Maharaj
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Divine Reality
The Birth of Badrivishal
Maharaj was staying at the house of Ram Ratan Sharma when Sharma's brother-in-law expressed his sadness and anguish on being childless. Baba said, "You go to have Badrinath's darshan just after one year from today." His wife became pregnant, and in obedience to Baba's command, they went on the pilgrimage to Badrinath. On their way back Badrivishal was born in Joshimath (a town along the way), but on the third day after his birth, the child caught cold at night and died. His mother had firm faith that Baba would certainly save her child. Remembering Baba, the parents fell asleep, afflicted by grief. In the early hours of the morning they had Baba's darshan in a dream, and he told them, "Don't worry. Sri Ram will save you."
When they woke up, the father came out of their room with the intention of consigning the tiny body of their dead child, which they had wrapped in a piece of white cloth, to the Ganges. He saw a sadhu with tangled hair, wearing red clothes, sitting on the floor outside the door. The sadhu said, "I understand your grief. Take this child inside, he is alive." He sprinkled a little water from his kamandal on the dead child, and the child started breathing. The father took the child inside to his mother. When he returned to thank the sadhu, he was gone.
When they woke up, the father came out of their room with the intention of consigning the tiny body of their dead child, which they had wrapped in a piece of white cloth, to the Ganges. He saw a sadhu with tangled hair, wearing red clothes, sitting on the floor outside the door. The sadhu said, "I understand your grief. Take this child inside, he is alive." He sprinkled a little water from his kamandal on the dead child, and the child started breathing. The father took the child inside to his mother. When he returned to thank the sadhu, he was gone.
