She stayed overnight at Gyas Manzil and left the next
day by train. Although Rosamond's meeting with Baba was brief, on her way
back to England, she wrote to Freiny:
I cannot yet put anything into words, it is quite
impossible, I hardly yet realize all that my little time with His Holiness means
and will mean in the future, but that I have had a great experience I do know,
much greater than I can yet take in, but words are still impossible and if you
will convey my gratitude and respectful homage to His Holiness, I think He will
understand, in fact I know He will.
During this period, Baba would on occasion still play
cricket with the mandali and devotees. An almost nightly game of Pachisi (Parcheesi) was played from the 22nd, using lines drawn with chalk. The game
involved 84 steps, which Baba explained was symbolic of the 84 lakhs of births
and deaths necessary before Realization.
Baba was in a good mood all day on Sunday, 3 August, when
Parcheesi was played again, and also seven tiles and cricket. It being Sunday,
Maneck Ranji spent the day with Baba and the mandali, as did Rustom and Adi
Sr.
Depending upon Baba's inner work, his health would
undergo drastic changes. Since 12 June 1930, Baba had been greatly troubled by
eczema. On 9 July, Dr. Sathe had given him an injection for it and applied an
acid solution, but with no effect. Baba also suffered from headaches.
During Baba's stay in Nasik, boils appeared on his
body and began causing him much pain. On 5 August, Dr. Nilu was specially called
from Bombay to give Baba an injection. Of course any doctor in Nasik could have
administered the injection, but Baba was giving Nilu this opportunity of
service, right before his final exams. When Baba was given the injection, he
explained the mysterious significance of his ailment:
These boils are of different types — one
irritating, one itching, one full of pus, one very small, one very large. Why
are they all so different and peculiar? The explanation is that each represents
a particular country or continent. For instance, that one on my anus represents
India; the other on my buttocks represents Persia, and so on — different
types according to the sanskaras of the country it represents.
This means, in short, that there are no physical
defects on my body.