of my attributes. God has infinite attributes, but only 101 have been mentioned in the book."

He once told Maharani Shanta Devi that Guruprasad has been immortalized.*

Baba then switched over to the subject of Masts and told us amusing incidents of his extensive tours for Masts. He said, "I love Masts very much and so I bore all the difficulties and hardships in order to meet them. I contacted Masts wherever they were stationed, travelling in third class railway train compartments, by buses, by cars, by bullock carts, by tongas, and often walking in unbearable heat, cold or rain. Once the heat in Ayodhya was so intense that S.K. asked me to relieve him of his duties and let him go home. S.K. has been with me for years, yet he could not bear the strain of those Mast tours. As soon as I was informed of a Mast, I would start, whether it was day or night, whether transport facilities were available or not. Once I saw the Masts, I would be very happy and would do anything for them and anything they would ask me to do. They often gave me dirty food which I would eat and presents which are still well preserved in Meherazad.

"Once I heard of a Mast who was in a village ten miles away. I asked the mandali to procure a bullock cart. They met a drunkard who, in his tipsy state, said that he would bring his bullock cart if they paid him Rs. X and also agreed to give him a tip of Rs.Y. The deal was settled. He demanded his tip first! He was given it. He at once raced off, not to get a bullock cart, but to the nearest "pub" and had his fill. He then set out asking friends for a cart, for he did not possess any of his own! After much waiting, he did bring a cart, but his eyes were red and rolling. Baba and the mandali climbed into the cart and the drunken driver whipped the bullocks. They bumped along a stony track. On the way they came to a hill. The driver whipped the bullocks and they climbed the hill at good speed. On the descent he dropped the reins and the bullocks had freedom to run at breakneck speed. The cart rattled down the hill with all its occupants. None thought he would arrive alive or at least whole. The driver seemed gay with the speed at which the cart was rolling and thoroughly enjoyed the ride. The cart did arrive at the foot of the hill, but the bones in everyone 's body were rattled to the extent that they felt they would fall apart at all the joints. Poor old Gustadji suffered the most from this joy ride.

When I am on Mast tours I have no compassion for the mandali nor

*In Dr. Bharucha's book Glimpses of Guruprasad on page 315, he writes it this way: "Baba turned to Maharani Shantadevi and told her, “Guruprasad has been immortalized.” webmaster-JK

**S.K. = Savak Kotwal: Guruprasad Glimpses, page 315