Baba walked to the back of the dais and behind the curtain where his wheelchair was kept. He sat in it, and Eruch and Bharucha pushed him to the dining room. Baba again complained of severe pain in his hip and neck. The strain of the darshan had been too much for his frail body. Eruch and Bharucha tried to relieve the pain by massaging his legs, but Baba's face conveyed that he was in agony. His suffering almost brought tears to Hoshang's eyes. After about three minutes, Baba gestured that they should leave, and afterwards the women came in and attended to Baba's needs.
Several lovers had been invited to come to Guruprasad in the afternoon. Many others took advantage of this occasion, and so about 100 people were present in the side room. At about 3:45 P.M. Baba came and sat in his armchair in his silk boxer shorts under a fan.
When Chinta Sarvarao, Majety Ramamohan Rao and Manikyala Rao of Andhra presented him with an album containing pictures of the recent birthday exhibition in his honor, Baba stated, "I have heard all about the exhibition and I am very happy with the labor of love of the workers in Vijayawada."
Chinta Sarvarao mentioned N. S. Murthi, who had arranged a public program in Tirupathi during Baba's birthday. Tirupathi is an orthodox place of Hindu pilgrimage for devotees of Lord Venkateswara, and people considered it a feat of daring on Murthi's part to have arranged a program in honor of Meher Baba in that Brahmin atmosphere.
Dr. Bharucha had been specially invited to give a talk on the occasion in Tirupathi, and Baba asked him, "Did you say Baba is God in human form?"
He replied affirmatively.
Baba was happy with the work done by M. R. Appa Rao, the Minister for Excise, Prohibition and Social Welfare in Andhra Pradesh.
He told him, "I know all that you do. I am pleased with your work."
Turning to one lover Baba asked, "Do you actually know that I am God?"
He replied honestly, "No, not really."
In response, Baba stated, "When I break my silence, my suffering will come to an end and the world will know and feel that I am God. My suffering is physical, mental and spiritual. The breaking of my silence will mark the beginning of my glorification. My work will then have been done. I shall live for one year after breaking my silence and then I shall drop this body."