MY LIVE WITH SRI SAI BABA
BY
Bhagavan Sri
Sai Baba is a direct representative of all gods. He is an incarnation of
Omnipresent, Divine force. Sri Sai Baba is ever protecting God to all His
devotees who are having full faith and devotion, and who pray with pure heart.
His grace is ever present. Sri Sai Baba is God who ever responds to our deep
loving prayers. The all merciful Sai Nath sprinkles His divine love on all His
devotees. He will be satisfied on seeing His deep loving devotees who are
immersed in Him. Just as the mother struggles for the improvement of her
children and feel happy on seeing their prosperity, Baba will help all His
devotees who aspire for philosophical improvement, grant them 'Atma-Jnana' and
present them salvation. Sri Sai Baba will relieve the difficulties of His
devotees and bless them with peace and happiness.
In various countries there are crores of
Sai devotees. I am just like a drop in the divine ocean. Every devotee who
approaches Sai Baba with love will experience His divine Leelas. We may not be
able to understand some of His miracles and even of those miracles we may
forget some of them and remember some. He will throw away our worst
difficulties just like cotton balls. With the mercy of Baba our lives have
become purified. At every moment He is protecting us with his merciful soft
heart and with this faith only we are leading our lives. Our only aim of life
is to lead our lives along with His foot-prints.
If we can serve Sri Sai Baba with our
pure heart and soul and fully surrender ourselves in his service Sri Sai Nath
will shower His mercy always. He only will take our troubles on his shoulders,
solve our problems, and thus remove our grief, present us with happiness. Thus
we will be relieved of our worldly worries. When we are relieved of our
sufferings which were binding us, the immense desire for reaching Sri Sai Baba
will increase in us and thus our devotion improves immensely. Sri Sai will
improve our philosophical activities, step by step and grant the supreme state
of salvation. He will lead us to divine spirit and remove darkness of our
ignorance. As we are ordinary human beings, we are not able to go beyond the
pains and pleasures of our lives. Baba will respond to our problems, help us to
get rid of them and lead us in his path.
To all corners of the world, the miracles
of Sai Baba are spread like pearls in the ocean. It is impossible for any one
to collect them and sew them as a garland. With the directions and mercy of
Baba, I am writing some of the experiences received by the members of our
family, and the miracles I have experienced. As the rays of sun drive away the
darkness of nature and awaken us, in the same way Baba's Leelas awaken the
devotees who read about him, and their devotion and faith on Sri Sai Baba
increase immensely. Sri Sai Baba has presented very many divine messages,
teachings and his Leelas to my husband Sri Bharam Umamaheswara Rao Garu with
instructions to spread them far and wide just like the raining showers of
clouds.
I am presenting these 'Sai Leelas' which
are golden experiences. What ever experience we received is not due to our
greatness but devotion, mercy and masterly activity of Baba. The names
indicated in this book are only nominal. We are like playful toys in the hands
of Baba. Baba himself is our life, is the divine light in us is the propeller
of our spiritual path. Sri Sai Baba Himself is the master of this book and He
is the divine force for the up bringing of this book.
With the grace of Sri Sai Baba I have
collected the miracles of various devotees and have written 'SAI LEELA
TARANGINI, 'SRI SAI LEELA SRAVANTHI and SRI SAI LALITA GEETA VIBHAVARI - in
poetical verses, in Telugu language. With the kind mercy of Baba, I got them
printed. Sai Bhaktas read these books and appreciated much about these
writings. By the grace of Baba, this book is being printed in English language
also.
Our heartfelt thanks who have helped us
in getting this book printed. Our thanks also due to Sri M.V. Srinivas, Poornakala
Offset Printers, Narayanguda, Hyderabad, who got this book printed I am deeply
indebted to Kumari Bondada Sirisha and Smt. Pingala Janaki Jyothi in
translating Telugu chapters into English. We sincerely feel that the devotees
who read the experiences of Baba will go nearer and nearer to Him.
With the grace of Sri Baba, the pearls of
Baba's miracles collected as 'MANIHARA' and presenting this to Baba Himself.
I am prostrating with devotion and
dedication to Sri Sai Baba.
In the service of Sri Sai Baba,
SRI SAI BABA IS
DOCTOR OF DOCTORS
Sri Sai Baba has declared that He has come to give blessings to people, temporal and spiritual and that He drew to Him under various pretexts.
Lord Sai Nath says: Four sorts of men are
drawn to me. They are (1) the distressed; (2) those seeking knowledge; (3)
those wanting worldly objects; (4) those who desire perfect wisdom.
When distress enters, all fancied doubts
fly and leave the man with ready receptive heart and make his rush to Sai Baba.
Though in the early days of Baba many at Shirdi considered Baba as a mere
'Fakir'. Baba's goodness converted a few to believe Him. Baba's medical help
for leprosy, T.B. Etc. was miraculous and effective. He kept on chanting
'ALLAH-MALIK' and soon He got 'SAKSHATAKARA (as He Himself told to H.S. Dixit).
