AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI
(A BOOK NEVER BEFORE)
DEDICATED TO
ANTARYAMIN SHIRI SAI BABA,
SHIRDI
STORIES AFTER BABAS
MAHASAMADHI ON 15-10-1918
WRITTEN
BY
RAMALINGASWAMY, LIFE MEMBER
SHRI SAI BABA SANSTHAN,
SHIRDI,
AT MUNJA BABA STHAN, SHIRDI
I. BABA PROVED HIMSELF THAT THERE WERE NO SISHYAS NO RELATIVES, NO INCARANATIONS NO SUCCESSORS AND NO HEREDITARY TO HIM.
Shri Sal Baba, Shirdi took His Mahasamadhi on 15-10-1918. After His Mahasamadhi, Baba's Samadhi was not looked after in a fit manner upto 1922. Having seen the maintenance of Baba's Samadhi by the Villagers, Shri Kakasaheb Dixit came to Shirdi, settled an office with a managing committee under Public Trust Act with the approval of the District Court, Ahmed-nagar. At that time, Shri Abdul Baba was performing Abhishek to Baba's Samadhi and the Maha Naivedyam food was given to him and he was allowed to take his residence in the room situated in the left side of the Samadhi Mandir. Shri Abdul Baba was the then only local leading devotee of Baba. He was then having about four or five thousand rupees of Baba's dakshina amount with him offered by Baba's devotees. Some well wishers of him induced him that he was the legal heir to Baba and that the formation of the Trust was against justice. Thereby Abdul Baba filed a suit stating that he was the legal heir to Baba, against the Trust Body in the District Court, Ahmednagar. The belowed District Court by the grace of Baba passed orders that Abdul Baba has no connection of the maintenance of the Sansthan of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi and that there was no heir or successor to Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. On the strength of this order the Maha Naivedyam food given to him was stopped by the Sansthan and he was made to vacate his room in Baba's Samadhi Mandir. As Baba said, that He would be with the same power for one thousand years and lookiog" after the welfare of His devotee?, He himself proved that there were no Sishyas, no relatives no hereditary, no successor, no rebirth and no reincarnation to Him.
Surrender SHri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there ! !
2. HOW
SHRI MUKTHARAM, A STAUNCH DEVOTEE OF BASA FARED WHEN HE WANTED TO OCCUPY BABA'S
GAD1.
Shri Muktharam was a staunch devotee of
Baba. Baba given a Kupni, to him. He lived in Dixit wada by keeping a Dhuni.
After somedays of Baba's Samadhi, he came and sat in Baba's Gadi in
Dwarakamayee; As soon as he sat in Baba's Gadi against the wishes of the
villagers also, he began to vomit blood and he was taken to his residence in
the Dixit wada. The devotees have decided to take him to Kopargaom Hospital.
Before the decision was taken with whom he was to be sent to Kopergaom, he died
in Dixit wada itself. His Samadhi is in Lendi Baug. This incident also go to
show that Baba was not willing to allow anybody to occupy His Gadi.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
3. BABA
PROVED THAT THESE WAS NO REBIRTH TO HIM.
When Baba was
in flesh and blood He told that I would take rebirth. Having ground on this
word of Baba, people in some places pose that they were Sai and their words
were Sai's words. In 1943 a boy in Amra-vathi was directing people that he was
Sai Himself and that he earned a lot of money and began to utilise for himself.
Then the people realised his deceit and found that there was not even a bit of
Sai's cult in him and ignored him afterwards.
Secondly,
another person near Madras began to tell people's aim in their mind for the
present and the past (Mind reading) and began to earn in Sai's name due to his
greediness. Once he told to the people "why are you people wandering for
the dead Sai Baba. I am with life here". On hearing these words from him,
people determined that he was not the rebirth of Sai Baba as Baba Himself told
that "Saints never die".
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
4. HOW BABA HADE MADHAVA RAO DEHSPANDE (SHAMA) TO HAND OVER HIS PADUKAS, PHOTOS ETC. TO BABA'S SANSTHAN WHICH HE KEPT IN HIS HOUSE AFTER BABA'S MAHASAMADHI.
After Baba's Mahasarradhi, Madhava Rao
Desh-pande alias Shama an intimate local devotee of Baba was managing the Dixit
wada. He was looking after the welfare of the devotees and resided in Dixit
wada itself. After the formation of Baba's Sansthan Committee the Committee
demanded agreement (Baada Chitti in Marathi) from him for his residence in
Dixit wada. Madhava Rao first refused. But later, Shri S. B. Dhumal and Shri B.
V. Dec intervened and Madhava Rao gave the agreement. After some days, the
committee have vacated Madhava Rao from his residence in Dixit Wada. At the
time of vacating, he had taken away Baba's silver Padukas, Baba's Photos etc.
to his house from Dixit wada. After knowing this, the Committee asked Madhava
Rao to hand over the above artilces of Baba to the Sansthan. He refused first.
But Shri S. B, Dhumal went to his house with a big procession of bhajan, band
etc. On seeing this procession Madhava Rao handed over all the above articles
of Baba to Shri S. B. Dhumal. These Baba's Padukas were placed before Baba's
Photo in Dwarakamayee wherein lakhs of devotees are taking darshan of the above
Baba's Padukas now.
By reading these items (I) to (4) it is
clear, evident and proved beyond all reasonable doubts by the grace of Baba
that there were no sishyas, no hereditary, no relatives, no successor, no
rebirth and no reincarnation to Him. Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi from His Mahasamadhi
till date and even upto the year29!8 as was told by Him, He Himself is
effecting the welfare of His devotees. Now let us read how Baba was effecting
and is now effecting the welfare of His devotees.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely
Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there ! !
5. BABA SAVED
SHRI G B. MANKAR AND HIS MEN
FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH
In his letter,
Shri G. B. Mankar has stated to Shri Tarkhad in 1923 during his work in his
work field, it has to lift a 375 horse power diesel engine (weight 12 tons) in
a fly crane. As the fly crane was not so strong to bear the weight of the
engine, a craking sound came from the crane and all were afraid. Then Shri
Mankar] cried out *'Sai Baba" and invoked His help. After his utterance
all on a sudden smell of rose flowers and agarbathis spreadover the field and
Baba has appeared on the spot and saved all the people from the jaws of death.
Mankar saw baba and again cried out "Baba".
All others
meant that "Kaka*' of Mankar came there. But Mankar has cleared their
doubt and that Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi had came to the spot and saved them from
the jaws of death. Is this incident does not show that Baba is living and
lending His helping hand to His devotees as at>d when they are in trouble ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be
there !!
6. BABA SAVED SHRI R MOREWALA FROH FALLING DOWN FROM THE TRAIN.
Shri R. Morewala
Solicitor of Bombay was not so much religious minded. But he has got faith in
Baba. In 1953 he was going to Thana by a train. The train was over crowded and
hence he could not get into the train and was standing at the door. Then the
train moved. Owing to the pushing of the crowd from inside the train, he fell
down from the door and while falling down, he uttered the name of Shri Sai
Baba. The Chain was pulled out by one old man and the train was stopped. That
old man caught the hand of Morewala and prevented him from falling down. All
the people and tne guard came to see why the train was stopped and who pulled
the Chain ? Shri R. Morewala also wanted to pay tribute to the old man. But the
old man was not there and he had disappeared. All were surprised, Shri
Morewala has gone to his house and told this incident to all his family
members. This incident was told to his son when he went to Chalisgaon in 1964
by a Saint "That had I not saved your father's life in 1953 ?" Is
this not mean that Baba is still living and helping His devotees when they
require His help ? Surrender Shri Sat Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there I I
7. BABA
SAVED SHRI K. JAGADISH MUNSHI FROM THE HANDS OF RAZAKARS.
