Beggar I met

Four year back on a working day, I was travelling in a local transporter of Bangalore i.e. in BMTC bus where i met with an strange incident which i can't forget it. As usual, bus was fully crowded with a passenger, no place to stand and i am travelling from mahadevapura bus stop to kormanagala via outer ring road. A conductor was busy in ticketing and as usual i am searching to get a chance for the place to sit. It was just 10 minute over a strange person get inside the bus where the whole environment of bus was changed. All the passenger starring him like any thing, some are scolding, some are going away from him, some are scolding the conductor to get that person inside the bus, and the funny thing is in that fully crowded place people are finding places to go away from that strange person. because he was an " BEGGAR ", smelling very badly, dress are toured, hairs are not combed, any one can say that this person had not taken a bath for a years.....fortunately i was forced to stand with him because of huge crowd in the bus and i was already late to my work, so i can’t get down from the bus to catch other one. I too start to scold every one, my fate, my time sense, the bus, my office timing, my roommate etc etc...Then the conductor came near to me and he was asking me that where you would like to go? My answer was

 ”Already i am their in HELL cause of this person, you have any other HELL than this”

Gentleman’s near to me were laughing and they were nagging their head and saying “its true... "

But that poor guy didn't reply anything.... for our nuisance

Because for him “its a daily routine to hear a words from others "

Now the time has come where i couldn't forget that in my life. Conductor was shouting on that beggar " You don't have the single penny in your pocket and want to have travel in this 8 lakh rupees public transport, get down from the bus and leave the place for others  and don't start begging in this bus "

Suddenly gentleman's laughing disappeared and all their heads are down. Beggar stretch his arm full of coins and asked conductor to give a ticket. He was carrying a coins more than the ticket value, conductor was ashamed on his did, he was forced by beggar to take the coins for a ticket and  as it is a profession he act according to that and he left from that place full of ashamed. The moment I saw this I realize my mistake, I understood that every living body has their own place in their life and a own self respect too, no one is perfect and no one is under estimated. The bus was filled with surprise and it was salient for long. When the stop came for beggar all left the place for him, some left the place cause of ashamed and some by respect. The beggar gets down from the bus but he left a silent message in every one heart. He became great for every one.

I hope like me u have came across some beggar like this... so please be kind full for every one whom u meet.

Regards,

chinmaya radhakrishna

Dt: 25^th oct 2009