Baba gave prasad with both hands, to the men with one hand and to the women with the other. From one side the men had lined up and would approach him, and from the other side the women. Yeshwant Rao of Sakori assisted Baba by swiftly putting fruit in his hands for distribution. The arrangement in Eluru was so well organized that neither the Commander-in-Chief, Kumar, nor any of the other mandali had much to do.
A mast dressed in a loincloth was standing in line for prasad. He was reciting "Rama, Rama, Rama ..." to Baba, who embraced him and made him sit beside him. With his own hands, Baba fed him a banana.
To the mandali, he remarked, "In this crowd of 60,000, he [pointing to the mast] is the only one who understands me!"
The darshan lasted until 7:30 that evening and nearly 20,000 people received prasad from the hands of the Divine, Incomparable, Unfathomable Beloved. Baba then returned to the garden. Day and night the Andhra workers were with Baba. On account of their "being on his chest," as he said, he had no rest at all. When he reached the garden, several people came for his blessings.
One was a revered Muslim named Ghous Baba.
In Urdu Baba told him, "I give you my blessings to lose yourself in me so that you can see God and God alone!"
He left, and Baba sent Ramjoo after him with the additional personal message that he should go on thinking of Baba so much so that he attains fana — self-annihilation.
Another of those who had come for darshan was Mauna Swami, the person who had made arrangements for darshan in Pamaru. On Baba's last visit to Eluru in 1953, this swami of his own accord volunteered to stay at Subba Rao's and work as a pujari (priest) in the temple, which Subba Rao wanted to build in the garden consecrated to Baba. Baba agreed to it but ordered the swami to stay permanently in Eluru. Breaking Baba's order, the swami had left after some time.
"Why did you leave?" Baba asked him.
"People here did not treat me properly," he said.
Baba replied, "Is that the thing you should think about? You ought to have died rather than left the place! For God, all inconveniences are nothing. They cannot be used as an excuse. Now from the day I leave Andhra, stay in one place, in a small place for 40 days.