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Lakshmichand Sheth 41
Kurute dinjanastato angjalim. 9
O Bhagwan! You have compassionately/mercifully granted a
great favour to the people for their moksha. Who is capable of
repaying You for this favour. (Nobody.) That is why I, Dinanath
Bhatt, with folded hands bow to You.
12. LAKSHMICHAND SHETH
Once Shriji Maharaj was addressing the holy assembly of
devotees and sadhus at Kariyani. At that time, Shriji Maharaj
pointed towards a little boy about eight years old and asked
Ramanujanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami junior, “Do you
know him?” The sadhus replied that the boy was the son of a
certain devotee.
Shriji Maharaj once again asked, “I don’t want his identification
in this birth. Can you tell me who he was in his last birth? Have
you ever met him before?”
Sadhus replied, “No, Maharaj.”
Shriji Maharaj said, “This child is Lakshmichand Sheth of
Vrindavan. He had served me and you all too and because of that
today he has got my association. He is a very noble soul.”
This Lakshmichand Sheth was very rich and generous and was
a great devotee of God. He had constructed a beautiful mandir
of Shrirangji at Vrindavan and had erected a big pillar in its
courtyard. That pillar was covered with 22 maunds of gold sheets.
Although he had done so much to please God, he always served
food to beggars from morning to noon without becoming proud of
what he was doing. He was offering this service, not with a view
to earn name and fame, but for the moksha of his soul. Once a
sadhu of Shriji Maharaj, Sukhanand Swami, arrived at Vrindavan.
At that time Sheth was offering food in charity to the needy. The
sadhu stood in a corner. When all the people were served, the
sadhu approached the Sheth and collected food. The Sheth asked