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In plain words

In the main room of the hall the altar has been set up. That room is full of people. In front of it is a verandah where the Paramahamsa is seated, and there are people there too. On either side of the verandah is a room, and those rooms are full too, with people standing at the doors, craning their necks. Steps leading up to the verandah run from one end of it to the other, and the steps too are thronged with people. A little way from the steps stand two or three trees, and beside them an arbour with a few wooden benches; from there too people are looking towards the great soul, craning forward, all ears. There are rows of fruit trees and flowering trees with a path between them. The trees sway a little in the breeze, as if bowing their heads in joy to welcome him.