Taking advantage of her changed position, the thief grabbed the shawl and ran away. In this way Babajan helped the thief fulfill his desire.
On another occasion, a devotee from Bombay brought Babajan two expensive gold bangles, and after bowing to her, put them on her wrist. The man said that through Babajan's past blessing, some worldly desire of his had been fulfilled, and as a token of appreciation, he had brought the bangles for her. One night soon after, a robber crept up behind Babajan and roughly forced the bangles off, causing her wrist to bleed. The robber attempted a speedy escape, but nearby witnesses shouted for help. Hearing their cries, a policeman came and inquired about the uproar. But what did Babajan do? The old woman startled the crowd by raising a stick and exclaiming, "Arrest those people who are shouting. It is they who are disturbing me. Take them away."
As mentioned, Babajan seldom ate. She would often protest that eating was like patching a torn cloth — meaning that ingesting food was similar to patching this cloth of a body to preserve it. A man was appointed as her mujawar (caretaker), whose duty it was to look after her personal needs and to serve her. He was a good-humored fellow, and whenever he would ask Babajan to eat, he would jokingly say, "Amma Saheb, the jodna [patch] is ready now."
Babajan would constantly mutter seemingly incoherent phrases such as, "Vermin are troubling me incessantly. I brush them away but they gather again." Then she would vigorously brush her body, as if removing dust or cobwebs.
Baba once explained this:
The infinite number of sanskaras in the entire universe are attracted to the five Perfect Masters and are purified in their divine fire. When the sanskaras are purified, they return, spreading throughout the universe as spiritual sanskaras. In this way the Perfect Masters' bodies serve as centers for collecting and cleansing the universal sanskaras of the world, and again disseminating them as spiritual sanskaras.
Perfect Masters, such as Babajan, have their own inner way of working. For example, one night, in the town of Talegaon about 20 miles from Poona, a play was being staged in a local theater. There was a large crowd and the theater was packed to capacity. The management locked the doors to prevent more people from entering. During the play a fire broke out and the audience panicked, since the doors were locked.