On 1948, Shfi
Jagadish K. Munshi and his wife were travelling in first class compartment of
the train going from Bangalore to Bombay. There were six members in the
compartment including an old couple and two youngsters. Shri J. K. Munshi and
his wife were playing cards. The old man was praying and his wife was watching
the others. Before their departure from Bangalore, they have been advised not
to travel by this particular route because of Razakars trouble then prevailing
in other places of Hyderabad state. They have not paid any heed to the advice as
they were youngsters then. The train left Hyderabad and was approaching
Sholapur Station in Indian Union. All on a sudden, the train was forced
to stop at Gangapur. The Razakars who were assembled there with rifles, lathis
and other lethal weapons cried out "All Muslims get down. Kill all
Hindus". The old man all along in -prayer ordered to close all the doors
of the windows. They promptly carried out his orders. The wailing of passengers
who were pulled out of the train, beaten and robbed and field into the nearby
fields. The Rasakars repeatedly tried to force to open the doors of their compartment
but failed to do so. Even in this calamity the old man observed his prayer. The
struggle went on nearby for five hours. Then the train came to Sholapur with their
only one compartment. All the inmates of the compartments arrived safely
untouched by the Razakars. After somedays of this incident, the old man has
given an article in a magazine that because of his prayers to Shri Sai Baba
Shirdi that the compartment of the train escaped unhurt by the Razakars. As a
witness, he has mentioned the name of Shri Jagadish K. Munshi in the article.
He told that it was true that the old man was particularly praying at the time
and added that he had never heard the name of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi he
forgotten to thank of him. Later on, In 1953, when calamities came in his
family, he saw a picture of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi which was hung in a frame
maker's shop on his way to his office. He looked his teachings in the photo as
"If you look to me, I shall took to you” Then he remembered the past
incident and with his wife's consent, he bought one Sai Baba's photo and
performed puja requesting Baba to solve his problems, within a few days
thereafter, all his problems have got settled at his reasonable satisfaction
and the puja went on regularly,
After two
years, he was once travelling by a night train left Surat to Bombay. After the
train left surat railway station he developed severe pain on account of stone
in the bladder. The pain aggravated in such a manner that he could neither sit,
stand nor lie down. He then began to pass blood through urine. His co-passenger
was sleeping. When the train came to Palghar, the pain was so severe that he
woke up his co-passenger and urge him to call the guard. The guard came and
complained the position that no doctor could be traced in the train and advised
to get down at Palghar and have a treatment from a local doctor. The guard
called the Station Master and under their joint advice, he got down at Palghar
and the train left the railway station. With the help of Station Master, he was
lifted up into a bullock cart and driven to the doctor's residence as the
doctor refused to come to the railway station in the late hours of the night.
In this critical juncture he prayed Syri Sai Baba for help. The doctor has
attended on him and given treatment and he was somehow relieved of the pain.
The doctor also sent a call to his relatives at Bombay and they arrived and
taken him to Bombay the next day. Even for this incident, he did not consider
any particular significance to Shri Sai Baba Shirdi. In 1968, his father took
him to Sri Satya Sai Baba and introduced to him Shri Satya Sai Baba Said,
"I knew him. He is a believer of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi for the last 16
years. Once he got out of the train in severe pain and called "Shri Sai
Baba, Shirdi. It was Shirdi Sai Baba who saved him. This uttarance of Shri
Satya Sai Baba himself assumed significance to Shri Sai Baba Shirdi by him.
In 1959, his
one month old daughter fell ill severely and admitted to the Hospital. The
treatment went on for three weeks. Even then the child had been running high
temperature, his wife and himself were very morose. On 14-11-1959, they were
informed by two leading doctors that the surviyal of the child were remote. He
decided that if the child does not survive he would end his worship to Shri Sai
Baba, Shirdi. After this decision by him, the temparatue of the child decreased
gradually and became normal by 7 P.M. within three months of this incident the
child was in the pink of health. In March, 1960, they visited Shirdi by car
with the child of five months. On the way the child uttered first words
"BA-BA-BA-BA" He told that Shri Sai Baba shirdi is solving his
knotted problems of his existence and guiding him. Apart from all these, a
great problem among the devotees that Shri Satya Sai Bsba is the reincarnation
of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. was being solved beyond doubt by Shri Satya Sai Baba
himself in his own sayings in para 2 of this article that he is not
re-incaranation of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. Surrender Shri Sai Completely !
Stupendous Delectation and Delivervance be there !!
8. BABA
SAVED A WOMAN FROM DEATH
In 1927. a
husband and wife were returning home after celebrating Ramanavami at Shirdi,
The wife got down at Thana railway Station to fetch water and just when with a
water full vessel, she was boarding the train, the train started and the woman
fell down under the train. The husband and other passengers combined shouted to
the guard to stop the train. They feared, the woman must have been crushed
under the wheels as the train having started already stopped Only after it had
gone some distance. They ran up to the spot of accident; to their utter
amazement they saw the woman standing there uninjured. In reply to the enquiry
to all, "the woman said as soon as I fell I remembered Baba. He at once
appeared, stood in front of me pressed me hard against the platform till the
train passed away and saved me. Baba disappeared as soon as the train left the
platform. What sort of Body, Baba had assumed to save this woman ? One can
hardly know for usually there is no room enough to stand for two persons
between the train wheels and the platform, and yet what is not possible to a
superman like Baba ?
Surrender Shri
Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
9. HOW BABA INSPIRED SHRI M. K. RAJAGOPALA-CHARY TO BUILD BABA'S MANDIR AT NELLORE (A.P-)
Doctor M. K. Rajagopalachari of Nellore
has got a photo and UDI of Shri Sai Bafca,
Shirdi, through Rao Saheb Chandu Subbaiah Setty after his return from
Shirdi visit, as he is his family doctor. He put the photo on the top of his
Almyrah in his dispensary in Rajaji Street, Nellore without evincing much
interest and in a most casual way. After some days, the doctor had a dream one
night. A tall Fakir in long torn gown walked up to him and showed some wounds
and eruptions on his skin below his two knees and asked him to dress up his
wounds. Seeing the Fakir, the doctor was wonder struck with his extraordinary
appearance, graceful and kind personality and the doctor immediately dressed up
His wounds in his own hands with great care and interest. Then the Fakir said
that he was very much relieved of the pain and blessed him and left. After two
or three days of this incident while the doctor cleaning the dust and debris on
the Almyrahs and he happened to look at the Baba's photo and that the portions
down below Baba's knee was eaten away by white ants and this condition reminded
the doctor of the incident in his dream, The doctor became to know that the
Fakir who blessed him in his dream was no other than Shri Sai Baba Shirdi and
his eager grew more to know about Baba. In 1939, he invited his Holiness B. V.
Narasimhaswamy to Nellore. The Swamiji gave lectures about the life and leelas
of Shri Sai Baba. In October, 1940, the doctor made a trip to Shirdi. He met
His Holiness Shri B. V. Narasimhaswamy and Shri Kesavaiah Swamiji. The doctor
returned from Shirdi with a firm determination to build a regular mandir
immediately after his return to Nellore. Accordingly with his tireless effort
along with other Sai devotees a pucka mandir of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi was
erected at Nellore with a Mandali by name "The Nellore Shri
Sai Baba Baktha Mandali" for
its maintenance.
10. HOW BABA SAVED THE SISTER OF SHRI BHIKAJI
MOHEDJI.
A servant drawing a monthly salary of Rs.
36/- Bhikaji Mohedji has a sister Chhaboo. She had been ill for about 4
months. On 5-12-51, her illness took a
critical turn, so he was very anxious
to get for her the benefit of a
good doctor's advice and medicine, but within the meagre salary, it was not at
all possible for him to get there. Having sighs upon
sighs, bemoaning his inability he carried on his office
duties, chanting Sai Baba's name when suddenly there came in
a doctor for some enquiry. Though Bhikaji could not recognise him, through Sai's grace the
doctor himself reminded Bhikaji of his previous connection with him. So Bhikaji narrated to him the difficulty
and requested him to examine her and prescribed the necessary medicines. The
doctor readily complied with Bhikaji's
request. Bhikaji thus got over his worries and felt assured that Baba was ever ready to shower His grace
ever on a poor man like himself,
Surrender Shri
Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there!!
11. BABA
MADE SHRI KAKASAHEB DIXIT TO ATTEND THE DINNER PARTY ARRANGED BY SHRI KRISHNA RAO NARAYAN PARULKAR HARDA
AND SATISFIED HIM
Shri
Krishna Rao Narayan
Parulkar, Honorary Magistrate
of Harda has been celebrating "Shri Datta Festival” for several years ususally
falling in December and feeding one hundred brahmins on that occasion and
whenever for some reason or other he was not
able to do so in a year, he would feed double the usual number (i. e.) two hundred brahmin) in the next year. As per that self imposed rule, he was
to feed two hundred brahmins in respect of that celebration in the year
1925. One Saturday was fixed for dinner, only
when five days were left to it, that is on Monday. On Tuesday when Parulkar was merged in meditation as per his daily routine, he heard a voice saying "If you desire that on the day you are
feeding the brahmins, I should come and dine with them, you call
Sri Dixit from Bombay, Parulkar however thought to
himself whether it was proper for him to request Shri Dixit to
come such a long distance
simply for taking dinner while he was
in the midst of such conflict of thoughts, he
again heard the voice,
"why did you puzzle? Write to Dixit, feed him with all the other
brahmins and when you have done so,
know it for certain that I joined the
party taking dinner at yours.”
