Two unexpected visitors arrived at 7:30 P.M. on the 3rd. They were Mahendra Lal Chowdhary of Mandali and Pathak Pleader. Pathak had taken Baba to see a site in Mandla for setting up an ashram, but at that time Baba had not made any definite commitment. Chowdhary prayed to Baba to accept a small gift from him, as the murder charges against him had been dropped. Baba asked what it was, and Chowdhary replied that it was his land behind the Circuit House — 37 acres with 300 mango trees on it!
Baba resisted, replying, "I want only love, not dakshina [monetary offering]. The dakshina of pure love is the highest type of donation one can make."
But Chowdhary and Pathak sincerely entreated Baba to accept the gift. After a discussion lasting over two hours, Baba finally accepted the property. Chowdhary said, "I am blessed today as you have accepted my dakshina." He later told Chanji, "It is our great good fortune to make an offer to Baba, and for him to accept it for a cause such as his."
Keki Bajan, a Parsi devotee of Upasni Maharaj, came with his family from Katni for a few days to see Baba, arriving on the afternoon of the 3rd. The next morning, they came for Baba's darshan. After a few moments of silence, Baba stated:
I am like a child and also like a grown man — very small and very great at one and the same time. Eventually, a person must have that experience of being both small and great, a child and an adult simultaneously, whereby he consciously experiences being in all. For that to happen, this I must go. This I is false, but for it to disappear is very difficult. If that false, finite I goes, then the infinite I [Godhood] comes.
Keki must go for Baba to come! This is not born of reading or talks, but is my actual experience. Pandits [Pundits] are many, but the Experience must be there.
Keki said, "Your grace is required, Baba."
"Yes, it is not possible without grace. But it will come. Stick to Maharaj till the end. Hold tightly onto his feet. Only the Master knows. They may make one sink or swim!"
Keki narrated Upasni Maharaj's recent activities and tour, saying, "For fourteen days Maharaj was in Benares, for two days in Katni, and for one day in Satna. He left from here [Jabalpur] only yesterday! After staying in Nagpur for two days, he will return to Sakori."