This was one of the parables narrated by Bramhasri during the discourse on Bhagavatham:
Once there was a Guru who had many followers. The Guru was pompous and wanted everyone to become his followers. He once reached a village and granted mantra deeksham to all the villagers and made them his followers.
He noticed that one old lady did not come to him to obtain deeksha. He called her and said come and get deeksha. She asked him-"What will I do with it?" The guru replied-"I will guide you to Vaikuntam with this deeksha."
The lady obtained the mantra, then the guru asked her to give dakshina. The lady said she did not have anything to offer as dakshina. The guru said give something. The lady said-"Take this village, or this kingdom, or this country." The guru got angry and said-"Are you making fun of me. Is all this your father's property that you will give them to me as dakshina.
Pat came the reply from the lady-"Is Vaikuntam your father's property that you will guide me to it."
The guru left the village as a reformed and wiser man.
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