After a drive around Worli, Baba and the mandali boarded a train that same night at 9:00 P.M. and departed for Katni, in the Central Provinces. Baba visited with the Bajan family in Katni and then proceeded to Annupur, and from there to Ambikapur. Jal Kerawalla had been transferred to Ambikapur and Baba was going there to see him. Baba and the mandali spent two days at Jal's house before continuing their journey to East Pakistan to contact masts.
India and Pakistan had been partitioned, and civil chaos, riots, mayhem and confusion were rocking the country. It was no time to be traveling. Hindus and Muslims were massacring one another indiscriminately. Many had been slaughtered in trains. At times, train compartments were full of corpses being taken to distant places for burial or cremation.
Nevertheless, the Lord of Creation chose to travel at this time for his work. From Raigarh, Baba proceeded to Calcutta, arriving on the 30th. They caught the first train to Dacca, at that time the capital of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). But when they reached the Pakistani frontier station of Ranaghat, Baba got down and announced that he was returning to Calcutta. The mandali were astonished. He was going back after having just left! Baba's original intention had been to contact masts in Dacca, but who can grasp the Master's inner work? His inner work was complete the moment he set foot on Pakistani soil and there was no need to go further.
So, according to his wish, they entered a small carriage adjacent to the engine. It was completely empty and Baba was in an exceptionally good mood, apparently because of some success in his inner work.
But alongside the good mood was the inevitable strain of working, and so he suggested, "To lessen the burden, let's play cards; but see that no one enters our compartment."
They began playing, and at the next stop when Eruch got down, he saw that the other compartments were rapidly filling and there was now the danger that others would enter theirs and intrude upon their privacy. He drew Baba's attention to this, saying, "It's time we roll up our bedding and prepare for the rush." But Baba gestured to him not to worry.
Before they arrived at the next station, Baba remarked, "I will lie down like this," and he stretched out on the wooden bench covering himself from head to toe with a sheet.