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Chapter 38: Guruprasad Garden, 1963

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Baba commented to Nari Contractor, the cricket team captain, that he often wished to witness good cricket matches, but people would not allow him to do so in peace. Nari invited Baba to Bombay, saying he would make all the arrangements for him to see a match undisturbed.
Baba replied, "For nine months, I shall be at Meherazad, and I want to remain undisturbed. I may remain for many days without food and water. When I break my silence after nine months, the world will come to me, for they shall then know who I am. But there is no charm in coming to me after I break my silence. Blessed are those who come to me now!"
He added, "Truth cannot be hidden. If there were no Truth, no amount of words and shows can help my divinity. If Baba were not Baba, of what use would it be if so many came to see him?"
giving prasad to Polly Umrigar
Baba again returned to the side room at 11:50 A.M. and asked a woman devotee from Navsari to sing. She had sung before Baba many years before.
At 12:20 P.M., Baba returned to the hall, where people were waiting for his darshan. As mentioned, because it was the final day, there was a large crowd. Madhusudan sang a few bhajans.
When the young four-year-old girl Mehera Kerawala went to Baba for darshan, he asked her to recite the Master's Prayer over the microphone. She did so without faltering. Kohiyar Satarawala of Mahabaleshwar was asked to chant an ancient Zoroastrian prayer. He said it with such feeling that though many did not understand the words spoken in Persian, it brought tears to their eyes.
Madhusudan had composed a new song in honor of Guruprasad. He had had the words printed and framed and presented it to Baba, who gave it to Maharani Shantadevi. Baba asked him to sing it. Vithal Shinde, who had sung in the morning, sang a few more ghazals. Golwalkar was also present and played a final tune titled Bhairavi . Practically all those present in the hall were weeping. After that, Madhusudan sang a parting song of love. Those hearts which had not melted into tears, did so now.
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