The Master's silence poured the wine of love into Nalavala's heart and filled it to the brim. Through the language of his heart, he declared: "Baba, I have become yours."
Keki Desai, also, was deeply moved, but because the darshan was over so quickly, and because he had been so excited, he had not seen Baba properly to his heart's content. He later felt disappointed about this. But Baba is all-merciful and six days later, on the 20th, he invited Keki's wife Dhun to the women's bungalow to spend the day with them. Keki was asked to bring her. When he went to drop her off outside the house, Soonamasi, who was on guard duty, told him to wait. After some time Baba called him inside to the garden. Baba was seated in an armchair, and Keki now had the good fortune of seeing him from close range as he had longed for.
"Are you fully satisfied this time," Baba asked him, "having seen me from head to toe?"
Keki later recalled: "His was the most beautiful face I had ever seen or would ever see. I was overjoyed on seeing my Beloved at last!"
Pappa Jessawala had been entrusted with the work of disposing of the Byramangala property, at the best price available. The land there for Baba's proposed center was between five to seven hundred acres, at the time. Pappa was traveling back and forth between Dehra Dun, Ahmednagar, Nasik and Bombay for this work, while his family remained in Bangalore, according to Baba's instruction.
Pappa arrived in Dehra Dun on the morning of 12 April 1942 and left the following night for Ahmednagar and Nasik, after meeting Baba.
Rumors were rampant at this time that Bangalore was in imminent danger of being bombed by the Japanese. There was a huge exodus from the city, and it became almost deserted. Pappa, fearing for his family's safety, sent a telegram to Eruch in Bangalore, telling him to come immediately to Dehra Dun with the rest of the family and all of their belongings.
Pappa sent the telegram from Ahmednagar, on his own, without consulting Baba — but he signed it as being from Baba, as he knew his family would obey such an instruction if it came from Baba.
When Eruch, Gaimai, Manu, Meheru and Meherwan, along with Gulamasi Satha and Sarwar, arrived in Dehra Dun on 17 April 1942, Baba was very displeased to see them and asked, "Why have you all come here?"