Songs in Telugu and Gujarati were sung, and the arti was performed. Before Baba left the pandal and dismissed everyone for lunch at 12:30 P.M., he commented:
"The men owe this sahavas to the women. Many women who should have been here could not come because they had children to look after and domestic responsibilities. How I wish that you men had stayed at home, looking after the homes and the children, and allowed the ladies to come in large numbers."
From the pandal, Baba went to the kitchen, where he was introduced to the two cooks from Andhra. He inspected the preparations and asked what had been cooked for lunch. He also went to the storeroom to see the stocks of vegetables, flour and cooking supplies. Chhagan had made laddoos to be distributed as prasad the next day, and Baba tasted one of them.
Kashinath Narayan Soman, the assistant editor of the Poona Marathi newspaper Kesari , was working in the kitchen.
Pleased with his sense of service, Baba praised him, "He is an M.A. [holding a master's degree] and is well educated. In my service, he is humbly working in the kitchen."
After lunch, Baba, stood in the doorway of his Interview Cabin leaning on his canes, and observing the scene a few moments before going back to the pandal.
Rawal happened to walk by and Baba joked, "Elcha told me that your screw was loose. Is this true? How old are you now?"
Rawal, however, in one of his usual over-emotional outbursts, declared, "Baba, I only want to die at your feet!"
Baba asked, "Then who would look after your family?"
"I leave it to you, Baba."
"Thanks," Baba replied drily.
On his way to the pandal at 2:30 P.M. to meet the Andhra group, Baba stopped at the women's dormitory for a few minutes and they were overjoyed.
In the pandal, Baba took his seat on the dais.
He commented, "We will while away this hour in light talk. Eruch hardly has a chance to piddle. If he goes to the latrine, the sahavas men surround him and he takes an hour to come back. He also has to attend to so many things at Meherazad, including night duty."