After much persuasion he appeared at the door. When Deshmukh began filming him, the mast suddenly became very upset by it and rushed toward Deshmukh — stretching his arms out to pounce on him like a lion! Scared, Deshmukh ran a safe distance away to save his camera and his skin. The mast did not pursue him.
Pandit Munilal then squatted under a tree; but when Baba expressed his wish to lay his head on his feet, the mast was reluctant to extend his feet. After much persuasion he at last agreed, and when Baba laid his forehead on his feet, the mast cried out: "Should I break my legs? ... You have fractured my legs!"1
While the mast was seated, Deshmukh again tried to film him, and this time Pandit Munilal did not pay attention to him and Deshmukh was able to shoot some footage. The devotees of the mast wanted Baba and the mandali to remain there for several hours; but Baba immediately left the place as he indicated he had to contact other masts that day.
The next stop was at the village of Bara Rurka, where a high, majzoob-like mast called Baba Chinta Bhagat resided. It was one o'clock in the afternoon. The mast was found lying naked in a room and a devotee was looking after him. He was quite old and peaceful, being for the most part a jamali, just like a child. But when he stood up, this mast, who was very tall, looked most impressive and attractive.
The devotee told Baba about the old mast. He had no body-consciousness and was indifferent to food and water. For hours the mast's devotees would sit around him trying to coax him to eat and drink something by singing, as if to a child: "You will eat, you will eat, you will eat sweets! You will drink, you will drink, you will drink milk!" When the song was sung, Chinta Bhagat, like an infant, ingested a little milk and a little sweetmeat.
When the mast was first seen lying in his room, Baba kept pressing his legs for a long time and kissing them. Baba touched his feet several times, bowing down to him also several times. Baba was highly pleased with this contact, and kissed the mast several times before leaving.
For Deshmukh's film, Chinta Bhagat willingly agreed to come out on the road, and it was a remarkable scene, witnessing the tall figure standing by Baba.
Footnotes
- 1.Perhaps these particular utterances have a reference to the burden of the Avatar's Universal work, a part of which must have been shifted on to the mast, whereby Pandit Munilal shouted: "You have fractured my legs!"