In the afternoon Baba went in a taxi with Mrs. Brown and Norina to a boys' school to look for a suitable lad. Adi Sr. and Chanji left for Delhi to find a bungalow there for Baba and the women, and a few days later Eruch was sent to Ajmer for the same purpose.
The next day Baba took the women to Mathura, where Krishna was born; to Gokul, where he spent his childhood; and to Vrindavan, where he lived with the gopis. Near a temple in Vrindavan, a young mast, who was playing the flute, saw Baba and exclaimed, "Here comes my Murlivale ! I have been waiting for you!"1 The mast was ecstatic when he saw Baba. Baba patted his cheeks and had a few coins given to him.
Later, Baba told the women, "He is more advanced than our Mohammed [Mast]."
While visiting places associated with Krishna, Baba observed, "When I see these places, I remember my old habitats; they are like my old, well-remembered haunts. Here was where I used to play with the gopis and steal milk and curds; here, I played my flute; and here, my Radha would come running to me! Now, I have brought my new gopis with me, and now, Mehera is my Radha."
Late in the afternoon Baba stated, "We will now go see where Krishna ate his last meal."
The group was puzzled, thinking they had already seen everything connected with Lord Krishna. It turned out to be the dak bungalow where they had eaten lunch that day with Baba! They returned there for tea.
Baba would take the women to these surrounding places each day and then return to Agra, where he would start his mast contacts. But before setting out on his mast hunts, Baba was particular to first bathe and feed Mohammed by hand. This was his primary duty at the time, and he spent about two hours each day with Mohammed.
On the 28th, a strange incident occurred in their bungalow. Two days before, Baba had brought a hoopoe that had been badly injured by a youngster's slingshot. They brought it in, dressed the wound and bandaged it. Baba held it in his lap, caressed it and fed it. Despite all their nursing, the bird did not survive long, and just before the end on the 30th, it struggled out of its box toward where Baba was seated and fell dead at his feet.
Footnotes
- 1.Murlivale is another name for Krishna and means the flute player.