Baba then turned to Ghani and inquired, "Have you thought it over?"
Ghani replied, "I will be with you until the end. There is nothing to think about. I just wanted to tease you!" At this reply, all burst into laughter.
Baba had predicted Maharaj's apparent hostility towards him.
Earlier, when Maharaj had been praising Baba, Baba declared in a serious tone, "Maharaj is speaking highly of me, but you will hear quite the opposite from his mouth about me. Even if someone were to utter my name in front of Maharaj, that person will not be spared. And that time is not far off."
Maharaj's declarations against Baba reached such an extent that several of Baba's staunch followers faltered in their faith, stopped coming for Baba's darshan and joined Maharaj again.
A Ping-Pong table was brought to the Manzil and all, including Baba, enjoyed a few games. After fasting on one meal every 24 hours for two consecutive months, BAba lengthened his fasting from 36 to 42 hours. ON the notice board during 2 March 1923, the mandali found this written:
From now on, no one should purposely touch my body. — Merwan
None of the men could understand why he had had this message posted, and they discussed it among themselves. Two days later, while playing cricket in the morning of 4 March, there was a tussle between Vishnu and Adi, who had deliberately struck Vishnu. That evening, Baba gathered the men in the hall and asked Behramji what the disturbance was during the game. Behramji explained about the quarrel between Adi and Vishnu.
Baba asked the mandali, "Didn't Adi break one of the 28 orders?"
The majority, however, took Adi's side, reasoning he was not to blame due to the excitement of the game. But Baba would not listen to them and severely corrected Adi in their presence. He humiliated Adi and scolded him terribly for breaking the order.
Baba then angrily turned toward Vishnu and demanded, "Repeat your confession in the presence of all!"
Some days before, when Vishnu was massaging the Master's feet, he had had undesirable thoughts and had immediately stopped.