देनेका संस्कार
एक सन्तने एक द्वारपर आवाज लगायी- ‘भिक्षां देहि ।’ एक छोटी-सी बच्ची बाहर आयी और बोली ‘बाबा! हम बहुत गरीब हैं और हमारे पास देनेको कुछ नहीं है।’
सन्त बोले- ‘बेटी ! मना मत कर, अपने आँगनकी धूल ही दे दे।’
बच्चीने एक मुट्ठी धूल उठायी और भिक्षापात्रमें डाल दी। भिक्षा लेकर सन्त अपने शिष्यके साथ आगे बढ़ गये।
शिष्य बोला- ‘गुरुजी, धूल भी कोई भिक्षा है। आपने धूल देनेको क्यों कहा?”
सन्त बोले- ‘बेटा! अगर वह आज ‘न’ कह देती तो फिर कभी दान नहीं दे पाती। धूल दी तो क्या हुआ, दान देनेका संस्कार तो पड़ गया। आज धूल दी है तो भी उसमें दान देनेकी भावना तो
जागी।’
sacrament of giving
A saint shouted at a door – ‘Bhikshan dehi’. A little girl came out and said ‘Baba! We are very poor and have nothing to give.’
Saint said – ‘ Daughter! Don’t refuse, just give the dust of your yard.’
The girl picked up a handful of dust and put it in the begging bowl. Taking alms, the saint went ahead with his disciple.
The disciple said – ‘ Guruji, dust is also alms. Why did you ask to give dust?”
Saint said – ‘ Son! If she had said ‘no’ today, she would never have been able to donate again. What happened if you gave dust, the rituals of donating have become. Even if I have given dust today, there is a sense of giving in it.
Woke up.
