Tea and toast were brought to the hall for Baba, and Baba handed Adi and Eruch a piece of the toast as prasad.
At 8:30 A.M. on Monday, 1 April 1968 Baba left for Poona with the women and men mandali, and took up residence at Guruprasad for what would be the last time. Once again, he was driven to Poona by Don in his Wolseley. Mehera, Mani, Goher and Meheru rode with Baba; Adi drove Naja, Rano and two of their maid servants in the DeSoto; Waman drove Bhau, Eruch, Francis, Pendu and Aloba in Adi's car; and Bhagirath brought the luggage in his truck. The painted signs about darshan being stopped were taken with them and hung outside Guruprasad.
That year (1968), the mandali were not allowed to leave Guruprasad, and so Eruch had to spend the entire three months there (unlike in previous years when he would spend the nights at Bindra House with his family). Naja, who did the cooking, also stayed at Guruprasad instead of at Bindra House. Khorshed was called from Bombay to help with the work, but she and Naja were both put on complete silence for their entire stay in Poona. Neither Sadashiv Patil, Jalbhai, Beheram and his sons, Jehangu, Meherjee, Meherwan nor anyone else was given permission to visit. Only Nana Kher and Bal Natu joined the men mandali to help in their work.
During Baba's final stay in Guruprasad, his daily morning seclusion work times were scheduled as follows:
5 and 6 April — one hour 6 to 15 April — gradually increasing to two hours 16 to 20 April — two hours 21 April to 21 May — three hours
Besides this, every afternoon Baba would spend 20 minutes absorbed in his seclusion work. The afternoon session continued every day up to the 30th of January 1969. All of the seclusion work, both in the mornings and afternoons, would be done by Baba in the solitude of his room. He would sit in a yellow armchair which he instructed that no one touch. A cord was strung around the chair forming an enclosure on all sides, and no one was allowed to enter the area. Absolute quiet was maintained while Baba was working, and even the servants of Guruprasad were informed to stop their work during those hours.