In English
Faith can compel the Lord to manifest Himself
A thief once listened quite accidentally to the recital of the charms of during childhood. He stopped for a moment and could not pull himself away. He heard the description of the ornaments wore and got a great desire to steal those precious treasures, so he asked the pandit exactly where would be tending the cows alone or with just his elder brother or with handful of comrades. The pandit told him rather curtly, “In , on the bank.” Planning to catch alone and deprive him of the ornaments, he hurried off to . Sure enough, he met the Boy alone next morning at the head of his herd of cows, but how could he take the ornaments off that Loveliness? He was afraid that the removal of even one ornament would reduce the lustre, and his heart did not allow him to do that. He looked on for hour, lost in ecstasy, till himself asked him, but he was too ashamed to mention it. knew it, however. He gave him all the jewels he wore. The thief was overcome with shame and joy; he fell at the boy’s Feet, but when he rose, was not to be seen. He came to his village and consulted the pandit . “Are these the jewels of that you extolled the other day? I went to and He gave them to me.” Needless to say, the pandit fell at robber’s feet. Faith can work wonders. It can compel the Lord to manifest Himself and give you what you believe he will give. The priests and pressed Me with the request to agree to their proposal to have some programme, which they called the Conquest of Three Worlds (). That is a sign of their enthusiasm and faith. They wish Me to give them audience as lying on the serpent with one thousand heads forming the couch (as ), using the serpent-like couch () that was brought by a devotee from . It seems they, like the priests mentioned in the , will represent to Me then the sad condition of the scriptures () they study and practise, including the mother of all scriptures, the . When this idea was first placed before Me, someone objected on the ground that I was asked to give audience () “like” . He did not like the idea of “like”. I also have an objection against “acting” in a “drama”. But I was so moved by the earnestness of their request that I agreed. Really speaking, this is itself acting a part. It is “putting on” a function and “assuming” a role, by the Function-less and the Role-less. As far as the is concerned, I shall give you of the personified () before you disperse. Be assured of that.