So Parulkar wrote to Shri Dixit on Wednesday requesting him to
attend the dinner on Saturday.
Failing to hear from Shri Dixit all preparations were made for serving
the dinner on Saturday, Parulkar with
tearful eyes requested Baba to set matters right and then taking his bath, so
soon as he started doing his mid-day routine prayers, he got a
telegram from Shri Dixit informing him that he and Madhavrao Deshpande
were on the way to Harda. All
were gladdened to receive the
news. They all went to the
Station to receive them.
Accorded them a hearty welcome and gave them a sumptuous feast in the
company of the two hundred brahmins.
Sri Parulkar was overy joyed and he now felt
that Baba is still there to satisfy all the Godly craving of his heart.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there II
12. BABA SATISFIED THE WISHES OF SMT. MANI SAHUKAR BY GIVING MEDICINE FOR HER SUFFERINGS IN HER THROAT
Smt Man!
Sahukar author of the book Saint of Shirdi about the year 1950 started
suffering from the peculiar ailment of the throat. She is a sincere student of
vocal Hindustani classical music. Owing to the sufferings in the throat she was
not able to sing continuously for ten minutes. She consulted many doctors but
in vain. After six months, she came to Shirdi and stood before the Samadhi of
Shri Sai Baba, her heart and eyes suddenly wetted with tears. She came out of
the Samadhi Mandir and went over to visit a friend. After discussion with her
friend, she came to her room behind the Gurusthan at about 7-30 P.M. In order
to make herself comfortable, she started removing her sari from her left
shoulder. As she removed, she heard something rustling in the sari and a small
packet about 2 inches long made up in white paper fell from her sari to the
ground. She was perplexed for a moment and looked around her wondering what
had happended. There was no one. She Picked and unfolded it. To her amazement
in contained six or seven tiny white tablets which may commonly used in
homeopathy. When she realised the significance of this, she draped her sari
again and went to her friend with the tablets. Her friend told her, "you
understand, don't you know that this is Baba's Prasad. What are you going to do
with it ?” She replied that she will take all these tablets.
So saying she put all these tablets in her mouth. When she returned home from Shirdi, she found that she should sing without any hindrance and all the congestion in her throat entirely disappeared. Her heart overflowed gratitude to Baba.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and
Deliverance be there !!
13. Baba Helped Doctor Mehta and Lessened the
decree amount.
Dr. Mehta a Parsi devotee used to come to Shirdi from 1920. He given a promissory note to one for Rs. 300/- and has not actually received the amount for some reason or other. His counterpart filed a suit against Doctor Mehta to return the amount in the promissory note. He told this fact to Shri Kakasaheb Dixit, then Ex-solicitor of Bombay. He has given a letter to his friend Shri Maniklal a solicitor to help doctor Mehta. Shri Maniklal read the letter and asked Doctor about the witness who knew this fact. The doctor told Shri Maniklal that nobody knew this fact. Then Maniklal told that as no witness was for the coming to support your case will not stand. But Doctor Mehta told Maniklal to file an affidavit in the Court and by the grace of Shri Sai Baba, he may succeed. Maniklal before filing the affidavit sent word to Mehta to meet him before two days prior of his filing of affidavit. But owing to his admission in the Parsi Sanitorium, Doctor Mehta could not able to meet Maniklal. Again Maniklal told Doctor Mehta to compromise with his counterpart as he had to necessarily pay the said sum with interest including court cost etc. Doctor Mehta told that there is no question of compromise and that I had no money to repay the sum, which I had not actually received. Besides, I was blessed by Baba in my dream and hence to request you carry on with your duty in the aim of helping me. As per his request Maniklal prepared on affidavit till 8 P.M. on one Saturday and sent word to Doctor Mehta on Sunday. When Doctor Mehta was about to start, his friend came to him and told Doctor Mehta, your affair has been compromised and as such you should accept for the compromise or else ? Won't go from this place. His friend further added that on the whole of Rs. 3000/- with interest and court cost etc. Rs. 800/-has to be paid to your counterpart and that too not in one installment but in installments of Rs. 50/- each. Doctor Mehta has accepted after a deep thought. Accordingly the court has given a decree for Rs. 800/- only and Doctor paid this amount in installments ordered by the Court. That is how doctor Mehta has got Baba's blessings even after His Mahasamadhi.
Surrender
Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
14. Baba Saved the
Life of Shri Pyare Kishan Wall Ship Captain from death
As Baba performed many miracles and He is still continuing
to do so, I wish to add one more miracle which I have experienced. First let me
inform the readers that I came to know the name of Baba and His miracles
performed at various stages through my wife (Veena) who is a great devotee of
Sai Baba, Then, I read many books on "Sai Baba. I have made this trip
especially as I took a vow to come here personally and pay my respects to Him.
The first I came to Shirdi was about a year back and that time. I visited all
this places and found great peace at every place. It gave me a lot of peace
(Shanti) when I used to look at his Photograph and sit by His side and pray. I
can assure you that He has His own way to help the needy people and they are at
times so strange that a man of my caliber is unable to understand them. I
describe one of the most important things which happened to me in my life.
I had many
offers of jobs in various capacities and as such I was confused as to which one
I should choose. I definitely wanted to improve the status and the financial
conditions. Hence my wife made twelve slips of paper and only on one, she wrote
the name of the ship called "M.V. Dhanalakshmi" of which vessel I was
offered to take the command and that was the highest post (i.e.) the captain of
the ship. Prior to that all happening I had just returned from Shirdi after
paying homage to "Sai Baba". My wife asked me to pick up one slip
although out of 12 slips, eleven were blank and as I said earlier that only on
one she wrote the name of the ship as mentioned above. So, I prayed and
shuffled them more and what a strange thing. I had my eyes closed and the first
one I picked was the ship on which the name of the ship "M.V.
Dhanalakshmi" was mentioned. That was the destiny and Shri Sai Baba
wanted me to take the command of the said vessel. I undertook the journey to
Calcutta. I used to go on board daily since the time she arrived. It was being
my first command, I was taking special interest and precautions. The ship
sailed from Calcutta to Anandamans on 17-5-1972. After that, I met with heavy
weather, rough sea and wind force 61.1 I decided to return. I came back
and anchored in Diamond Harbour. As usual, I prayed daily and used to light two
Agarbathis before a plastic statue. A plastic ring I am still wearing which was
bought from Shirdi. I was so strange that one Agarbathi used to go on,
every time. I used to light it again. But again it used to go off. I
used to place Sai Baba's
plastic statue on my chair and I used to ask him to guide me protect the
ship and men aboard. But the significance of Agarbathi going off could
not be understood by me. Hence, I used to put my hand to my head and ask
Shri "Sai Bapa" guide me or given me any indication as to what
is ahead of me. But
"No". Anyway, I took out the ship, out again but met
still the game whether and I could not proceed out Hooghly river. The pilot was on board. She was a small vessal
and after consultation with the pilot the second time, we decided to go back to
Diamond Harbour. As usual I used to pray, but at the time I started
feeling very much depressed in
my heart the causes of which was still hidden from me, at the third attempt,
the pilot was charged and out. Other
pilot Anand boarded, I asked him about weather condition and accordingly ;o him
weather outside Hoogly was not abnormal, but
I told the second pilot that I
already returned twice and that I
felt not right to go
out and I shall
have to come back. But this
time, all things had to happen and Shri Sai Baba was to perform another miracle. After I had already passed lower Gasper
Light vessel, she started listing to star board. I wanted to ascertain the cause. I called the
pilot who was collecting some
papers in the room and the Chief
Engineer to check up if any engine room
valves were open. I and pilot were
still trying to find the cause of the list and in meantime, she was taking heavy list to starboard. I told
the pilot to return to Calcutta
as I did not wish to proceed out, so that we could confirm the reason of her
list. The pilot turned the ship back
to Calcutta and the Chief Engineer told me that there was nothing wrong in the engine room.
