He took the woolen coat she was carrying and put it on himself. After asking how her journey from Ahmednagar was and if she was tired, he took off her coat and spread it on the ground for her to sit on, saying, "Mother, if you had arrived just a little earlier you would have heard the bhajans sung by the bhangis [toilet-sweepers].
They sang very well. One bhangi is a friend of mine [Bahadur]. He loves me very much. He is a singer and he has also composed songs about me. Today he brought his friends with him to sing bhajans before me. You would have enjoyed hearing them."
Baba was handed a tambura (a stringed instrument) by Arjun and joined the group in singing a bhajan. Afterward, he gave the tambura to Gulmai and told her to play; but as she did not know how, he showed her.
After the bhajans, the Master took Gulmai inside his hut and had her sit on a wooden crate, while he sat on the floor near her. She felt awkward sitting like this and started to join him on the floor. He stopped her and, holding her hand, said, "I want you to know that you are my mother; I am your son.
We are connected from the very beginning; I have taken birth through you in past lives. I have much work to exact from you in the future. A day will come when I shall elevate you."
He then placed his head on her shoulder, and they sat quietly together for a while.
At noon, Baba's uncle Faredoon Masa brought dal and one large, flaky paratha (thick chapati) cooked by his wife Dowla Masi, which all enjoyed. Baba introduced Gulmai to the men who were present and spoke about the meaning of the circle of a Master. Afterward, he handed Gulmai the tambura and again they sang a song together.
When Gulmai's son, Adi, arrived in the evening from college, Baba called for the sitar from Khodu's house. He told Adi to play it while Gulmai sang. She could not sing loudly, but he told her, "Never mind, your voice has dard [pain], which even well-known singers do not possess.
It is a natural gift."
Before leaving the following day, Baba told Gulmai to come back to Poona for his birthday. Adi was instructed to visit every evening and to spend every Sunday at the hut.