{JAI BABA }disciple's love and faith:
Visweswara Rao Vempali
Baba had givaen an example of a disciple's love and faith: Swami Ramdas, who was a Perfect Master and Guru to Shivaji, once placed a mango on his own leg and wrapped it in a bandage. He called his followers to him and pretended to be in great pain. Through clenched teeth, he told them, "I have a very bad boil on my leg which has become septic. It is full of pus and pained me terribly last night! I could not sleep at all due to the pain and I am at a loss as to what I should do now." Ramdas seemed to be writhing in agony and suffering acutely. When his disciples suggested various treatments, he remarked, "Nothing will help, but if someone were to suck out the poison, only then would I recover. But the pus is poisonous and he who does this will die." Hearing this, all hesitated except for Kalyan, the Master's favorite disciple, who stepped forward and began to suck at the wound. To his great surprise, he tasted mango juice! Ramdas thus demonstrated to his hesitant disciples the love and faith that Kalyan had for him.
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