There was no
water entering into the Engine room. The list was becoming dangerous so I
called the people on board's deck with life Jackets. Just then somebody
informed me that my cabin was flooded with sea water as the port holes of my
cabin were broke open which was confirmed by my writer and deck sarang and
hence my life jacket could not be brought. All persons on board had their life
Jackets except me. In the meantime, I was calling S. O. S. (Save our Soul) on
the whistle. Although we were in the intermediate light vessal, no help was
received. I had lost all hopes of saving my ship. My duty was to save the lives
on board the vessal. I ordered the Chief Engineer to stop the engine and all
hands including the pilot to abandon the ship. The ship was stopped and all
abandoned. As the sea fared tradition goes, that master of the ship is to be
the last I complied with it and I jumped without life jacket. As I jumped into
the sea, the time then was about 0.1000 on 21-5-1972. It was pitch
dark, the swell was about 10/12 feet high and wind force was over 8. I felt I
was being sucked in any way. I pulled myself out of it. Then I caught the
chicken crate to which I clung after thrusting my fingers inside it as there was
no place to hold. Then I met more people of my ship (crew) who were also cling
to that crate and in this way we were tossed over more than 30 hours in water,
during which period I prayed to Sai Baba, I said "Sai Baba you have put me
into this and now you must give courage to go through this body". It
might have taken a minute or so to say all that, I had very little fear in my
heart. I was consciously alert, but ray body was eaten away by salt water and
there was neither food nor water for over 30 hours, I was getting exhausted.
Death was facing me very closely. But now Shri Sai Baba gave me the courage to
go through this. After 30 hours, our cries were heard by a ship called "M.
V. Jalakhanda". My other two members were picked up by that ship, but how
I could be as I was falling into waters from a height of 15/20 feet as I was
totally exhausted. Later after making three attempts, I became unconscious and
when I woke up, I found myself in pilot vessel. I was running a
temparature of 130° and my body was full of bandages all over. Later I was put
in a hospital. After that the Government case started (the fact finding of this
mishap). Now dear readers although the court of enquiry was equally
treacherous, Shri Sai Baba helped me to go through this by His leela. now I am a free man. As I said before
Shri Sal Baba has His own ways of helping. So He helped me to save my life and
others lives. The He helped me to go through the court of enquiry successfully
and now I am sitting in Shirdi and writing His leela. I am proud to say that it
is He who has granted me the privilege to do so, otherwise I could have been
gone dead long. My request to the dear reader is that they should not lose
trust and faith in Him and when you are in trouble, seek His guidance. I am hundred
percent sure that He will show you the way but this prayer has to be from your
inner self "Say Shri Sai Ram".
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there ! !
15. Baba fulfilled the desire of Shri M. M.
Amingad Gulanche.
Shri Sai
Baba came to my house, to the surprise of all just seventeen years before in
the year 1956, in the form of a calendar, through a student of mine by name
Kumar Gowri Mathur, when I was working as an Assistant master at Shri M. V.
Pathare High School, Rabkari District Bijapur, Mysore State now known as
Karnataka. Since that day, I have been an ardent devotee of Shri Sai Baba. I
had a great desire to visit His Shrine at Shirdi, but I neither hand an
opportunity nor die permission of Shri Sai Baba till October, 1968 in
conformity with the belief that nothing on the earth happens without His will
With the blessings of Shri Sai Baba, I used to get money whenever I was in
need. Even when I was badly in a need of a big sum, I started from home in the
morning simply uttering his name and by evening before I returned home, I had
the amount that I needed and cleared off my dues. I never knew how, but somehow
somebody came forward to offer the money and helped me to get out of the
difficulties that I was in trouble.
In the year
1959, I took the M.Ed. Examinations of Karnataka University, Dharwar. Just
before the examinations for about 15 or 20 days, I strained every nerve and
left no stone unturned by burning mid-night oil during the course of studying.
But as ill luck would have it, on the day of examination, a severe half
headache began to trouble me from the very morning. I was in a fix. I did not
know what to do. I was on the hours of dilemma. All through the morning till
10.00 clock, I was vaccillating whether to go to the examination hall and
whether to take or not to take the examination. But 10-00 clock for about 5
minutes, I kept quiet and began to see the inward mind through the inward eye.
This five minutes meditation spared me on to offer prayers to Shri Sai Baba and
to go to the examination hall with his unseen blessings. This inspiration made
me burn the incense in the form of Agarbathi before the photo of Shri Sai Baba
presented to me by a class mate of mine during one of the sessions of M.Ed., classes.
After burning the incence, I smeared the UDI to my forhead with a prayer to
Shri Sai Baba to help me in my venture. Thus throwing all the responsibility
and faith in Baba. I entered the examination hall. When the question papers and
answer books were distributed, I uttered Baba's name and began to answer the
paper. I finished the paper within a two and quarter hours. I never knew what I
wrote. So all my friends asked me with surprise whether I had really finished
the paper or not. They were also in doubt regarding my success. The only answer
I gave them was that I had done my job with full faith in Baba and then it was
left to Him to bring me success or failure. My headache continued till the last
paper and when I completed it my headache suddenly stopped. If this is not a
miracle, then what it is? To the surprise of all, I was declared successful at
the M Ed. examination no doubt due to the miracle wrought by Shri Sai Baba. In
the year 1960, when I was in the central institute of Engineering, for the
course in the teaching of Engineering, one co-trainee persuaded me to switch
over to Maharashtta as Head Master and promised that he would try for that. He
kept up his promise and in 1961, I switched over to Maharashtra as Head Master
of a secondary school from Karnataka. Since June, 1961, till this day, I have
been in the services of Maharashtra State. Thus Baba dragged me to Maharashtra
the province of His shrine. Very recently when I was at Poona, to take the M.A.
Examination in November 1972, Shri Sai Baba visited my residence in my absence
at Gulunche in the form of a Fakir. On enquiry, he told that he had come from
Shirdi. He was offered groundnuts but He demanded rice in lieu of groundnut. He
accepted the little bit of rice that was offered to Him and blessed all the
members of my family saying "Allah Bala Karega" and within in a moment
he disappeared. On my return from examination, I started reading Sai
Satcharitra in English with a request to Baba to make my result known to me
before I completed the Satcharitra. To my great surprise that 10 to 12 days
before the date of result I received a message invitation card bearing the
words M.A.,M.Ed. after my name. This suggested to me that I was going to be
successful in the M.A, Examination. And so it happened. Twice in the year 1968,
I had the good luck to pay homage to His Shrine at Shirdi. During my stay
there, my inner voice suggested to me to become a Life Member and to be in the
service of Shri Sai Baba till last breath. A peculiar experience that I had was
that the Fakirs of Shirdi never demanded anything from anybody and were
satisfied with what they got. This sort of complete satisfaction and surrender
to the will of Shri Sai Baba is not found in any other place. I have still some
ambition to be filled and I hope that a firm faith in Him will help me towards
the attainment of my goal. I pray for His choicest blessing to all His
devotees.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely I
stupendous Delectation and Deliverance
be there II
16. Baba Saved
the Family of Shri Raghunath Babu Rao Sandbhor Gondeswala of Poona
He was Baba's
devotee from 10 years age. Once Panshet and Khadakvasla dams in Mula river were
broken and water flown furiously and filled Poona. As usual he has gone to his
office in Khadak. He came to know of the floods in ths city. He worried about
his children aged 3, 6, 9 years and about his wife who were alone in his house.
As the water in the river did not lessen he was not able to go to his house
upto 7-30 P.M. Afterwards he has gone to his house. He saw his house was with
full of water. He saw Baba's photo was drenched with water up to his leg, but
was not spoiled like other articles. On enquiry he was told by the adjacent
house owners that his wife and children were safely gone to the house of Shri
Barakada (His son-in-law). His daughter on knowing that his house may be
flooded with water and her father also would not be in his house as he might
have gone to his office, came in time and taken all his children and his wife
to her house. All were saved by Baba's grace.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there!!
17. Baba fulfilled the Wishes of Shri Anil
Kesava Rao Rasal and made Him to Appear for B.A., Examination.
