Baba sternly asked him, "Tell me whether I have chosen the trains, buses, trucks and cars to serve me, or have I chosen you for this purpose? Whom have I chosen? I have concern with you because I allow you to serve me. What concern do I have with trains, trucks or anyone else?"
Bhau realized his mistake and felt touched by Baba's concern for him and for the privilege he had been given by being allowed to be near him.
A judge, Prem Khilnani, who had met Baba the previous year, brought his wife, Girja, 33, and their two young sons, Vinod and Raj, for Baba's darshan. Girja had her doubts about Baba's Avatarhood. When she found him joking and playing cards, her misgivings intensified. Once, she was sitting in Guruprasad when Baba was engaged in a game of cards.
Suddenly flinging them away, he addressed the gathering: "Tell me, what do you take me for? I will be pleased if you speak the truth and pained if you lie."
Some present said he was the Avatar, or the Messiah; some compared him with Ram, Zoroaster, and Muhammad. Girja kept quiet, but she knew Baba was answering her skepticism.
But this was not the end of her mental agitation. Later she reasoned that since she already had a guru herself, it was not good to approach another. Although her guru had passed away, she still thought of him and felt that by coming to Meher Baba she was being unfaithful to her Master.
While these thoughts were troubling her, without Girja mentioning anything, Baba commented, "Your husband is a judge. He has authority vested in him. On the strength of that authority he can send offenders to jail. But after he retires, he cannot convict anyone, even if they are guilty. Isn't that so?"
Girja was impressed by Baba's words and knew he was referring to her deceased guru.
Still, her doubts persisted. Girja wondered whether her guru was superior to Baba. Baba continued to be deeply absorbed in the card game, but simultaneously he was answering her questions without her voicing them.
He remarked to the gathering: "There are many small shops in the world filled with this and that. But there is one huge warehouse where you won't find such trivial things. A prince among merchants owns it. I am the owner of such a shop, and the Emperor among merchants."