"You are happy because they died to you, but they live for me. So I have to take care of my responsibility and look after them. You are free. Do you want to give this responsibility to me? Will you feel happy if I take this headache from you?"
"You should not suffer for me," Hakumat said.
"Now do you know the meaning of renunciation? Renunciation means to be in the world and not belong to it. That is renunciation. If you leave everything externally and go to a forest, that is not renunciation. Everything is in your mind. You cannot become free of your thoughts unless you are free from those sanskaras that keep you bound to the world.
"So I appoint you as a 'caretaker.' Take care of your wife and children for me. They belong to me, and you have to care for them for me. Never think that they belong to you.
"All this meditation, concentration, renunciation, fasting, silence, different austerities and penances are nothing compared to obedience to my orders. So just follow my wish and remember me, and I assure you that I will give you much more than you need. You cannot imagine what I will give. I will give you the Real Gift, which will take you along the path of truth to Realization. And I will always be with you."
Hakumat returned home, deeply happy, and followed Baba's instructions.
Adi Sr. brought Roda Mistry to Meherazad for a few hours on 10 March 1957, as permitted by Baba. Irene Conybeare had been permitted to stay at Meherazad for a few days. On 16 March, at 2:30 P.M., Irene's acquaintance, Lt. Colonel Francis Goldney arrived from England, accompanied by Meherjee. Goldney, too, began staying at Meherazad. Keshav Nigam, Kumar and Kishan Singh had been called, and they also arrived at this time. There had been a major five-car derailment of the train in which Keshav was traveling to Ahmednagar, but no one was seriously hurt. Baba had been asking about Keshav all that morning.
Godavri Mai had invited Baba to Sakori, and as Baba did not wish to disappoint her, preparations were made to go there. News that Baba was to visit Sakori spread throughout India. Because of his seclusion, Baba's lovers had not seen him in over a year, and they were particularly anxious to see him after the automobile accident. So when the date was fixed, almost 400 lovers from Andhra, Hamirpur, Delhi, Bombay, Poona, Navsari and other places assembled in Sakori.