Every day from Tuesday, 11 August 1953 until the 19th, Baba would come to the mandali's quarters, and after the utterance of God's name seven times each as listed below, he would put his head on the feet of each member of the mandali:
Baidul — Ya Yezdan Nilu — Parabrahma Paramatma Aloba — Allah hu Akbar Gustadji — Ahuramazda (seven times mentally) Don — Beloved God Pendu, Eruch, Vishnu, Nilu and Bhau — Paratpar Buddha Kaikobad has his usual prayer or repetition of Baba's name. Baba would also work with masts at this time.
Baba dictated the Master's (or Parvardigar) Prayer in Dehra Dun on Thursday, 13 August 1953. And from that day until the 2nd of September, it was recited every evening with Baba taking part in the prayer. Don would read it aloud in English ("O Parvardigar! The Preserver and Protector of All ...") and it was repeated by another mandali in Gujarati. When it was over, Baba would lay his head on the feet of each of the mandali.1
One evening Baba was discussing some serious matter with the mandali, when Nilu tried to liven things up by saying, "Baba, I have an urgent desire for basundi " — a sweetened milk preparation.
Baba replied, "The neck of the cock that crows at the wrong time is chopped off! What punishment do you desire?"
"No punishment, only basundi !"
Baba was exasperated at Nilu's flippant answer and scolded him.
He then criticized himself, "It is not good to get angry. It is very bad that I got angry. Now each of you kick me once to make me always remember that it is wrong to get angry."
And every one of the mandali had to do so accordingly — after which Baba permitted Nilu his basundi .
Someone claimed that the mandali's quarters (at 101 Rajpur Road) housed an "evil spirit." It was thought to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who had committed suicide there years ago. Krishna Nair wanted a room to himself, because after doing his nightwatch duty he needed to rest for some time during the morning. But Baba did not allow him a separate room stating that the ghost might kill him if he slept alone.
Footnotes
- 1.See Appendix D for the full prayer.