Then, as dawn was breaking, Baba set out to beg with the companions. Walking two miles in absolute silence, they came to the dry, sandy riverbed of the Rispana River, where Keki and Freiny Nalavala, Burjor and Sheroo Chacha, Kumar and his mother, Mataji, were waiting for them. Freiny, Sheroo and Mataji gave food to Baba in bhiksha, after which Baba immediately returned to Manjri Mafi. On the way, when people bowed down to him in salutation, Baba returned their greeting in like manner.
Baba's mood was grave and he had not communicated a word that morning.
When they returned, he informed them, "This is our last act of begging under Plan Three. At five o'clock this evening you will be ordered to join the New Plan group. Plan Three will then be dissolved."
Baba distributed the food received in begging among the companions.
At 5:00 P.M., the seven Plan Three companions — Aloba, Baidul, Eruch, Murli, Nilu, Pendu and Vishnu — joined the companions of Plan One-B (Don, Kaka and Gustadji). This now formed the New Plan group. Sadashiv Patil, who was still in Poona, was included in this group. Manek Mehta, in Bombay, was sent a telegram, informing him to join Plan One-C from 1 May 1951, but he did not come. To celebrate the New Plan group, the companions were given a sweet dish and allowed to get their hair cut.
On Wednesday, 10 May 1950, the companions left Manjri Mafi for Delhi to start a ghee business.
Thus, during the stay at Manjri Mafi, a new plan came into effect for aspirants of the world to follow. Many years later, due to Kumar's efforts, the name of Manjri Mafi Village was officially changed to Meher Mafi, permanently commemorating Baba's stay there during the New Life. For generations to come, Meher Mafi will fill the ears of all seekers with the hymn of the New Life plans, hearing which not only will they be inspired to enter the Path, but they will attain the life of spirituality which leads to it.
Age reminisced about the other places Baba had resided since the beginning of the New Life: "Belgaum will always sing the Song of the New Life ; Benares will inspire pilgrims to a life of begging dependent solely on God; Sarnath will express the "naked" life in langoti; the journey from Sarnath to Jaunpur will remind seekers of the colorful life of a gypsy; and the endless bowing down to the holy men at Hardwar and Rishikesh represents the role of the sincere devotee.