Eruch then announced, "Baba says that there are five more days for darshan so please do not become impatient. All will surely get a chance to meet Baba. Please await your turn. Those who have had darshan yesterday may again have darshan at Guruprasad. Those who have had one darshan at Guruprasad should not come again." May I mention here that Baba often caught several persons coming for darshan twice or even thrice during these five days. One old man was an exception, he came for darshan on all six days!

As soon as Eruch would finish making announcements in English, in terpreters would translate into Telegu, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati. Eruch again announced, "Baba says those leaving today, irrespective of the group they may belong to, should have darshan today. After them the rest should come group-wise, while the group-head will introduce each one to Baba. Jal (Baba 's brother) will introduce some lovers from Andhra who had helped financially in the completion of Avatar Maher Baba Poona Centre Hall at Poona:"

Dr. Harry Kenmore then came on the mike and recited the Parvardigar Prayer. Soon after he finished the prayer, there were cheers of "Avatar Meher Baba Ki Jai."

Eruch then read Meher Baba's message as follows:

"ALL THESE YEARS I USED TO EMBRACE YOU, MY LOVERS, AND BOW DOWN TO YOUR LOVE FOR ME. NOW I CANNOT EMBRACE YOU SO I ALLOW YOU TO BOW DOWN TO MY LOVE FOR YOU."

After this was read in the various languages, Eruch again read another message from Meher Baba:

"I AM HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL; AND I AM TOUCHED THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE COME FROM DISTANT PARTS AT NO SMALL SACRIFICE TO BE IN MY PRESENCE FOR A FEW HOURS.

"DEVOTEES SPEND THEIR LIFETIME SAVINGS AND EVEN RISK LIFE ITSELF IN PILGRIMAGES TO BOW DOWN BEFORE GOD IN FORMS SANCTIFIED BY TRADITION. AND THEIR REWARDS ARE ACCORDING TO TRADITION.

“BUT YOU HAVE JOURNEYED TO BOW DOWN BEFORE GOD WHO HAS TAKEN HUMAN FORM BECAUSE OF LOVE. AND YOUR REWARD WILL BE ACCORDING TO LOVE."

At 9:20 darshan began. Long queues of men and women stood almost melting in the hot sun.