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He
took some quantity of wheat in a winnowing fan, and then drawing
up the sleeves of His Kafni (robe); and taking hold of the peg
of the hand-mill, started grinding the wheat by putting a few
handfuls of wheat in the upper opening of the mill and rotoated
it. I thought ‘What business Baba had with the grinding of
wheat, when He possessed nothing and stored nothing, and as He
lived on alms!’ Some people who had come there thought
likewise, but none had the courage to ask baba what He was
doing. Immediately, this news of Baba's grinding wheat spread
into the village, and at once men and women ran to the Masjid
and flocked there to see Baba's act. Four bold women, fro m the
crowd, forced their way up and pushing Baba aside, took forcibly
the peg or handle into their hands, and, singing Baba's Leelas,
started grinding. At first Baba was enraged, but on seeing the
women's love and devotion, He was much pleased and began to
smile. While they were grinding, they began to think that Baba
had no house, no property, no children, none to look after, and
He lived on alms, He did not require any wheat-flour for making
bread or roti, what will He do with this big quantity of flour?
Perhaps as Baba is very kind, He will distribute the flour
amongst us. Thinking in this way while singing, they finished
the grinding and after putting the hand-mill aside, they divided
the flour into four portions and began to remove them one per
head. Baba, Who was calm and quiet up till now, got wild and
started abusing them saying, "Ladies, are you gone mad?
Whose father's property are you looting away? Have I borrowed
any wheat from you, so that you can safely take the flour? Now
please do this. Take the flour and throw it on the village
border limits." On hearing this, the women felt abashed and
whispering amongst themselves, went away to the outskirts of the
village and spread the flour as directed by Baba. |
