Baba instructed Meherjee, "Order injections for leprosy from Bombay. They will surely be afflicted!"
Singling out Pendu, Padri, Vishnu, Bhau and Aloba, Baba took them to task severely:
"I am the Highest of the High and have come down to your level for your own and humanity's good. Although you are moving about in the presence of God Himself, still you are lacking in the elementary rules of discipline and respect. What do you take me for? People from thousands of miles away come for my darshan, and in spite of being with me, you are so irreverent and rude! Next time, I will not forgive such behavior. As penance, those who are at fault should eat food only once today like I, myself, Eruch and Kaka always do."
Addressing Eruch, Baba remarked, "When the Hindi group arrives the day after tomorrow, remind me to tell them about the lack of obedience on the part of the mandali."
Padri argued, "Baba, you instructed us on 28 October, before the sahavas started, not to leave our work and come to you unless we were especially called by you. Therefore, since we were busy with our jobs, we didn't come. What you are saying now is a change from those instructions."
Baba asked Eruch, "Is this true?"
He replied, "Perhaps you had given such an instruction."
Upon further inquiry, it was eventually ascertained that such instructions had been given.
Baba mused, "Although Master of everything, I myself forgot this instruction."
For this lapse on his part, Baba ordered Gustadji, on behalf of all the mandali, to twist his (right) ear, which he did.
Baba called Dr. Kanakadandi and complimented him, "I have heard that your love for me is great. I feel very happy to know that."
Kanakadandi replied, "Baba, my love for you impels me to ask you to forgive all of us for our mistake."
Baba rescinded the order of fasting to the eleven mandali and stated, "I forgive all and have punished myself by having Gustadji pinch my ear; but I will surely punish those who continue to disobey me. Now I tell you that when I come, leave everything and come running to me. If you don't, I will not forgive you."
After lunch, when all the mandali gathered in the hall at noon, Baba remarked, "It has recently reached my ears that when the Gujarati group returned to Bombay with their healthy, glowing faces and renewed love for me, they gave the impression that they had just returned from a vacation in Kashmir — so cheerful and relaxed were they. Besides my explanations, they had a lively time here in my company and that is why they gave that impression."