Baba also said: "During the recent Meherabad darshan, I told my lovers that those who had come for my darshan and sahavas should, after having it, go straight home. If some wanted to go to other places on work, or to see their friends or relatives, it would be better for them to first go to those places and then come to me prepared to go home directly from my presence. If after my darshan you travel about here and there before returning home, you scatter the exceptional sanskaras gathered after my darshan and company. Thus you lose that which I have given you!"
When some lovers asked if they could visit a few places of pilgrimage before returning to their respective places, Baba replied: "I have no objection to your visiting such places, but come to me after you have finished with your pilgrimage. I am the God of gods and after my darshan, the darshan of no other place or being is required."
Yet Baba would never dissuade people who were already following other Masters.
When the followers of a certain saint who was then living in Poona came for Baba's darshan, he informed them: "Every heart is Baba's House, and the one with whom you stay is a wonderful soul. I am in everyone. I am everyone. I am happy to see you here. Keep on following sincerely the one whom you are following now."
At Meherabad, Bhau had recovered from his operation under Don's care. He arrived in Poona by train on Sunday morning, 27 March 1960. That day was a day of darshan at Guruprasad, and on that day and the next, Baba suffered from loose bowel movements. On the 30th, his feet began to swell again and he was not able to pass urine.
Several Brahmin devotees were among those who came for Baba's darshan on the 27th. One named Subramanium had painted long sectarian marks on his forehead with saffron-colored paste. Commenting on it, Baba remarked:
Various castes have distinctive marks applied to their forehead. Similarly, people of different religions stick to traditional customs. Hafiz used to tell this story in reference to this. Once there were 72 very ugly old hags who represented the different religions of the world. The one belonging to the Hindu religion says to the others: "Among all, I am most beautiful. None can compare with my beauty."
The one representing Islam declares: "No, I am younger and more beautiful. No one can match me!"