Four years preceding 1976 much though I
wished to appear for B.A., Examination, I could not do so. For some reason or
other urgent domestic problems invariably cropped up at the time of Examination. Finally, I resolved that, come what may, I would do it in
October, 1976. Accordingly I saw my
officer and spoke to him of my
plans. He bluntly told me
that he would not sanction my leave and advised me
to appear for it in 1977. In spite of my officer's "NO" I made my
application for leave and sincerely prayed Shri Sai Baba to sanction it. On the day, I wrote my application, the Chairman of our Bombay Port Trust visited our office and was pleased with the work diary maintained
by me. The officer who had declined
to sanction my leave has accompanied the Chairman with our head of department.
He too was pleased. Next day, I
was informed that my leave was
sanctioned by the officer who had earlier refused to -do so. I thanked Shri Sai Baba for converting "NO" into "YES". Is not this the leela of Baba ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
18. Baba
fulfilled the desire of Miss V. Lalita to get over her S. S. L. C. Examination.
I have great
desire of the devotion and much regard for Baba. I worship His picture. I pray
Him often. When I left behind geography book one day at home, I feared my teacher would
severely scold me and prayed to Baba
for help. When the geography hour
came, the geography teacher
was absent. I was
so glad. But suddently a L. T.
Teacher came and wanted to hold the
geography class. Then I frankly
told the L. T. Lady Teacher
that I have left the geography practice book behind. The lady merely told me
to bring it the next day and
had took no further notice of my omission.
Another day when the periodical Examination was near, my English Text Book which I left at the school was
missing. I was very much upset and
prayed to Baba. In half an hour my friend Miss Priscilla who had by mistake taken it away returned it. When I went
up for the last SSLC Examination,! was diffident about the result. A relation of mine went up and looked at the marks before the publication of the results and informed me that I got 1 or 2 marks below
the necessary minimum in one or two subjects and that there would be
hope for me if there was a moderation. I intensly prayed day
after day to Baba to get me a
pass. Though no moderation was
allowed, grace marks were added or allowances made in some cases. When the results were published, my name was in
the pass list. This is surely by
Baba's grace and nothing else.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and
Delivervance be there !!
19. Baba Helped
Miss M V Meenakshi (aged 11) Reading in IV Standard Chenab Park Convent, Mount
Road, Madras.
I had been worshipping Shri Sai Baba for
2 years. I prayed him. I asked him by chits the date on which my examination
would be held. My teacher kept the date secret. I cast chits with various chits
before Sai Baba. I prayed and my sister took up one chit. That was 1-12-1938.
In fact, the examination was suddenly held on that date. Baba often helped me
like this. I used His UDI when I am ill. The UDI cures the ill.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance
be there !!
20. Baba helped
Smt. K. Arundati Amma and brought out the Nail from the stomach of her son
Her son aged about ten, when playfully keeping a small iron nail in his mouth, suddenly drew it inside his mouth. The nail instead of going into the bowels went through the wind pipe into the lungs. There was great trouble and consternation in the house. Doctor was called in. The day after this, the boy was taken to the general Hospital. X-Ray Photos were taken and then the doctors gave the boy chloroform and then passed a magnet wire through his mouth into his lungs and tried to draw out the nail. That attempt was a failure. Five days passed. The boy was getting light temperature and could take no nutrition. He was getting weaker and was sinking. Pus had formed in the lungs. The doctor feared the worst would happen, unless drastic remedies be adopted to reduce the temperature. For that purpose, the patient must have the nail extricated, which meant chloroform very risky. When doctors were hesitating, she declared that Baba would save the boy and the risk must be taken. Chloroform was given and the insertion of magnetic wire on this occasion brought out the iron nail and the boy gradually recovered his health. Baba helped her family and saved the life of her son.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and
Deliverance be there !!
21. Baba
Fulfilled the Vision of the Head Clerk C.C S Office,
For over 48 days I went on with Puja of Shri Sai Baba and I have had many experiences.
l) My son Sundararajan had typhoid. Medicines did not
help. I prayed to Shri Sai Baba when the case looked helpless. Baba's grace
saved my son.
II) My six years old boy was suffering for a month
from diarhoea and there was swelling all over the body. I did not care to give
him medicine and relied on Baba's grace. He was cured by Baba's grace.
(III) My five year old boy saw on old person entering into
my puja room one evening but no one was found there. He told me his vision. I
feel that Baba was present there.
(4) My cousin,
a 17 year old young lady remained as a Spinster for four years. Her father was
looking for a groom. I prayed to Baba on 1-6-1939 for his blessing. Op 7-6-1939
she was married.
(5) A lady Avayambal who resided with her husband at Kiranur
had her disagreement with her agreement. She came away to Palakarai and stayed
here for a month. She was anxious that her husband should go over here and take
her back. I made her spend Rs. 6/-on a gold plate and wrote on it "Shri
Sai Baba Raksha". I daily worshipped that plate. In a week from the
starting of chat Puja, the husband came and took her away. The husband said
that one old person had appeared and direct to him to take back his wife.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and
Deliverance be there !!
22. Baba
fulfilled the desire of Shri N L Dorai
son of Shri N.Lakshminarayana lyer, Double Nail St. Trichinopoly.
It is inauspicious if a cow calves on
Sunday in the houses as it is said to involve risk of the owner’s life. We had
a good cow. On 23rd July, 1939 (Sunday) it appeared to be about to Calve. It
was lying and rolling with pain from side to side. To avoid possible risk, we
were considering whether it was not safer to dispose of it. In any case we took
the precaution of sending it to the house of my agent. Then I offered a prayer
to Sai Baba that if it did not calve on Sunday, I would offer special puja and
prasadam to his portrait on Monday the 24th instant. Strangely enough the cow
though in great pain did not calve until the A. N. of the 24th instant (i.e.)
Monday. Needless to say the pooja and prasadam were duly offered.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and
Deliverance be there !!
23. Baba
fulfilled the vision of Rao Saheb Subbaiah Chettiar aged 35, Merchant Madras
and Nellore and helped His Pilgrim to Shirdi.
I had received through my brother-in-law,
Rao Saheb B. Papaiah Chettiar, a Telugu Book on Sai Baba and I started on 25th
April, 1938 from Madras and reached Shirdi on 27-4-1938. But before that, I had
clear proof that Baba was assisting me to go to His feet. The proofs are there.
On 24-4-1938
about 8 P.M. I was feeling sorry that I could not go up to Shirdi, though I had
been desirous of doing so. Suddenly my brother-in-law said "Let us look to
the almanac if tomorrow be an auspicious and suitable date for you and to your
wife to start, we should take it that Baba wants you to go at once. Else it
will be long deferred". At once we examined the almanac. The very next day
25-4-1958 and that alone was found the proper time for starting. So I wired at
once to my father-in-law at Chittor to come the next day to Madras along with
my wife. My father-in-law in ignorance of wire which has not reached him till 8
A.M. the next day (25-4-1938) had determined on going alone on 25th instant by
the Bus which leaves Chittor at 7 A.M. for Madras- He tried to catch that Bus.
But there was something wrong with the bus and it could not leave Chittor at
the fixed hours of 7 A.M. My father-in-law was forced to wait for 2 hours. Meanwhile,
my wire reached him. Then he took his daughter (my wife) along with him to the
bus and a little late (i.e.) about 9 A.M. the bus which had been fully repaired
started and reached Madras by 2 P.M. Hence my wife and myself enable to start
on 25th instant was the only suitable time for our starting on the pilgrim. If
my wife and father-in-law did not reach Madras in time, my trip to Shirdi would
be postponed. We reached Shirdi by Baba's grace on 24-4-1938 just in time to
have a look at Mortal remains of Bala Kumbhar, a very highly advanced devotee
of Shri Sai Baba who was revered by devotees-for His Holiness and Variagya and
selfless service to all. Another great devotee of Shri Sai Baba that we saw at
Shirdi was Abdul, who twice or thrice blessed as especially my wife stating
that 'all evil influences that affiliated has disappeared from that date
(27-4-1938).
Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
24. Baba helped
and fulfilled the Desire of Satavadhani
Doma Venkatasami Gupta, Teacher Madras.
In a certain
matter which was of extreme importance, In my monetary affairs, I had a
wonderful manifestation of Baba's help. The question had to be decided by a
high official whose sympathies were beyond being approached for. Yet I tried,
but in vain. I felt that; my only resource .vas Baba and without a moment's
hesitation surrendered myself to Him. The effect was magical. Two days later
information was communicated to me that the officer's decision was in my favour.
