“”My message since ages and from eternity without beginning has been of love. God alone is real, and to know Him we must love Him. God resides in us all equally and He wants silent love within. We can love Him also by loving our fellow beings, and if we love God honestly, all our doubts, worries and anxieties of ages vanish.
I give you my blessings so that through love you can see me in everyone and everything. My coming here will be of value if at least one of you becomes worthy of this blessing.
Now I will bow down to you, which will mean you all bowing down to me and so you need not individually bow to me again.
After bowing to the crowd, Baba touched flowers which were distributed as his prasad. He went to the residence of Thummalapalli Veerabhadra Rao, and left Pippara at nine o'clock. On the way, he halted briefly for five minutes at two villages where, even within this short span of time, thousands had sight of him. His sweet smile emitted rays of fire, penetrating every heart.
Baba entered Penugonda at about 11:30 A.M., where darshan took place in the Kanyaka Parmeshwari temple at 2:30 that afternoon. Almost 8,000 took advantage of the opportunity and received prasad from his hands. Jawadi Laxmiah Naidu had arranged for Baba's stay in the local panchayat (village council) office, and also for his meals. Baba visited his home as well as the houses of Eduri Narasimha Murty and Nuli Lakshmi Narayana.
Baba left Penugonda the next morning, Thursday, 22 January 1953, at 7:00 A.M., halting at Kapavaram Village, where he gave darshan. He arrived in Nidadavole at 8:30. This was Kutumba Sastri and Mallikarjuna's hometown. Darshan had been arranged at the board high school, and about 5,000 attended. Baba was so quick in distributing prasad after the usual messages were read out and translated that by 9:50 A.M. he had completed everything.
Kutumba Sastri had arranged refreshments for the group accompanying Baba, and while the prasad distribution was taking place, the mandali and others had tea. After the darshan was over, Baba lambasted Pendu, who was the tour manager, for this breach of his orders. The fact was that Pendu had been standing near Baba all along and was unaware that the group was having refreshments. But to teach the newcomers a lesson, Baba corrected Pendu and the other mandali severely, whereby all learned that without his consent nothing was to be consumed.
