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Books - Pragya Puran Stories -2
Language: ENGLISH
Saint Eknath's Offering to a Donkey
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It was a long and arduous journey.
Saint Eknath was with them.
When they were crossing a vast desert, they saw a donkey dying of thirst.
Saint Eknath immediately offered his water to the donkey and saved his life.
The other saints in the group were furious, and considered it an insult to the Lord Shiva, since the water meant for offering to the God had been wasted on a donkey.
Saint Eknath explained his act very calmly,
"O wise men, you have read again and again in the holy books that God is everywhere. Then, why are you so upset? Any thing that is not utilized at the right moment is useless. The water that this dying donkey drank has reached straight to Lord Shiva in Rameshwaram!"
Ox's Wounds Appear on Saint's Body.
Saint Kewalram was traveling in a bullock cart.
He was narrating Lord Krishna's fables to the coachman. Suddenly the oxen stopped at a place and the coachman, as usual, cracked a couple of whips on them.
The bullock cart was now racing along.
The coachman now realized that the saint is silent.
He turned around and was horrified to see that the saint had fainted.
He picked him up and saw that the marks of the whips were clearly visible on the saint's back!
True saints develop oneness with all creatures and can feel their sufferings.