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The Vaidyaraj said, “It’s wonderful, you have no spot on
the body. Did you observe self-control?”

The man said, “I am observing self-control even now.”
The Vaidyaraj bowed before him and said, “You are the
pupil for whom my experience proved worthy.”

He had said that the Hindus are tolerant, and they would remain
so in the future too. But being tolerant does not mean that they
would not protect themselves. Terrorism is spreading its wings
for the past few years. Looking at this threat, the Hindus will have
to be active to protect themselves, else the coming days will prove
a threat to them.

The worth, the value of medicine lay in the patient. How
great Shastriji was! Shastriji gave us much, but how much of it
we have abided by, how we have lived of it, how much of it has
been proven worthy. The Vaidyaraj was content that his
medicine was true and effective, he had got a patient to test his
medicine. It was his medicine that taught him to live. Let us
learn this fact by living as per the teachings of Shastriji.

National Heritage
I can recall that his centenary birth anniversary was

organized by the State Government. He was always cautious
lest he should disrespect the person who invited him at the age
of 101 years. Consequently, it was quite simple for the State
Government to hold his centenary birth anniversary. We could
hold different types of programmes, yajnas, talks on the country’s
cultural and other topics, and all these could occur only due to
the Man. Shastriji.

In the programme, when Shastriji stood up to speak, he
asked the person looking after the sound system, “Brother, keep
the mike away, in this ripe age, I am afraid that everybody would
not be able to hear me.”

I requested him, “Shastriji, please sit down and speak.”
At this, he said, “All my life I have stood and taught, so I
shall speak while standing.” Every aspect of his personality was
wonderful, and it was a source of his energy.