Vakil Saheb
Mr. Vishvanath Rajgarhiya was a great devotee of Baba Mastramji. Babaji who called him Vakil Saheb because he was an advocate by profession. He was a resident of Bari Bazar in Munghyr, Bihar. His family held Babaji in high esteem and he often visited with his wife Triveni Mai and his elder sister whom Babaji called Buaji. Since Vakil Saheb was spiritually oriented, he used to pay visits to Hanuman Shila in order increase his devotion to his favourite forms of Bhagavan, which were Lord Rama and Sitaji, to imbibe Babaji’s teaching and to gain strength to tread the spiritual path. Once when he came to have darshan of Babaji, he stayed at the Kothi and sought Babaji’s permission to observe a fast on Gangajal so that he could be blessed with his grace and have the darshan of his desired deities Shri Rama and Sitaji.
Babaji gave him permission. Vakil Saheb started his fast on Gangajal remembering his desired deities and continuously contemplating on them. When, by the grace of Babaji, he was blessed with the darshan of Shri Rama and Sitaji, feeling fulfilled Vakil Saheb gave up his body. At the time of his demise, only his wife and sister were at the ashram with him. They were inconsolably grieved but Babaji’s presence gave them immeasurable strength and after meeting him alone in his cave they found the presence of mind to go forward with the necessary last rites. Babaji himself oversaw the proceedings from the top of Hanuman Shila. Men & babas present at the ashram took Vakil Saheb’s body near the Hanuman Shila for cremation. However, despite all efforts the pyre could not be lit. At the instance of Babaji, an earthen lamp was then prepared by Dineshji, taken to the top of Hanuman Shila and lighted by Babaji himself. With the help of that lamp the pyre was able to be ignited. Vakil Mai, as Babaji called Triveni Mai, performed the kapal kriya. Immediately after the rites had been performed, Vakil Mai and her sister-in-law rushed to their home town because of compulsions relating to obsequies. What is worth reiterating here is that it was Babaji who helped light the pyre and oversaw the performance of the last rites, which was unusual for Babaji. It showed his abounding compassion and care for his beloved devotee Vakil Saheb.
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UTTARAKHAND.
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