He then came down and walked on the lawn for a few minutes. Finally, after sitting on the ground for a while, Baba washed his hands and retired to his room, where he took his meal and rested.
At about 1:00 P.M. Baba called the mandali to his room. The young lad, whom Baba remarked was on the Path, was sitting beside him on the bed, singing devotional songs and energetically gesturing with his hands. Baba motioned to him to sing a song about Mahadev (Shiva), which he did with utmost love.
One of the local Baba workers said, "Baba, Guntur is famous for its devotional singers."
Pointing to the boy, Baba replied, " Real devotional music is here."
In his intoxication, the boy began a speech about Baba, and Baba embraced him and handed him a locket with his picture on it.
Taking him on his lap, Baba told the boy, "Remember that Baba is God."
At 1:30 P.M., Baba left to return to Vijayawada. On the way he visited the traditional holy places of Ramnam, Onkara and a temple dedicated to Ram, where his arti was performed.
Arriving in Vijayawada at four o'clock, Baba went straight to the darshan pandal at Rama Mandiram, where a large crowd had collected. He was profusely garlanded and his arti was performed.
At one point, Baba suddenly stepped down from the dais and, sitting on the ground among the people, said: "I want you to feel that I am one of you, and that is why I am now sitting here on the ground with you all. I am on the level of each of you. Whether poor or rich, small or big, I am like each of you, but I am approachable only to those who love me.
Only those who can lose themselves in my love will find themselves in me.
This is not idle talk but an authoritative statement: Eternally I have been and will always be the slave of my lovers.
Why had Baba left the stage so suddenly? Some pundits, learned men of the Hindu scriptures and philosophy, were present, thinking: "Here is this man who calls himself God and is comfortably reclining on the sofa. People garland him and perform his arti. He is relaxing there on a couch, while we are here sitting on the ground in the sun. How can anyone call him God?" But when Baba himself sat on the ground and gave the message, they came to understand his omniscience and felt ashamed. After the darshan function, the pundits spoke about this incident to others, who then discovered why Baba had left the stage.