During this period, as noted, Kaka was cooking at every halting place with Murli's help. Anna 104 was doing nightwatch. Eruch was usually by Baba's side attending to his personal needs and was also being sent out to beg for alms. The other men were fetching water and filling the pots, cleaning utensils, giving fodder and water to the animals, and keeping the vehicles in functioning condition.
They left Haryana the next morning, and after walking five miles the women sat in the caravan to rest during a two-mile stretch, as instructed by Baba. They then walked another mile and a half. The afternoon and night were spent in a mango grove at Amroha, where Baba sent the companions out in tongas to beg.
While he was awaiting their return, sitting under one of the mango trees, Baba dictated this whimsical poem to Don:
Kaka's headache is Gustadji, who is always near the fire. Kaka feeds his children daily, though we know he is minus a wife. You will find our Dr. Munsiff [Ghani] under blankets and his gunny. Vishnu & Nilu load and unload; Murli peels onions with a knife.
Pendu and Sadashiv Patil drive the bullocks and the carts. Baidul and Adi are tongawalas; Anna is always causing strife. Don helps with the beasts in general; Babadas is moaning and groaning. Aloba sees to the pots and water; Eruch is the caravan's life!
The companions returned with loads of alms. It was amazing that although they had gone out in tongas, they could beg and obtain such largesse. But Eruch, being the strongest, had to walk carrying a pot of sugarcane juice on his head, as it would have spilled in the tonga. Everyone else rode back to the camp. People were generous in Amroha, so the companions had plenty of food, and they rested well. It had been a "gypsy life" from Benares to Jaunpur, and from Moradabad this phase also continued.
On the morning of Wednesday, 4 January 1950, they left Amroha at eight o'clock, reaching Ratangarh at 4:30, after walking fifteen miles. The women walked nine and a half miles and covered the rest of the distance in the caravan. On the way, Eruch regularly went out to beg. Baba would mostly precede the women, accompanied by Eruch, Mehera and Goher following a furlong behind. Mani and Meheru were behind them, leading the two donkeys, and lastly the men in white kafnis and green turbans followed some distance behind.