Shankar Prasad Vyas of Varanasi was at Kainchi ashram when Maharaj said to him,
"These mountains are the abode of siddhas
[elevated souls]. Recite the glory of Hanuman ji for
them." Arrangements for this were made in the
Krishna-Balaram kuti,
and Vyas carried on with the work for three days. He then told Maharaj
that he had been telling stories continuously, but there were no
listeners. In those days there were very few people living around
Kainchi. Only a few women from the village came to hear the discourses.
Vyas was accustomed to giving scholarly discourses to large gatherings,
so he found the assignment quite uninteresting. Baba said, "What
have you to do with people? I told you to tell the story to the
elevated souls. Look, an old woman will come to listen. Don't hate her
for her unpleasant appearance or she will curse you."
The next day, when he began the narration, he was surprised to see that
a distinguished gathering had filled Krishna-Balaram kuti.
Among those present were Kamlapati Tripathi, Chief Minister, Uttar
Pradesh; Y.B. Chavan, Home Minister, Central Government; Shyama Charan
Shukla, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh; and many other political
leaders. In front of them sat the old woman that Baba had mentioned.
After the discourse the woman was the first to leave and was never seen
again.
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