Baba was welcomed by the Vijayawada Center, and then, according to Baba's wish, Ramjoo read the message "Playing With Illusions," which was translated into Telugu by Kutumba Sastri. Then the three messages Baba had dictated on the 21st were read out. Thereafter mass darshan started.
A multitude of nearly 10,000 were present, and their number continued to swell. At times the crowds became uncontrollable. Baba had warned the mandali beforehand about it, and Kumar tried his best to supervise things with the help of the Andhra workers. But in their haste and eagerness to receive prasad, the crowd pressed toward the dais.
One stout man insisted on touching Baba's feet. Pukar did his utmost to prevent him, but, freeing himself from Pukar's grasp, the man approached Baba and touched his feet. Pukar could not restrain the man despite his own considerable size and strength.
In an hour, nearly 10,000 took darshan, yet close to the same number still waited to receive it. It became impossible to control the disorderly mob. At six o'clock, Baba stood up and, folding his hands, saluted the crowd and left for his residence. On previous occasions he would often continue to distribute prasad until late in the night, but he had his own reasons for leaving that evening.
At Majety Ramamohan Rao's home, Baba remarked to the mandali:
"I liked today's program; I liked it very much. First of all, I sat down on the ground in their midst on their level. I sat there not for mere show, but wholeheartedly. I stood up three or four times, but as Kumar says, had I really wished, there would not have been this confusion, because it was I who repeatedly asked for women to be stopped and for the men to be called for receiving prasad. I liked the program today."
Kumar said, "Baba wanted confusion at the time of darshan, and that is why it occurred. By his standing up, people thought he was going away, and so they clamored for him to stay. It was not due to the women having been stopped. Because Baba liked the chaos, he purposely created and enjoyed it!"
Replying to this, Baba observed, "Thereby their attention was more drawn to me. You have no idea about this. I was in the happiest of moods. I tell you the absolute truth. Had you been attentive, you would believe it.