With displeasure, Baba gestured, "I wanted water first. You should have given it to me first and then turned on the lights."
Baba continued to lambast Bhau, and, calling Goher and Eruch he complained that Bhau was not properly obeying him and harassing him terribly.
When Bhau was on watch the next day, Baba motioned to him to turn on the lights. When he was about to do this, Baba asked for water. Remembering the "lesson" he had been taught the previous day, Bhau first switched on the light and then took the glass of water to Baba.
Highly annoyed, Baba asked, "Why didn't you give me water first?"
Bhau replied, "You asked me to turn on the lights first, and so I did. Yesterday, you told me that I should carry out the order given first."
"But today I wanted you to give me water first."
"But how am I to know which you want first?"
"That is why I have been saying that obedience is impossible! Still, in such a case, you should have admitted your mistake. You should have said, 'Yes, Baba, I am sorry. I made a mistake.' But instead, you go on arguing with me, which annoys me more! To sincerely confess our faults is really admirable. Never argue with me.
"I am telling you the truth. Today, I wanted you to give me the water first. When you don't know what I want, it proves that you are ignorant. And when you are ignorant, why do you argue with me? Why don't you just accept what I say? Today, I wanted you to obey the second order first.
"If you cannot understand my ways, then at least accept your mistake without an argument. If you admit your mistake wholeheartedly, then one day you will know what I desire. Then I will not have to tell you what I want."
Besides nightwatch, one day Baba asked Bhau to write a play, and Baba explained its theme. Baba titled it Prem Mahima (The Glory of Love). He gave certain points to be included and which Bhau expanded upon. The play was finished while Baba was still at Guruprasad and was read out to him. Baba composed two ghazals to be included in it and these were sent to Rustom Kaka, who was told to begin the meeting at the Ahmednagar Center with the songs.
One day Francis told Baba, "The more I see, the more I wonder why anyone wants God-realization — it is a big affair. God is just too big , that's all!"