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Reminiscences of past life
A. With saffron and flower. Q. Wherefrom did you get these articles ?
I got saffron paste from a cup kept on smaller Marudevi Mata's elephant and flowers from a garden close by my nest
in Siddhawad. Q. How could you get entry into the temple for worship in the
great crowd of pilgrims ? A. I went for worship in the afternoon when the crowd dispersed. Q. At that time, when the doors were closed, how could you get in ? A. I went in through the bars of the panels. Q. What had you in your mind at the time of your death? A. The satisfaction of worshipping Adeswar Bhagwan. Q. You say you lived in Siddhawad which is in Kathiawad and
Messrs. Dhaddha brothers live in Marwar about 500 miles
away, how did you take birth in their family! A. They invited me and I accepted their invitation.
At this stage of the examination we were astonished to hear the boy say that we had invited him. He turned his face towards us and said: -" When you and Masaheb ( the old grand lady who unfortunately did not survive to witness the feats of her darling ) were praying at the dome under Siddhawad, I was sitting on the top of the dome, Masaheb took a fancy for me and she asked if I would like to live with her and I beckoned to her in the affirmative."
On this hint, my brother and I began to strtech our memory and to recollect if such was the case. It was a fact that after the Ahmedabad conference our whole family had gone to Siddhachal. At that time we had all gone in the 6 mile race on Fagan sudi 13. ( corresponding with March.) We had a faint memory of a parrot sitting on the dome and our mother telling us that the parrot was beautiful. But we did not know that she had spoken to the parrot. .: 186 :
[ Shree Atmaramji
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