Manohar claimed he did not. The young man expressed his wish to lead a renunciant's life.
Baba advised him, "Get married again. You will have a handsome and fortunate son. But why hurry and worry about a wife? Being married and leading a family life are not binding. It is the mind which needs to be kept detached and stilled in all situations. It is very easy to talk of being free of the family, but very difficult to renounce the world. This is only possible for 'heroes.' So it is better to marry again and give up all thought of renunciation. Your wife was blessed to have performed my arti when I visited your home just a few days before she died."
The following day, there were reports of thieves near Arangaon, so Padri began keeping nightwatch outside the mandali's quarters. Masaji and Shankarnath were on watch near the Jhopdi, where Baba was fasting.
During one period at Meherabad, three men — Gulabsha, Vibhuti, and Gopal Swamy — had been ordered by Baba to repeat God's name while sitting underneath the trees along the road. Gulabsha and Vibhuti had lived at Meherabad since 1925, and Gopal Swamy had been there since the beginning of 1926. When Baba departed for Lonavla and Bombay in November 1926, Gopal Swamy had gone to Bombay and Vibhuti had left for Nasik.
Gopal Swamy returned to Meherabad on 2 February 1927. A discussion was held, during which Baba commented about Vibhuti's recent activities. Vibhuti had begun telling people in Nasik that he was "Meher Baba's chief disciple;" he was even instructing people to take his darshan and bow down to him. Baba was very displeased about this, warning about telling such lies and hypocrisy:
What earthly use is it to misguide people and make others believe a person is a mahatma [advanced soul], a guru, or a saint, when he is not really so? To make such a claim, one must be One with God! He must be Realized! From the spiritual standpoint, it is a great sin and a crime to make people believe one to be a guru or a Master when one has no experience. This is misleading people and the worst possible fraud!
Become a Dev [God] first and then become a guru. First be one with God and experience divinity; then it is appropriate to be called a Master. But to do so without experience is so great a sin that it is unimaginable.