After everyone had assembled, Baba stated:
"I had told you in the sahavas not to send me any sort of gift. I again tell you today that no one should send me any cash money or money order, or to Adi, as I have asked Adi not to accept any gifts. So, don't trouble him to send your money back. Remember this. It is important and that's why I am stressing it.
"Last night, you must have seen the film of Andhra and the one taken at the Myrtle Beach Center on the ocean. It has 500 acres of land. Elizabeth Patterson has given it to me and it stands in my name. When I was in Myrtle Beach, I gathered all those at sahavas around me and informed them that the time was near, and therefore there should no longer be any property in my name, and on my own, I transferred the Center to them."
When Kutumba Sastri was translating Baba's words into Telugu, Baba interrupted, asking,
"I was listening to what Kutumba Sastri was saying. But I fail to understand why the word garu is always coupled to my name?"
Sastri explained, "In Telugu, the word Babagaru is the same as Babaji ." (The suffix ji is a term of respect in Hindi.)
Baba proceeded: "Neither Meherabad nor Meherazad is in my name. Only the site of my final resting place remains in my name.
"Now the Parvardigar Prayer will be recited. It is [also] called the Master's Prayer, and no one should say it out loud here. During the prayer, forget everything else and concentrate on the words of the prayer and on me."
Don then read the prayer, which Kutumba Sastri rendered in Telugu, Keshav Nigam in Hindi, and Dhake in Marathi.
Baba then declared: "I am the Ancient One, and I have the divine authority to forgive anyone of anything!"
Moments after Baba declared this, Ravikant Rawal implored Baba to forgive him for his sins, and the interruption displeased Baba greatly. He directed everyone to leave the hall for five minutes, and the atmosphere turned quite serious. Baba's mood underwent a sudden and grave change, and when the group had reassembled, he corrected Rawal,
"If I am Baba, do I not know your heart or listen to your heart's voice? What is the need to tell me to forgive you?"
Baba forgave him for the mistake.