Calling Dhanapathy Rao, Kutumba Sastri, Ranga Rao and Mallikarjuna Rao to the dais, Baba asked each man his age and then remarked:
"My connection with Andhra is very old. During this time, my Avatarhood, Andhra has become an independent state. Besides Andhra, my connection is with the whole of South India. I don't mention this to please or humor you, but I am telling you the truth. This is the reason why you people love me."
Jokingly, Baba observed, "Although this sahavas was especially for the women, I can see that the men want to have the privilege of occupying the front row, relegating the women to the back!"
The men laughed and got up from the front, making room for the women. For several minutes there was much amusement and then, on a sign from Baba indicating that there was not much time remaining, everyone settled down. Baba said:
One thing is definite: I love you more than you love me. Out of your love for me, you have come from distant places for my sahavas. I know each and every work you have done for me in Andhra and elsewhere, and there is no need for you to tell me anything about it — so much so that before you even think of doing anything, I know that you are going to do it. I also know of your plays, dramas and ballads through which you are trying to serve me and do my work.
You all say God is all-knowing. That you accept me as the Incarnation of God. That I am all-knowing, I know the past, present and future. But what do you mean by God being all-knowing? How I play my own game in illusion no one knows. It is a fact that in maya there is time and space, but in Reality there is no scope for time or space. Listen carefully. This is turning into a discourse, however much I wished not to give one!
I tell you nothing has happened and nothing will happen. Everything happens now at this moment. This moment is eternal and continues to be eternal, so much so that the next moment will be this moment. The next moment after that will also be this moment. Therefore, in this present moment is embodied all of the past and the future.