Thanks to Baba. I see His Divine hand in it so clearly I applied for my
position in my professional way. It was one of distinction and profit. Proposal
went in my favour. But a formidable opposition arose from a competitor of the
other sex equipped with apparently more claims. I was very much worried. But
there was nothing that I could do except praying to Baba whose protection, I
enjoyed so many times before, with Baba in my mind, I interviewed the
authorities who assured me that my position was safe and that there was one
contingency in which the post might not arise. In a" couple of days orders
were communicated to me over coming all obstacles and contingencies. Some eight
or ten days back, I lost a book of entries. I was very much worried over it. I
tried my best to enquire of all and sundry where it could possibly have gone.
Among these I asked my friend Mr. M. He was not aware of the where abouts of
that book and said so. Next I prayed to Baba and was singing a song about him.
At 2 P. M. three days back even I sang the Sai Mangalam, same one ran up and
said that the register had been discovered among the books, registers and
papers taken away from my table by "M" and he gave it to me. Sai Baba
had thus came to my rescue and saved me from a lot of worry and trouble with
others.
Surrender Shri Sal Completely !! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
25. Baba helped
Shri Nivruthi Patil Shirdi in getting grain Separating Machine from Kriloskar
firms
Shri Nivrutti
Patil who resided before Shri Sai Baba's Chawadi, Shirdi who was with Sai Baba
deceased in August, 1983. Recently before his death, he gone to Kopergaon and
enquired the Agent of the Kirloskar Firm about the availability of (Sarak in
Marathi) grain separating machine. He told that the name of the purchaser has
to register his name first and wait for his turn of supply and the machine
would cost Rs. 1100/- per machine. As he was in urgent need of the machine, he
has gone to Kirloskarwadi with two others direct and enquired there Shri Shankar
Rao Kirloskar, Baba's devotee, that they came from Shirdi to purchase three
Sarak. He replied that there was no stock then and requested them to come
sometime later. In the meanwhile, a worker by name Shri Kulkarni who visited Shirdi and met
them at Shirdi came there. They told
the fact and added voluntarily (told a lie) that they came after the positive
chit obtained in the casting of lots
before Baba to the effect that the Sarak would be available. Shri Kulkarni told Shankar Rao that they
came from Shirdi for Sarak with Baba's order and we should not refuse them.
Shri Shankar Rao told Kulkarni you may look after them as you were dealing with
the supply of Sarak and why did you
require my permission? During their
conversation, a telegram came from Hyderabad which stated that they require
only 61 sarak against their
orders for 63 Saraks. Shri
Nivrutti Patil purchased that two
saraks at Rs. 500/- each instead if Rs. 1100/- each at Kopargaom. He told to all in Shirdi that even though
he told a lie in Baba's name, Baba proved it to be a true one. Is not
this Baba's Leela to help his devotees,
Surrender Shri Sai Completely
Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there ! I
26. Baba helped the eldest sister of Shri
Parulkar Dave for Her safe delivery without operation.
His eldest
sister came to him to Bhopal for first delivery. She was admitted in the Wadia
Hospital for delivery. After admission, no improvement was noticed instead her
condition became weaker. At the time of delivery, she troubled much. Lady
doctor told there is no other go than operation. Her father came to her house
and knowing her status, he prayed Baba on her behalf and administered her
Baba's UDI. On the same night she delivered a son safely. The doctor was very much astonished
as to how it wa;s happened
? Is not the Leela of Baba to avert
devotee's danger ?
The following
incident was related to Shri Arvind J.
Mehta, Bombay by a couple in Shirdi, "while we, myself, and my wife had
gone to Shirdi in the beginning of the month of March, 1979 (9 and 10-3 -1979),
in fact the couple was in the same train rather in the same
compartment while we went to Shirdi, On, Friday 9-3-1979 in the morning while the couple was in the
temple with their child, he was pulling his mother's hand, and he had a fall.
For sometime the child did not feel any pain in his hand. On the advice of the
Shirdi Sansthan authorities the child was taken to Shri Sainath Hospital where
the Resident doctors could not
diagnose definitely whether the child had a
crack or dislocation in his hand and hence the parents were advised to
wait till the next day when X-Ray
would be taken. Since the couple had a great faith in Shri
Sai Baba, they applied Baba's UDI to the affected hand and placed their child before Baba's photo saying
"Baba we have got this child by your grace and we place him at your
feet and it is upto you to relieve him
from pain and from any after effect of the injury. You would hardly believe
that within short time, the child stopped crying and began to play as usual.
After sometime, while was once again examined by the resident doctor, he
found that the child's hand was quite normal.
Was not the
child's recovery from his injury a miracle and that too by our Baba's UDI ?
Surrender Shri Sat Completely !!
Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
28. Baba
cured the diseases through Shri Purushottam Biharilal Vyas, Kandwa NP.
When Shri
Seetharam (Kakaeaheb) Dixit came to Kandwa, he met Purushottam Biharilal Vyas.
He worked in all the Sansthans. He heard through him about Baba. But he was not
able to go to Shirdi. When he was in Bhuj, he came to Kandwa to see his
bedridden son. At that time, in his dream he got a vision that a man was on a
horse and the man told him "that a Government order had come to you to go
to Shirdi" during Guru Poornima and enjoy the festival. After Guru
Poornima he retured to his house during night. Baba in the dream of his
daughter ordered her to open the gate as her father was coming. When he was in
Bhuj a brahmin child in the neighbour's house was very danger and his mother
was weeping for him. Baba ordered him to tie a talisman and he gone to his
neighbour's house and with their consent tied a talisman on the neck of the
child. After this incident the child completely cured in 3 days. Like this he
tied talisman in Baba's name for several cases. Baba cured all the cases. Apart
from this, his brother-in-law's calves used to die after delivery and that the
cow gave no milk. He tied a talisman to the cow and the cow yielded a calf and
began to give plenty of milk and the calf also survived. When he was in Kandwa,
he used to worship Baba's photo in the upper floor of his house. Madhava Rao
(Shama) came to his place at that time. He slept in the ground central hall in
day time. In his dream, Baba was going upstairs. Shama asked Baba, “Deva,
where are you going ?" Baba replied "Don't you know ? I am here in
the upstair" Then Shama understood that Baba's photo was in the upstairs.
Surrender Shri Sat Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there II
29. Baba cured the disease
of the son of Shri C. K. Ramanatha Chetty of Narayanaguda, Hyderabad.
Round about Diwali 1972
our son became ill and his temperature rose to more than 104° F. It was then
that we prayed to Baba to come to our rescue and we also took a vow that we
will make a pilgrimage to Shirdi within a year. By Baba's grace our son was soon
restored to good health. Due to some reason or other, we could not make a trip
to Shirdi. As Diwali 1973 is approaching we decided to go there as otherwise
the stipulated period of one year would be over. Though we were some what
afraid of undertaking the long journey with our new born 3 months old baby, we
put faith in Baba did reserve the tickets ten days in advance. But the baby
started suffering from diarrhea and to our great concern, she would not respond
to the best medication. After exactly for 5 days as there was no improvement in
her condition, I had to cancel the reservation, reluctantly and with a heavy
heart. Miraculously however, purging stopped within a couple of days. I once
again booked the tickets for the same date and due to SAI's grace, we not only
had a very comfortable journey to and from Shirdi but also spent three happiest
nights at SHIRDI. How much peace of mind we gained there is not easy to
describe. We reached Shirdi on Tuesday. On Wednesday night before I retired, I prayed to Baba
that he should enable me to woke up at 4 A.M. (Thursday) so that I may finish
bath etc. and get up ready to go to Samadhi Mandir before 5 A.M. in order to
participate in Kakad Arati and Abhishek to Baba's Samadhi. I had most peaceful
sleep and I was in deep slumber when all of a sudden I felt some body's hand
pushing my back and make me sit up on the bed. I was amazed and got up from the
bed and put on the light. My wife and children were in deep sleep. Then low the
temple bell stuck 4 !! I checked up my watch and it was exactly 4 A.M. to the
minute. Who else other then Baba could have woken me up? This experience of
mine proved Conclusively that, if we sincerely pray and surrender to
Him, Baba will personally come down to render any kind of help to His devotees.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be
there !!
