In the year, 1914, Shree Aaisaheb i.e. Smt. Durgatai gave birth to a son who did not survive. Again in the year 1926, Shree Aaisaheb gave birth to a daughter, who was named as Shakuntala. Around this same period, Shree Baba Maharaj became fully absorbed in Divine contemplation. He sat for hours together in one place without uttering a single word. Since the beginning itself he had no interest in worldly life. Now, he completely deserted the same. Everybody thought that he was out of his senses.
He prostrated before everybody. By seeing this behaviour, everybody in his office felt that he had gone completely crazy. Due to this, supposedly, crazy behaviour, his relatives assumed that he had gone mad and went to the extent of forcefully admitting him to the mental Hospital, at Yervada, Pune.
The doctors in the Hospital thoroughly examined him and concluded that he had no mental illness at all, but had instead completely detached himself from the worldly affairs. Hence the doctors arranged for a separate bed away from all other mental patients. The doctors also discussed with him wide ranging topics, which were not at all related to mental illness. These discussions and conversations exposed the brilliance of Shree Baba Maharaj’s intelligence, and due to this the doctors developed great reverence towards him.
When Dr. Nirokhekar also a disciple of Shree Beedkar Maharaj came to Pune, he received information about Shree Baba Maharaj being admitted to the mental hospital. Thereafter he somehow with the help of some close associates and fellow students managed to get Shree Baba Maharaj discharged from the Hospital.
Once out of the Mental hospital, Shree Baba Maharaj stopped going to his office regularly since he remained in a disembodied state. Soon after, he forwarded his application for invalid pension (voluntary retirement), to his senior officer, in the year 1928. At that time, the senior British officer was about to return to his homeland, after the expiry of his service period in India. Even then, the British officer paid his personal attention in this matter and got the invalid pension sanctioned. He himself, personally, prepared all the required documentation and got it signed by the required authority, thus paving the way for retirement of Shree Baba Maharaj.