When Sriguru was at Ganagapur, large group of devotees thronged to get his blessings. Someone or the other would arrange sumptuous food to the devotees. No day passed without the sumptuous food being provided to the devotees. A poor Brahmin named Bhaskar lived in a village near Ganagapur. Due to poverty they would maintain themselves just on dry bread.
Bhaskar was a great devotee of Sriguru. He had a great desire to feed Sriguru. Therefore, he started saving food grains and money, a bit at a time, on a day-today basis. Finally he came to Ganagapur. However, in Ganagapur’s huge crowd he would remain silent with his little bundle of food grains and money. Everyday a Brahmin would hold the ceremony of serving sumptuous food to the devotees. This way, three months passed. Other Brahmins started commenting on poor Bhaskar “This person is continuing here to enjoy whatever available free. Whatever he has brought in that small package is hardly enough to feed at the most three Brahmins, but this Brahmin is planning to feed all the Brahmins with this little package of food grains”.
Sriguru understood the heart-desire of his devotee Bhaskar. One day Sriguru called on Bhaskar and said “Today, you arrange for the ceremony of serving food to the Brahmins”. Bhaskar was extremely happy since Sriguru himself gave the order. With the little money available with him, Bhaskar went to the market and bought vegetables and groceries. Sriguru himself sent the invitation to all the Brahmins for the ceremony. He also ordered for four thousand leaf-plates to serve food in. Seeing this large-scale preparation all the Brahmins started making fun of Bhaskar. However, the fully devoted Bhaskar was busy in preparing cooked food for the ceremony. Bhaskar worshipped Sriguru once the cooked food was ready. Then Sriguru asked Bhaskar to bring the vessels containing cooked food in his presence. Sriguru then gave his clothes, worn on his body, to Bhaskar and asked him to cover the vessels with it.
In reality the food cooked for the ceremony was hardly enough to feed two or three Brahmins. Nevertheless due to the kind grace of Sriguru, even after serving food to four thousand Brahmins the vessels containing the food were still full. Subsequently all the villagers and their children were also invited to take the food. In spite of serving these people, the food still remained in the vessels as before. Finally the remaining food was dispersed in the water to feed aquatic life.
Sriguru was so pleased by Bhaskar’s devotion that he blessed Bhaskar as “Not only would your poverty vanish but also you will enjoy your children and grand children’s company in your own house”. Sriguru’s fame spread in all directions due to this incident and countless people from all corners started pouring in to get his blessings.