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LIFE OF NARADA
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The Mahatmas left the village. The boy continu-
ed to practise Sadhana. He did Bhajan.
One day a snake bit his mother and she died.
The boy left the village and went to a dense forest.
He sat underneath a Peepul tree on the bank of a
river and meditated on Lord Hari.
The Lord revealed Himself in his heart. The
hairs of his body stood erect. He forgot all about
the world and even the consciousness of his own
existence. He was immersed in the ocean of bliss.
Then suddenly the Form of Lord Hari disappear-
ed. The boy was very much grieved. He again tried
to have the vision of the Lord. He heard a voice
from the sky. "O Child! you cannot again get My
vision in the present birth. I revealed Myself to you
now in order to increase and strengthen your love
towards Me. You have cultivated strong devotion to
Me through the influence of Satsangh even for a short
time. When you leave your present body, you will
be a devotee very near and dear to Me. You will be
attached to Me and you will remember the incidents
of your present birth even after the termination of
this Kalpa through My grace."
The boy left the place and moved about in the
world singing the glories and Names of the Lord.
He gave up association with the world. In course
of time his body perished. He attained the pure,
divine body of a companion of God.
At the end of the Kalpa he entered the heart of
Brahma through His breath when he lay down on
11
The Mahatmas left the village. The boy continu-
ed to practise Sadhana. He did Bhajan.
One day a snake bit his mother and she died.
The boy left the village and went to a dense forest.
He sat underneath a Peepul tree on the bank of a
river and meditated on Lord Hari.
The Lord revealed Himself in his heart. The
hairs of his body stood erect. He forgot all about
the world and even the consciousness of his own
existence. He was immersed in the ocean of bliss.
Then suddenly the Form of Lord Hari disappear-
ed. The boy was very much grieved. He again tried
to have the vision of the Lord. He heard a voice
from the sky. "O Child! you cannot again get My
vision in the present birth. I revealed Myself to you
now in order to increase and strengthen your love
towards Me. You have cultivated strong devotion to
Me through the influence of Satsangh even for a short
time. When you leave your present body, you will
be a devotee very near and dear to Me. You will be
attached to Me and you will remember the incidents
of your present birth even after the termination of
this Kalpa through My grace."
The boy left the place and moved about in the
world singing the glories and Names of the Lord.
He gave up association with the world. In course
of time his body perished. He attained the pure,
divine body of a companion of God.
At the end of the Kalpa he entered the heart of
Brahma through His breath when he lay down on