (beggar) begged for alms from the same 'Jholi' (cloth wallet) in
the name of God and on repeated requests and persistence, Kanwarram gave
him also a handful of coins, which to the dismay of the recipient, was
full of copper ones. Seeing this 'Fakir' got enraged and last the temper
and threw the coins with a force unto the face of Kanwarram. It was a
hot summer day so this sudden blow of coins on the face of Kanwarram
made him unconscious and he fell on the ground. The attendants fanned
him sprinkled water on his face. The people present there gave the
'Fakir' a sound beating and make him black and blue. After a short
while, Kanwar got up, enquired about the 'Fakir' and shed tears when he
was informed of the treatment meted out to him. He sent for the 'Fakir'
and told him "It is God who dispenses with everything but you took
revenge on me". Saying this Kanwar gave him another handful of coins,
which put the 'Fakir' to great shame. Such was the patience, goodness
and forgiveness of Kanwar. True to the teaching of Saints 'forgive and
forget', 'suffer and serve'. Christ was being crucified; God asked him
what punishment should I give to these people who tortured you? Christ
replied God "forgive them Lord; they don't know what they are doing."
Very aptly Dada J.P. Vaswani - the sage of modern times says:
"In giving, not in receiving,
in loosing and not in gaining,
in sacrifice, not in selfishness
is the secret of the true life -
Life that is life indeed!"
J.P. Vaswani
|
|
