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The people of other ideologies were very active out there; but
his style of hard work bore fruit, and it is known by all people
there. Talwalkar came from Maharashtra and he too did a great
work. He guided the society and infused energy into it. Caring
little about himself he worked tirelessly to spread the message
of RSS.

It would not be an exaggeration to term the Man. K. Shastri
as the storehouse of all good virtues. Despite his being such a
great scholar, I can recall nothing but humility being manifest
in him. I have seen two scholars from close quarters – one was
K. Shastri and the other was Krishnashankar Shastriji Maharaj.
I am discussing K. Shastri only because he maintained his
relations with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad as well as the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh without any anxiety. Many
people opined that he could easily become the Chancellor of
some university had he severed his relations with the Sangh.
He said that the Sangh was right in his blood, and he wished
not a worldly post, but a divine post. He kept worshiping Lord
Sri Krishna and followed the virtuous path. He lived a life of
ancient wisdom. He never partook of food at others’ household.
He abided by his code of conduct and invited the Harijans in
order to fill them with satisfaction, and thus he infused
attachment in them too. Who can forget such a personality as
K. Shastri was? He wrote every day. Whenever I met him, I found
him writing. I got an opportunity to visit his house on a couple
of occasions. At that time, I held the post of Shankaracharya. I
had seen him that he was accompanied by nothing else but
books all around him. They used to be his best friends. He slept
with them, he talked with them; the books were his ideals of
life. In fact, it was an addiction which is a source of great bliss.
The worldly friends may or may not abide by friendship, but
when it comes to books, you can never dislike them after you
have befriended them. If you do not wish to read a book for a
while, just mark it and keep it aside. If you happened to open it
twenty years later, you would find the mark as you had put it
there. They never expressed homesickness when you meet them
after a gap of years. They never cry, you can meet them whenever