I am happy to see Yeshwant Rao, [Shantaram] Tipnis and [Nusserwan] Bharucha here from Sakori. Godavri Mai is in Sakori. No one in the world has the heart she has! No one is equal to her purity of heart. Still, God-realization is quite another matter. I am talking about the quality of her heart. When the Gujarati group was here, Godavri came to Meherabad. I told her that when I was Krishna, she was Yashoda [Krishna's adopted mother]. I also told her that after the sahavas I would visit Sakori and stay there for a few days, but that she herself should cook food for me, so that I may enjoy my rest. When she heard me say this, she was so happy about it. But now when I wanted to go there, she has gone to Surat for her program.
Godavri sent a letter through Yeshwant Rao saying she would be happy if I would come to Sakori for at least seven days in the month of January. She expressed her regrets at being unable to be of service to me as arranged, but said that as she was Baba's mother, Baba the child should listen to and please her! I was happy to receive her letter, but have no time to spare in January, because I have promised my sahavas to women at different places. But her letter set me thinking: should I give sahavas to women, or myself stay in Yashoda's sahavas?
Baba asked Vishnu to read Godavri's letter in Marathi, and when he had done so, Baba continued:
Why did I say that in [purity of] heart Godavri Mai has no equal in the whole world? The first point is that there is not the slightest trace of ego in her. No one but I could know that, and it is not a joke not to have ego. From head to foot, she is full of love. And this, too, is no joke!
Maharaj was perfect. He knew about his past association with Godavri. It is not the present that counts. It is past connection. What I say is true, that when I was Krishna, she was Yashoda. Now I am in a fix whether to go to Sakori or give sahavas to women lovers at various places in India. They are eager for it because I am planning to remain in seclusion for a year when I will see no one.