The Hindu sage Narada started out on a pilgrimage to the temple of the Lord Vishnu. One night he stopped at a village and was given hospitality in the hut of a childless couple. Before he set out the next morning the man said to Narada, "You are going to worship Vishnu. Ask him to give me and my wife a child."
When Narada reached the temple, he said to the Lord, "That man and his wife were very kind to me. Be merciful to them and give them a child." The Lord replied,with an air of finality. "It is not in the destiny of that man to have children." So Narada performed his devotions and went back home.
Five years later he set out on the same pilgrimage and stopped at the same village and was given hospitality once again by the same couple. This time there were two little children playing at the entrance of the hut.
"Whose children are these?" asked Narada. "Mine," said the man. Narada was intrigued. The man went on, "Soon after you left us, five years ago, a sannyasi came to our village. We put him
up for the night. The next morning, before departing, he blessed my wife and me . . . and these are the fruits of his blessing."
When Narada heard this, he could not wait to get to the temple of Vishnu again. When he got there he shouted right from the entrance of the temple, "Did you not tell me that it was not in
the destiny of that man to have children? He has two!"
When the Lord heard this, he laughed aloud and said, "That must be the doing of a saint. Saints have the power to change destiny!"
As they discovered at a wedding feast when the mother of Jesus got up to work a miracle before his destiny allowed it.When Narada reached the temple, he said to the Lord, "That man and his wife were very kind to me. Be merciful to them and give them a child." The Lord replied,with an air of finality. "It is not in the destiny of that man to have children." So Narada performed his devotions and went back home.
Five years later he set out on the same pilgrimage and stopped at the same village and was given hospitality once again by the same couple. This time there were two little children playing at the entrance of the hut.
"Whose children are these?" asked Narada. "Mine," said the man. Narada was intrigued. The man went on, "Soon after you left us, five years ago, a sannyasi came to our village. We put him
up for the night. The next morning, before departing, he blessed my wife and me . . . and these are the fruits of his blessing."
When Narada heard this, he could not wait to get to the temple of Vishnu again. When he got there he shouted right from the entrance of the temple, "Did you not tell me that it was not in
the destiny of that man to have children? He has two!"
When the Lord heard this, he laughed aloud and said, "That must be the doing of a saint. Saints have the power to change destiny!"
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