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Reception at Ahemdabad:

In the S. Y. 1923, when he was on his way to Vadtal for attending the samaiya of Hari Jayanti, he came to know about the illness of Acharya Ayodhyaprasadji. He was feeling restless and had sent a special invitation to Swami. The Acharya accorded a grand reception to Swami by sending chariots, an elephant, Krishnaprasadji and a group of saints and devotees. After the darshan at the temple, Swami met Ayodhyaprasadji Maharaj who derived half the peace by merely seeing him (Swami). According to the advice of Swami he took some food. Acharya Maharaj insisted and requested Swami to attend the samaiya of Hari Jayanti at Ahmedabad.
In the samaiya, Swami talked in a very eloquent style about the Purushottam identity of Maharaj. Keshavprasadji Maharaj and other saints of Ahmedabad region were delighted. Swami said kind words of advice to Keshavprasadji to give up his long hair, mustaches, hobby of seeing plays and indulging in fun and frolic, in order to observe properly the duties of Acharya. Keshavprasadji Maharaj was very happy.
Next day to honour the hearty invitation of Acharya Maharaj, Swami and other saints of Junagadh came to his palace for lunch. Acharya Maharaj placed a silver plate before Swami. But Swami immediately demanded a patter. So his disciple Balmukundasji brought it. Seeing that, Acharya Maharaj folded his hands and, urged Swami, "Swami, today, I pray that you please dine in this plate." Swami then replied, "I cannot dine in that plate because we don't have orders from Maharaj to do so."
Acharya Maharaj further insisted and said, "Swami, for you gold and dross are equal. So I request you to dine in this plate." Swami smiled and replied, "That is true, but Maharaj has ordered that one can dine in the dross like wooden patter, but not in the dross like silver plate." But then to respect the wishes of Acharya Maharaj Swami placed the wooden patterin the silver plate aud dined in it. He did not deviate even slightly from the orders of Maharaj. Thereafter, Acharya Maharaj served a variety of dishes and urged Swami to take them but he did not eat anything from these dishes. Balmukund Swami had got the bajra loaf cooked in advance and Swami took it along with mung daal.
In this way, Swami arrived at Vadtal after honouring the wishes of Acharya Maharaj and giving him peace of mind. Swami attended the samaiya of Chaitra Poonam at Vadtal, and then again went to Ahmedabad with Acharya Maharaj of Vadtal and other saints. From here he went to Junagadh.

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