With the help of the other passengers, he was pulled back into the truck. After some time, another truck appeared. With some difficulty, they boarded it and reached home, leaving the stranded truck in the flooded stream.
Rustom would have been carried away by the rushing waters had he not caught hold of the mudguard. It was later discovered that this incident happened at the same time when Baba was walking about in the rain looking for Behramji.
Krishna's birthday was celebrated at Meherabad on Tuesday, 11 August. Baba and the mandali personally bathed the schoolboys. Bhikolya entertained all with a bhajan program at 8:00 P.M., followed by a kirtan. The actual "birth ceremonies" were done at midnight, after which pedahs were distributed and coffee was served to the mandali.
During this period, a rumor was circulating that Vishnu was guilty of contact with a maidservant, and the Meherabad court was convened to sit in judgment. The case was tried as in a regular court and the mandali, acting as judges, noted every detail. The evidence revealed that except for handing the woman a letter, Vishnu was innocent of any misconduct, but even this brief, casual encounter was an infringement of Baba's orders. Uncertain, Vishnu asked Baba if it were actually a breach of his order and Baba replied that it was. As a punishment, he directed Vishnu not to bow before him for eleven months, but Baba later pardoned him.
During a discussion about the marriage of two of the Arangaon students, Baba gave a brief discourse:
If one has good moral conduct and leads a pure life without marrying, it is best because marriage at times creates impediments in one's spiritual life. But the bond of marriage is preferable to leading an immoral, promiscuous lifestyle with its terrible consequences. The bond of marriage should be such that the partners in life never involve themselves with any other man or woman.
One day Baba informed his close ones that he would be fasting from the 1st of September. He also began spending more time alone in his Jhopdi, where he was writing his book. Besides the mornings, on some days Baba worked on the book from early in the afternoon until 5:00 P.M., but he did not stop his other daily activities of grinding grain and inspecting the hospital and schools.
On Monday, 17 August 1925, one of Meher Baba's five Masters, Tajuddin Baba, dropped his physical form in Nagpur.