On 9 May, Baba proceeded to Rajuri where four families from that village, in addition to four families from Ale, were brought by buses. After washing their feet and bowing to them, Baba gave each family Rs.50 and two rupees to a few beggars who had also come. He then returned to Pimpalgaon via Poona.
On the 15th, Baba spent the day at Meherabad. He left Meherazad at 8:00 A.M. with the women and spent the morning at Upper Meherabad with the women's group. At lower Meherabad, he met individually with the mandali from three to six o'clock, and issued instructions to each. He returned to Meherazad at seven in the evening.
On Friday, 26 May, Baba again left Pimpalgaon for Khandwa with Baidul, Chanji, Eruch, Gustadji, Jalbhai and Kaka. They traveled from Ahmednagar by train. Krishna, Nilu, Venkoba Rao and Vishnu remained in Pimpalgaon to look after the women.
Baba reached Khandwa the next morning and set out with Baidul and Gustadji to contact a mast named Gorab Shah, who lived across from a mosque. Baba had contacted this mast three years before, and hinted that he was a highly advanced soul. The contact proved satisfactory, making Baba extremely happy.
In the afternoon after tea, in an exceptional mood, Baba remarked about the Masters and saints, past and present, in Iran and India:
"They are the real flowers of humanity — flowers of spiritual power! In Iran, Shams-e-Tabriz, Maulana Rumi and Hafiz all were Perfect. Omar Khayyam was not God-realized but highly advanced.
"Masts are my best medium for work in the world, and that is why I exert myself so much to contact them," Baba revealed.
In the meantime, Baba had sent Eruch, Kaka and Jalbhai to find and collect the poor. After his work with Gorab Shah, Baba washed and laid his head on the feet of about 60 poor persons in the Jain dharamshala near the bridge at Khandwa. He then handed a rupee coin to each.
Whenever Baba would wash the feet of the poor, the entire operation was carried out with such precision that some remarked it was like a military exercise. It had to be. Baba was always in a great hurry and would not tolerate any wasted motions or time. Finding a suitable place, gathering the poor at a fixed time, heating water to wash their feet and seeing that each person exited in an orderly manner after receiving prasad — all these and other chores took place simultaneously.