Passage 4

In English

God has pledged to protect His devotees

asked to get down from the chariot and go to the house. In his conceit, he was regarding himself as the master of the chariot and as only the charioteer and according to the customary practice, the charioteer should first get down and only then the master could get down. Although repeatedly asked to get down first, told that he should get down first. Ultimately, to avoid an unpleasant tiff with , because he would need 's help for the next day's battle, got' down from the chariot. asked him to get into the house immediately and after had gone in, jumped out of the chariot. Immediately the entire chariot went up' in flames. Seeing this, and asked the reason for such an extraordinary event. replied: "None can understand the nature of Divinity or the sports of the Divine. The Divine has no self-interest. God has pledged Himself to protect His devotees and uphold them. In today's battle all the deadly arrows which had aimed at you were all kept pressed under my feet and because of this, these arrows did not cause any harm to you. If I had got out of the chariot first, these deadly arrows would have reduced you to ashes. Being unaware of this truth, you wanted me to get down first from the chariot. On hearing these words from , gave up his conceit.