Meanwhile, Gaya Prasad Khare and his son Adarsh were to arrive in Ichhuara with a car and truck, but failed to show up at the appointed time. So Baba left with the group for Bokhar, five miles away, in a bullock cart. The villagers had carved out a rough dirt road, but it was still a jolting ride. Baba and the mandali were rocked and swayed back and forth in the bullock carts, bumping up and down when any of the all-too-frequent pits in the road were struck by one of the wheels. Practically all the road "repairs" had been washed away by the rains, and Baba was quite rattled by the time they reached Bokhar at 2:30 P.M. He gave this message to the villagers there:
I am very happy to be among you. Consider me as one of you and try to love me. But do it honestly because God always wants honesty. So if you will love me, you will find me in your hearts and homes. I give you my blessings.
Continuing the uncomfortable journey in the bullock carts for some distance, at 3:30 Baba had the procession stopped about eighteen miles from Jarakhar.
Gathering the mandali and Hamirpur workers around him, he complained, "From the beginning I had cautioned you that I was to be treated as a tender flower. Have you done that? Have you any thought, any care, for me? This journey is unbearable! Will the bus and car come or not? I will not visit other places now and will go back from here."
As Baba was reprimanding the group, Gaya Prasad and Adarsh drove up from the opposite direction in a car and bus. Baba lambasted them. Adarsh burst out weeping, explaining that they had left early in the morning but because part of the road was flooded, they were delayed. Baba embraced him and all piled into the vehicles.
They arrived in Jarakhar, where a crowd had gathered under a large canopy and had been awaiting Baba's arrival for hours. Raisaheb Ramashankar had arranged everything, and echoes of "Avatar Meher Baba ki jai!" filled the air, as usual. Two years before, the hearts of the people in Jarakhar had been ignited during Baba's Fiery Free Life, and on this second occasion they burned brighter than ever with celebration.