After the couplets were read (in Persian), Baba bowed with his hands and gestured in respect, "Khuda Hafiz [May God protect you]! "
When Baba was informed that Dr. Ginde had still not arrived, he sent Aloba to the pumping station to phone Adi at his office, telling him to phone Dr. Grant in Poona to send Ginde straight to Meherazad without detaining him. When Ginde stopped in Poona and saw Grant, he was given the message, but Grant then casually said, "I saw Baba only yesterday. He is not serious, so don't worry. Have lunch before proceeding to Meherazad." Ginde, however, did not delay and left immediately.
At noon, Baba remembered Ginde again, asking whether he had arrived.
When the answer was in the negative, Baba sadly gestured, "He should have come by now. It is getting late."1
Aloba was again sent to phone Adi to send Dr. Ginde straight to Meherazad as soon as he arrived.
Seeing that the allopathic medicines were not giving Baba any relief, Padri began giving him doses of homeopathic medicine every ten minutes to relieve the spasms.
"These doctors are all barbers!" Baba had said to Padri. "You give me something."
After Padri gave Baba a fourth dose at noon, Baba teased, "Your medicine is useless; it is not helping me at all!"
Baba also told Goher to stop giving him injections, saying, "Do not forget that I am God."
Padri gave Baba another dose, and told Eruch to give him another one after ten minutes. Padri was about to leave the room when, at 12:15 P.M., a terrible spasm shook and jerked Baba up and made him choke. Baba was sitting on his bed with his back and head raised. He flexed his arms and closed his mouth tightly. His respiration suddenly stopped. There was no relaxation after the spasm, and Baba became motionless, silently sacrificing his body for the redemption of humanity.
Opening Baba's mouth, Eruch found that Baba's tongue had fallen back, and he immediately began administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Chhagan ran out to phone Adi to immediately send Dr. Brieseman from Booth Hospital with an oxygen cylinder.
Crying, "Baba! ... Baba!" Goher started giving him injections in an attempt to revive him. Meheru, Francis and Bhau began massaging his chest.
Mani was crying, "Baba, you are God ... You are God! ... See, your Mehera is crying."
Mehera had entered the room and was sitting dazed on a chair, weeping. "Baba darling! ... Baba darling!" were the only words she could utter.
Footnotes
- 1.When Aloba returned he was sent in the car to deliver the message in person to Adi, but when he saw Adi's car coming he followed him back to Meherazad.