You have the attributes of a wali. He who loses himself in you becomes like you. Wonderful is your effect; wonderful is your play! Wonderful is your nature! Yours is the gift which nurtures or destroys. The seed you fructify, while the tree you uproot — Both are your blessings. One who uses you with care can cook hundreds of dishes. But to the ignorant who treat you carelessly You are a calamity. You are like the wali, full of virtues as well as faults. You make one swim and another drown — such is your nature!
The whole region of Ahmednagar was without water. But at the perfect time you rewarded the labor of the farmer. In the form of fire you were hot. By becoming water you were cool. As those near you were warmed by your flame So also was the world made happy by your light.
When you have surrendered to Baba, let your lips be sealed. Brave are those who serve at the feet of the Sadguru. Limitless is your greatness, O Dhuni! Only rishis and munis can fathom you. You made Beheram sleep and the sky weep. Your warmth melted the heavens, wetting my sadra. You are the real servant of the Sadguru. Stay near him always!
Difficult was it to live in the heat of the famine And it made you sweat. You are the true slave of the Master, A fiery rod in my cool hands!
After this reading was over, Masaji narrated what had happened to him the previous night. He was on watch with Baba and was sitting by him near the dhuni before the rain started. He felt drowsy and dozed off for a moment; meanwhile his scarf fell into the dhuni's flames. Baba clapped loudly a few times and Masaji awakened to find his scarf on fire. He yanked it out of the dhuni and extinguished the flames. Baba then forbade him to sit near the dhuni and warned him to stay awake while on nightwatch.
From the time the Master occupied the thatched hut in Poona, he would always have a watchman near him during the night, and he continued this practice throughout his life. In Poona, during 1922, Baily and Arjun would be on watch; in 1923 at Manzil-e-Meem in Bombay, Ghani and Pendu were assigned this duty; and during this period at Meherabad, it was usually Masaji or Padri who were the watchmen.