All this sweet music which pours forth from my pen
Is the reward of my patience, and my quill has become a rod of sugar.
Gabriel [the archangel] gave me the best of news:
I was relieved from the tyranny of material existence.
What a wondrous miracle it is to be the slave of the Master!
I became the dust [of his feet], and he raised me to the Highest!
The Master raised me to the state of Eternity —
He verily gave me Eternal Life.
The moment I fell into the snare of the tresses of the Beloved,
The Master said, "You are relieved from all misery!"
It was by the grace of my Master,
the good wishes of my fellow disciples
that I was given Eternal Release.
Rejoice, rejoice, and again rejoice,
For Hafiz has realized the Divine Beloved!
Pendu had gone to Mahabaleshwar and returned to Meherabad on 16 February. He described to Adi Sr. how Baba looked extremely "overworked in his seclusion and had pressure in his head," similar to what he experienced at Angiras Rishi, although not as intense.
Meanwhile Ali Shah was summoned back to Mahabaleshwar with Baidul on the 18th, and Baba worked with him in seclusion from 19 to 22 February. On one occasion, Ali Shah stood facing Baba and pronounced: "He will speak, he will speak! But when he will speak I do not know!"
The work with Ali Shah was not accomplished successfully, according to Baba, so he ended his seclusion on 23 February (instead of the 28th) and sent Ali Shah back to Meherabad with Baidul on the 24th. After Baba's seclusion, Krishna Nair was sent back to his home in South India for a few months. Chhagan took over his nightwatch duty.
The British Prime Minister issued a white paper relating to Indian independence, stating its plans to completely withdraw from the country by June and hand over power to any existing central government and state provinces.
Baba commented to Eruch and Ghani, "The result will be that India will be divided into 56 parts! There will be long, drawn-out skirmishes between the different parties, which will last 156 years!"
At the beginning of March 1947, Baba sent this message to his lovers in America, conveyed by letter through Norina and Elizabeth:
The world is now drawing very close to the great upheaval which must precede the breaking of my silence.