On Upasni Maharaj's 65th birthday, Monday, 20 May
1935, Baba distributed watermelon to the mandali and, in an exceptional mood,
spent the day rejoicing. In the early years, Maharaj's arti had been
performed regularly by Baba, but this practice had ended in 1931. It was now
sung only occasionally during a special darshan program or other function such
as Maharaj's birthday celebration. Memo and Adi Jr. arrived that night from
Poona, and left at 10:00 A.M. on the 22nd.
Baba left on 23 May for Nasik where he met with Daulatmai
and her daughter Freiny, Dina Talati, Adi Sr. and Ramjoo's family. Nilu also
arrived from Bombay. On the 25th Pilamai left Nasik for Bombay, and from there
she and her children continued on to their home in Karachi on the 30th.
The same day, Thursday, 30 May 1935, Baba, Gustadji,
Jalbhai and Gulmai drove from Nasik to Bombay and again stayed at Banubai's
apartment. Baba was invited to lunch the next day at Banu Mansion in Dadar,
Naoroji and Bachamai Dadachanji's new home.1 There, Baba
met the Dadachanjis' teenage daughters, Arnavaz, seventeen, Nargis,
thirteen, and Roda, eleven, and their young sons, Tehemtan, eight, Homa, six,
Dara, four, and Nozar, two. Naoroji was Chanji's older brother, and his
entire family was drenched in Baba's love.
Later the same day, 31 May, Maneck Ranji came to see
Baba, who explained to Maneck:
I can see the creation and dissolution of universes
very clearly. I can count them, even though they are numberless. They are quite
clear to me. Only the Avatar and Perfect Masters can see them with their gross
eyes; no one else can. People would think it a wonderful sight. But for one who
has realized God and experiences eternal bliss every moment, it is nothing.
I have descended to the level of the gross world and I
have to suffer infinitely for my divine work. How can you understand this? It is
complicated. This illusion is full of complications; the Truth is not. It is
free of entanglements — one, indivisible and perfect!
Gulmai met Baba on 1 June, with her daughter Piroja (who
was living in Bombay with her husband), and she returned to Ahmednagar the next
day, taking Piroja with her.
Leaving Bombay, Baba went to Poona on Sunday, 2 June
1935. After meeting with his mother Memo, Baba left for Talegaon where
Ramjoo's family had taken up residence.
Footnotes
- 1.The family rented two rooms in a large bungalow. Beheram and Perin later occupied a small cottage in the same compound.