Irritated with Buasaheb, Baba demanded, "Come and stand before me! Why are you hiding behind the others?"
Completely despondent, Buasaheb replied, "I no longer wish to remain with you, Baba. I will go away at any time, without informing anyone. Either grant me full authority so the others will obey me, or relieve me of this duty of being manager."
"You want to be so superior! If you want to go — GO!"
Buasaheb was on the verge of tears and replied meekly, "You never even inquired about what happened."
Baba snapped, "I know everything; there is no necessity to ever tell me anything!"
Beckoning Dastur, Baba kissed him. Baba then walked to the car and drove off.
After driving some distance, the mandali began discussing the reason Baba had become so upset and then struck himself. Dastur said, "Baba doesn't need a reason," and he made some other disrespectful remarks.
Vishnu could not bear it. He lashed out at Dastur furiously, "You pompous ass! You are so full of pride that you think you have a right to act like you wish. Because you have been to college and have a law degree, you think you are something special! Had any of us acted like you, Baba would have kicked us and cut us to pieces. But Baba never scolds you — he never criticizes or punishes you — and you think you are someone great.
"But you don't understand the reason why. We who have been with Baba from the beginning have placed our necks at his feet, but your pride has prevented you from doing that. You could never do it! Your ego is too inflated. In fact, you are not a Baba-man!"
They began arguing, and Vishnu continued his verbal attack of Dastur: "You give speeches telling people to write Baba's messages in blood and disseminate them everywhere! Hah! What hypocrisy! What is the use of such empty words? Don't you know, actions speak louder than words?"
Dastur got up and changed his seat on the bus, contrary to Baba's orders, which the others pointed out. Raosaheb told him in plain terms to stop moving around. Dastur became livid and physically attacked Buasaheb, Raosaheb, Chanji, and Chhagan, causing a horrendous ruckus in the moving bus. (Dastur actually bit Raosaheb's lip, and Chanji's and Chhagan's hands.)
Chanji tried to reason with him, "It was Baba's order that none of us should change our seats. Does it behoove you to act in this way, you being the editor of The Meher Message ? You are breaking Baba's order as well as behaving rudely."