The Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Dr. Hari Vinayak Pataskar, had inaugurated the Meher Baba Center at Raipur, and his speech there was carried on All India Radio. He longed for Baba's darshan, and Amar Singh Saigal beseeched Baba to permit him to come. On Baba's agreeing, Pataskar, his wife and Amar Singh arrived at Meherazad on Sunday, 15 December 1963 at 9:30 A.M. The road was lined with police as their car sped through the gates of Meherazad. Although Pataskar held an important and influential government post, he was a sincere and unaffected person, and was visibly moved when Baba embraced him. His wife was severely afflicted with arthritis, and when she was carried into the hall on a chair and seated before Baba, she cried out, "Closer, closer, put me closer to Baba!" She talked to Baba with such confidence and candor, as if she felt certain of his love and understanding. It was a most touching scene.
Their daughter had leprosy and Mrs. Pataskar begged Baba to cure her. Baba instructed that the girl should fill a glass with water every morning, look at it and repeat Baba's name before drinking it.
“”"My nazar will be on her," Baba assured the woman, "and on you too."
The day before, Baba had had a large reproduction of The Four Journeys chart placed in the hall. The mandali wondered why, since it was to be a short visit. But Pataskar's eyes immediately fell on the chart and, intrigued by it, he asked in detail about it. He seemed more fascinated with the chart than with Baba. Baba's brief explanation about the Four Journeys, and also the three kinds of knowledge, both enlightened and satisfied Pataskar.
“”"When I speak the Word of Words," Baba told him, "there will be a surge of awakening."
Baba's parting words to the couple were: "Remember, I am God in human form!"
They accepted his statement with reverence. Even the police guards posted on the private road were not excluded from receiving Baba's blessing. After the governor's car had driven away, the policemen's requests for darshan were accepted.