Baba once said 'I say here and they
happen there'. For Sai Devotees this is an every day experience. The moment we
remember, SAI always comes for our help. Therefore we consider Baba as God. For
a person who has completely surrendered to Sai -Consciousness there is always
Sai-Joy.
All the 24 hours of the day and night,
Baba is actively working for the benefit of every one who comes to Him or
whoever prays Him.
SARVABHUTA HEITERATAH is the description
of our Guru-God Sai Baba. Let us pray to Him and seek is help in ail respects -
spiritual as well as temporal.
Let us remember that Sai Baba is close
behind our thoughts and He rushes to our rescue whenever we call Him for help.
As we are seeing the miracles are being
performed by Baba, even to-day, we can firmly believe that He is existing even
now. I will give an example to confirm the fact that Baba is guiding us,
helping us and showing His Grace and Mercy in every aspect.
I experienced a wonderful miracle of Sri Sai Baba. My husband was
having a heart trouble from 1968 and all Super Specialists diagnosed it as
'AORTIC STENOSIS WITH REGURGITATION' and advised him to undergo by-pass heart
surgery. Many times he had severe syncope attacks and recovered with difficulty
and the pulse was becoming very irregular. In the year 1983 Sri Sai Baba
appeared in his dream and applied Udhi on his fore-head, when he was having
severe heart pain. Later in November 1983, when he was in meditation, he
experienced that a glow of light flashed from Sri Sai Baba's photo, pierced his
skin in the heart area in a circular manner. Then, he felt burning sensation
and then he observed that the blood was oozing from the circular burnt area.
The marks of burns are seen as stitches and from that time onwards, the heaviness
in the chest and the syncope attacks subsided. The ring like burns were later
photographed and even to-day one. can see the marks. Immediately afterwards all
the tests pertaining to the heart like X-ray, ECG, Stress, Eco-Cardiogram etc.
were conducted and the Specialists confirmed that the heart was normal. Till
that time, he was using various medicines for years together, Costing us
thousands of rupees. After this unique surgery performed by Sri Sai Baba, my
husband gave up using medicines and he became healthy.
One fact is universally felt by all Sai
devotees that Sri Sai Baba is living and watching all our movements and guides
us in a perfect manner.
"One night my husband had a dream in
which Sri Sai Baba told him to read the 23rd chapter from the Bible. Then we
came to know the Bible and the Geeta are one and the same as they contain the
same meaning. Any Guru is the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. Though he has got
several names, God is one and only one. In the same way we have realized that
though people of different religions are all one and the same".
A few days before Sri Sai Baba cured my
husband of his heart disease, I had a dream in which, I saw four people
carrying my husband on their hands and told me that he was dead I was apprehensive and hurriedly showed
them a cot to place him on it. They did it and went off. I could not even ask
them how it happened or when it happened, or where it happened? I was paralysed
with shock at my husband's death. Later I sat by my husband's bed and was
sobbing. Then after sometime, I could see slight movement in him or it may be
my illusion. After observing him keenly again, I saw a slight movement in him.
My mind boggled with series of questions like why did these four men mistaken
him to be dead? When he was unconscious and how stupidly I believed what they
saw".
"Though I was anxious of providing
him with medical aid immediately, after a few minutes, I saw that his pulse
began to hear. To my surprise I saw the bust photo of Jesus Christ around my
husband's head upto his shoulders in a crescent shape. Then I knew that my
husband could survive only because of God's Grace. I also realized that God,
the Almighty, is present everywhere. He is Omnipresent and from that day
onwards, I started worshipping Jesus Christ also keeping His photo in my
shrine".
2) I will narrate
another instance to prove that Sai is Omnipresent and Omnipotent. He alerts
them of danger by appearing in their dreams. In the early hours of November
28th, 1984, my husband had a dream in which Sai Baba told him 'Your life is
going to be in danger tomorrow. Send a word to your children and near ones. I
am with you. Do not worry".
"As my husband and myself were at
our house in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, I was baffled and rang upto my sisters,
who were then at Hyderabad, and asked them to come for moral support and also
stay with us that night".
"My husband was alright till the
next morning. For one hour he had in meditation. Usually he meditate every day
for 2 or 3 hours. As I had to attend on my house - hold work and came out of
the Pooja Room. Sometime elapsed. I heard my grand-daughter Chy. Sudha
screaming that my husband became unconscious. I ran into the room and saw my
husband lying over the floor near Baba's feet and was unconscious. There was no
sign of his gaining consciousness. Immediately we called the Doctor, who
attends on him periodically. He checked up and told that my husband was in
danger and advised us to admit him in the Hospital immediately".
"As my husband was in trance, he was
clad in dhoti. The sacred 'Rudraksha Mala' around his neck looked as if it were
around the neck of a statue. His heart had stopped beating. There was neither
pulse, nor even breathing. It was
really painful but it was also certain that my husband died. But how it all
happened, while Baba assured him 'I am with you'. Then I thought that Baba
might have engaged in saving other devotee's problems and forgot about my husband.
