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Since Lallujiswami was keen to get in contact with Shrimad, he went to his shop after reaching Bombay.
Shrimad: How did you happen to come for monsoon to a semi-Aryan area like Bombay? Are the monks supposed to move to such semi-Aryan territory?
Lalllujiswämi: We have come here for monsoon in order to see you and to get in your contact.
Shrimad: Does anyone come in the way of your coming here?
Lallujiswämi: No; can you spare for me about an hour daily?
Shrimad: Yes.
Thereafter Lallujiswämi used to go to Shrimad's shop from time to time. On seeing him Shrimad used to retire to an adjacent room, read to him from Sutrakrutäng and explain the same to him. Lallujiswämi once requested for getting Shrimad's picture. Since the latter did not heed to that, Lallujiswämi repeated his request. Thereupon Shrimad wrote the following stanza on a piece of paper and handed over to him.
'Sambujzahä Jantavo Mänussattam Datthum Bhayam Bälisen Alambho; Egantdukkhe Jari Eva Loe, Sakammanä Vipariyasu Vei
(Oh people, try to understand and make out that it is rare to get the human birth; due to ignorance it is very rare to gain the discernment; know that the entire universe is afflicted with pain, it has been inadvertently undergoing the misery associated with birth, death etc. on account of Karma; ponder over it.)
After a few days Shrimad explained to Lallujiswami the first seven stanzas of Samadhishatak and gave the book to him for reading. By the time he went to the stairs, Shrimad called him back and wrote the following unique line on the first page of the book.
Ätam Bhävanä Bhävatän Jiv Lahe Kevaljnän Re, (One can attain omniscience by contemplating over the nature of soul)
Once Shrimad asked: Are you reading Samadhishatak?
Lallujiswämi: Thinking that it would not be possible to read it in the hurry and bustle of Bombay, I have kept it in a bundle. I will start reading it earnestly after we leave Bombay.
By the end of monsoon Lallujiswämi once said: I do not like all this. When can I stay forever tuned to soul?
Shrimad: You need to get instructions.
Lallujiswämi: Please give the instructions.
Shrimad remained silent. He frequently used to urge for observing silence and considered it very beneficial. Thereupon Lallujiswämi adopted silence for three years after he left Bombay. Exception was made only for speaking to the monks or for putting questions to Shrimad on spiritual matters. Reading of Samadhishatak, which was put off during the bustle of Bombay, was commenced during the journey towards Surat and he was experiencing unique peace thereby.
The monks passed the monsoons of 1894 and 1895 at Surat. Several persons there were well versed in Vedänt. By coming in contact with them and by reading the books of Vedänt, Devkaranji began to think himself as a godly
