What is the significance behind Baba's words, when He addressed Mrs. Tarkhad Mo

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What is the significance behind Baba's words, when He addressed Mrs.

Tarkhad " Mother, you have fed Me sumptuously up to my throat " .

 

Once, Mrs. Tarkhad was staying in a certain house in Shirdi. At noon,

meals were ready and dishes were being served, when a hungry dog

turned up there and began to cry, Mrs. Tarkhad got up at once and

threw a piece of bread, which the dog gulped with great relish. In

the afternoon, when she went to the Masjid and sat at some distance,

Sai Baba said to her, " Mother, you have fed Me sumptuously up to my

throat, My afflicted pranas (life-forces) have been satisfied. always

act like this, and this will stand you in good stead. Sitting in this

Masjid I shall never, never speak untruth. Take pity on Me like this.

First give bread to the hungry, and then eat yourself. Note this

well. " She could not at first understand the meaning of what Baba

said. So she replied -- " Baba, how could I feed You? I am myself

dependent on others and take my food from them on payment. " Then Baba

replied -- " Eating that lovely bread I am heartily contended and I am

still belching. The dog which you saw before meals and to which you

gave the piece of bread is, one with Me, so also other creatures

(cats, pigs, flies, cows etc.) are one with Me. I am roaming in their

forms. He, who sees Me in all these creatures is My beloved. So

abandon the sense of duality and distinction, and serve Me, as you

did today. " Drinking these nectar-like words, she was moved, her eyes

were filled with tears, her throat was choked and her joy knew no

bounds