Baba wished Prakashwati to stay with her husband, but she wanted to remain in Dehra Dun.
On 2 June, Baba met with her and Kishan and remarked, "All are dear to me, because I myself am in everything and there is nothing except me. I cannot loathe anyone as I myself am indivisibly in everyone. So if you both wish to remain together, so be it!"
Meanwhile, Baba had instructed Kumar to find a few widows who had daughters of marriageable ages, but who were too poor to pay any dowry. Kumar managed to locate three such women and brought them to Baba on the 3rd. After bowing down to them, Baba presented each with a new sewing machine. There was a disturbing incident just as he started this work; he was interrupted by the unexpected arrival of Mrs. Sehgal (the mentally unbalanced wife of Mr. Sehgal) who was hysterical and crying. Later that day Baba washed the feet of 24 men who had fallen on hard times, each of whom was given Rs.300 as prasad. Baba stated that by helping such individuals, he was helping everyone in a similar predicament.
On Saturday, 6 June at 6:35 A.M., Baba left on a mast trip through Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab, accompanied by Eruch, Pendu, Baidul, Gustadji, Kumar, Elcha, Hellan and Dr. Deshmukh, who brought a Kodak 16mm movie camera along. They traveled in two vehicles, a jeep driven by Elcha and Kishan Singh's car driven by Hellan. At first Baba had planned to be gone for two weeks, but because Elcha and Kishan Singh had failed to bring the station wagon Baba wanted, he shortened the trip. Baba was extremely displeased about this and stated it was a "setback" to the important work he intended to accomplish by having the entire group travel together in one vehicle.
When they were leaving, Baba stated to the men: "We now will have to travel day and night without a wink of sleep, and work zealously regardless of the heat, wind, dust and storm. The idea of undertaking a long tour for fifteen days, roaming about together without sleep, was based on some inner work, which cannot be done now. It will therefore be just an ordinary mast tour.
"Last night I did not sleep. I was feeling depressed — infinitely depressed. God willed it so. This is not due to an omission on the part of those detailed to arrange the station wagon. God has thrown dust in my eyes because God knows I was 100 percent sure of my work in 1953. I was bent upon doing it. God wished it so, and our basis for the 1953 program is also gone with it."