Another day, while conversing with his lovers in Guruprasad, Baba observed, "I will come back after 700 years."
Meherbai Merchant asked, "Baba, you are coming back after 700 years, but meanwhile what are we to do until then?"
Baba replied, "Sleep for 700 years. Then I will come, kiss you and wake you up!"
Perviz Talati came to Poona for Baba's darshan.
Baba instructed her, "The Bombay group will be on my chest from tomorrow. If anyone has a cold, I too will catch it. So when they come, give each of them one tablet of Anacin. Do you have enough money to buy it?"
Perviz replied, "Yes, Baba, I do."
The next day she gave one tablet to each. She had given the pharmacist a 100-rupee note, but she did not count the balance when he returned her change.
When she came to Baba, he asked, "Have you distributed the tablets to all?"
"Yes," Perviz replied.
"How much did they cost?"
Perviz was not sure.
Baba asked again, "How much did you give the pharmacist?"
"A 100-rupee note."
"How much did he give you back?"
"I did not count it."
Baba warned her, "Remember, always count your change. Never trust anyone, not even your parents — no one! If your mother gives you any money, count it. Even if I give you some amount, count it. Don't trust even me regarding money."
From that day on, Perviz acted according to Baba's advice. Once a shopkeeper returned more to her than the correct amount. She counted the change and then counted it again. The man said, "Madam, it can't possibly be less; why are you counting it over and over again?"
Perviz replied, "It is not less — it is more!"
"Impossible! I have been in business for 25 years and a customer has never before said that to me." So Perviz gave back the change, and on counting it he found he had made a mistake and was very impressed by her honesty.
Another time Perviz discovered ten rupees extra in her weekly wages. She approached the cashier, who asked whether he had given her less than her due. Perviz replied that the envelope contained ten rupees too much, which she had come to return. "You are the only person I know who would ever return money this way," the man said gratefully. "No one else would have bothered."