Baba was very pleased and embraced Pleader, saying, "Today my work is done, and on this stage of the universe I give you my embrace."
Two days after the play, on 27 September, eighteen of the 36 inmates were sent away to their respective towns or villages. Although this left eighteen in the mast and mad ashram, Mohammed Mast was the main occupant at this time and he received most of Baba's attention. Mohammed would take hours in everything he did — to eat, bathe, dress; every physical function was torturous for those who cared for him — and all the caretakers had been ordered to comply with his every whim and wish.
As with every Avataric action, Baba explained that the play and the departure of the inmates were connected with world conditions. War in Europe seemed inevitable. Baba had said that he would make a definite decision about it after the masts' play.
A few days before, he had remarked, "Hitler is a coward."
The day Baba sent away the first inmates, he remarked to the women, "All Europe is preparing for [war]. But they don't know what we [the Avatar & the Perfect Masters] have decided. It means war. Russia, France and England against Germany, Italy and others."
The following afternoon, Baba again mentioned the war:
India will help — all [countries] will help — Germany, Italy, France, Russia; many others will join. Everywhere people are worried. All imagine how it will be when bombs fall on top of them. How my agents are now working — very busy! China and Japan are both fighting. All speculating. The Negus [Haile Selassie, Emperor of Abyssinia] now planning to get his country back [from Italy].
The time is near — the world is in chaos. That is why I declared publicly in the magazine article, "I am the Avatar." It is a good article; you must remember what I said in that article. There are always 56 [God-realized souls]. Now out of these 56, 5 Sadgurus are put into the world. But in every Avataric period, these five become one in demonstrating the cycle [when the Avatar appears in form].
So the Avatar exists in the heart of these five as one. These five are God-realized like the Avatar. All are one; but, in short, in the Avataric period the Avatar is equal to five Sadgurus. Thus, five Sadgurus make one Avatar — that is the long and short of it. So if the Sadgurus were to show their hearts you would find me in them.