In English
and the disciple
Once a disciple went to a preceptor and requested him to impart to him the Supreme Knowledge of Omni-Self - . The gave him a and asked him to recite it continually without any selfish desire. The told him that after he has done this wholeheartedly for a year he could come and receive the (knowledge of the Self). The disciple came back after a year duly carrying out with devotion the instructions of the preceptor. Filled with the hope that the preceptor would impart the Supreme Knowledge, the disciple had a sacred bath and was on his way to the preceptor. Unaware of the presence of the disciple, a maid was sweeping the (hermitage) premises and the dust from the ground fell on the young man. Immediately, he lost his temper, as he felt that his purity after a sacred bath had been sullied by the dust that fell on him. He was angry with the maid for allowing the dust in fall on him. He looked at her with anger. The maid was filled with fear.