I have known of many stories of great Saints and religious leaders. I have often wondered what happened when they were alive and how long did it take for people to recognize them. We have known of many people that were mistreated by general public during their life and now we know how great they were . Even Budhha was not as popular when he was alive as he became after his death. Mirabai and Tukaram and Dnyneshwar and many others were mistreated b the society. So how come they were not recognized by the general public? That brings me to the story from Rmayan.
When Lord Rama was in Vanawas - and was at banks of river ganga (Ganges),, he wanted to cross it and even though he was reincarnation of Lord Vishnu he was in Human forms and was limited to the human body ability. So there was a boatman and Lord Rama requested him to take him and Sita and Lakshman . The Boatman would not allow Rama to to get in the boat without cleaned his feet . His point was that he did not want even a single dust particle on Lord Rama's feet as he had heard that when lord Rama's feet touched a stone , it turned in to a lady - AHILYA.So he did not want to take any chance . So Rama agreed and wanted to wash his own feet .But he would not allow Rama to wash his own feet . The boatman wanted to wash them himself . He said , he could not take any chance . -that was the excuse he gave. Then when Rama wanted to pay him for the boat trip, he stated that that is Professional courtesy- as the boatman help cross the river and Lord Rama helps to cross the Ocean of LIFE.
This statement tell that the boatman knew who RAMA was - it takes to recognize one!!
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