P. L. Sethi: I was sick sitting in this chair and Guruji said, “So many Gita slokas and why are you weeping? That is nothing. That is only that the soul is changing clothes. Just like the body changes, the soul is changing the body. That is nothing. Why you are weeping for that? But you cannot die by this disease because you have to work for the temple so much.” So I said, “The doctor says that if I pull out the tubes from my neck and chest, I will die.” And Guruji said, “Pull out the tubes and throw them out the window. I will show you, you will not die.” So I pulled out the tubes and threw them out the window, and Guruji sat here about two hours and then said, “You have not died. You are alive. So you cannot die by this disease. The thing is you remember you have promised to Krishna some time ago. Remember that.” So after some minutes I got that memory that when I came here to Bombay from Pakistan, I had no house to live in. I had no money to work. So I promised to Krishna that, “Krishna, if You kindly give me one house and one lakh rupee, then I will always chant Your name.” And I said to Guruji, “Yes, I remember this promise I made to Krishna.” And Guruji said, “He has given so many lakhs of rupees, so many houses, but you have not chanted to Krishna. So Krishna slapped me. “Now you go and build the building. You cannot go to the toilet? No, you take this mala and do the japa and you will be all right.”
Source: Remembrances by Sidhanta Das – Folio Vedabase
