Your attending this meeting and hearing in precise and definite terms about these happenings will be worth it if all of you, or if some of you, or at least a few of you, spread the message of my love to others.
From 3:00 to 5:00 [P.M.], my Final Declaration will be read out in all four languages. After five o'clock, you will be free to depart, and by tomorrow afternoon all should depart.
After supper, you will be shown the pictures of my Sakori visit. But do not try to embrace Baba, to garland Baba or to ask Baba anything. If you want to play marbles, you can come!
The morning meeting came to an end at 11:15 A.M. Going to the kitchen, Baba began rolling kneaded flour into puris with a rolling pin. The others preparing them could not compete with his speed. Baba also gave a hand in serving the food. Chhagan had made the best arrangements for cooking, and it was Baba's gift to him. Laboring day and night, he was overseeing meals for more than 1,000.
Baba himself began serving puris to his lovers, moving quickly from one row of tables to the next.
Weeping much, Pukar entreated Baba, "Do not drop the body now. The world has great need of you. Even if you have to drop the body, send us from this world first. Then you may go."
Baba told him to give him his palm. In a gesture of, "I promise," Baba patted Pukar's palm with his own. Pukar felt relieved. He was now certain he would die before Baba dropped his body.
Baba went on inquiring of his lovers, "Have you had your food? ... Have it, eat well ... Take more!"
Deshmukh, Gadekar and a few others were also overcome by emotion. "Wine was weeping," noted Age. "Wine was lunching, Wine was worried, Wine was carefree!"
From the dining pandal Baba went to Don's dispensary to see how John Ballantyne was feeling. He had fallen ill. After seeing him, Baba was on his way to the hall, when a Hamirpur lover was brought to him. From the moment the lover heard of Baba dropping the body soon, he had stopped speaking or eating. Telling him to sit beside him, Baba with his own hands made him eat two bananas.
Calling a large group into the hall, Baba began tossing oranges among them. Many were able to catch them, except Jalbhai, who dropped his on the floor. Taking it back, Baba threw it to him again, and this time he held on tightly.