30. Baba Cured the Typhoid Fever of Smt.
Amirtham W/o N. Subrarmanya lyer Dindigul
I nave typboid fever in last April, One the 15th day of fever was still
high at 6-30 P.M. A figure appeared before me. He was seated in Padmasan form.
He spoke to me advising me "Not to loose temper when dealing with
children. If you avoid, said He, getting so frequently angry with children,
then you will be blessed" He uttered the very thing which seemed to stress
the truth that children were obtained by the parents as the fruit of such
action. Then he disappeared. From that time, my temperature steadily decreased
and I recovered my health.
Surrender Shri
Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation
and Delivervance be there!!
31. Baba
Cured the Ailment of Shri L. Srinivasa Rao Trichinopoly
He had some ailment in April last and for
some time before that, he attended the Sai Arati meeting held at Shri A. S.
Gopalakrishna lyer's house on 29-4-39, received Baba's UDI and used it. The
very next day when he went to go to his usual doctor*s house, he met an oldman
of 75 or 80 years winters with a small bag of herbs and medicines. That man
though a total stranger gave him some medicine for his ailment. Though not
without any hesitation L. Srinivasa Rao took the medicine and found it
effective. On further thinking of this features of this mysterious old
gentleman they were much like those of Baba. But the dress below the waist was
a towel like Sai Baba and he wore a torn shirt. Mr. L. Srinivasa Rao felt that
Baba had blessed him as above and deepened his faith.
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Delectation and Deliverance be there I!
Once Shri Nithyanand Paul has gone to Poona along with his friend. He wanted to go to Vanuri form Poona But his Bus got repair in the middle. It reached Poona two hours late. As such the bus for Vanuri not available to him. His friend has taken Paul to his another Christian friend and they both talked about Shri Sai Baba's Leelas. Paul heard this and told his friend, if he goes to Shirdi he would also follow him. His friend welcomed him and taken him to Shirdi. Paul was suffering from T. B. for the past 15 years. As soon as he arrived Shirdi, cold cough troubles increased. After 2 or 3 days stay in Shirdi Somehow or other he was in normal. His friend gone, the disease increased, blood came out through cough. Doctor Subhash Damodar a Gujarathi doctor treated him and the blood stopped. Paul went to Samadhi Mandir and prayed to Baba "Baba I am suffering from this T.B. for the past 15 years. I am not able to beat it. I humbly pray you may cure my disease or made me to die in Shirdi itself. He returned to his residence. An old man came to his residence, enquired about his disease and assured him that he will cure the disease permanently and told him he has to take and eat whatever He gave to him. Paul accepted forthwith. The oldman further told Paul that at the time of taking the medicine, he would to vomit for sometime. Paul accepted this and used to take the old man's Medicare and suffered heavily for about one week. After taking the medicine for three weeks, he felt relief. He was not able to meet the old man and the old man has not received anything from Paul. Paul recognised that the old man was none other than Shri Sai Baba. His sufferings of T. B. for 15 years have disappeared within three weeks by the Almighty Shri Sai Baba.
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Sal Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
33. Baba cured the Cholera of the elder
sister of Shri S. N. Rangaswamy Shambuchetty St., Madras.
On 24-2-1940, my elder sister had a
sudden attack of Cholera. She had 25 to 30 motions. We were very anxious. At
midnight, I applied Shri Sai Baba's UDI on her face and prayed to Baba for a
cure and vowed I would send Rs. 3/- as vow money, if she is cured. At once the
motions stopped. I have sent Rs. 3/- as vowed to Baba's Sansthan, Shirdi.
Surrender Shri
Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there II
34.
How Baba saved the Tiny Daughter of Shri Muralidhar Bhika Sonavane of
Shirdi.
In the month of
May of the year 1982, the tiny daughter by name Ranjani of Shri Muralidhar
Bhika Sonawane of Shirdi was admitted in Shri Sainath Hospital, Shirdi due to
her illness. She was then aged 2 years. The doctors diagnosed her and
asked her parents to take her home as she was beyond the reach of medical
treatment. The parents taken her back to their house. As a second chance, they
showed her to Gondkar doctor. He treated her and told the parents that her
survival depends upon the sweet will of Baba. They returned home with her.
After sometime, she felt unconscious with still eyes. They feared for her
status and carried her wailing to Dwarakarmayee and placed her on the feet of
Baba below the stone on which Baba used to sit and prayed Baba. The tickling of
the pulses decreased and about to be stopped. With heavy heart they poured
Baba's UDI water and thirtham in her mouth, but in vain. They both gone to
Baba's photo in front of Baba*s Dhuni and prayed Baba leaving their daughters
still body near Baba's stone and prayed Baba heartily. After half an hour they
returned to Baba's stone and to their delight, their daughter's still body was
not there. They saw near the southern side of the wall of Dwarakarnayee Hall,
their daughter Ranjani was playing along with other children. Their parent's
joy knew no bounds. Had not Baba saved and given life of their daughter
miraculously in His Blessed Dwarakamayee itself in May 1982 after His
Mahasamadhi on 15-10-1918?
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Sat Completely !Stupendous Delectation
and Deliverance be there !!
35. Baba given Darshan to Mrs. Munirangam Naidu Tirupathi.
Mrs. Munirangam
Naidu in 1964, when she was in devotion in her puja room, a Saint appeared
before her with long Jada in his head and questioned her whether she was afraid
on seeing him ? She replied in negative. The he vomitted out His intestines and
gulped then again in his stomach after sometime. Afterwards he gave her
thirtham by his empty hand and asked her dakshina. She searched for the same
but in vain. He told her that money was kept in her cupboard in particular
place. She went away in search of it. In the meanwhile, He disappeared leaving
no trace behind Him. Does it not mean that Baba had appeared in the form of a
Saint and satisfied her and that He is safeguarding her?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there I!
36. Baba
given Darshan to Shri C. Venkatram Naidu of Nellore and made Him as His devotee
ShriC.
Venkatram Naidu of Neliore on 4-7-1939, entered the Udippi coffee hotel along
with his friends to have coffee. There he saw photos of Shri Rama, Lord
Krishna, Hanuman, and Madhvachari aid other photos of Gods and Goddesses. To
his wonderment, he saw a Saint in the sitting posture on a stone wearing Kupni
and tying the cloth around his head. In front of him were coconut and plantains
for puja. As soon as he saw the photo he was drawn to it and he gazed at it
intensely and with love. His friends finished coffee and left the hotel telling
him that they were going. He did not even respond to them and went on admiring
the Saint in the picture. A doubt arose in his mind as to what religion or
caste the saint might belong as he dressed like a Muslim or a Hindu. When he
came to his senses, he has enquired the Proprietor about the Saint in the
Photo. He did not know anything in the Photo and directed him to Raosaheb C.
Subbaiah Chetty, Stone housepet, Nellore who has gone to Shirdi along with his
family in 1939. He straight away went to Shri Rao saheb C. Subbaiah Chetty from
the hotel and requested him to explain about the Saint whether he is a Muslim
or a Hindu. He congratulated him and said that the saint is no other than Shri
Sai Baba of Shirdi and gave a small card size photo of the saint and a pocket
of UDl (Vibhuti) and wanted him to worship daily with devotion and bakihi. He
commenced the worship of the photo from the same evening. On every Thursday, he
used to break a coconut and offered fruits, flowers and light scented sticks.
He used to worship the photo in his puja room for over one hour in the mornings
and two hours or more in the evenings. On 13-12-1939, he got a clear vision in
his dream, the Samadhi of the Saint at Shirdi and its surroundings and smelt to
light scented sticks at the Samadhi. On 14-12-1939 night, Shri Sai Baba has
appeared in his dream for the first time and ordered him to come to Shirdi. On
20-12-1239, he got another dream and saw his "Ishta Devatha". Shri
Rama in standing posture with His Kothandam. Suddenly Lord Rama vanished and in
his place, he saw Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi. He started to Shirdi along with his
family on 21-12-1939 and reached Shirdi and remained there for four days. He
had darshan of Shri Abdul Baba, a devotee of Shri Sai Baba in his hut. He took
to the Samadhi and he had the darshan of the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba and he
said that Shri Sai Baba will safeguard his interest all through his life. He
started on the same evening to Nellore. Thus he became a devotee of Shri Sai
Baba, Shirdi. He told that the mental happiness health and prosperity,
he has having are entirely His blessings and added that Shri Sai Baba had
removed him from all shakeless of his family responsibilities from 1960. Is it
not mean that Shri Sai Baba is in existence and blessing His devotees even
after His Mahasamadhi on 15-10-1918?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and
Deliverance be there !!
