BABA AND HUMOUR (1)

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Humour is a distinct human quality. And of all Baba's human qualities, his sense

of humour was the most outstanding. Baba's sense of humour was of a very

peculiar kind being at first hardly intelligible to people around him. The

humour consisted in there being two applications for the words he uttered, one

being patent and other often being discovered after some time and enquiry. We

shall give some examples.In the case of one G. D. Pelaspi who approached Baba,

the latter according to his custom of revealing his antarjnana about the

visitor so as to infuse faith in him, mentioned the fact that the trouble of

Pelaspi was that a debtor of his, named Bapu Saheb was delaying and evading

payment of Rs. 4,000 due to Pelaspi. So, Baba said when Pelaspi came, `What is

Bapu Saheb doing:" Thinking that Baba referred to Bapu Saheb Jog, someone

present said, `He is sleeping'. Baba said, `When he come here, beat

him. He owes me Rs. 4,000 and is delaying payment'. People fancied that Baba was

angry with Bapu Saheb Jog for the alleged non-payment of debt to him. But Baba

was referring only to the pandit of Pelaspi. Pelaspi understood Baba's words

and took Baba's words as good augury that pressure would be brought upon his

debtor to make the payment quickly. But the others who misunderstood Baba

thought that he referred to his poojari namely, Bapu Saheb Jog. They informed

him of Baba's words and he was very upset by Baba's statement, for he did not

owe Rs. 4,000 to Baba and he said, `The claim is unjust'. But Baba was enjoying

the fun. Similarly Baba used the words, Tatya, Bapu, Vani, referring to

particular persons or particular sort of persons. People who heard him could

not make out the real reference. Baba enjoyed the fun.(Courtesy: HH Pujyasri B.

V. Narasimha Swamiji)

source:

Arun Reddy Nukala

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