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1remained unconscious for hours on end. He would

2sometimes burst into unrestrained laughter and

3sometimes break into a roaring cry. Unmindful, he would

4go without food and water for days. Tears flowed from

5his eyes unchecked. While he was wandering around in

6this state of trance, sometimes his clothes got caught up

7in thorny bushes; sometimes he would trip over a rock

8and fall. Gradually, he concealed this bliss of divine love

9and started propagating the bhakti of Shri Krishna. Soon,

10along with his inspiring messages of divine love, he

11started revealing his divine wisdom and knowledge of

12the scriptures to the people.

13In the year 1955 he organized a huge conference at

14Chitrakoot, which was attended by all Jagadgurus and

15many eminent scholars from Kashi and various other

16places of India. Another religious conference of similar

17scale was organized by him in 1956 at Kanpur. The most

18learned scholars of Kashi attending that conference were

19amazed by his scriptural omniscience. On that occasion

20the eminent scholar of Kashi, a leading luminary in the

21field of scriptural debate, the universally recognized and

22the foremost philosopher of India and Pradhanmantri

23(General Secretary) of Kashi Vidvat Parishat, Acharya

24Shri Rajnarayan Ji Shukla ‘Shatshastri’ made a public

25proclamation at Kanpur on 19.10.1956, part of which is

26quoted in the following lines:-

27“The scholars of Kashi do not easily accept a person as a

28scholar having knowledge of all the scriptures. As a first step

29we challenge the claimant to have a debate on the scriptures.