In English
wanted to demonstrate to that was indeed a very ardent devotee. So and disguised themselves as two and came to ’s house. According to the tradition, it was the duty of the householder to receive the guests and honour them, and in this aspect there was none better than . As soon as saw the two coming, he himself threw away the King’s garb and wore clothes typical of the . He brought water and washed the feet of his guests and honoured them suitably. requested them to be his guests. With a view to making realise the depth of the devotion of , had been planning this meeting for quite some time. When asked and to accept his hospitality and be his guests for food, replied, “We do not have the time to accept your hospitality. We have come here with a specific problem and require your help. While coming to your house, my son has been swallowed by a tiger and, at this time, only half the body of my son has been swallowed and the other half is outside. A formless voice said that if the body of my son was to be freed, I will have to get half the body of King as a meal for the tiger and then, I was told, my son would be set free.” As soon as heard of this, he saw an opportunity to be of some service to his guest. He knew very well that immortality comes out of sacrifice, and he was prepared to sacrifice his body. He knew very well that the human body was given to him so that he might be able to help others. He knew that the human body would drop off some day or the other, and so he was prepared to sacrifice his body to satisfy others. He called his wife and son and asked them to cut his body into two halves with a sword. His wife and son thought that was preparing to fulfil a sacred task and so they also prepared to cut the body into two halves. and were watching this situation without even batting their eyelids once.