"Really?" Baba asked, "Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"You didn't ask me and gave me no chance to explain."
"Still you should have told me," Baba insisted.
"Don't you know? You put on this whole show on purpose!" Bhau declared.
Baba touched his Adam's apple and gestured, "I swear I did not know anything about it."
While swearing, Baba looked most innocent, and Bhau's anger was swept away and he laughed. Baba embraced Bhau and caressed his face.
Then Baba added, "Because I love you so much, I harass you so much. This harassment is my prasad for you."
At eight o'clock in the morning on Saturday , 8 June 1957, Baba paid a visit to the Poona Center, in accordance with the request made to him by the Center's organizers during the meeting on 19 May. At that time, he had clarified that he would not give darshan, nor would he accept gifts. He would only accept one garland from the Center as a whole.
At the time, the Poona Center was in the home of Appa Rao Mudaliar at Sarswat Colony, 399 Somwar Peth, where weekly meetings had been held since April. Ramakrishnan had contacted this wealthy family to request the use of the hall in their large residence, where other local religious and spiritual groups sometimes met. The room was overflowing with newcomers when Baba arrived, and the Center workers had to stand outside. (The family and neighbors had spread saris strewn with rose petals on the road leading to the house.) Sadashiv Patil garlanded Baba, Gadekar delivered a short welcome address and Madhusudan sang a ghazal.
Baba noticed that the Center's workers such as Ramakrishnan, Shinde, Kamble, Bal Dhavle, Pratap, the Thade and Bundellu families and others were outside.
He said, "I am happy to see that some of my workers are standing outside the hall doing their assigned duties and are not anxious for my darshan! I want my workers to be like this. I am very happy. I have created the atmosphere here as you desired. Now it is for you to work in harmony with one another and maintain it. You have my blessings."
Then, as requested by Ramakrishnan, Baba gave darshan and his blessing to an old woman and one other lover. The woman had been unable to have his darshan at Saint Mira High School due to the crowds.
On Adi's suggestion, Madhusudan then sang another ghazal, which Baba much appreciated. Before leaving, he touched the prasad which had been kept ready for distribution to the gathering.