Sidhu replied, "Whatever you tell me to do."
Baba said, "I can use you here, but you must not ask me any questions and you cannot even ask for wages. You must leave your maintenance to my discretion. But as soon as you accept employment under me, you will have to do the work assigned to you." Upon Sidhu's full acceptance of these conditions, Baba asked, "Would you even work as a sweeper and clean the toilets?" Sidhu hesitated before answering, and Baba said, "Don't worry. If you won't do such work, I will do it."
The Master then walked to the hospital, and Sidhu followed him. Once inside, they found that a patient had soiled his bed and Baba began to clean it.
Baba turned to Sidhu and said, "Don't worry. If any patient makes a mess in his bed, I will clean it. You need not bother."
Sidhu felt ashamed of himself, realizing that if Meher Baba could do such lowly work he could do it also. After some time, the Master included Sidhu as a permanent member of the mandali and assigned him the duty of laundering the patients' clothes and keeping the hospital immaculate.
A young man of nineteen, named Sitaram Dattatrey Deshmukh, was a resident of Bhingar township on the outskirts of Ahmednagar. Chhagan , as he was called, was a frequent visitor to Sakori. One day he was informed that Maharaj's chief disciple was a Zoroastrian — and that he was living at Arangaon Village near Ahmednagar. Chhagan was shocked by this information, since he was a strict Brahmin — absorbed in Vedantism. For quite some time, he was hesitant to visit this Irani guru.
But ill fortune befell Chhagan and he was forced by circumstances to seek Meher Baba's darshan. He took a tonga to Meherabad and was relieved when Baba greeted him warmly. Baba asked what he wanted. Chhagan narrated a woeful tale of material ruin: "My family's financial condition has deteriorated badly. I wish it to be as it was before."
Baba said, "I know everything. Don't worry. It will gradually be restored."
Soon after, Chhagan's father, too, began coming to Meherabad.
One day Baba asked Chhagan, "Would you work as a teacher in the school here?"
Chhagan said, "I wish to serve you and will do whatever work I am given."
Baba then directed Chhagan to live at Meherabad, and with his father's consent, he moved there.