At about 10:00 A.M., Baba entered the meeting tent and the proceedings began. Eruch and Vishnu read the alphabet board in English, which Keshav Nigam translated into Hindi, Deshmukh into Marathi, Kutumba Sastri into Telugu and Burjor Mehta into Gujarati. Baba dictated:
Before I give my Final Declaration , I want to say a few words regarding other matters. After the meeting, I shall leave promptly. All who want to get the full benefit of this meeting, and return home with the atmosphere of this place, are to go directly after the meeting to their destination. If any should want to stay at Bombay or other places, it would mean that they had not come to Baba only, but to talk and to play, or to attend to their own affairs. So I want all to return home at once. Murli Kale from Jabalpur has asked if he might go to Panchgani [with the ashes of his father Kalemama] and has been told that he must return home, and afterwards to go to Panchgani if he has to.1 Likewise to every one of you who may have similar ideas.
Before the Declaration, I will say a few words about my Masters. Today, during both sessions, I shall be precise in what I want to convey to you.
Baba then asked the five men from Sakori to come forward and sit on the platform. He stated:
What I am, what I was and what I will be as the Ancient One is all due to the five Perfect Masters of the Age: Sai Baba, Upasni Maharaj, Babajan, Tajuddin Baba and Narayan Maharaj. These are the Five Masters of this age for me. I bow down to these five.
Bending over, Baba offered his salutations to them.
Two or three times, Baba had to correct Deshmukh's Marathi translation, and at this point, remarked: "You are a master and doctor of philosophy, but because you feel I will drop my body soon, you are overpowered with grief, and your mind is all in a fuddle today!"
Continuing, Baba said:
Only Maharaj and Babajan directly played the main roles. Babajan, in less then a millionth of a second, made me realize that I am God; and in the period of seven years following, Upasni Maharaj gave me the Divine Knowledge that I am the Avatar. Before Maharaj dropped his body, we met physically in a secluded place. And, before I drop my body, I had to meet him.
Footnotes
- 1.Murli's elder brother and sister's family lived in Panchgani, and they wished to perform some last rites over their father's ashes.