Baba and the group left Goa on Monday morning, 15 April 1940, at six o'clock, and spent the night in the Khanapur dak bungalow. They started for Amboli at nine the next morning. On the drive there, Baba spotted a mast sitting under a tree. Baba took the mast in the car with them, and they arrived at Amboli at one in the afternoon. Vishwanath Haldankar had made all the preparations at the dak bungalow in which they stayed.
The Maharani of Savantwadi (whose husband had given the Panchgani Tiger Valley Cave to Baba) expressed her wish for Baba's darshan, and Baba acceded to her request. The maharani came with her three daughters on the 17th. Baba met with them for a few minutes. The maharani humbly placed a coconut at his feet.
Baba picked it up and handed it to one of the daughters, remarking, "Keep this with you always. Preserve it. Everything will be all right. You should not worry."
The maharani was deeply moved, as her daughter had been suffering mentally (perhaps from depression), although she had not mentioned this to Baba. His unexpected prasad deeply gladdened the maharani's heart. The maharani invited Baba, to visit her palatial bungalow with the women. Baba accepted, and they went there two days later.
Over the next three days, Baba took the women sightseeing in Amboli to Mahdev Fort, Temple Point, Parvati and Nutt Points and other places of interest. One day, on the verandah of their bungalow, Arnavaz, Nargis, Silla, Katie and others were playing cards, when Baba unexpectedly showed up.
He was displeased, and castigated them, "If people see you, they will say that Meher Baba's followers do nothing but play cards all day! We are in a new town, and just think for a moment what a bad impression your card playing would make on a casual observer. Don't you donkey-heads feel ashamed? Although I have no objection to it, I have to see to the minutest of things so that unpleasant consequences do not follow."
So, the women stopped playing the card game and began eating their lunch on the verandah. Again, Baba came and reproved them for not going inside.
He ended by remarking, "Margaret will dance on her return to England, and Arnavaz on her return to Bombay. But here, in my ashram, you have to act according to my wish."
Age explains: "From such small incidents, Baba was emphasizing to his followers the importance of obedience. By scolding them, he was breaking down their egos, and thereby lightening their load on the Path, so that they could progress on it without stumbling."