Eruch and Jalbhai returned at about 2:30 with the food and a God-mad Muslim called Allahbakhsh . Baba immediately started his work with him, giving him a bath, food and clean clothes. Although Allahbakhsh was not advanced (he was approaching the Path and, like the others brought the day before, was in a state of hawa ), Baba seemed pleased with the work done.
Eruch and Jalbhai went out again in search of masts and returned at about four o'clock with Nannu Bhai . Nannu Bhai proved to be an amusing contact, though he too was not very advanced. He would reel off Urdu couplets without a pause, in a very dramatic fashion. Baba ordered Ghani to reply to him by quoting suitable Urdu couplets in rejoinder. Ghani quoted from Hafiz and Shams-e-Tabriz, but Nannu spoke so loudly and incessantly, Ghani could not get a word in edgewise. As soon as Ghani would start to say something, Nannu would interrupt him and ramble on — often without meaning. Baba was highly amused and silently laughed a lot.
Baba then gestured to Eruch to put certain questions to him. Nannu Bhai would answer spontaneously without thinking, giving bold, incisive replies. For instance, when Eruch asked: "Who is greater, Allah or Prophet Muhammad?"
Nannu replied, "Muhammad, of course! God goes begging to him with outstretched hands! By remembering Muhammad, you will have a daughter by night and a son by day."
After half an hour of such conversing, Baba gave Nannu Bhai a bath, some new clothes and sweets. Tea was served to all at 5:30 P.M. As Eruch prepared to take Nannu Bhai back, it was suggested that since Baba was to go into seclusion for three days beginning the next day, why not go out in the jeep for a ride as the weather was clear that evening? Baba was in an exceptionally good mood because of the finding of Nannu Bhai and agreed; yet this pretext of taking a drive was in fact a means to accomplish his work.
They left at about six o'clock, Eruch driving the jeep. After Nannu Bhai was dropped off at his abode, they drove toward Bund Garden and then to Fergusson College and Deccan Gymkhana. Nearing Wadia College, Baba noticed a sanyasi walking along the road. Baba directed Eruch to get down and ascertain his background. Eruch stopped the man, communicated with him for a while, and reported to Baba that he was a seeker of God who had been observing silence for the past seven years while wandering throughout the country.
