On the 11 th , the last day of their stay, Mr. and Mrs. Makhanlal brought cooked meals. Baba agreed to meet them and Makhanlal wept copiously before Baba. He did not even know Baba's name, but the love he felt within caused tears to flow. Baba was "speaking" by hand gestures which Eruch interpreted. Still the man did not realize that Baba was keeping silence. The exact same thing happened with his wife, whom Baba saw on the women's side. Baba "talked" with her through gestures, but the woman, too, had no idea Baba was silent. Mr. and Mrs. Makhanlal served Baba and the companions beyond any normal measure of love. It is an extraordinary thing to serve someone without knowing who he is, but Meher Baba time and again inspired people to do so.
Makhanlal invited Baba and the companions to his home for a meal, but Baba told him, "What you have done so far in bhiksha is enough. It is recompense enough when I have accepted it with love."
Kaka was extremely exhausted because of so much work day and night. He suffered a heart attack in Najibabad and became debilitated. The donkeys, Sakoo and Thakoo, were sold at this time, and it was decided to proceed by train. It was because of his compassion for Kaka, the companions now understood, that Baba had settled on journeying by train.
Baba assigned to Pendu, Don, Sadashiv, Baidul and Aloba the duty of bringing the caravan, two tongas and bullock cart from Najibabad to Manjri Mafi, and Baba advised them to take the main road. But the five men failed to adhere to Baba's exact instructions with a sorrowful result, as will be seen.
On Thursday, 12 January 1950, at 4:30 A.M., Baba went to the railway station with the women and remaining companions to entrain for Dehra Dun. The jute merchant's assistant was present with the second-class tickets. But considering the usual crowds in second class compartments, Baba asked Adi to arrange for the women to travel by first class. Adi requested this from the assistant, who immediately complied by buying four first-class tickets.
They left on the six o'clock train and reached Dehra Dun station around ten-thirty that morning. A loquacious Sikh ex-army major named Singhji was traveling in the same compartment as Baba and the men. He had been a prisoner-of-war in Germany for five years. Along the way, he carried on a nonstop conversation, giving his opinions on current world affairs. He asked the men about Baba and his silence and remarked that he had seen Baba previously in a train, perhaps on one of Baba's many mast tours. Before the major got down at Laksar station, he insisted on ordering tea for all, and Baba permitted it. After tea, before leaving the compartment, Singhji suddenly placed his head at Baba's feet. Baba immediately stood up and returned the gesture by touching the man's feet.