In any event, the cleaning took almost three hours, and Baba sat on his bed the entire time supervising the operation as he lambasted Bhau.
At last, he pointed out, "You have cleaned the whole room, but what about under the bed? Perhaps a few pieces have fallen there."
Bhau had endured just about all he could take, but he swept and mopped under Baba's bed as instructed.
Baba asked him, "What are you thinking?"
"Nothing."
"Speak the truth; what are you thinking?"
Bhau was by this time so irritated he burst out, "You never call the women so late, but even if you did, would they go underneath the bed? This is all your excuse to give me trouble and harass me!"
"Don't I know that the women wouldn't go under my bed?" Baba replied. "Are you telling me anything new? Now tell me, what is your duty?"
"To carry out your wish."
"Are you carrying out my wish by wondering whether the women will go underneath the bed? Is this being resigned to my wish? If you have such thoughts, you will never be able to follow my orders. Is it not madness on your part to have such thoughts when you take me as all-knowing? Only he who has no other thought but to obey me can carry out my wish. He who wishes to obey me never thinks that I have thoughtfulness for others and not for him. It is my whim that I keep some on a bed of roses and some perhaps on a pile of thorns! The one keeping my wish never thinks of such things. If he does, he can never carry out my wish."
This was a lesson for Bhau, and just to teach him this lesson and see that it penetrated his very being, the Lord Incarnate patiently sat on his bed for four hours having his room cleaned. Thus, for his loved ones, Baba had to suffer tremendously. Similar situations arose almost daily in connection with every one of the mandali.