On the 3rd, Baba gathered the companions under Plan Three and, after they had washed their feet, he bowed down to them. Thereupon, he stated:
"Please forgive me for having hurt your feelings. I forgive you for any mistakes you have committed. Between October 16, 1949 and March 1, 1950, I have committed consciously and deliberately one big mistake, and I want the companions to kick me so that God forgives me."
Thereupon, Baba made the companions kick him — although he did not reveal his "mistake."
Since their arrival in Manjri Mafi, Baba had made the companions slap him, twist his ears and now kick him for one reason or another. Thus, by fulfilling his role as a devotee, Baba was imparting to those who were with him such lessons in humility.
He continued:
"Try your best sincerely and honestly to follow the conditions of Plan Three 100 percent. You must be alert 24 hours a day. If I find mistakes being committed consciously, I will not check or correct you. For the next two or three months, I will not even draw your attention to them, since we are going on furlough. After this period, I will, according to your efforts, either send you away as a faultwala [one who has consciously broken a condition or made a mistake] or make you lead one of the plans. This decision will help me make sure that I have not compromised my oath and conditions during the furlough period, which will not have any concern with the conditions (which are to be followed 100 percent). It will only be concerned with individual efforts, alertness and sincerity of those of you under Plan Three."
Accompanied by Aloba, Baidul, Eruch, Gustadji, Murli, Pendu, Keki Desai, Keki Nalavala, and the servant-boy Satyapal, Baba left Manjri Mafi for Motichur on Friday, 3 March 1950, at 1:30 in the afternoon. Pendu, Baidul, Murli and Aloba brought the luggage in bullock carts, while Baba, Eruch, Gustadji, Desai and Nalavala walked the two and a half miles to Harrawala railway station. From there, all boarded a train towards Motichur, except Pendu and Murli, who drove one of the bullock carts to Motichur.
Baba and the companions traveled 30 miles and reached Raiwala, and from there, they loaded their baggage on a truck, boarded it and arrived in Motichur late that afternoon at 4:40 P.M. In the evening Baba himself served the companions chapatis and a vegetable, which they had brought with them from Manjri Mafi.