Baba continued his isolation in his room throughout July. The monsoon weather was damp and chilly, which was one more reason Baba stayed indoors. There had been almost no rain that year, but strong winds blew night and day. Baba said he would come to mandali hall, once Meherazad and Ahmednagar had received a good shower. For the most part, outside matters were kept to a minimum; only a very few urgent letters were read aloud to Baba.
After he returned to Meherazad, Baba's hip pain flared up. He insisted Goher give him a cortisone injection in the joint, which she did on 7 July. Afterwards, he was able to put weight on his foot and walk a little. He indicated that for the first two days after the injection there was 90 percent less pain. Afterwards, the pain in his hip returned again. But by the 12th, Baba was using crutches to move about in the house once a day.
On 16 July 1965 Kharmen Masi's son Homi brought Baidul back to Meherazad from Bombay, where he had been staying with his daughter Sarwar.
At this time, because of the impending sahavas, the mandali's work was increasing. Moreover, due to Baba's constant scoldings, Bhau felt terribly harassed. At night, he was to be on duty by Baba, but even during the daytime he had to be present most of the time in Baba's room. As a result, Bhau had no time in which to do either correspondence or the writing of speeches. Baba was sending Sarosh, Viloo and Chhagan to Uttar Pradesh and other places, to participate in important public functions, and one of Bhau's assignments was to write their various speeches in Hindi.
One day Baba gave Bhau some urgent work to do, but, because he was with Baba in his room the entire day, there was simply no time to finish it. When Baba asked if Bhau had done the work, he replied, "No, I did not have time."
Baba scolded him and later that night, as he was pressing Baba's legs, Bhau was so distressed he thought: "It would be better if I die. I cannot leave Baba because I know I could never be happy without him, but I cannot serve him, either. I don't do anything right, and he gets annoyed with me. It is best I die!"
While Bhau was thinking these thoughts, suddenly Baba sat up and gestured to him, "Show me how you will walk when you are 70."
Bhau blurted out, "But I don't want to live to be 70! I want to die!"
"But just show me how you will walk."
So Bhau had to walk back and forth across the bedroom hunched over like an old man. Baba made him go from one corner to another about four times. After the third time, Bhau began laughing and his depression lifted.
Baba remarked, "You still have lots of work to do. You have no idea about it now."