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Bhagwan Singh Reads Sanskrit
Thakur Bhagwan Singh became an orphan during his childhood, and he was compelled to leave his home. Maharaj gave him shelter and took him into his service, appointing him priest of the Hanuman temple at Vrindavan ashram. Bhagwan Singh was not well educated nor was he a Brahmin. For this reason people were not happy with his appointment and tried to get him to leave. When some prominent persons requested Baba to give the sacred work of worship to a learned, high-caste Brahmin, Baba said that Bhagwan Singh was learned and praised his knowledge of Sanskrit. Baba's opinion did not find favor with those people, and one of them asked the question, "Can Bhagwan Singh read the eleventh chapter of the Gita?" Baba at once called Bhagwan Singh and asked him to read the chapter. Bhagwan Singh said, "Baba made me sit near him by his takhat. He covered my head with one end of his blanket and touched my forehead with his toe. He then told me to read." After Baba touched him on the forehead, he read the whole chapter with the correct pronunciation. All were surprised by this unexpected scholarship and left satisfied.
