If, however, the suffering does go beyond endurance, you should humbly tell Merwan about it, and he will lessen it. The circumstances may be comfortable or otherwise, but you should hold fast to Merwan and on no account leave him. Day by day, God is manifesting more and more through Merwan. Great times are ahead for him. In every circumstance, and by every means, hold to him at all costs.
Maharaj emphatically impressed on the mandali to adhere to Baba's orders and always be attentive to his pleasures and work.
After Maharaj's directives, Durgabai served a delicious meal. They spent two pleasant days in Sakori in the intimate company of Baba's Master.
According to Baba's instruction, on 23 October, the mandali left Sakori and proceeded to Poona to meet Babajan. After taking Babajan's darshan and answering her inquiries about "her son," they left for Bombay, arriving at one o'clock in the afternoon. They told Baba about their stay in Sakori and about Babajan, and he was pleased.
The next Sunday, 29 October, Baba decided to give alms to the poor. He instructed the mandali not to eat or have anything to drink until the poor program was completed, and sent Ramjoo and Ghani to the bazaar to buy 100 cotton shirts to be distributed among the poor. Baba told the other men to find and bring lepers, the blind and the destitute to the Manzil. Ordinarily, 1,000 beggars could easily have been found in Bombay with the hope of free food and clothing. But it was not an easy task to locate 100 of the genuinely needy, helpless and poor.
Rustom brought a man with no legs in a small cart that Rustom (wearing a coat, slacks and a hat) pulled the whole way to the Manzil. People on the street stared at him, a well-dressed man doing a coolie's work. But how could they know that Rustom had no money, and the cart had been borrowed? Although Rustom looked like a respectable, wealthy person, the fact was he had not a cent in his pocket, since carrying money was against the Master's orders.
Ghani hunted for three miles throughout Dadar but could find only one destitute person. Vajifdar went as far as Bhendi Bazaar, where he found a few needy persons; but the problem was how to take them back to the Manzil as he, like Rustom, had no money with him. But besides being an expert cricketer, Vajifdar was also an expert in persuasion.