Maharaj Narsih Mehta!
Pranams at the lotus feet
of Maharaj Narsih Mehta!
Chapter – 2
It was the duty of Narasih
to take care of the cattle in the house.
He took good care of them, he sincerely performed all those tasks was assigned to him, during the leisure hours engages in the recitation of
Bhagavannama. But his sister-in-law was
not happy to feed poor Narsih and his family, she found every opportunity to abuse Narsih for the poor financial condition in the
family.
Once Narasih returned home after
grazing the cattle, after a long day of hard work he was tired of hunger and
thirst. He requested his sister-in-law
for food, but she was so angry and shouted at him, and served him with the stale Rotis, even though the fresh food was available at home. Somehow Narsih consumed the meal and put off
his hunger, and left home. Narasih felt
so humiliated and dejected walked away from home, he was not aware of where he
was going or whom to meet, thus he crossed several miles away from the village
and arrived in a dilapidated shrine of Lord Shiva. He took bath in the nearby pond and engaged
in the veneration of Lord Shiva with the bale leaves, in this way he continued
veneration of Lord Shiva and meditation for seven days. Lord Shiva was pleased with the devotion of Narsih and appeared before him, asked him what would he like to have as a boon. Narsih
requested “ Oh! Prabho, give me the thing which is dearest to you.” Lord Shiva offered the Dharshan of Lord
Krishna and given intense devotion to Lord Krishna.
Narsih returned to the
family life at the instruction of Lord Krishna, but the situation in the family
did not change a bit, he had to face sheer criticism and humiliation in the family, the situation became grave day by day. He had to leave his elder brother and
started living separately in a Dharmashala with his wife Manekbai and two
children Shyamaldas and Kunwarbai. He
continued the worship of Lord Krishna, recitation of scriptures, and singing in
praise of Lord. Once a wealthy man
arrived in the Dharmashala and found the intense devotion and faith of
Narasihji revealed his desire to serve him.
He learned all those hardships of Narsih Mehta and pacified him, it was Akroora disguised in the form of a wealthy man who came to meet Narsih at
the divine instruction of Lord Krishna.
