In 1974, we, the yuvaks of Mumbai mandal, had organized ourselves into various departments for seva. I was allocated the Public Relations department. After the distribution was complete, we all went down to the office on the ground floor of the old 'Akshar Bhuvan' building.

Swamishri was there too. He looked particularly relaxed as he leaned back in the sofa, one foot resting upon the other. Swamishri listened to the new arrangements we had made and then looked towards Dr. Kiran Doshi who was sitting beside me. Swamishri commented, "Kiran's quite good at public relations."

Talk then turned to Kiran's intense desire to go to America. Swamishri asked him, "Why do you want to go to America? Do you want Lakshmi (wealth)?"

Before Kiran could answer, Swamishri showed the sole of his left foot and said, "Here, there's as much Lakshmi (money) as you want right here. It's all yours."

We were all left speechless. Swamishri seemed to have illustrated to us the verse from Narsinh Mehta's bhajan in which the Lord tells us:

"Lakshmiji ardhangna mari, te mara santni dasi re..."
(Lakshmi, my other half, is the servant of my sadhu.)