One day Baba told Krishna to go ask Chatti Baba whether he wanted a bath. Krishna did so and at first Chatti Baba laughed, but then agreed. Baba came and began bathing him. During the bath Baba gestured to Krishna to ask Chatti Baba whether he felt cold. Krishna asked him and he said, "Cold? I'm on fire! ... I'm burning up!"
Krishna looked puzzled and asked, "You're having a cold bath, yet you feel that you are burning?"
Chatti Baba nodded toward Baba and said, "This fire is burning me!"
Baba wished to give Chatti Baba a bath every morning at 6:00 A.M. Krishna would prepare kangi (cream of wheat) and an omelette for the mast's breakfast, and keep it ready, so that he could be fed immediately after his bath. On one occasion, Baba wanted the bathwater to be very hot. That morning, Krishna was late but by only ten minutes. Angrily, Baba knocked loudly on his door and demanded that he hurry up.
Baba went to the other men and complained, "Krishna is eating and sleeping like a pig!"
Sending for Gustadji, he gestured to him, "I am so upset, I cannot forgive Krishna for his mistake. You'd better forgive him."
Gustadji replied with hand signs, "If you cannot forgive him, Baba, how can I?"
Addressing Krishna, Baba scolded, "Why are you always so careless? I am paying you ten rupees per month, besides feeding you and sending money to your mother. And, still, you don't do your duty properly. If you accept wages, then you must work faithfully and be honest."
Krishna snapped back, "Do you think I am staying with you for money?"
"Then why do you take payment from me? But be warned, to do your work without compensation, like the mandali, will be still more troublesome. It requires exactitude. Only he whose head is ever-bowed at my feet can work like that. You are hopeless! Useless! It is better you go away!"
"If you think that I am here for wages, then I will leave."
"Where will you go?"
"Anywhere ... I will find work."
"Had you any love for me, you wouldn't talk like this," Baba said and left the room.
Krishna felt terrible and decided to leave Baba. When he took one step toward the door, Chatti Baba began laughing loudly. Krishna asked the mast, "Why are you laughing?"
"Where are you going?"