To speed Baba's recovery, a masseur and physiotherapist named Mr. Nair was hired. From the 5th, Nair began giving Baba daily leg and back massages, and also leg exercises to prevent formation of adhesions in the joints. Although the prescribed exercises were painful, Baba did them.
Deshmukh arrived in Poona and saw Baba at Salisbury Park on the afternoon of 6 January. Baba allowed Deshmukh to be with him for only a few minutes, instructing him to contact Gadekar.
Vishnu Chavan also came to Baba's bungalow. Although he had been in Baba's contact for years, Baba did not see him. In fact, none of the Poona lovers were permitted to see Baba, since he was still in seclusion. But Chavan persisted and sent word to Baba that he did not desire anything except his blessing. So, for the purpose of receiving his blessing, Baba instructed him to go to Meherabad in a few weeks, on a certain date.
On the appointed day, Chavan went to Meherabad and then came to Meherazad, where Baba was staying by then.
Baba warned him, "To digest my blessing is infinitely difficult. You do not understand the meaning of it. You do not know what it is. You will have to face tremendous hardships. Do you know what my grace means? You will be stripped of everything you own! You will be on the streets! Those who dare to seek and are privileged to receive my grace are stripped of everything. They have no roof over their heads. They wear only loincloths."
Baba again warned him, "Great courage is required to assimilate my blessing. So don't ask for it. Ask for something else."
"I only want your blessing," Chavan insisted.
Solemnly Baba gestured, "All right, take it. I give you my blessing."
And with it, Chavan left to return to Poona. In a short time, true to Baba's words, Chavan fell on very hard times and gradually life got worse and worse. Chavan was married with a few children. Some months after this meeting, he found himself homeless and penniless.