Leaving Madras on 3 March, in one of the buses and a car, they proceeded towards Bangalore. On the way, Baba remarked that there was a sixth-plane wali in Mysore who had been born as a wali. Sadashiv told Baba that he had read in the newspaper about a man in Mysore who remembers his past life. "He recognizes his previous parents, their home and every detail," Sadashiv related.
Baba commented briefly:
There are a few such people who abruptly remember events of their past lives. They generally are those who die in a sudden accident, the shock of which has such a force on them that it leaves impressions of their last birth which they remember in their present birth. But this has nothing to do with realizing the Truth or spiritual advancement.
The group arrived in Bangalore the following day, and drove on, passing the Seringapatam Fort, nine miles from Mysore. Newspaper accounts of the death of the former Shah of Iran had been read out to Baba the previous month.
About the Shah's brother, who had assumed his position, Baba remarked, "Will [the King of Persia] live or die? If I reach Mysore by 8:00 P.M. he will live."
Buasaheb then said to the driver: "The life of a king is in your hands, so please drive quickly!" They arrived at 7:45 P.M. and continued to Mudigere, where they spent the night. They left early the next morning, after a walk around the town.
There were plenty of tigers, lions and bears roaming the jungles surrounding Mysore. On Thursday, 6 March 1930, when the conversation turned to wild animals, Baba advised:
If you ever encounter any such savage animals, or if you find yourselves in a perilous, desperate situation, cry out my name loudly. I will then save you. Even if you die, you should know that I have saved you, because my protection is real protection. I always protect my lovers.
There is a difference between remembering my name and actually saying it out loud. In the eventuality of your body being overcome with fear in the presence of any wild animal or other creature (such as a snake), at such moments of danger you should loudly cry out my name so loud that the sound of my name falls on the creature's ears which will immediately make it as meek as a lamb!
But before inanimate objects — during any serious mishap or accident, such as a car crash or train wreck — you will be saved by remembering me with full faith from the bottom of your heart.