Madhusudan became a devotee and wandered from one village to another in search of peace. One night, while roaming from one village to another, he came across a house. He asked the owner if he could stay there for a few days. The owner said yes immediately. Madhusudan was sleeping soundly when he was woken up by some noise. The owner and his wife were quarrelling over some trifle. But the matter escalated. The owner, in a fit of rage, lifted his son and flung him into the fire. His son was burnt alive. Madhusudan was greatly distressed by witnessing all this. He was also very angry. He said to the owner, “You have done a very bad deed. You killed your child in anger. It was my mistake that I stayed with you. You will never be forgiven for your heinous crime.”
Madhusudan and the Brahmin
