Around two o'clock, Baba sent Ghani to find out what the other men were doing. He found them scattered throughout the bungalow, talking, relaxing and singing. Only Vithal was asleep, snoring loudly. Baba called Vithal and ordered him to immediately leave for Poona. Baba then asked Ghani to name those who were reclining on the sofas. He reported the culprits to be Rustom and Sadashiv. Baba immediately called the men and rebuked them at length:
In spite of my wretched condition, I have brought you all to this place to give you a refreshing change. It is for you that I am undergoing all this suffering; but while I suffer, you enjoy. What difference would it have made to me whether I had stayed on in the Manzil? Hence it grieves me to find that you have no consideration for my sufferings. Here I am, lying on the ground, undergoing excruciating pain in the stomach, having had four bowel movements since morning, while you are comfortably sprawling on sofas and chairs.
I know you come from well-to-do families and are accustomed to all kinds of luxuries and conveniences and are used to lounging on comfortable furniture. But now that you have discarded, on my asking, all comforts for the time being, you should have your mind under control and at once remember the line you have adopted and the spiritual goal you have fixed as your ideal.
At this juncture, you should consider yourselves in jail! Forget about everything else. Don't let your minds wander to those things which you have given up. Even if an occasion arises, and a chance is offered to you, don't get enmeshed in things of maya again. You have, however, not to pass through the dreadful sufferings or undergo the hardships entailed in this Path when with me. You are simply required to go against your own will and wish. You have not to do certain things which you have been doing up to now, and to do certain things you have no liking for.
For example, on feeling hungry you used to eat, and now you are asked to eat when you have no liking to take food — and not to touch it when you have a craving appetite for it. You used to take a nap in the daytime and now you are forbidden to do so. Similarly, you have never done physical labor, but while here at times you are asked to work in the blazing sun.