“ Rishis and munis in the Himalayas sit on beds of nails in the snow, so as to keep awake in my remembrance. I have to waste two hours every day in this way and have no time to answer correspondence.”īaba replied, “What are you saying? You are a fool! Do you think you are sitting unnecessarily? Do you think you are without work? Waiting for my call is the greatest possible work you can ever do! The work I extract from you by making you sit on the verandah cannot compare with replying to letters. I have been sitting on the verandah without work since three o’clock! I keep waiting and waiting, wondering when you will call me, but you never call me before five o’clock. But, despite his best efforts, Bhau could not complete the task before he went to wait on Rano’s verandah.Īt 5:00 P.M., Baba called him into his room and asked, “Did you finish that letter?”įrustrated, Bhau blurted out, “Where is the time for me, Baba? I have no time to reply to correspondence. One morning in the hall, Baba instructed Bhau, “Send replies to all the letters received today,” and he indicated one in particular was urgent.
Many days passed like this, with Bhau ordered to sit on the verandah from 3 until 5:00 P.M., doing what he thought was nothing. At times, there was so much correspondence that there was not sufficient time to reply to all of the letters, and consequently Bhau was irritated at being made to sit idle for two hours each day. during which time he had to bathe, have lunch, attend to the Hindi correspondence, and so forth. … Thus, he had only two hours at his disposal - from 11:00 A.M. He had the Hindi correspondence to reply to and had no other time in which to write the letters. and made to wait on the verandah for two hours every day. Bhau could not see any justification for his being on call at 3:00 P.M. Instead, Bhau was made to sit a short distance away on Rano’s verandah (because Baba might call him at any time), and Baba would send for him when the women left, usually at 5:00 P.M. But Baba would not call him then, since the women would be with him. Since returning to Meherazad, Bhau’s nightwatch duties were to begin each day from 2:30 or 3:00 P.M.
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