The mistake was about the special train arrangement to Andhra for the return journey of the Andhra group. There must be 500 passengers for a special train. Now it is found that the number is about 400 or a little less. The deficit is about Rs.3,000 or over 2,000. Whether it is 2,000 or 3,000, or even Rs.1,000, it is a rather serious deficit.
While I was driving into Meherabad this morning, Vishnu was standing on the roadside ready to meet me at the earliest moment, and he was seen in a perturbed state, actually trembling. I knew what the matter was and consoled him, "Vishnu, you have been with me from childhood. A deficit of Rs.3,000 compared with your love for me is nothing at all. Even if the deficit is Rs.300 crores [three billion], it is nothing at all when compared with your love. Do not worry about it and forget all about it.
Now, none of you attending this sahavas should worry about it at all. Neither worry about the deficit nor worry about Vishnu being worried. Adi offered a solution. He suggested that even now we could cancel the special train, and all could proceed to their homes on regularly scheduled trains. However, I did not like the suggestion. I want the special train to come here. It will come on the railway line just a few feet away from here and pick you all up with your baggage. No need to go all the way to Ahmednagar Station. No one should put even a paisa [penny] toward this huge deficit. I want you all to concentrate on me and love me more and more. I will be satisfied with your love. I don't want you to worry and spend money toward this deficit. I will pay and bear the deficit myself.
Baba proceeded to explain:
We have solved three matters:
1) pada-puja [washing of my feet]; 2) love-offerings to me [in cash]; and 3) deficit regarding the special train.
But there is one more important problem to be solved and this I cannot solve. I want it to be solved by you all. I had planned for two meetings, namely a workers' meeting and a group meeting. In the last sahavas, there were two such meetings. But at this sahavas, time is limited. Tomorrow is the birthday, and the only time we have left is this afternoon. Only about two or three hours are available. I want each group around me for about fifteen minutes, just to have a chat and mix freely, not for any discourse or serious talks — just cracking jokes at one another — I at you and you at me.