O Sai Baba, Upasni Maharaj, Babajan, Tajuddin Baba and Narayan Maharaj! You, the five in One and the One in five, the Divine Beings representing the Absolute One, I bow down to you in perfect homage.
It is due to you five Men-God that I am what I am — the Ancient One, the Everlasting One.
May the Beloved God, with Whom you five are One and for Whom you five are working universally, give me in your names, the strength, power and wisdom to fulfill all that I have taken this form for, and see that all I have declared at the last Meherabad meeting comes to pass.
I now give up using the board, it being my gesture before God for breaking my silence soon.
As the prayer was being said, Baba would raise his arms beseeching God, and it looked as if he himself was seriously praying to the Almighty. There was a divine glow on his face, and a peculiar luster in his eyes. Baba was so pleased, he asked Eruch and Bhau to repeat the prayer a second time.
Then Baba again bowed to each of those present — Gustadji first, Kaikobad last — this time telling them to repeat: "Parabrahma, Paramatma, Ya Yezdan, Ahuramazda, Allah hu Akbar," as he touched their feet. After doing so to each, Baba alone bowed down to the stool as all said the line in chorus.
At exactly 7:00 P.M., Baba placed the cardboard alphabet board with the torn zero on the stool, and took his seat on a chair. Eruch removed the board to send to Padri, along with the white sheet on which Baba had stood during the ceremony.
After the ceremony, Baba sat quietly for a few minutes. It was a serene and peaceful atmosphere.
Suddenly, Baba remarked (through hand gestures), "How happy I am! Everything went well ... All will be well. "
Baba listened to a few bhajan and qawaali records on a phonograph until 11:30 P.M. after which, at 11:45, the Master's Prayer was recited by Eruch in English, and then repeated by Bhau in Hindi. The prayers were over at midnight, and all the mandali accompanied Baba to Grafton.