Baba remarked, "I have been using this board quite roughly, and still the zero is suspended to it. Due to a broken piece, three-fourths of the zero on the board is wiped out, one-fourth is saved. If this dangling piece separates from the board, many things will happen and it will be best for the world."
Baba flung the alphabet board to Savak Kotwal, and the piece came off. Baba said Eruch should send the board to Padri at Meherabad, with instructions to preserve and take the utmost care of it.
Baba added, "Only God knows the value of this zero and that which it signifies."
Giving the detached piece of the zero to Savak, Baba stated, "Keep this most carefully until your last breath."
Baba then stated, "No correspondence from the 8th of October. If anyone has anything to say, I will hear it, but will give no reply. From the 8th, no alphabet board and no correspondence."
Baba left and returned at 5:30.
He asked Savak, "Where have you kept that piece of the zero?"
"I placed it in my trunk," he said.
"Had I been in your place," Baba told him, "I would have cut a piece out of my flesh and kept the piece there! Do you really want it?"
"I did not realize its importance," Savak replied. "If it is beneficial, I will keep it."
"That piece of the zero will create great havoc," Baba warned.
"Then it is useless for me to keep it. I'll return it."
Savak gave it back, and Baba remarked, "You are a fool to return it!"
Then, smiling he said, "I wanted the piece, and Savak has given it voluntarily without my asking for it."
Handing the zero piece to Eruch, Baba directed him to send it to Padri along with the board and write that he should also very carefully keep the zero piece with the board.
At 6:00 P.M., Baba addressed the mandali, "Go and wash your hands, and also sprinkle some water in your pajamas [pants], as at times urine drops remain there."