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was improbable. When we started coming regularly to Guruji, I
calculated and found the average to be a good 19 km/lt. This came
in as a surprise and I anticipated a miscalculation. So, I kept the
finding to myself. On a subsequent fuel recharge, however, I was
amazed to get the same mileage. Unable to accept this, I decided to
wait for the next fuel stop. I was befuddled when the same figure
cropped up.

Guruji commented on the fact the next time I was in his presence:
“Singla, what happened? Totally zapped by the figure of ‘19’? Now you
realize how the grace of saints can work its magic on not only humans, but
objects like cars as well.”

And Guruji’s remark was borne out more than once. Once while
driving, I looked at the fuel indicator to see that it was touching
empty, and turned to a petrol pump. Waiting in the queue of
vehicles, I again looked at the indicator and was surprised to observe
a sudden jump to the half-way mark. I decided to leave without
refilling. A couple of days passed and the indicator was showing
empty again after the car had run the expected miles—if we assume
that the tank was half-filled on the occasion just described. A glance
at the fuel indicator after taking a turn towards the petrol pump
baffled me: the fuel tank was again half-filled. For a miraculous two
weeks, our car looked like regaining lost fuel at the mere vision of a
petrol pump.

On a trip to Punjab, we started out from Delhi expecting to just
reach the destination with the fuel we had. But contrary to this, we
visited that place and came back to Delhi without filling the car with
fuel at all.

Not just the fuel efficiency, but even the space available inside our
blessed car seemed to be increasing on an as-required basis. To start
with, Guruji granted us the prized opportunity to bring langar to
his place from where it was prepared. With Guruji’s grace, all the
utensils containing the packed langar were fitted in and we rolled
over to Guruji’s place. But with the sangat increasing daily, the
quantity of langar also increased proportionally and so did the car’s
capacity. Any increase in the size of the drums or the utensils was
somehow accommodated in the car. One day Guruji’s seemingly
casual remark that all the langar drums had fitted in the car saw the
car become almost elastic.

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