“”In a lighter vein, Baba asked Gadekar, "Do you fight with Gunatai [his wife]?"
"Never, Baba. She fights with me!" he insisted.
“”"She is teaching you forbearance. You are in her debt."
Shinde owned a shoe factory and a retail footwear outlet.
“”Baba asked Shinde about his business and stated, "Don't worry; I have my nazar on you."
After this meeting, all returned to their homes in Poona. Gradually Shinde's business flourished. But, as the years passed, the Kambles still did not beget children.
“”Kamble came to see Baba again in 1952 and Baba asked him, "Are you a parent yet?"
Kamble answered sadly, "No, not yet, Baba."
“”"Don't you have faith in me? You will have a child, but have patience."
Baba then gave him a rose petal to eat. Two years elapsed and when Kamble again saw Baba in Pandharpur in 1954, the same topic came up.
“”Baba chided him, "Be patient, for God's sake! Why are you in such a hurry?"
Soon after this meeting, Kamble's wife Leelavati conceived and later gave birth to a son. Baba named him Meher Prasad . Thus, after Baba's distribution of prasad to the poor in 1948, Kamble too received Baba's prasad — though it happened seven years later!
Ramjoo Abdulla's entire family had been in Baba's contact for years, and Ramjoo always sought Baba's advice about any family problem. Ramjoo and his family had left Nasik and moved to Ahmednagar two years earlier, in 1946. He had eight children: six sons — Dadu, Baggu, Kasam, Ali, Meheru (Meher Ahmed) and Isa — and two daughters Jibboo and Mariam.
When Ali graduated from high school, Ramjoo brought him to Baba one day at the Ice Factory Bungalow.
“”Baba asked Ali, "Do you want to study further? Do you want to go to college?"
Ali said no and Baba asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I'm not sure," he replied. "Whatever I feel like doing, I will."
“”"If you do so, you will fall into a ditch! Do as I tell you," Baba advised.
Ali complained, "By doing that I will lose my freedom and have to face many hardships like my father!" In the past, when Ali had gone to Baba with his brothers Dadu and Baggu, Baba would occasionally keep them waiting when they had plans to go to a movie. This had led Ali to believe that by following Baba, one would be sacrificing one's "independence."
