The following 20 men were present on this occasion: Gustadji, Baidul, Kaka, Pendu, Vishnu, Eruch, Ramjoo, Don, Nilu, Savak, Kaikobad, Krishna Nair, Bhau, Aloba, Kishan Singh, Kumar, Dhake, Adi Dubash, Dr. Sharma and Krishnaji.
When the men had returned after washing, the doors and windows were shut, guards were posted outside on all sides to prevent anyone from coming inside, and Baba stated, "I have to discard the alphabet board today. But, before doing so, I will offer my obeisance to the Five Sadgurus."
At 6:30 P.M., the obeisance ceremony began. A white sheet was spread on the floor, and a stool placed on it.
Baba instructed: "Each of the 20 of you present should come to me one by one and stand on the stool. When my forehead touches your feet, you should utter: 'O Sai Baba, Upasni Maharaj, Babajan, Tajuddin Baba, Narayan Maharaj. Baba is offering you his last obeisance,' saying their names in the exact order I have given."
One by one, the mandali and guests came forward, and Baba placed his head on their feet as each loudly repeated the invocation. If the names of the Perfect Masters were spoken out of order, the person had to repeat them again until the order was correct. Krishna Nair had to say it five or six times. Gustadji began the ceremony, with silent hand gestures, and Kaikobad was the last. After all had finished, Baba alone saluted himself by bowing down to himself — touching his hand to his forehead and then to his feet. Because he was silent, he asked the mandali to repeat the line simultaneously. But they could not do it in unison, so Baba told them he would raise his finger and they should all shout, "Sai Baba!" and, when he raised his finger again, they should repeat, "Upasni Maharaj!" and in this way the entire invocation "Babajan! Tajuddin Baba! Narayan Maharaj!" was repeated by every man present.
After that, Baba washed his hands. A bowl of water had been kept on the stool, and after washing his hands, Baba sprinkled a little water seven times on the floor. After doing this, he began to return to his original position, but again returned to the bowl and threw water seven times more on the floor, as if only then was it done to his satisfaction. He asked Gustadji and Kaikobad to stand on either side of him and hold his arms, and he then joined his hands in prayer.
At 6:45 P.M., Eruch read out the following prayer in English which Bhau translated into Hindi. Baba had dictated the prayer the day before: