Nusserwan Bharucha of Sakori was sitting with his feet drawn up, and Baba looked at him and said, "Don't feel reserved.
Stretch out your legs if you aren't comfortable. You should be at ease and sit comfortably. I am everywhere, and you should not feel shy!"
While speaking this, Eruch inadvertently used the word old in reference to Bharucha (saying, "Old people should be at ease ...") and thereupon, Baba remarked, "He is not old; he is young!" He asked Bharucha, "Are you old?" and Bharucha replied, "No, Baba!" The gathering burst out laughing, as Bharucha was quite advanced in age. Baba twisted Eruch's ear for the mistake amidst further laughter.
At 5:00 P.M., Baba said: "All should come to Meherazad tomorrow morning by eight o'clock so that I can take you up the hill where I have secluded myself several times, especially during the Manonash period.
The ascent is a bit steep, but I myself will go slowly to enable the weak and old to walk with me — and I will help Bharucha! The youngsters among you should not compete and show their dexterity by trying to climb up quickly, as there are loose pebbles strewn all over and they may slip. But if any of you wishes to race me up the hill, I am ready! I will outstrip anyone!"
Everyone laughed. Leaving the hall, Baba walked about a tenth of a mile along the road and sat down on the ground under a tree. The congregation surrounded him, and Gadekar sang arti, with the entire multitude participating. Folding his hands, Baba saluted the group and then left for Meherazad.
The Marathi sahavas group went to Meherazad on the morning of Friday, 2 December 1955, and Baba took them up Seclusion Hill, as promised, and showed them other significant places as he had done to the previous groups.
The group returned to Meherabad at about 11:00 A.M., and Baba arrived an hour later, at noon. The sahavas group was eating lunch when he arrived, and Baba went to the dining pandal. He mingled with them and gestured for them to have their fill. After exchanging some humorous remarks, he proceeded to the kitchen. There he praised Shahastrabudhe and his staff who had been responsible for providing food for 200 people daily for a month.