Age declared. "Words cannot sufficiently praise your fortune. You are the Mother of the Age! Your name will be sung for ages to come! O Memo, our supreme farewell to you!"
Baba and Eruch left for Mahabaleshwar immediately.
Shireenmai's funeral was held the following evening, and her body taken to the Tower of Silence. A large contingent of devotees arrived from Bombay and Ahmednagar to pay their last respects. Some reported seeing Meher Baba bow thrice to his mother's body.
The following day, 27 February 1943, Baba returned to Poona, where he stayed at Bindra House. This time he did go to Baba House, and saw Jalbhai, Adi Jr., Beheram and his wife Perin. Beheram and Perin's children, Sheroo, age eight, and Gulnar, seven, loved Baba. For a while, Baba played with the two children. He then explained to all:
" Memo has come to me and is now fully in bliss. She helped me so much in my work, and after playing her part she has come to me. She was an exceedingly adventurous woman and extremely fearless.
"When Bobo died, she was all alone here in Poona, as you three [Jalbhai, Beheram and Adi Jr.] were with me in the West. Because of her courage, I was able to take the three of you with me. Now, Memo is quite happy and free of all worldly ties."
Baba then divided the family's property among his three brothers, according to his mother's Will, and returned to Bindra House for the night.
In the afternoon, during a meeting with the mandali, Masaji and Pappa got into an argument. Then Kaka and Chanji began fighting about the activities of Manek Mehta and his Jap Mandal. As Chanji recorded:
It seemed as if Baba had come and stayed here expressly for this purpose and created this storm [fighting]. As he said, in the end it is his leela [divine game]. His role during all this heated debate was of a quiet, silent observer. He even seemed to enjoy it. (Although others raged red hot!) But the game was played as he wanted and finished up. How wonderfully it exposed and disclosed the weaknesses of all concerned. How acutely it strained the nerves and tested the strength of endurance till it all blew-off [up]! What a game! What a leela! And what an experience!
Baba spent the night at Bindra House and left Poona for Ahmednagar on Sunday, 28 February, with Gulmai, Khorshed Damania and Adi Sr. in Sarosh's Chevrolet.