"We are all servants of Baba," Bhau said. "It is our good fortune that Baba assigns us such work."
When he returned, Baba asked what Sohrabji had said, and Bhau reported it.
Baba advised him, "Learn to live like a stone! People trample on it, and in the form of an idol also worship it, but is the stone affected thereby? Not in the least. Whether it is kicked, spit upon or worshiped, it remains unaffected. All of you should consciously be like the stone. You will attain the goal of life if you become like a stone."
That same evening at 8:00 P.M., 21 March, Baba, with Pendu, Baidul, Bhau and Kumar, left Satara for Khuldabad in Adi Sr.'s car, driven by Eruch. They stopped briefly at Sarosh Motor works in Ahmednagar at 2:00 A.M. where Baba met Adi Sr. and instructed him to continue the work of spreading his name far and wide. He asked for a bottle of orange soda, which Savak Damania managed to bring. In Khuldabad, according to Baba's instructions, they were met by Chhagan from Ahmednagar and Sidhu and the mast Ali Shah from Meherabad. In Khuldabad, Baba began working with Ali Shah during the day, and spent the nights in various tombs and shrines in seclusion. One night he sat with Eruch near the tomb of the Qutub Zarzari Zar Baksh and in the morning at the tomb of Burhanuddin, while the others kept watch.
On one occasion, Baba wanted to hear qawaali singing, so Eruch and Pendu went to Aurangabad and arranged for a qawaal after agreeing to a price. The qawaal came to Khuldabad that evening with a tabalchi (tabla player). But seeing him, all burst out laughing. From his face, it looked as if he was about to drop off to sleep. He was tired from having sung in Aurangabad for the last three nights.
The qawaal started at 8:00 P.M., but he could barely sing due to exhaustion.
Baba sent him out for tea and, in his absence, remarked to Pendu and Eruch, "I wanted to hear qawaali, and what sort of qawaal have you brought?"
Baba then gave the man and his partner a tablet to keep awake, and it worked wonders! Bhau had never in his life heard such singing before or since. The qawaal sang until 4:00 A.M., and by that time the mandali were thoroughly overcome. Baba was glowing, and Wine poured from his features. All were intoxicated and derived the greatest pleasure from listening to the music.