Baba Sai loved Sai Sadhuram Sahib so much that when Sai were a child! Baba Sai would get up in the middle of the cold winter nights to check that Sadhu was well covered. If not, then he would gently cover him up so that he would not get disturbed. Once during the Aasa-di-war, one of his disciples noticed the absence of Sai Sadhuram Sahib and so he asked Baba Gobinddas Sahib if he should wake up Sai, to this Baba immediately said not to do so, as he would have been doing penance during throughout the night, so he might have fallen off to sleep now.
Sai Sadhuram Sahib tells us that Baba Gobinddas Sahib showered all his love on him and always fulfilled all his whims and fancies. Whenever young Sadhu would get angry he would pull Baba Sai’s beard. Sai were actually very naughty. One day out of sheer curiosity and mischief Sai took a watch and battered it with a hammer just to see what was inside it. At another time Baba Sai locked young Sadhu in the balcony and went out, when Baba Sai returned he was astonished to see Sadhu outside and asked how he had reached there. Sadhu replied that he was very angry as Baba Sai had left him alone, so he jumped out from the balcony and was waiting outside to receive him.
Though Baba Sai were a very strict disciplinarian, he always enjoyed Sadhu’s mischief. While telling us tales of his childhood pranks Sai told us that once instead of boarding a bus through the door, he jumped in through the window.
In his childhood, Sai Sadhuram with his amusing ways would disturb Harte-maa (his nanny). Sometimes she would say, “Sadhu, if you trouble me, I will slap you” to which he would smilingly respond “Will you hit Baba Swaroopdas Sahib”. Hearing this she would forget all about his mischief and lovingly hug him. In summer, he would take a long hose-pipe and spray water in the angan (verandah) of the Darbar to cool it. He would mischievously spray this water on the children also who were playing there. The children would join him in his fun and enjoy themselves. He would find time to play carom, scrabble, antakshari and many other games with the children who visited the Darbar. He would share all his toys with them. To this day, Sai always is up to his tricks with small children, thus endearing himself to them.
Dadi told us that during Diwali, he would hide crackers in the mud and would secretly light them so that nobody would catch him. Sai Sadhuram Sahib grew up indulging in such amusing, loveable antics (fun games).