Shireenmai had brought him clean clothes, but he refused to wear them.
Maharaj spoke to him, "Merwan, your mother has come back again. She wants you to go home and get married. Every time your mother comes here she is angry and fights with me. I am fed up with her abuses. Now, go back with her."
Then Upasni smiled and said, "Go back with her, get married, have children and she will be happy. Become a thief, speak lies, steal from anyone! Go away from here! Then your mother will be happy, but you will end up in hell!"
"Don't joke about this with me," cried Memo. "I am serious! I want my son back!"
Baba had been standing beside Maharaj, then he sat beside him; he had been smiling but now appeared sad. Durgabai brought refreshments, and Memo and Adi went outside to eat and rest under a tree with her. Durgabai told Memo, "What can we do? Merwan does not want to leave Maharaj. Maharaj gave him a small room without windows. It is dark and empty. Maharaj gives him no comforts, but still your son wants to stay near him. I cannot explain it; he loves Maharaj and likes it here."
Memo started weeping and pleaded with Durgabai, "I don't understand it! Why doesn't Maharaj give me back my son? Why doesn't Merwan want to come home? Why does Maharaj wish me so much grief?" With these words, Durgabai also wept.
Memo went back inside where Upasni Maharaj and her son were seated. Upasni said, "Your son does not want to go home, he does not want to get married, and he does not want children. Forget about your ideas and go back home. He wants to stay here with me." Upasni embraced Memo and gently said, "I bow to your love for Merwan." Memo left quite unconsoled.
When Memo arrived home, she did not speak to anyone but went to her room and wept bitterly. She was unreconciled to the fact that she had lost her favorite son. Bobo failed in his attempts to console her and she wept for days. Her heart and spirit were broken.
Still terribly distraught, she returned to Sakori a week later. This time she confronted Maharaj and Baba for three days, but her attempts to persuade her son to leave with her failed again. It was a bitter and heartbreaking battle.