Swami Ramanand used to take a dip in Ganga at the time of brahm-muhurat. Kabir would often go there in hope to see him. Once it so happened that Kabir was lying on the banks, and Swami Ramanand not seeing the young child lying there, stepped on his forehead. He then lifted the boy and asked him, ‘What are you doing here son, go do Ram Ram.’

After that day Kabir went around the whole town telling Swami Ramanand has made him his shishya. When the news reached Ramanand ji, he called Kabir to his ashram, and spoke to him from behind a curtain. He asked, ‘why are you going around lying to people? When did I make you my shishya?’

Kabir replied, ‘Respected Guruvar, the other day when you had come to Ganga-ghat for snaan, you gave me Shakti-pat by touching my agya with your feet and giving the diksha of mantra of ‘Ram’. Devi Ganga herself bore witness to the event.’

Swami Ramanand was impressed and said, ‘I found my first shishya.’ The faith and conviction of Kabir was so intense that it was not even up to Ramanand ji to refuse him what he wanted. It came walking to him.