The Poona bhajan group sang Baba's arti, after which, at 5:30 P.M., Baba was driven back to Meherazad. Accordingly, Bhau then explained to those attending the sahavas about the program for the following day, and also about the special train that had been arranged to leave from Meherabad directly for the first time.
Arriving at 8:00 A.M., on the morning of Tuesday, 18 February 1958, Baba went straight to his Interview Cabin opposite the hall. In the meeting pandal, the devotees had already begun singing. A few minutes before Baba's entrance, Godavri Mai arrived with two of the kanyas. When Baba came and took his seat on the dais, she and the nuns took darshan. Godavri seated herself on a chair on Baba's right. Prior to Baba's arrival, she had been sitting on the dais itself and would not occupy the chair, despite the mandali's request.
The Poona bhajan group sang Baba's arti in Hindi, during which Baba's fingers telegraphed his unknown and invisible messages. Baba remarked to Godavri Mai that daily at 5:00 P.M., when he drank a little water, he coughed, which reminded him of the dark cloud. He then asked her to be present until noon and to come back in the afternoon at three. Baba informed her of all the work that had gone into making this sahavas possible, and of the harassment the arrangements had caused the mandali who managed the event. He praised Pendu who, in spite of his disability, was carrying on like a machine, moving from place to place on painful legs, supervising every detail. Baba also told her about himself, how he was suffering a fever for the past several days, but from his outward, cheerful appearance, those attending the sahavas truly thought he was not suffering. "Baba looked healthy, happy and glowing — his old self again!" Age noted, "But behind his smiling moon-like face was hidden infinite suffering. No one could see it."
Introducing Godavri Mai to the gathering, Baba stated:
I am happy, as my mother Godavri Mai is near me. Often I have told my lovers that Godavri is to me what Yashoda was to Krishna. Godavri is my Yashoda [adopted mother]. I will tell you the background. When I was Krishna, Godavri was my Yashoda. The basis for this lies in the greatness of Godavri Mai.