Ardeshir had not been able to bring Aga Ali, and Baba stated that this necessitated his return to Srinagar. But he instructed Raosaheb and Baidul to keep his plans a secret. The mandali at Meherabad and Nasik were not informed about it immediately. The same day, Baidul was sent by Baba to Persia to try to bring Aga Ali to India. The boy Tukaram was sent to Poona by the four o'clock train.
On Sunday, 15 June 1930, Baba left Meherabad by train at 6:00 P.M. with Ali Akbar, Chanji, Raosaheb, and Vishnu for his second trip to Kashmir. He traveled first to Nasik, staying only for an hour, and then to Bombay, where he arrived at 8:00 A.M. and had tea at Nilu's. On the afternoon of the 16th, the group left Bombay by train for Delhi. Reaching Delhi the next day, Baba and his companions stayed in the Maharaja Hotel.
On 18 June, the devout manager of the hotel brought an astrologer named K. D. Joshi to meet the Master. Joshi was an intelligent young man and seemed sincerely drawn to Baba. Chanji later gave him three hand-colored photographs of Baba, which Joshi stared at for a few minutes, absorbed in thought. Then quite suddenly, while gazing at Baba's pictures, Joshi predicted, "In about two years, this powerful personality will come out in full force — the powers that are latent in him and unseen by the world will be manifest and his silence broken. The silence too is a sign that his extraordinary powers have been kept secret and unknown for the past five years. These powers will burst forth in the next two years in their full force, sweeping the whole of humanity in its sway."
Later that day, R. N. Kalia, the Delhi correspondent of a Lahore English newspaper, came to see Baba. Kalia said, "I am now trying to make as much money as possible so that I may be able to invite saints like you to my house. I wish to serve saints and keep them in comfort."
Baba's reply was especially poignant:
Saints love lovers of God, even if they are poor. Those who are rich, but without love, saints would never like for a host. So a saint would prefer a poor beggar who has love and devotion for God to a rich person devoid of either.
Your objective is good, but the way in which you intend to fulfill it is doubtful.