Krishna did not understand and Baba spelled out: "If Chanji improves and comes here, you will die."
That night, Krishna also came down with fever, and Nilu began treating him. Meanwhile, despite the best possible treatment, Chanji did not improve. At 5:30 A.M. on Friday, 25 August 1944, with Baba's name on his lips, Chanji shut his eyes forever to the world, and opened his eyes to see his Divine Beloved in His Pure Being! He was 52 years old.
Baba's words to Chanji the previous June ("You can attend the Ahmednagar and Allahabad programs — if you are alive!") now took on added meaning.
In fact, in 1929, when Baba was on his way to Harvan Village from Srinagar, he had casually remarked to Chanji, "Your tomb will be here."
And Chanji would often remark, "When I die, I want to die in Kashmir — it's so lovely there." Baba had fulfilled his request.
Baba himself attended Chanji's funeral in the Parsi cemetery and strewed flowers over his last remains. Thereafter, a headstone was raised and Chanji was finally given a rest after 20 hectic years in India and on trips abroad as Baba's personal secretary.
During journeys, even in crowded third-class train compartments, Chanji carried a portable typewriter and would type letters and his diary notes, sometimes even at night. Despite his sincere labors, he was inevitably the one whom Baba "picked on" most and who served as Baba's scapegoat. When Baba slapped him (and he did so many, many times), Chanji would say, "Go on Baba ... You have the right to treat me like this ... You are the Master, you have the authority."
But, as Age knew, "All this was not the Master's abuse but the expression of his deep love for the disciple. The Master's apparent cruelty toward the slave, who had dedicated everything at his feet, was in fact his benevolent mercy. It was no ill treatment; it was the pouring out of his love, soaking the heart through and through. A disciple such as Chanji was truly incomparable!
"Chanji, our salutations to you! Age thanks you for what you have left us. The treasure of Meher Baba's divine words and working, which you preserved, will serve as a memorial to your love and discipleship. Your notes will inspire the world for generations to come! By your life you have shown others the way to his blessing!"