The next day , Monday, 21 November 1955, Baba arrived at Meherabad at 7:30 A.M. After going to his cabin, he went to see Niranjan Singh who had suffered from diarrhea during the night. Baba advised him to take glucose sugar in water and fruit juice, and a cup of milk in the evening.
He assured him, "You will be well soon."
Baba went back to his room and discussed various matters with the mandali. Entering the hall at 8:20 A.M., Baba asked those who had not slept to stand.
When Sripat Sahai stood up, Baba asked him, "Why didn't you sleep?"
He replied that he had eaten too much the previous night.
Baba humorously turned to question Pukar, "Has your shadow fallen on him?"
Matra Dutta Shastri also could not sleep. He recited a Sanskrit shloka praising the advent of the Avatar Krishna, and then in a paroxysm of weeping sought Baba's forgiveness for his sins. Baba called him and held him in a loving embrace.
As Baba was consoling him, someone remarked about Matra Shastri, "He was feeling something within which made him restless, and so he couldn't sleep."
Baba thereupon explained to Shastri:
Don't be afraid, Shastriji. There is no need to say anything. If I am the Avatar, then I know everything. The only thing I have come for and can give is forgiveness. It is the most supreme thing for those who are forgiven. Christ often said, "I forgive you, I forgive you." Some considered this as his prasad, but people in general could not understand him.
If I am the Avatar, everything will be forgiven. If I am not the Avatar, what use would it be to ask my forgiveness? In fact, there is nothing to be forgiven. There is nothing like good and bad. Due to your bindings, you take it that way. In this bondage, there is good and there is bad; but eventually everything is zero. Maya is there for you, not for me.
Were I to tell Niranjan Singh that I have forgiven something, what does it mean? It means that I have freed him from the bondage of the thing. Whatever is forgiven is the binding of maya. It is not a great thing for me to forgive. But whom to forgive and what to forgive when nothing exists!