BUT FAITH WORKS MIRACLES

A MILK-MAID used to supply milk to a
brahmana priest living on the other side of a river.
Owing to the irregularities of the boat service, she
could not supply him milk punctually every day,
Once, being rebuked for her going late, the poor
woman said, "What can I do?
I start early from my house, but have to wait for a
long time at the river bank for the boatman and the
passengers. The priest said, "Woman! They cross
the ocean of life by uttering the name of God, and
can't you cross this little river?" The simple-hearted
woman became very glad at heart on learning this
easy means of crossing the river. From the next
clay the milk was being supplied early in the
morning. One day the priest said to the woman,
"How is it that you are no longer late nowadays?"
She said, "I cross the river by uttering the name of
the Lord as you told me to do, and don't stand
now in need of a boatman." The priest could not
believe this and said, "Can you show me how you
cross the river?" The woman took him with her
and began to walk over the water. Looking
behind, the woman saw the priest in a sad plight

and said, "How, is it, sir, that you are uttering the
name of God with your mouth, but at the same
time with your hands you are trying to keep your
cloth untouched by water? You do not fully rely on
Him."
Entire resignation and absolute faith in God are at
the root of all miraculous deeds.