Sarosh said he was going to be out of town for a few days and would inform the D.S.P. and the Collector to let Adi know about their coming, and Adi would bring them to Meherazad. Thereupon, Baba replied that he would not meet with anyone else except the couple.
Baba asked Rangole, Rustom Kaka and Piloo Mama Satha about the managing of the Ahmednagar Center, and afterwards instructed that each in the group should salute him from a distance and depart. They did accordingly and returned to Ahmednagar happy in Baba's love.
In the evening Bhau walked as usual to Baba's room for nightwatch.
Baba motioned to him, "First, embrace me," which Bhau did. Baba added, "Today is my birthday!"
Bhau was surprised but remained quiet, reasoning that every day was Baba's birthday.
Sometime later, Baba asked, "How was my birthday celebrated today?"
Bhau replied, "Splendidly!" Baba went on asking the same question. Suddenly, Bhau remembered that that day was his birthday, not Baba's. Five or six months before, Baba had mentioned to him to remind him about his birthday, but Bhau forgot and had never told Baba that his birthday fell on the 13th of January.
On each of the mandali's birthdays, Baba would embrace that particular man or woman, but only Mehera's birthday was celebrated as a special occasion. Bhau received Baba's embrace that day even though he had been so preoccupied that he had forgotten it was his birthday. It was Baba who reminded him of it.
Meanwhile, Adi contacted the Collector, who informed him that M. S. Kannamwar would not be able to go to Meherazad, as he was scheduled to leave Ahmednagar at 8:00 A.M. on 15 January. Adi informed Baba, who agreed, as a special case, to meet the couple at eight o'clock. Everything was arranged and the route was lined with police officers. Two officers were posted at the gates of Meherazad. But when Adi went to Kannamwar's bungalow that morning, the Chief Minister was preoccupied and running late, and expressed his inability to come. Instead, the two police officers entreated Baba to permit them to have his darshan.
Baba agreed and remarked to them, "How fortunate you are that, being on duty here, you have gotten the advantage of darshan and not your chief minister."
(A few months later, Kannamwar saw Baba in Guruprasad and expressed his regrets for not keeping his appointment at Meherazad.)