Baba promptly had Vajifdar telegraphed not to stop there but to continue to Lahavit instead. When Vajifdar arrived from Deolali on a passenger train, he accompanied Baba and Ramjoo to Igatpuri on the same train.
After arriving in Bombay on 3 June, they resided at No. 6 Irani Mansion — the home of Kaikhushru Masa. Soonamasi and Khorshed attended to Baba's wishes there and preparations for the journey to Quetta were speedily executed.
Baba had specially gone to Lahavit to contact the Brahmin stationmaster, who was a very devout soul. At the time, Harijans were terribly harassed and looked down upon, and would never have thought of sitting with the higher-caste Brahmins. In Lahavit, however, the different castes had assembled together for bhajans, and the stationmaster, finding Meher Baba so loving to the low-caste workers, was highly impressed. His devotion was profoundly deepened as he saw, in Baba's presence, the light of God's oneness in all.
Meanwhile, Padri and Nervous took the horse Sufi and the ox Sant from Meherabad to the Ahmednagar train station, and put them on a freight train bound for Chitali. From Chitali, the two men led the horse and ox on a nine-mile walk in the heat of the day to Sakori. Having no money, they ate the bhakri and chutney which they had brought along. They had to be careful handling the animals, because Sufi was in the habit of biting and Sant was in the habit of kicking. Both animals became difficult to control. Sant kicked Nervous very hard. Nervous' knee was hurt and he kept a cautious distance from the ox. After a while both animals also became reluctant to move, and Padri and Nervous had to pull them by their reins. Inwardly they kept calling out to Baba to help them.
After some distance, they met up with a bullock cart on the road and fervently requested the driver to permit them to tie the animals behind his cart. He agreed and they successfully tied Sant, but Sufi kept nipping at them and could not be tied. The horse also could not be ridden, for it belonged to Mehera and Baba had forbidden anyone to ride Sufi. Padri was forced to struggle, pulling the horse by the reins the whole way to Sakori.
After a most trying journey, they arrived in Sakori at night. Upasni Maharaj had already retired to his hut.