The wheat grinding story in Chapter 1 serves as a perfect example of Baba's divine plays, or 'lilas'. When the women first arrived and took the grinding handle, Baba's quarrel with them is described as 'feigned anger' which quickly subsided into a smile upon seeing their love. This shows his actions were not always what they seemed on the surface. The entire act of grinding was a 'play' to achieve a greater good—ending the cholera epidemic—which no one understood at the time. The text emphasizes that 'Baba alone knows his plays; no one can find their end,' highlighting how his seemingly mundane or puzzling actions often concealed profound, compassionate purposes that were revealed only in time.
The book mentions Baba's 'divine plays' and 'feigned anger'. How is this demonstrated in the story about grinding wheat?
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