Baba gave his blessings to the teachers and students and promised "to give you all a helping inner push on the Path, if you act sincerely in accordance with my advice and instructions," which made them very happy.
On Monday, 14 April, Baba and the mandali went to Annasaheb Kale's residence for lunch, and in the evening at the Tapovan Baba played a game of field hockey with the schoolboys. While Baba was playing with the boys, the ex-Diwan of Kolhapur state and two other influential men drove up in an expensive car. They were surprised to find Meher Baba playing hockey. They desired darshan and Baba granted their request, and dictated this brief message:
With children, I am a child; with the old, I am old. With women, I am a woman; with men, a man. With the rich, I am rich; and with the poor, I am poor. Despite all this, I love children most as they have no desires. I enjoy playing with them, and my playing with them makes them drink Wine [feel love], which they can drink more of while playing.
There was an entertainment program and dinner at the Tapovan that night for 100 persons. Baba sat with the boys. In the course of speaking with the boys, some ill-feelings between a few of them came to light and Baba scolded them about it.
Many wept in regret and Baba forgave them, promising, "If you all behave well, as instructed, for only four months, without giving any cause for complaint, I will come here again and break my silence here!"
Baba left Kolhapur at noon on the 15th of April, reaching Panchgani the same day.
In Panchgani, Baba would daily walk to the excavation site where his seclusion cave was being dug.
On one of these inspection tours, Baba made reference to his past incarnation as Shivaji, "Being in Tiger Valley reminds me of my past days here. This mountain area was then full of the noise and bustle of continuous activity on all four sides for there was a military camp in this jungle."
Near the huts where Baba and the mandali were staying was a mosque. As was customary early each morning and several times throughout the day, the name of God was shouted loudly by a pronounced, hoarse voice: "ALLAH! ALLAH! ALLAH!"
When the mandali were discussing this on Thursday, 17 April 1930, Baba commented, "Is God deaf? Where is the necessity of shouting His name so loudly? It makes one's heart skip a beat! But God does not listen to such bleating. He has an ear only for the voice of the heart, of which the world has no idea."