Pilgrimage of Pushkar Raj

Parikrama  of  the  Narmada  having  been  concluded, Prabhuji, after  visiting  a  number  of  centres  of  pilgrimage,  reached  Pushkar Raj in Ajmer.  Vairagis, sanyasis, brahmacharis and other mahatmas  also started staying  with  Prabhuji. Vairagis and sanyasis were often at daggers’ drawn with each other. One day, a number of vairagis  wanted to beat  a  few  sanyasis  as  the  discussion  flared up. At that time, a mahatma named Brahmanand, was  also present there along with some of his disciples. Prabhuji was  seated  at a place nearby. Hearing  the tumult and uproar, He advised both factions of mahatmas that they ought to serve as symbols of peace of grihasthis, the households, rather than quarrel with one another. The advice fell flat on their deaf cars. Both the parties became very furious and from harsh words they came to blow and even started beating Mahatma Brahmanand and his disciples. One of the vairagis wanted to strike at Prabhuji as well. Hariharanand  who  was  then  on  the  roof top  saw this, swiftly jumped down, snarched off a stick from one of the vairagis and fiercely wielding it, fell upon the attackers like a lighting and dispersed the warring  groups in no time. Mahatma Brahmanand  was  greatly  astonished. He commanded Hariharanand’s  courage and expressed his gratitude to Prabhuji who finished off the matter by saying  that Hariharanand’s  action  at  the appropriate  time  was  just part of the duty. After staying  there  for  a day or so,  Prabhuji  proceeded  towards  Bengal  and  Bihar.