This type of samadhi has nothing to do with anything spiritual, for as soon as this state is over, and according to the sanskaras of his past life, the soul takes rebirth. If he has murdered anyone, he must pay for those sanskaras of murder. If the person is innocent, yet is executed, he is then freed from the sanskaras of murder.
It is quite different in the case of people who commit suicide by hanging. When a suicide's samadhi finishes, he remains "hanging" — waiting between the astral and gross worlds. That person becomes a ghost and does not acquire another physical body for ages to come.
While in Nasik, Baba spent more time with the women mandali.
One day he gathered the women together and remarked, "I have great love for you all and that is a source of trouble to me."
Taken aback, Mehera, Naja, and Khorshed were hurt by this and exclaimed, "Baba, don't be troubled on our account."
Looking pensive for a moment, Baba gestured, "It means that you don't want my love?"
All cried out, "Not that, Baba! We pray for your ardent love, but we do not wish to have you suffer because of us."
Baba explained, "I worry for whomever I love. The lover is distressed for the Beloved, but the Beloved is unimaginably more troubled for his lover. My luck, my fate is like that — full of troubles, discomfort, distress and disquiet — because I am the Beloved of all!"
Baba then requested that the women sing a Hindi song that began with this couplet:
The cuckoo is singing in the forest; The Beloved has left us in our infancy!
The women sang and their efforts made Baba happy.
During this period, Gulmai came to Nasik to visit Baba.
On one occasion, he asked her, "Will you always stay near Mehera, as she is my Radha?"
Gulmai replied that it would not be possible for her. Baba then asked the same question of Soonamasi and she at once assented.
In those days, the women mandali were kept aloof in their separate compound and would dress in plain cotton saris with long sleeve blouses. They were ordered to dress modestly and to keep their heads covered at all times with a scarf so as not to show their hair. One day Baba decided to rummage through the women's trunks. Soonamasi's trunk contained beautiful, embroidered saris, which she had brought from Bombay.