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happened? You can’t even stand upright, can you?” Vasantrao
immediately retorted, “If you are out to unite the Hindu nation,
you have no other way but to bend down.” He set his suffering
in metaphysical terminology, made his physical suffering into
bliss and stared into the difficulties in a witty outlook; maybe
Vasantrao was an amazing personality to perceive life
quite rightly.

If during a meeting, Vasantrao shared a room, it was certain
that something would go missing, like shirt, towel or the like.
Everybody knew if a thing had gone missing, they ought to
search Vasantrao’s bag. It often occurred that Vasantrao kept it
in his bag. If anybody taunted him for this, he would say,
“Brother, why don’t you arrange your things well, why do you
throw them here and there? How long can I continue to arrange
them? Still I do it and you all know it that all lost things find the
same destination; if you have lost something, come and search
with me.”

His memory was so sharp that he could repeat or write a speech
verbatim, in exactly the same sequence. His attachment, devotion
and dedication to his work was so profound that he was often fully
absorbed in it without caring for what was happening around. He
was not bound by any limitations in his ordinary life, he knew
how to lead an eternally blissful life.

One day, a youth Pracharak returned after the tour of a
village. It was the dinner time. Vasantrao said to him, “Come, I
have an invitation to a wedding party. You too accompany me.
We shall eat there.” The youth Pracharak thought that it was a
nice thing to happen. “Had I come late, it would have been
difficult to arrange for food,” he thought. Both rode their bicycles
towards the party. The host had his (tailor) shop at a little
distance from the party hall. He noticed that the shop was open
and the host was still at his shop. He stopped his bicycle and
asked, “Arre, what are you doing here? It is the wedding day,
isn’t it?” The host was surprised. He said, “No, no, there is no
wedding today.” Vasantrao said, “How can it be so? I have an