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Light of Divinity

In the evening, when Meera went to Guruji’s, she was
embarrassed. The Satguru told her that she had given him only
two rupees when he had come to her shop! It was Guruji’s hukm
that Meera sit at the shop. Though she felt she was not trained
to do so, she followed his order. Later, Guruji went to Jalandhar.
Meera would remember him a great deal and weep in front of
his photograph. She also used to read the holy Shiv Purana and
tell her beads, chanting Om Namah Shivay, Shivji Sada Sahay and
Om Namah Shivay, Guruji Sada Sahay. Whenever they would feel
Guruji’s rosy fragrance pervading the shop’s interiors, the couple
would get a change of clothes from their house nearby and leave
for Jalandhar.

During one such visit to Jalandhar, Guruji told her not to
remember him so much and not to cry. He also advised her to do
more of the Shivji Sahay mantra.

Thanks to her constant remembrance, Guruji continued to visit
her shop. Once a man dressed like an ascetic came to her shop. He
said he wanted to give her a rosary or mala. When she put out her
hands, he asked her to bow and put the mala on her neck. He also
advised her to always keep the rosary with her.

Later, when her grandson was born, Guruji paid them another
visit in disguise. This time it was to give a bangle for the newborn.
He gave a similar bangle to Meera. When Meera had started going
to the shop, she had put up Guruji’s photo there. But Guruji had
not allowed it, she says, and she had put it back at home. After five
months of her going to the shop, he allowed her to put the photo in
her shop. Meera says their shop started doing well and their earlier
losses were made up. Guruji even helped Mr. Kapoor keep his word.
One day, Kapoor promised a certain man that he would pay him the
Rs. 3 lakh due to him that day itself. Meera pointed out that the shop
didn’t even have one-sixth of that amount in cash, but her husband
said that he had also been promised two payments and they would
make up the sum required.

Kapoor went to collect the money. One man asked him to come
back a week later; another postponed the payment for a day. Money-
less, Kapoor petitioned Guruji while walking in front of the Karol
Bagh Gurdwara: if he could not keep his word, it would be a matter
of disrespect for Guruji, not him. Firmly turning over the matter to
Guruji, Kapoor returned to his shop.

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