The friend was so impressed with the work being done at Meherabad that he offered financial assistance to Baba to support his activities.
Declining his offer, Baba wrote on his slate, "I am a fakir, so what have I to do with money? God is enough for us!"
Baba made it clear that he would not accept any contribution from him.
On Hindu holidays, Arjun would fix a bathing schedule for Baba, and hundreds of people would each reverently pour a pot of warm water over Baba's body to sanctify the occasion. October 31st was the day of the full moon, and Arjun arranged a ceremonial bath for Baba. Baba smiled and patiently endured it.
But after it was over, Baba warned Arjun, "Don't force me to go through this bathing ceremony again and again. I have had a cough and cold since the last bath."
Rustom, Freiny and their two children had been living at Khushru Quarters with Rustom's parents, but they moved into a renovated portion of the Family Quarters. On Sunday, 8 November, Baba and the mandali went there for a "housewarming" party.
Although it was the season of the monsoon, there had been a severe shortage of rain thus far. In early November 1925, villagers from neighboring areas approached Baba with a request for rain, as there was a scarcity of drinking water and a danger that their rabi (autumn) crops might fail due to the prolonged drought. Baba advised them to be patient.
On the night of 10 November, after a day of exhausting activity, Baba was in the midst of a discussion with the mandali near the Table Cabin when the villagers returned. Again they beseeched him for rain, and after Upasni Maharaj's arti was sung, Baba ordered a pit to be dug and a dhuni (sacred fire) to be lit. The fire was started at eleven that night.
Afterward, Baba informed the villagers, "God has heard your prayers. Now go straight home."
Although there had been no clouds in the sky prior to the lighting of the dhuni, an hour later a heavy rain fell. The showers lasted for fifteen hours and the villagers' crops were saved.
The next day Baba asked each of the mandali to compose a poem about the dhuni. The school was closed for the afternoon and the poems of all were read aloud. Rustom won first prize; Padri, second; Pandoba, one of the teachers at the school, third; and Kisan Master, also a schoolteacher, won fourth.