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the canopy. Bouquets of flowers were kept in vases which were placed at vantage points and an innumerable number of incense sticks were burning all around. The whole of the ashrama was all smiles, fragrance and joy. The avadhoot Maharaj cordially held the hands of his uniquely eminent guest and made him sit on the costly carpet and garlanded him with all piety. Many a disciple of both these great men and a good many sages and sannyasins had come to the ashram from far and near with a view to witnessing the holy union of these two noble souls, thereby making themselves highly blessed by hearing their supremely holy words. By seeing their bright and highly powerful faces, we all felt richly rewarded. Every now and then when we were hearing them reciting shlokas from the Vedas and the Vedanta and elucidating their meanings, it seemed that we were living in the ashram of a sage. if the meaning of ‘Rishi’ is ‘Mahagyani’, ‘Mahasadhak’, ‘Jitendriyo’ (i.e. the greatest of wise men, the greatest of the seekers of truth, the one who has overcome his sensual desires respectively), then the two noble souls whom we had met at the Kailashashram were really ‘Mahapurush’ (the greatest of men). The very look at their brightly powerful, highly enlightened and all-smiling faces would be enough for the atheists to bow their heads in awe.
Just one month after this union, on the holy occasion of “Posh samkranti’, my revered Guru Maharaj invited our revered sadhu- baba to his ashram at Karnibag. On the occasion of the auspicious coming of the Kailashpati, the ashram at Karnibag was tastefully decorated. The aasana (i.e. the seat) reserved for him was really excellent. There was a costly carpet, laid on a low-height cot; atop it was a fine sheet made of ‘makhmal’, over which was a huge hide of a tiger. all the sages do not really deserve to sit on a tiger-skin. One can sit atop a deer-skin but not on a tiger-skin. Like that day (at the Kailashashram), today too hordes of disciples and devotees assembled at the ashram at Karnibag with a view to seeing the Kailashpati. it was past noon. Within moments, the motor of the Kailashpati entered the ashram. he was accompanied by swami shrutanandaji, Prakashji and many other devotees. shri shri Guru Maharaj accorded him a warm welcome and made him sit on the
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