Eruch added, "Once I got exasperated at it because there was not an inch of space in the car, and Baba wanted to give a lift to a person carrying an enormous bundle of his belongings. I told Baba, 'I shall come walking; let this man occupy my place.' Baba would try our patience, love and faith to the extreme."
Baba continued:
Once in an overcrowded third–class railway coach, the mandali had to keep standing in order to give me a little space to sleep. Some of the passengers objected as to why I should sleep, while they were standing. The mandali tried to explain that they were their seats which they had given to me, and so there was no need to quarrel. Just when the angry voices would settle, I would get up and give my seat to an old man. This would again enrage the other passengers, and a quarrel would start all over again.
Once at Nadiad station [in Gujarat], the compartment was packed. Baidul was standing at the door of the compartment. The mayor of some place tried to enter the already over-full carriage by the wrong entrance. Baidul obstructed his entry, and in the tussle, the mayor fell unto the platform. He called for the police, who began taking statements of all the passengers who had witnessed the incident. The train was detained for an hour. At last, the guard requested that the police board the train and continue taking the statements, as the train moved along. We reached our destination, and all of us got off and walked away, while the police did not realize who were the accused in the overcrowded compartment!
During the last World War, when several coaches of the railways would be reserved for military personnel, I and the mandali once got into a military compartment, since the train was overcrowded. A number of the soldiers objected to it, while the remaining helped me and my men to enter. A quarrel ensued among the occupants, and a hot exchange of words followed. When the train moved out, we found ourselves watching a free-for-all of which we were the cause. At the next halt, I clapped loudly and gestured to them to stop fighting. I distributed sweets to both parties and brought about a complete change in the tense atmosphere. All the soldiers were friendly again, long before we reached our destination.