When somebody in your family is sick, what do you do? You take care of them, right? And why do you do this? It is because you love them! However, when our family is well, do we think about them as much?  Probably not!

When it comes to Swami Bapa, however, He is always thinking of Maharaj.  No matter what, Bapa's thoughts are constantly with Maharaj.  This devotion to Maharaj is called parabhakti.

Once, Bapa was travelling from Boston to New York in a caravan. As the trip was going to be long, the sadhus requested Bapa to go to sleep. Bapa agreed, and Thakorji was placed on the bed above on the top bunk. After a while, there was a loud thud! Bapa quickly got up and asked what had happened. The sadhu told Bapa that the case in which Thakorji was sleeping in had fallen. Thakorji had just rolled over inside the case. Swami Bapa became extremely sad. He began massaging Thakorji as tears rolled down His cheeks. "O Maharaj! Forgive me. Please forgive me Maharaj!" Even though it wasn't Bapa's fault that Thakorji had fallen, he was very disturbed that his beloved Maharaj had been hurt. As a way of asking for forgiveness, Bapa began to do dandvats inside the caravan! Not just one, two, three or even six, but Bapa did 25 dandvats! One can only imagine how concerned Bapa was for Thakorji.

We can see from this incident how much love and devotion Swami Bapa has for Shriji Maharaj. Remember this story to help strengthen your bhakti towards Shriji Maharaj.