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kerosene etc., on the floor. It was as if a 400-volt current had
touched it all. I made a mess of everything. The women who had
instigated Hiraba came to see what was going on. I asked them,
‘Who poisoned this Goddess of a woman?’ They responded,
‘You are a Gnani, you cannot become angry like this.’ Well only
the anger of the Gnani Purush is worth seeing. I then told them,
‘It is your instigation that has created this situation. Why did you
feed her all this? What have we done to you?’ They responded,
‘We did not feed her anything. We simply told her a few things.’
I asked them, ‘Why did you have to ruin her life?’ They replied,
‘How have we ruined her life?’ I told them, ‘Now she has to live
alone. Hiraba has to live separate in a new home in Bhadran. I
will give her a monthly allowance.’ They said, ‘you cannot do
that. How can you do that at this age?’ I asked them, ‘what
good is a pot that has a crack in it? It will not hold water
anymore; whatever you put in it will drain out. Can you keep a
pot with a crack in it?’ The neighbors all got worried when they
realized that Hiraba would have to go live separately. Yes, there
should not be any negative effect on dharma; Atma dharma –
in spiritual matters regarding the Soul.
That day tea, sugar and everything else were all mixed up.
But that act was carried out without any attachment or
abhorrence (vitarag-bhaav); or any inner reaction. I told
Chandulal and the others sitting there, ‘go home and learn.’
What was the outcome of this act the next day? The women
started telling Hiraba ‘Don’t do anything to cause problems. Let
whoever wants to come and see Dada. You do not get involved
in it.’ They started to tell her just the opposite because they got
worried that they would be blamed if anything were to happen.
They knew they had to be very careful. I had created that scene
in order to ensure that they would never do what they did again.
I have never had to repeat that act either. I had come up with
that much remedy. They may still remember the incident. Hiraba
too was swept up in the rut. She would have never behaved that