Maharaj Narsih Mehta!

Pranams at the lotus feet of Maharaj Narsih Mehta!

Chapter – 3

The wealthy man offered a house with a small shrine of Lord Krishna so that Narsih can do the daily worship of his favorite Lord at his heart’s content, he arranged stock of grains and pulses and all those ingredients required for three years and offered 5000 gold coins for running the family.  Afterward, Narsih Mehta’s house reverberated with the sounds of Namasankeerthana and lectures on scriptures, saints and devotees throng from various places to participate in the daily events and rituals of Lord Krishna.  He received the devotees of Lord with humility and great reverence; he served them with a sumptuous meal.  Within six months all those grains and pulses have vanished; once again the family went back to extreme poverty.  But Narsih Mehta continued his daily rites and devotion to Lord Krishna as if he was least affected by the situations in the family.

Those days the marriage of daughters was performed at a young age,  but the girl remains in the maternal house till she attains the period of menstruation, later she will be sent to her in-law’s home on an auspicious day.   The daughter of Narsih was married at a young age, one day the family priest of the groom of Kunwarbai arrived and informed Narsih to send back her to in-law’s place with all those formalities like dowry.  The priest was found the family is in utter poverty, and there were no arrangements made to send off their daughter.   Manekbai was worried about the future of her daughter, Narsihji requested the priest to give some time so that he can make arrangements for sending her off, saying so he continued his usual routines Namasankeerthan and worship of Lord Krishna.  But the priest was not convinced with the idea of Narasih, he decided to leave home on the next day.