From Morvi, Baba traveled to Rajkot, where 150 poor people were brought to a dak bungalow on the 19th. After washing their feet and bowing his head, Baba gave half of them ten rupees each and the others one rupee each before sending them away.
After working with two masts in Rajkot, Baba left and arrived in Ahmedabad on the 20th.
On Sunday, 21 November 1948, Baba contacted 140 sadhus in the hall of Jagannath Maharaj's ashram.1 A chair was brought to the main hall and Baba asked Jagannath to be seated on it, as he wished to have Jagannath near him during the contacts. Jagannath obliged, but with reluctance because he knew Baba was someone very great, and Baba sat on the stone floor beside him. The door was then closed and the mandali were posted outside, for Baba did not wish them to see what was about to occur. Each sadhu was sent in one by one, and Baba lay his head on their feet and handed each five rupees.
With this work finished, Baba worked with five more masts in Ahmedabad, and then traveled on by train to Bombay, arriving at Bombay Central on the morning of the 23rd. Adi Sr. met them and drove them to Poona, where Baba broke his journey at Bindra House.
Upon arriving, he directed Eruch to take a bath. Eruch insisted, "You should bathe first, have your lunch — then I'll have mine."
So Baba had his bath and food and ordered Eruch again to go and bathe. Eruch replied, "After I've given you the Hewletts Mixture [for digestion], I'll go."
"Don't worry about that, just have your bath; I'll take the mixture myself," Baba insisted.
Gaimai intervened and disapprovingly corrected her son, "Why don't you do as Baba says? Go have your bath."
Eruch left reluctantly, and Baba went to take his medicine. Manu, Eruch's sister, said she had a bottle with her, and she would bring it.
"Do not bring it — it's here," Baba replied.
He opened his traveling bag, but when he took out the bottle, it slipped from his hand and broke into pieces. Sitting down, Baba began picking up the glass and Gaimai came running, and insisted that she would clean it up.
Footnotes
- 1.Jagannath Maharaj was the fifth-plane mast whom Baba had worked with the previous June.