ahimisagreatnameinHindiLiterature.Heiswell-knownas a devotee of Lord Krishna. It is said that he was very liberal in giving. Every day he used to sit at the door step of his house and give away his material possessions to whosoever received them. While giving, he always kept his eyes turned downwards. It became a topic of discussion and reached Saint Tulsi Das’s ears. On this, he wrote a couple of lines and sent to Rahim. The lines meant,
While performing noble acts of charity, one’s head should be held high not bent low. Then how is it that your head is bent low while you give away things in charity?
Rahim smiled to himself as he was sure it was not that Tulsi Das did not know the answer for his own question. Still, he wrote down a couplet that meant;
The Giver is He Who sends us day and night and it is He who is The Receiver. But the credit comes to me and that makes me humble. (On being inspired by a Bhajan sung melodiously
