Baba then stated, "After taking an oath affirming your resolve before God, a copy of the conditions will be given to everyone; and after studying them carefully, and giving full thought to them, you should write a simple 'Yes' or 'No' by way of answer on the last page of the circular, sign it and return the copy within four hours."
Those not knowing English were provided with a Marathi version.
What Baba stated was his "last oath, relating to the end of the Old and beginning of a New Order of life for himself and his circle," was then read out. This oath had been dictated in advance and was now read solemnly by Don at a signal from Baba. Baba rose from his chair for the first time, and remained standing facing the wall, his back to the mandali, as Don read:
Before God the Absolute — whom those who have realized know as their own Self, and whom believers believe to be all-pervading, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving and all-merciful — before this Infinite Existence, Baba, on behalf of himself and his followers, asks forgiveness for all mental, physical and moral weaknesses called sins, and for all lies and false dealings, and for all impure and selfish actions.
Before this Infinite God, Who ever was, ever is and ever will be, Baba decides today on the New Life that he and those who accompany him will enter from October 16, 1949, and lead on till the end. This New Life will be based absolutely on all that has been dictated by Baba in the Circular of Conditions; and Baba invokes God to make him stand by it as firmly and steadfastly as his companions in his New Life are required to do.
Baba then warned, "My decision, and the decision you all will take today, will be irrevocable and binding for all times. Those who do not take it 100 percent seriously will have to bear the consequences."
Those to whom the conditions had not been given were afterwards made to take individual oaths to carry out the arrangements decided upon; these included Sidhu, Jangle and Jamadar. The masts Ali Shah and Mohammed were put in Sidhu's care; as mentioned, Jangle was to attend to the necessities and requirements of the women staying on the hill; and Jamadar was to be the night watchman on the hill.
Baba then permitted the gathering to break for lunch, and remarked that he would not eat until he had in his hands the replies from the recipients about the conditions.