After the Bicentennial Celebrations of Bhagwan Swaminarayan in 1981 a 'Sadhus' Convention' was arranged at Mount Abu. It so happened that the 31st anniversary of Swamishri's appointment as president of the Sanstha fell on one of those particular days.

That morning, Swamishri beautifully explained Vachanamrut Gadhada I-27. Thereafter, all the sadhus dispersed to perform their various sevas. I went to the main hall, where I sat down to peel some choli.

Seeing us, Swamishri got up from his seat and sat down on the floor alongside us.

Indravadan, Swamishri's driver, just happened to be passing by. Swamishri called him. "Here," Swamishri said, "let's do a partnership (in the seva)."

Indravadan replied, "But why don't you be a sleeping partner. You just watch. We'll do the seva."

"No way!" Swamishri said, declining the offer. "It has to be a joint effort, otherwise it can't be called a partnership."

Swamishri continued peeling. A little while later I happened to mention, "Bapa, Yogi Bapa had sat down to chop spinach on his 75th Birthday in Gondal like this too."

Swamishri revealed, "Yes. He was sitting just like this."

Swamishri very rarely directly acknowledges his oneness with Yogiji Maharaj, yet his life itself is proof enough.