Goher said, "His eyes really do hurt, Baba."
"So? What can I do about it? Is he supposed to think of my comfort or his? It is his duty to see that I am comfortable."
Baba added, "I am fed up with him! I am so disgusted that I want to send him away. These days he gives me a lot of trouble. Despite my ill health, I meet people all day long. I feel exhausted. Now, at night, he tortures me!"
Mani said, "Baba, don't send Bhau away. Give him another chance to serve you."
"What service will he do? He will kill me! He only thinks of himself."
Bhau was listening to every word. Baba sent the women away.
He called Bhau inside and asked if he still had pain in his eyes. Bhau, quite upset, replied, "No!" But Baba gave him some eye drops with his own hands. Bhau said, "It is not necessary."
"Why not?"
"Before the women just now, you prescribed some very good medicine!"
"You fool! You have no idea the worth of this medicine. It is priceless and only good luck can obtain it. I have love for you, and because of that, I give it to you. But you don't value my love. You should think that whatever Baba does is for the best. This medicine is being given to you to give you this understanding."
Baba embraced Bhau, and Bhau calmed down. The next day, Baba sent him to a doctor in Poona and arranged for his treatment. But despite the best care, he had no relief. One day, however, after he stopped the treatment, the pain suddenly left him.
On another occasion, Bhau's body and head ached all over with fever. His eyes were inflamed, and his mouth and throat were dry. He was wondering how he would be able to do nightwatch by Baba's side that night.
When he went for his duty, Baba informed him, "My health is very bad today. My head feels as if it is going to burst open from the pain, and my whole body aches. I have a temperature, my mouth is dry and my eyes are burning. Be attentive tonight and press my feet."
Baba had precisely listed all Bhau's symptoms. So what was there to tell him? Bhau quietly continued to massage Baba's feet. After some time Bhau's fever lessened, and by midnight he felt quite well.