Baba had explained to them in the morning that the sandalwood should represent a particular desire they wished to consecrate and burn to ashes.
Eruch brought the car, and Baba's Jai was shouted as he left for Meherazad at 6:00 P.M. Before leaving, Baba bid goodbye to Don Stevens, who was to leave early the next morning for his return journey to America, after seeing sights in India, such as the Tiger Valley Cave in Panchgani and Mu'inuddin Chishti's tomb in Ajmer, according to Baba's instructions. Francis Brabazon was to stay the entire month. Thus ended the first day with the Telugu group.
Baba returned to Meherabad at 7:30 A.M. on Sunday, 13 November 1955 and, after discussing matters with the mandali in his cabin for half an hour, he came to the hall where the Telugu group was present. As he entered, some from the gathering garlanded him.
Baba remarked, "I know you are garlanding me with love. But the first day, when almost all of you did it, that was quite enough. I only have two coats and I like this pink one I have been wearing. Now this daily garlanding has spoiled it, and I will have to give it for washing after wearing it for only one day."
Upon his inquiring who had not slept last night, a few stood up. And on his asking the reason, it was found most had a cough and cold. Nilu was kept especially busy in the temporary dispensary during this group's stay. For the sick, he would prescribe special easily-digestible food, which they would be given, but they would also demand and eat the food prepared for the sahavas, thinking it to be Baba's prasad!
One gentleman said he could not sleep, explaining to Baba, "You told us to take your name fourteen times and before retiring I said it, but I was not satisfied and wanted to keep on saying it, so I could not sleep! What should I do in such a situation?"
Baba laughed, replying, "Don't take it less than fourteen times. You can take it more if you like."
Adi Dubash also said he had no sleep in spite of, as Baba pointed out, his looking so hale and hearty.
"Don't worry if you do not get sleep," Baba advised. "I don't sleep for fifteen days at a stretch. Some of the resident mandali pass sleepless nights with correspondence work, accounts, et cetera. The mandali are all gems. There is no one to match Eruch. When I say such things, Eruch does not like it; to me this is a drawback in him.