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Chapter 25: Mass Darshans In Hamirpur & Andhra

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Kutumba Sastri told the lawyer, "Let Baba rest tonight. Tomorrow you can do his arti and introduce all the people."
Hearing this, Baba remarked, "Rest and restlessness are both continually and simultaneously experienced by me from eternity. Do not worry about my rest, but always listen attentively to what I say. At Gopalapuram there was a huge crowd. I wanted to dictate something at Nidadavole, but they had no microphone. Spontaneously dictated messages have a different significance, and messages dictated and printed have their own significance. When I dictate on the spot on the board, it is different."
Dhanapathy interrupted, "Baba there is a mast here!"
But Baba continued, "Last night, a dance was arranged at Tadepalligudem. There was a big gathering. I wanted to give a message there, but the microphone was out of order. So I could not give the message. I said, 'Dhanapathy's mind, through love for me, has also gone out of order!' Now he says, 'There is a mast here.'
"When Dhanapathy sees me as I really am, or even has just a glimpse of what I am, then he won't say, 'Baba, take food; Baba, take rest; Baba, there is a mast here.' He will then himself become a mast!"
Someone brought his family to be introduced to Baba, prompting Baba to comment, "I am my own wife, my own husband and my own child. This is not just idle talk. I am that!"
Ramalingeshwara Rao performed Baba's arti and then took his darshan. Within minutes, others took darshan, and Baba was loaded with garlands, which Eruch removed and heaped to one side. Very costly garlands were put around Baba's neck in Andhra, and wherever he went there were garlands galore!
After the darshan, Baba visited Ramalingeshwara's house and met his family. The lawyer had written to Baba before he had come to Andhra, volunteering to be his personal secretary during the tour. Because of this, Baba had nicknamed him P.S. for Private Secretary.
After dinner, at nine o'clock, Baba and the mandali went to the place that Koduri Krishna Rao had arranged near the Godavri River for mass darshan. Baba sat on the dais under a pandal, and his splendor electrified the surroundings. Nearly 5,000 were present, and Baba's face glowed, so that the attention of all was one-pointedly focused on him. While giving darshan that night, Baba looked unearthly. He opened the portals of his Infinite Heart, letting flow the Ocean of Love in which all were submerged.
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