The youth was fed rice and milk the next day, the first time in about 20 days that he had eaten.
Ali was ordered to resume his studies, which he did from 1 February (along with some of the other boys who had not been attending school). Rajaram was ordered to stay and sleep in the staff quarters from that day. Meherjee received a letter informing him of his father's illness, and he was permitted to leave for Navsari by the evening train.
K. J. Dastur had left on the 31st for Bombay, but returned to Meherabad on the morning of 2 February, and was given two hours of teaching duty at the school. At four that afternoon, however, Dastur began acting strangely, rolling on the ground and crying like a child. This state lasted for more than four hours, until 8:30 P.M. After he calmed down, after arti Baba offered him a sip of tea which he swallowed with difficulty. He complained that he found it hard to breathe.
Baba explained to the other men, "Dastur readily followed my advice of thinking of me and creating love for me. He did it so sincerely and with so much dedication that for the last month he has hardly spent five minutes without thought of me, and suffered terribly. The extent of his agony can be judged from his difficulty in breathing. He hasn't eaten anything for the last few days. Only I know how he has suffered — like a fish out of water."
The other mandali had criticized Dastur, thinking he was troubling Baba by coming to his cabin often and putting his head on Baba's lap.
But Baba remarked "Dastur's love, in a way, even exceeds that of Swami Rama Tirtha, who too was a learned M.A."
Five days later, after taking Baba's darshan, Dastur said that he could see a brilliant light.
"Where?" Baba asked him.
Dastur said that he saw it on all sides, and he kept his eyes shut.
"Have you any pain?" Baba inquired.
Dastur replied that his agony had disappeared and he was quite happy. Then he began singing Baba's arti, waving his hands as if dancing, and reciting passages from Vivekananda.
"O what bliss!" he declared. "I want to wash the feet of our Master with my blood for showing me this light!"
"Why do you wish to wash your Master's feet with your blood?" he was asked.