Saints: Beyond Reproach, Beyond Judgment

They are beyond our understanding

This story is based on a narration from a devotee in Lucknow who had been in the association of Shri Maharaj Ji from the early 1950’s.

This story goes back to the time when I used to live with my family in a railway bungalow and my daughter was twelve years old. One day while playing she twisted and sprained her ankle and her foot became swollen. It was at the same time, that Shri Maharaj Ji paid us a surprise visit. Shri Maharaj Ji saw her swollen foot and said, "her foot is swollen. Do you have Iodex?" I didn't have it and so I replied, “No Maharaj Ji, we don't. But let me ask someone to get it from the market”. Shamshad, the younger brother of my colleague M. Faridi was visiting our home at that time and so I asked him to go and buy Iodex from the pharmacy. 

​Shri Maharaj ji said, "I think my foot is also hurt. While we looked at his charan, it swelled up too". The remarkable thing about his foot swelling up was that it was the same foot and at the exact same place where my daughter's foot was swollen. Shri Maharaj ji asked Shamshad and I to massage His charan with Iodex.​Both of us massaged Shri Maharaj Ji's foot. After we were done Shri Maharaj Ji told me to go and put Iodex on my daughter's foot. It was Shri Maharaj Ji’s grace that I understood His divine leela and so I responded by saying, “Please don't try to fool me. I understand everything. She no longer needs any medicine”. And that was the truth; my daughter’s foot was fully healed, and she did not need any medicine.

After Shamshad left our home that night, I asked Shri Maharaj Ji, “Maharaj Ji you know he is a Muslim boy and you allowed him to massage your feet? Shri Maharaj Ji said, "I wanted to give him a chance to serve Me". I was skeptical; I said, “He’s a Muslim. What does he know about serving, faith, devotion etc?" Shri Maharaj Ji smiled and didn't answer.

Next day Shamshad invited Shri Maharaj Ji to his home. Saints have the capability to know the past and present of any jeev and treat them according to that. They overlook the boundaries of caste, creed, religion which are created by humans. Shri Maharaj Ji visited him and accepted the food that they lovingly prepared and offered to Him.

Moral: When a saint's actions don’t make sense to our limited mind, remember that - With His infinite knowledge when a saint performs some action it might seem irrational, unwarranted or even imprudent to us.

Remind yourself - I have limited knowledge and He has unlimited knowledge. So, I am wrong in thinking that He is wrong. He is always right.