A bus carrying a wedding party had overturned and sixteen persons were injured, including the groom. Baba had two of the injured placed in his car and they were taken to the closest medical facility at Kohlar for treatment. The others were brought to the Rahuri dispensary. Baba went to Meherabad the next morning.
On the 8th, 9th and 10th, Baba spent all day at Rahuri and returned to Meherabad each evening. Dolly was still in a disturbed state and would often refuse to eat. In the evening of the 9th, Baba fed her milk and jalebis (brought by Sarosh to celebrate the birth of a son the previous day).
Why Baba maintained such a schedule of being constantly on the move was puzzling even to those who observed it personally. Dhake recorded in his diary on 9 March 1937:
Shree Baba came here [Rahuri] exactly at 8:00 A.M.; as soon as the clock strikes eight Baba's Pontiac horn sends a booming ring on the road. It makes me think and think, and I never come to the end of it, [as to] why Baba is so much on wheels between Meherabad, Nasik and Rahuri. One cannot follow the sequence of his work. Mysterious is his way of doing good to the world. No doubt he is working day and night for the good of humanity. But his work externally falls not within any systematic working of any established institution. He is certainly not working for gain to his person. Whatever he does he does for the good of his followers and other people. That is why it is difficult to follow his working. Unless and until one is showered with his grace, one cannot appreciate his working. Let us try to obey him till we are graced by him by his touch.
For his own reasons, Baba expressed his disappointment that Mahatma Gandhi did not come to his birthday celebration.
It would have been good for Gandhi to see Westerners and Easterners gathered together for a spiritual purpose, he stated.
At Baba's urging, Chanji wrote the following letter to Gandhi:
5 March 1937 Nasik Retreat Dear Gandhiji,
I have your letter of the 11th last [February].
Shri Baba's birthday, publicly celebrated this time after years, marked an important epoch in many ways. I will mention two of its most significant features: his touching of the feet of thousands, and the meeting of the East and West in closer bond.