The instant Nanga Baba saw Baba approaching, he folded his hands and shouted, "Lord! Welcome, welcome! Long have I waited to see you! For years I have thirsted for you alone! Today you have come. O Lord, emancipate me!"
Nanga Baba fell at Baba's feet and began weeping. Seeing this, Krishna thought: "How stupid I am. Even while staying with Baba I was thinking he was Satan ... And here is this mast pining just to have a glimpse of him."
The mast had not spoken for years, and he broke his silence for the first time upon seeing Baba. When Baba was about to leave, the mast again fell at Baba's feet and begged him, "Please relieve me of this body; there is no purpose in my living since I have now seen God!"
After leaving Nanga Baba, Baba and Krishna rode on in the tonga to see Maujwala Baba. Baba worked with him alone, keeping Krishna at a distance. Maujwala was a tall mast, living only on water. He unexpectedly asked for sev — a salty snack made from chickpea flour. Baba sent Krishna to buy some. It was not available in the tiny village and the city was six miles away. Luckily, Krishna got a ride in a car and brought some for the mast. But Krishna did not know that "sev" also meant apple.
Seeing the sev Krishna had brought, Maujwala Baba snapped, "I don't want this! I want an apple! But never mind, don't worry. You eat it; I forgive you."
Baba, however, gestured to Krishna not to eat it, and after a while they left. On the way back, Baba motioned to Krishna to throw the sev away.
When they returned to the dharamshala, Baba ordered Krishna to stand outside his door. Baba's coat and shawl were hanging on a hook outside when a monkey came and grabbed both off the rack.
Krishna informed Baba, who told him, "Hurry, run after it! You must get them back."
Krishna ran after the monkey as fast as he could, but the monkey jumped from building to building, eluding him. Fed up, Krishna began crying. The monkey dropped the shawl, but it still would not let go of Baba's coat.
After chasing him for a long while, Krishna was about to give up when the monkey suddenly stopped. It smelled the coat and then threw it down in disgust.