b) Baba does not at all want or wish that anyone should leave him.
c) Baba always likes one to hold on to his daaman [obey] to the very end.
d) After the period of three months, it may or may not be possible to provide all with regular food, clothing and daily necessities. But in that case, Baba will actually share fully with the mandali whatever privations they may have to suffer and whatever shortcomings they will have to put up with.
e) Up to now, Baba has had to keep his hold on the mandali; the time has now come when it is left to each one of them to maintain his individual hold on Baba's daaman.
6. Every one of the mandali must declare his final decision before Baba in clear words without any mental reservations before Baba retires [into seclusion on 1 May].
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Referring to his mandali, Baba said:
For those who are with me through thick and thin for the last so many years, and have deep love for me, there is no group who would stand equal to my mandali. I have humored them, chuckled them and what not! But they have not left me. Everyone has his defects, but I only look to the love they have for me. This time, I want to see who remains and who goes. All these years, you were with me because I had caught hold of you all. Now I am going to free you. So it is all the more necessary that you hold my daaman tighter and tighter.
Baba explained to his mandali in Satara that they were free to decide whether they wanted to live with him, or live away from him. But he had asked Eruch, who looked after his personal needs (as Kaka Baria used to do years before), that he at least should decide to remain with him.
But if he really wanted to live away from him then, said Baba, "I tell you now, I do not mind!"
Baba continued:
Nowadays, I ask Eruch for his free and frank opinion whenever I am in doubt about my dealings with others.