Responding immediately, Rawal replied, "Baba, I am prepared for my body to be cut to pieces in your cause."
“”Seeing Thirumala Rao of Andhra, Baba remarked, "I had been to his house in Kakinada. He is very intelligent and loves me intensely. He has translated God Speaks into Telugu and will lay the manuscript at my feet on February 25, my 64th birthday. He is a social worker and a patriot and has been to jail for taking part in political agitation during the Freedom movement. He was also a lieutenant governor of Vindhya Pradesh for some time and presently is a member of parliament. When he was in America, he mixed with my group there. But to me all these qualifications do not count. The only qualification for me is whether he loves me or not. I am highly pleased with him. He has head and heart in balance. He is really a gem and very good."
Introducing Sorabji Siganporia of Bombay, Baba commented, "He is the man who conducts my center in Bombay. He is a true, sincere and tireless worker for Baba. He is intelligent and loves me deeply, and spreads my love-message among the Parsis and Zoroastrians."
With Siganporia came Kishinchand Ramdas Gajwani, a wealthy Sindhi industrialist from Bombay, who later proved very useful in Baba's cause. He was to have gone on pilgrimage elsewhere, but "by chance" his train was canceled and he came to Meherabad instead.
“”Regarding Chinta Sarvarao and Majety Ramamohan Rao of Vijayawada, Baba remarked, "This pair is inseparable. Wherever I give darshan, they are there. In Bombay and Poona they both came for my darshan and they are present now."
Baba then cautioned the men and women at the sahavas: "None of you should think of coming to Meherazad for seeing the place. Time is limited and very precious and we cannot afford to lose it. It will take one full day to go there and come back. No one should therefore think of going there."
Introducing Dr. Dhanapathy Rao, Baba remarked, "He is our grand old man. The people of Andhra complain about his fitness. I have asked him to remind me about it tomorrow, when I shall instruct him."
A servant boy named Babadas, who worked nearby at the Satha-Damania family farm, came holding burning camphor in the palm of his hand to perform Baba's arti (rather than on a traditional stainless steel thali [plate]), but on the way to the dais the mandali put it out. At the last sahavas he had done the same thing and his palm had become swollen as a result. The next day, Baba had walked towards the farm especially to embrace the young man. Baba informed the group that Babadas had fasted one month, remaining only on water.
