He worked with Ali Shah from 6:00 to 9:00 A.M. in the lower cabin, and the rest of the day and night was spent alone in seclusion in his cabin.
Despite Baba's work on the hill, Adi Sr. came to Pimpalgaon every other day at 4:00 P.M. to receive instructions and deliver the mail, telegrams and newspapers. When he came up the hill on 6 December, Baba told him to bring a gramophone and qawaali records, which he wished to listen to. These were delivered three days later.
(Baba later remarked to Adi Sr., "Listening to good qawaali music keeps my mind 'steady' when burdened with spiritual work.")
Sarosh, too, was given permission to visit when convenient, due to the constraints of his business commitments.1
Meanwhile at Meherabad, Pendu, the ashram's manager, had his hands full seeing to the needs of each individual of the community's 75+ members. Daily he had to send a report of Meherabad news to Pimpalgaon. Baba was very particular about each person's health.
At that time, a local sweeper named Amin S. Syed had allowed his three young sons Amir, fourteen, Vazir, twelve, and Raja, eleven, to be kept at Meherabad. Amir had stayed with Baba in Lahore and had been treated there like a prince. Baba again issued strict orders to Pendu to take good care of the boys, and this was being done as well as possible. In addition, Adi Sr. often brought Amir to Meherazad, and Baba even visited the family's home several times in Ahmednagar.
On 9 December, the youngest boy, Raja, fell ill with malarial fever, and Pendu duly informed Baba that Murli was treating Raja homeopathically. But on receiving the news, Baba dispatched Adi Sr. to Meherabad with orders to see the child personally and report his condition back to Pimpalgaon.
Pendu informed Adi that Murli was treating Raja, and the fever had come down.
Adi reported this to Baba, who sent this warning back to Pendu the next day: "If anything happens to Raja, I will take your life and you will be doomed forever!"
Therefore, Pendu had a physician from Ahmednagar summoned, who after examining the boy said, "He is quite all right, and there is no need for further treatment."
Pendu conveyed this to Baba, who remarked, "Raja should be treated like a raja [king]!"
Although Raja recovered, the mandali had to be careful with him and remain attentive to him night and day.
Footnotes
- 1.Sarosh has business interests in the Sarosh Motor Works, Sarosh Cinema, Arangaon Cinema, other theaters, a firewood business and other ventures. He had a reputation as a spendthrift, but, according to what Adi Sr. noted at the time, "Sarosh was one of the chief contributors of money for Baba's cause in the past few years."