He was put in charge of the water supply and with the help of two servants, Khodu would distribute water to the Meherabad residents for drinking, cooking and washing. By then, he and his wife, Najamai, fully accepted Baba as their Master, and Baba would call their infant son, Dinshaw, his "first disciple." On 28 September, Baba nicknamed Khodu Sailor because of his water duty, and that became his name thereafter.
Baba was in a good mood and gave others nicknames, as well. Masaji was given the name Major . Eruchshaw was religious-minded and strictly observed the tenets of his faith, reciting the Zoroastrian prayers and wrapping the sacred thread around his waist. Because of Eruchshaw's devout nature, Baba renamed him Peshotan , which was later shortened to Pesu (or Pesi) by the mandali.1
30 September 1925 was a day of celebration in Meherabad. A second son, whom Baba named Feram ( Falu ), had been born to Rustom and Freiny the previous day. Rustom purchased many edible treats and a few people came to celebrate the occasion. During a music performance, a Muslim began dancing and striking himself on the ground as if overcome with divine intoxication. Some spectators were highly impressed, thinking he was a fervent lover of God who was indifferent to bodily injury.
When the singing was over and all had departed, Baba complained of unbearable pain in his body. Twenty of the mandali began vigorously massaging him, but the pain did not subside.
Baba bitterly remarked, "I am suffering because of that Muslim's prancing and jumping!"
Pesu naïvely replied, "What a frenzy of love overcame that man!"
Baba snapped, "It was not love, but a sham! Posing is the greatest sin, and God never forgives it. God is afraid of hypocrites and keeps Himself at a distance from them."
Pesu was surprised and asked, "Then what is love?"
"Fire in the oven!" answered Baba. "He who loves does not know that he loves! I have warned you to be natural and not pretentious. God cannot be fooled; He knows what you are! So what is the use of pretending to be what you are not?"
On Thursday, 1 October 1925, Baba became very displeased with Arjun and declared that he would not set foot in the school until the negligence prevailing there stopped.
At two in the afternoon, Baba convened a meeting at which he stated, "We should either carry on with all these departments of the school, hospital, dispensary, and dharamshala in the proper way or else they should be abolished. Despite my repeated warnings, I find abounding negligence which pains me deeply."
Footnotes
- 1.Peshotan was the chief disciple of Zoroaster. (The name is also mentioned in Zoroastrian scriptures as a Messiah-like figure.)