37. Baba
given Darshan to Shri Kaka Mahajan On 13-11-1918
On 13-11-1918
Shri Sai Baba appeared in the dream of Shri Kakasaheb Mahajan and said to him
“Why are you still sleeping ? wake up and worship My 30 th day ceremony after
My Samadhi". After waking up Mahajan calculated that day is the 30th day
after Baba’s Mahasamadhi. He himself prepared in his house the Baba's 30th day
ceremony. He invited Shri Kakasaheb Dixit, M. V. Pradhan and Dabholkar for dinner.
He celebrated Baba’s Bhajan and the whole day went very happily and to one and
all. Dear readers please think over was Baba alive or not by this incident
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there !!
38. Baba given Darshan to Smt. Sushiladevi
Bhatkal as His Holiness Ramana Maharishi.
Smt.
Sushiladevi Bhatkal told that her family Guru was His Holiness Ramana Maharshi.
We took His darshan so many times. We used to worship His Padukas. During the
Samadhi of His Holiness, we were at Swizerland. They kept His body for about 3
days. Even then we ware not able to see His last darshan bodily for which we
felt very much dejected. After 15 days of His demise we reached Madras. At that
time, some devotees were collecting subscriptions for building "Shri Sai
Baba Mandir" and approached us for donation and appraised Baba and told us
to go to Shirdi first and took darshan of His Sanaadhi there. We told them that
as our Guru is His Holiness Ramana Maharshi, we first proposed to get to His
darshan first and then to other places.
They told that His Holiness Ramana Maharishi is not
different from Shri Sai Baba. They
are one and added that we would
realise it, if we went to Shirdi. Then I visited Shirdi in
2 days on 3-3-1953. I took darshan of Baba's Photo placed
behind the pindi (Shivalingam) in Baba's
Gurusthan. In that Photo Baba gave me darshan as His Holiness Ramana Maharishi not
only to me but to another devotee also
by name Smt. Dongre. I stayed at Shirdi for 7 or 8 days
and made parayan of Baba's Satcharitra and went home with a full
heart that Baba is his Holiness Ramana
Maharishi Himself.
Surrender Shri
Sai Completely I Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
39. Baba
given Darshan as Shri Rama, Hanuman Krishna and Datta to Shri Pandya.
Shri Pandya
business contractor, Vitharna Kalyan came to Shirdi on 13-8-1952 and stayed for
some days. On 21-5-1952, during noon Arati time, he was in deep meditation by
closing his eyes. It appeared to him that Baba had lifted His right hand from
His elbow. A flash light "vix" (Tejomaya light) in a circular from
with Rama, Hanuman, Krishna and Datta are rounding in that light circle. After
he opened his eyes the vision disappeared. He enquired about this vision to one
Baba's devotee by name Dongre. He explained that Baba appeared to him in these
forms and baba is all in all. Shri Pandya was fully satisfied with this vision
and returned to his home.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous
Delectation and Deliverance be there !!
40. Baba given darshan to the unmarried
daughter of Shri Rangu Atmaram Cholkar, Cholkar's Bungalow Dahisar (Barolipo)
Shri Rangu
Atmaram Cholkar, Cholkar's Bungalow Dahisar was a devotee of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi.
His unmarried daughter has completed two readings of Sai Satcharitra in two
weeks. After her second reading was over on a Thursday, she prepared naivedya
for offering and waited Baba's darshan as specified in it. Baba came and sat in
the Varandah of her house unseen. She saw him and recognised Him and helped him
to enter the house by catching His hand. Then His hand was felt very hard to
her. After going some distance, His hand became so soft that of a child and
made him to sit in an asan. He talked to her in Hindi whether she would give
dakshina, or Kambli. She replied that she would give Him all what she had. They
made Arati to Him and offered to Him Naivedya. Baba ate all the eatables in the
Naivedya plate and gave eight annas to her. She invited him to her Puja room.
He visited her puja room and pointed out a photo to her. He asked her whose
Photo is this?", pointing to a particular Photo. She replied that it is
His Photo (i.e.) Photo of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. He told Badhri, Haridwar,
Rameswar and then Shirdi, by giving her a nice photo of Shri Sai Baba and gone
out leaving his foot print one in Puja room and one in His place where He ate
His naivedya. Then she followed Him and stood before Him. He asked her to go to
her Puja room and went away to the village temple and asked the Pujari there to
give Him Rs. 0-2-0 with him in his packet. He at once gave it to him. After
about one hour, He again came to her house. She told him that he took only
Naivedya and has not taken food and so saying she offered Him food. She asked
prasad from it with His Hand. He gave prasad to her and to her sister in-Iaw.
He asked her from her sister-in-law a chaddar and dakshina of Rs. 1-4-0. Her
sister-in-law gave these to Him and requested His blessings. He Blessed them that
all w ill be well and gone away. She accompanied Him, but He disappeared after
going about some distance. Baba thus fulfilled the wishes of His devotees.
Surrender Sri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be
there !!
41. Baba given Darshan and helped Sri Navin
Bhagwanji Desai, Jalalpur, Gujarat
I got my
father, mother, wife and children I became a Sai devotee since 1967 and I
completely attached to His feet thinking that He is the only guide, saviour and
God to me. Baba given Darshan to me in my dream in my house. He asked me to
come to His Samadhi in Shirdi. I gone to His Samadhi. Baba put thilak on my
forehead, spread a towel and poured on it 300 silver one rupee coins tied it,
gave it to me and asked me to go away. I got down from the Samadhi. He again
called me. I got up His Samadhi. He put some jaggery into my mouth by taking it
from a Katturi and asked me to go away. Then I came to my place". I tought
it was an auspicious Symptom for me to visit Shirdi. I first gone to Shirdi in
1967 and got accommodation in Baba's Gurusthan building. I requested Baba to
give His darshan to prove to me that He has accepted me as His devotee.
Accordingly to my wish, Baba given me darshan as he was watering the plants
behind the Samadhi Mandir".
Afterwards, I
resigned my job which fetched me . Rs. 1800/- P. M. I was fully emerged in Baba's devotion. My wife was a teacher. All on a sudden she became mad and talking
indifferently. I tried all sorts of
medicines for her cure by spending nearly Rs. 10,000/- The doctor told me at
length that there is no use of medical treatment to her and that I have to seek
her Divine aid. One day night at about 2-30 A. M. she told me that she had
given her earnings of about Rs. 40,000/- to me and wanted divorce from me with
Rs. 40,000/-. I was too much worried and prayed to Baba heartily "that if
you do not find solution for her status within 24 hours, you will not be
considered as Baba”. Daily one singer used to come to our house in the morning
at about 5 A.M. for alms. Next day morning my wife gave her alms. At
that time he told her that she was not a mad woman and that somebody had done
evil things to her. She will be cured shortly. I too heard this with her and
ascertained Baba's dictum through Him. I took her to the adjacent village where
such cases are attended to in a Maruthi Mandir. She was cured of from her evil
spirits by an expense of Rs. 1-50 by the grace of Baba and she became more
devoted to Shri Sai Baba than myself.
Again in 1967,
I visited Shirdi for the second time with my family and I got my room in the
ground floor of the Gurusthan. When I went out for shopping a well built dog
gone before me and stopped in front of one shop. I purchased my required
article from that shop. Again the dog directs me to follow and took me to 4 or
5 shops and I purchased from all the shops my required articles and finally
taken me straight away to my room in Baba's Gurusthan and entered in my room
and seated in my Gadi. At that time, my mother served dishes for us. The dog
without any hasty gone to one dish taken something in each variety and came
back and sat in the same gadi. We have taken our food and we want to vacate our
room as we want to go to Surat by bus at 11 A.M. Then the time was 10-30. I
requested the dog in my mind, "Baba I am satisfied for your guidance and
help. I want to vacate my room and proceed to Surat, please I kindly request
you to enable me to vacate my room". As soon as I thought likewise, the
dog suddenly got up and went away. Afterwards, we vacated and proceeded to our
place.
My brother is an illiterate. His marriage was a great problem t