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After some time, the shopkeeper above their shop sent them a
customer. The man was from Jalandhar and needed certain things.
All these were to be found in Kapoor’s shop, and the customer
happily made payment of these without even bothering to check the
raw material he was buying. The sum easily covered the payment
Kapoor had to make.

That evening, when the Kapoors came for the sangat, Guruji
addressed Meera. “What’s the matter,” Meera recalls him as saying,
“Your husband prays to me on the footpath!”

With rose garland, shop is fireproofed

Once when Meera had gone with her sister-in-law to Guruji’s place,
he asked the sister-in-law to pick up a rose garland from the heap of
flowers offered to him. He then instructed her to sanctify some water
with the garland and sprinkle the holy water all over the shop.

But the next day was a Monday and the sister-in-law was loathe to
open the shop for the express purpose of sprinkling some water on
it. Meera told her that it was best to act as directed by Guruji rather
than apply their own logic to his words.

A month later, a fire raged over the Karol Bagh market. All the
shops were burnt. Meera says the flames singed the shop below them;
the blaze was so fierce that the ceiling fans melted. But the devotees’
garment shop was safe. The fire had seemingly recoiled from near the
garment shop, as the wind started blowing in the opposite direction.
The rose garland, blessed by Guruji, had protected their shop.

Kapoors switch business on his advice

The Kapoors’ business wasn’t doing so well. Mr. Kapoor had a plan
to turn his fortune around. He wanted to import material from
China, which would help him cut costs. Guruji was approached for
approval. Guruji told him not to start right away and that he would
tell him the right time.

After three months, Guruji gave Meera prasad of cardamom seeds
and misri (crystallized sugar lumps). He told her to eat it while
sitting inside the shop. They were also permitted to start the new
business after they told Guruji the name of the man in China with
whom they were to do business. Guruji said he was a good man.

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