On Sunday, 22 November 1925, a great crowd gathered at Meherabad for the Master's darshan. As mentioned, every Thursday and Sunday there was a mass darshan, and flower and tea stalls would be set up by the side of the road to cater to the crowds.
On this day, Ramjoo, Ghani, Sadashiv and Sayyed Saheb arrived. Sayyed had brought an unknown qawaal with him, but when the man was before Baba, he professed his inability to sing. Nevertheless, he had the nerve to request in broken English that Baba gift him "the box," meaning the harmonium inside the wooden box, which had been given to him to play. Sayyed was upset with the rogue, for he had paid his full fee and brought him all the way to Meherabad from Nasik solely to entertain Baba. Sayyed expressed his disappointment, but Baba prevented him from scolding the fellow and promised the man he would be given "the box."
Later, Baba remarked to the mandali, "By powdering a piece of coal, its color is not changed. In the same way, whether a man be good or bad, his nature never changes."
The darshan program ended at 8:30 that evening. Since there was no means of public transportation available, people shouldered their belongings and started walking to the train station. A harmonium was presented to the so-called qawaali singer, and he again demonstrated his impunity by asking Baba for a coolie to carry it. Baba provided two of the mandali, first ordering them to secretly remove the harmonium from the box. The mandali lifted the empty box, groaning loudly and pretending it was heavy. They walked five miles to the railway station carrying the box and placed it in the train compartment. When the man was settled in the train and opened the case, he was shocked to find it empty. He had asked for a harmonium box and he got it!
A few days later, Baba presented a blind singer from Ahmednagar named Sawlaram with the expensive harmonium as his prasad.
November 26th was Padri's birthday and Baba garlanded and kissed him. The next day, a well-known singer named Pyaroo Qawaal performed in the hospital premises. Baba loved qawaali music, and Pyaroo Qawaal had an exceptional voice and put his heart into his singing. The mandali declared that it was the best qawaali they had ever heard. Many from Ahmednagar and other places came to hear the performance.