Kumar had been instructed to bring the great mast Nilkanthwala from Rishikesh. Several months before, Kumar had been ordered to do the same thing, but Nilkanthwala had refused to come. But in July 1958, when Kumar approached the mast, he found that it was as if the mast himself were ready for some long journey! Before Kumar was able to pay his respects, Nilkanthwala ordered him to sit in front of him (communicating through gestures as he was observing silence). After a while, Kumar asked him to come with him to Ahmednagar to meet Baba. The mast conveyed his willingness by clapping his hands loudly. Nilkanthwala continued observing silence and remained in a particular posture during almost the entire train ride. Once, Kumar took him to the dining car, where Nilkanthwala ate his meal with a spoon. To watch this half-naked fakir eating his supper with a spoon, and the reactions to him by the cultured passengers and military officials observing, was an amusing sight Kumar never forgot.
They arrived in Ahmednagar on 6 July 1958 and were taken to Meherazad. Nilkanthwala was given a separate room, and Baidul was told to look after him. Ramjoo also arrived the same day from Satara. Baba would occasionally call Ramjoo to Meherazad for a few days. This time he was told to reside there until the 11th.
Traveling from Delhi, Principal Niranjan Singh and his wife, Professor Jagindar Singh and his wife, and Lala Tehlram arrived in Meherabad on the 7th. Baba came to Meherabad to meet them the next day.
During their discussion, Baba remarked to Niranjan, "Compared with your love, your wife's love for me is greater."
Niranjan Singh replied, "That is true, Baba."
The topic turned to the Realization of God and Baba asked, "Why should God-realization be given to you, and not to my mandali, who have been staying with me, serving me day and night for years? If I wish, I can even give God-realization to a stranger passing by the roadside. It depends on my whim!"
Baba explained about gurus who "initiate" disciples by whispering some word in their ear, such as a mantra. Baba had this couplet of Kabir's recited:
He who bestows grace through the whisper of a divine word in the ear
Is a master of the limited, not the Unlimited.
The Masters of the Unlimited are only the Sadgurus.
Baba said, "The Sadguru has not to know, he knows. He knows that there is nothing to know."