Through this undying message, Baba in a straightforward manner confronted his children. Throughout the program, he continued to urge them to change for the better in his love.
After the message was read, Baba gestured, "If it rains, the program is finished!"
Again he remarked to Ben Hayman, "If you go to sleep, I will go to sleep!"
Lata Limaye of Ahmednagar was called to sing a ghazal of Jigar (Baba's favorite contemporary poet), and Baba urged her to sing it with all her heart without paying attention to the presence of the vast audience. She sang it melodiously, and Baba translated Jigar's words:
The lover says: "Never let anyone drink the Wine of love!" His life is then nothing but turmoil. He is like a fish out of water; he experiences a volcano within. His entire existence gets torn to pieces."
And yet, he pleads: "Let me have that Wine of love!" But once he gets that experience of Union with Beloved God, he realizes the divine bliss. Then he experiences himself as the only One, the Reality.
Extremely pleased with her singing, Baba embraced Lata amidst the crowd's appreciative applause.
Next, from Andhra under the direction of Bhaskara Raju, a scene from their Telugu play Burra Katha was staged, depicting Baba's life and work. Four men walked on stage to the accompaniment of tabla and harmonium. One narrated Baba's life, while the others, dressed to represent a Muslim (Bhaskara Raju), a Christian (Venkatacharya) and a Hindu (Satyam), interrogated him. In between, Baba's glory was extolled in songs. By staging the play at many different places in India, they had disseminated Baba's messages. That day was their 150th performance.
Baba quipped, "My workers make me naked! They tell of my childhood, how mischievous I was!"
Eruch then approached the microphone and relayed the management's request for all to pay their transport fees. Eruch added, when Baba gestured to him, "Baba says he has been talking about God, and now I have spoiled the atmosphere by talking about transport charges!"
Around 4:00 P.M., Jaipuri Qawaal began singing. He and his qawaali group had sung before Baba the previous May in Guruprasad, and Baba enjoyed his performance very much.
