Once when Sai was traveling from Gaya to Patna, He thought that if I call for an AC car, I will have to wait and it is time for the passenger train to come. So He bought the ticket, boarded the train, got a window seat where He went and sat down. Where a regular train would have taken only 2 hours, this being a passenger one was to take 6 hours. It is certainly not easy or comfortable to travel this way. But, Sai were amused and narrated that not only the passengers around were of a very poor class, but also there were cows, bullocks and other animals traveling. People were smoking bidis, chewing tobacco and spitting; the cows and bullocks too were excreting there itself! Sai was narrating all this with a smile and saying that He was looking all around and enjoying the whole scene! The way the sight was, it was difficult to know whether the train was moving at all!
What is surprising is that in-spite of being in such an eminent position, Sri Mahant of Darbar Sahib Halani, He sat there as one of them and enjoyed the whole journey! On being asked as to why He did not hire an Innova car and travelled comfortably, Sai humbly replied, “I love to go through these situations to know the circumstances through which a common man is passing!”