Kaka privately expressed his doubts about this, which Ghani reported to Baba. So Baba dictated another rhyme:
In October forty-five In the abyss of death I will dive. In November forty-five I will again regain my life. In forty-five December I will kill all member. In February next year I will resurrect all, don't fear!
Baba declared, "In October, November and December 1945, I will keep myself aloof — even from the women mandali — and do my spiritual work."
Not long after Japan surrendered, their pet dog, Toofan, died from internal injuries sustained in a fall from the upstairs terrace of the Jubilee Hills bungalow.
Baba broached the subject of departing from Hyderabad, and sent Vishnu to find bungalows near Mahabaleshwar. Their bungalows in Hyderabad had been leased only for six months, and in the first week of September that period would expire. Baba's mast work was also coming to an end, so he was preparing to leave.
Ali Shah was brought back to Hyderabad for a third time on Thursday, 21 August 1945, and Baba worked with him in seclusion for three days. Although Ali Shah was a fifth-plane jamali mast, Baba would have to work hard with him and would emerge from those sessions looking exhausted.
Baba explained, "I have to work extra hard with him. Because of his sleepy and sluggish temperament."
Although the work was exhausting, the work done with and through Ali Shah was exceptional.
On 31 August, Raja Dharam Karan Bahadur came to see Baba in Hyderabad with his three sons. He was a king of one of the princely states and had seen Baba in Hyderabad in 1938, when Baba was traveling on tour in the Blue Bus. At that time, there was talk of opening a center in Hyderabad, and the maharaja was eager to help in the project. But Baba had left Hyderabad with the idea hanging in the air. This time, Dharam Karan did not broach the topic, but told Baba, "I have come to dedicate, at your feet, my humble self and my family. Please satisfy us by making us your own."
The maharaja had not voiced his full request though, and knowing this, Baba answered, "I will help you spiritually, and will have an eye on your ambition to become a minister [in the government], and see to the worldly welfare of your sons."