Sayyed Saheb (who had seen Baba in Nasik in July) came with them. At night, Baba went for a drive around the city, to Malabar Hill (where he strolled about), Null Bazaar, and Chowpatty Beach.
Many visitors came to see Baba in Bombay. K. J. Dastur saw Baba on the 11th and returned to Meherabad the following night.
Savak Kotwal came on Monday, 9 September 1929 and prayed to the Master to put him on the Path. Baba assured him that he was under his nazar.
"The Path is most difficult," Baba remarked. "Only heroes can tread it. It is better if you look before you leap. Think well before you ask this of me.
"Think of the untold sufferings and sacrifices to be undergone in this line by giving up everything, even your nearest and dearest ones and the whole world. In this Path you must carry your life on your sleeves! After giving all up, you should not have the slightest thought of your sacrifices. You should not even think of it. Your mentality should be fully ready for the renunciation of everything."
Savak requested, "Shower your grace on me, Baba, so that I will have no other thoughts but of you alone."
"What is grace? To make you like me. That is grace. Grace does not lead a person to renunciation; it means that as soon as a person receives the Master's grace, he becomes like his Master."
Quoting Kabir, Savak then said, "God's grace consists in giving one a human form; and the Master's grace consists in making one renounce the whole world."
Baba replied, "The whole universe is to be renounced. Making one like his Master, that is grace."
"Baba, make me yours," Savak said.
"When the guru's grace descends, then he himself makes one do everything and the result will be his. But you have to understand this and do as he says. There should be no thought at all while carrying out his orders; the mind should not turn to anything else. Are you ready for that?"
Savak kept quiet, and Baba asked him, "Are you prepared to do so? Come on ... This is a very cheap bargain — quite easy. Are you ready to accept the bargain?"
Savak seemed to be weighing the proposition in his mind and kept quiet.
Baba asked, "What are you thinking? There is nothing else except God everywhere. So what is the use of thinking? This won't do. That is why I say, think not once but a hundred times before stepping onto this Path.