Arriving at Rahuri, the group met the mandali — Ghani, Vishnu, Pendu, Padri, Raosaheb, Baidul and Nilu. After they toured the ashram and saw the mad and masts, Baba discoursed about selfless service:
As an object lesson to others to render service to humanity, I myself serve others. In the ashram [school] at Meherabad, I wanted my Brahmin devotees to serve the Untouchables. For that purpose, I personally served the Untouchable boys, bathing them and washing their clothes. When I asked my Brahmin devotees to assist me, they did, for they loved me. In true service, there must be no lingering idea that one is free to yield service or refuse it. One must feel that one is not master of one's own body, but that one's body is the guru's and exists merely to render him service.
Leaving Rahuri, they drove on to Meherabad, arriving at eleven o'clock. Baba showed them the men's quarters at lower Meherabad, and then took the Western women up the hill to see Mehera and the other women mandali: Naja, Mani, Khorshed, Soonamasi, Gulmai, Walu and Kakubai. Memo was also there, and Baba took them to meet her at the Family Quarters where Daulatmai (Mehera's mother) and her sister Freiny Masi (Padri's mother) were living.
Baba noted that the Western group had not eaten much on their visit to Meherabad and commented,
"I intend to start giving the food myself as I used to do. This is an old custom of mine which I have stopped for the last four years. The food is brought to me, then each of you bring your plate and I give it. Jesus did this."