In one village there lived a weaver. He was a very spiritual person. Everyone trusted him and loved him.
One day a weaver went to the market to sell his work. When a buyer approached and asked the price of the fabric, he answered:
“By the will of Rama, yarn costs one rupee, by the will of Rama, work costs four annas, by the will of Rama, the profit is two annas, by the will of Rama, the price of fabric is a rupee and six annas.”
And people felt such trust in him that they immediately paid money and took the fabric. This man was truly pious.
In the evening after dinner, he always sat for a long time and thought about God, repeating His Holy Name. One late night, the weaver could not sleep and was smoking while sitting in the yard. A gang of robbers passed by. They needed a porter, and when they saw the weaver, they grabbed him and dragged him with them. Then they broke down the door of one house and plundered many things there, some of which they loaded onto the shoulders of the poor weaver. At this time the guard was passing by. The robbers ran away, but the poor weaver was caught with his heavy load. He spent the night in custody, and the next morning he was brought before a judge.
The villagers, hearing what had happened, came to visit the weaver. And they all said to the judge in one voice:
“Sir, this man could not have stolen anything.”
Then the judge forced the weaver to describe everything that happened to him. Tkach said:
“Sir, by the will of Rama I sat in the courtyard; by the will of Rama it was late at night; by the will of Rama, I thought about God and repeated His Holy Name; by the will of Rama, robbers passed along the road; by the will of Rama they dragged me with them; by the will of Rama they broke into the house; by the will of Rama, they piled bundles of stolen goods onto my shoulders; by the will of Rama the guards came; and by the will of Rama I was caught. Then, by the will of Rama, I was locked in prison, and the next morning, the will of Rama brought me to you.
The judge, seeing the man's innocence and spirituality, ordered his immediate release. And, leaving the court, the weaver said to his friends:
“The will of Rama freed me.”
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru