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Ambälälbhäi was the first to come in contact with Shrimad. He was a native of Khambhät in Gujarat and was two years younger than Shrimad. Once he had been to Ahmedabad to attend a wedding ceremony. There he happened to come in contact with Juthäbhäi, who knew Shrimad as the self-realized person. Ambälälbhäi was impressed by the letters that Shrimad had written to Juthäbhäi and wished to contact him. That wish materialized in 1890, when Shrimad went to Khambhät. Ambälälbhäi's esteem for him increased by that contact and from that time he remained a lifelong devotee of Shrimad. He was very intelligent and could easily understand what Shrimad had to convey. On several occasions Shrimad has written to Laghuräjswämi that Ambäläl would be able to understand his letters better. Brief explanatory notes on Ätmasiddhi prepared by him have been published in ‘Shrimad Rajchandra' below each stanza of the text. Unfortunately he died at the young age of 37.
Saubhägyabhäi was a native of Säylä in Saurashtra (Gujarät) and was 44 years older than Shrimad. In 1890 when he came to know of Shrimad's exceptional capabilities, he got inclined to show him a secret Mantra, which was termed as “Seed of Enlightenment'. When, however, he saw Shrimad, he noticed that Shrimad was already enlightened. By virtue of his clairvoyance Shrimad made out why Saubhägyabhäi had been there and could give the description of the latter's house without ever seeing it. From that time Saubhägyabhäi accepted Shrimad as his Guru and remained faithful to him till the end of his life. During that period of seven years, he wrote to Shrimad whichever ideas and questions occurred to him and elicited enlightening replies. Shrimad was pleased to notice in him
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