aint Vyapakanand was most popular Baniya got released from the jail. among people. He was Omni-amorous He had to sell off all his property and saint, beloved and coveted by all. He was household articles in order to pay the above the level of ordinary attachments. fine to the state. Apart from selling off Such supreme saint Vyapakanandji was the property, he had to borrow money, very dear to Shri Hari as he was very take loan and take big amount on high chaste and knowledgeable. He had interest. Even then the amount was not achieved the state of Samadhi and had enough to pay the entire fine and he had realized in his soul the competence of to suffer the consequences of his Maharaj as the master of all abodes. insolvency. He thought of committing Thus he had forsaken all awareness of suicide and came to the Shiva temple body and always remained beyond the outside the border of the state. He started level of material taking circles around pleasures. the Shivlingam and Dying Debtor Saved gave out pathetic cry “O God! I will have to Once this pious give up my Hindu saint Vyapakanand culture. My birth was on his Satsang will go invain!” He tour and unwillingly was moving around crossed a woodland. the Shivlinga, while From there he went c r y i ng, s o b b i ng, further and came to a lamenting out of fear town which was to lose Hindu ruled by a nonProf. Madhusudan Vyas religion, he saw two Hindu king. He had a Vadodara saints coming near Baniya as his him. Vyapakanand secretary who had Swami looked senior served there for a long period. But one one, therefore the Baniya was delighted day by misfortune he came into fault and to see him. He bowed to him and started the king, considering his serious crime to wash Swami’s feet with his tears. The put him behind the bars. He had to saint Vyapakanand, purified him and remain locked in the prison for many asked him, “what is wrong with you? days and then his case was taken for What happened? Tell me your agony.” prosecution. At the end, he was The Baniya narrated his agony and the punished to pay fine in cash. A big calamity which he had undergone with amount of rupees was decided to be folded hands and in trembling voice he taken from him as fine. If he failed to pay told the story of his great suffering. the fine in one month, he had to accept Then the Baniya obeyed him and Muslim way of life and become a Muslim. On this hard condition he was accepted Swaminarayan as his chief God released on bail. After getting another and his wife and son also did the same. When the Baniya took shelter of the big merchant as bail and witness this saint of Shriji Maharaj, the great shelter
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