He was very thin, and Baba kept him in the hospital.
Later, Baba clarified: "He is not mad, but he is a spiritually advanced person on the first plane of consciousness."
He became the first mast (God-intoxicated individual) to reside in the Meherabad ashram, where he remained until his death in 1933.
Baba named him Mastan , and Gustadji and Sidhu were given the duty of looking after him. The young mast had strange habits. If he were given a blanket as a covering, he would unravel it thread by thread and then tie the threads into bundles. If he were given a ball, he would bounce it for hours until it was taken away from him. Whatever he started doing, he would not stop until he was compelled to do so. The tavern of the Saki is invisible to the world, yet it is always known to those who long to drink his wine. Meherabad Tavern became a refuge for the God-intoxicated.
A large wooden sign with MEHERABAD painted on it was erected on the property as a landmark to visitors and the villagers passing by.
After the sign was posted, Baba ordered Eruchshaw to bathe the destitute wayfarers who came to Meherabad, explaining to him, "The work in Meherabad is of cleaning dirt. To make this known you should bathe the needy outwardly while I bathe them inwardly. Now that the sign has been erected, people should know what is going on here. By your bathing the poor, they will come to know that the work here is of cleaning away all refuse."
Eruchshaw was given towels and soap, and began giving baths to many poor pilgrims. Baba would invariably find some fault in his work and would seldom be pleased with Eruchshaw. At times a speck or specks of soap would remain unwashed on the person, or the person's body would not be thoroughly dried.
One day Eruchshaw bathed a man and wiped his body carefully with a towel. This time he was sure that nothing was amiss for Baba to find fault with. He proudly took the man to Baba who examined him. However, Baba found a few drops of water behind the man's ear that had not been dried and immediately called Eruchshaw's attention to it. Eruchshaw was dumbfounded. Those destitute persons who had been given baths were amazed, because they had never had such thorough baths in their lives.