Unknowingly I screamed - "Baba-Baba". As soon as I screamed five
times, my husband took a deep breath as if he received an
electric shock. That is how I could see Baba saving my husband from
death."
"My husband suffered for 15 years
from heart disease before Sri Sai Baba cured him of his heart disease. At that
time, he had to be given immediate medical attention and also at times Doctors
were not available at the hour of need my husband used to suffer with severe
heart pain, I could not bear watching him, wriggling and writhing with pain.
Fortunately, as my father was a doctor by profession and in my childhood I used
to watch him treating patients and giving injections which helped me a bit. I
slowly learnt giving necessary first aid treatment like administering
medicines, checking his pulse, giving him injections which gave him temporary
relief. As I am well aware of the difference between losing consciousness at
the time of heart attack and lifeless state of a person. Then I understand that
his life was really in danger. Sri Sai Baba saved my husband's life and gave
him rebirth as He assured him in his dream and thus his dream turned
true".
"Later we got him admitted in
'Curewell Nursing Home', Lakdikapool at Hyderabad. Immediately doctors conducted
various tests, removed flum from his throat by suction apparatus and gave him
5% Glucose intravenous drip, took blood sample for test. Reports were given
immediately and only 50 ml of blood sugar was present, instead of 150 ml of
blood sugar. The doctors who attended on him told that we were very lucky by
bringing him intime or else he would have died. We concealed the fact from that
he was out of danger by Sri Sai Baba's Grace only. My husband is not a diabetic
patient and every day he consumes countless cups of coffee mixed with sugar and
liberally eats all varieties of sweets, we still do not understand how it has
happened. When a man passes through a bad phase, he has to face all odds and
fight against them. One who has the DIVINE BLESSINGS of SRI SAI BABA is well
armed to fight against all odds.
On 21st of July, 1984 we conducted NAMA -
SANKEERTANA at our house in Sriram Nagar, Hyderabad for 3 hours. We were all
ecstatic and with devotion we all participated. It looked as if every brick and
sand with which our house was constructed was filled with sanctity. Devotees
came from far away places to participate in Nama Sankeertana.
Our family friend Sri D. Sankarayya Garu
introduced the Bajan party to us. As my husband did not know, how much we have
to pay to the Bajan Party, he asked Sri Sankarayya Garu, whether Rs. 100/-
would be sufficient. Sankarayya Garu said that the Bajan party people were not
commercial and they do it with devotion and they would accept only auto charges
of Rs.25/- and that it would be sufficient. My husband said that it does not
good if we give them Rs.25/- only and I want to pay atleast Rs.50/-. Atlast Mr.
Sankarayya agreed for the payment of Rs.50/- and leave the choice to my
husband. As my husband had no change for Rs.50/- he took Rs.50/- note from my
daughter-in-law and gave it in Tambulam. When we were giving it, all the other
devotees also were observing. Dr. G.R. Vijayakumar, an ardent devotee of Baba,
who came from Hosur (Tamiland) was also there at that time. He also witnessed
this.
The very next night, Sri Sai Baba
appeared in my husband's dream and laughed and said - Though you wanted to give
Rs. 100/-, you gave only Rs.50/- note, but it was Rs. 100/- note. He also showed
the hundred rupee note to my husband and heckled him. Immediately my husband
woke up and went to see whether the Rs. 100/- note was in his pocket or not.
When we asked my daughter-in-law, whether she had given a single Rs.50/- note
or by mistake two fifty Rupee notes. She said that she gave only one fifty
rupee note. On hearing this we were in dilema that why Baba laughed and said it
was hundred rupee note only, while we gave only fifty rupee note and what was
the Baba's intention? So we decided to ask Sri Sankarayya Garu about that. As
we came into contact with him about 3 months back only, my husband was a bit
hesitate to go and ask him, whether he has given fifty rupee note or hundred
rupee note as it was a very delicate question. With that delicacy he went to
Sri Sankarayya Garu's house next day morning, hoping to get a chance to ask
him. As soon as my husband entered his house, Sri Sankarayya Garu asked him why
he had decided to give them Rs. 100/- note instead of Rs.50/-. My husband asked
him who told him about it. Sri Sankarayya garu said that the Bajan Party
themselves told after coming out from your house. Then my husband told him
about his dream and about Rs. 100/- note.
Immediately Sri
Sankarayya Garu left for Maredpalli to contact the Bajan party people and also
to tell them that note should be kept in a holy place but by then itself, they
purchased two L.P. Records of devotional songs with that note.
We understand
that Baba taught us a lesson.
On the very
auspicious day of Guru Poomima in the year 1985, we conducted Sri Sai Nama
Sankeertana at our house in Hyderabad. Baba's devotees thronged our hall. For 3
hours we performed Nama Sankeertana under the auspicious of Sai Ankita Bhakta
Sri D. Sankarayya Garu.
A old blind
man, clad in a white dhoti and Kafini and white cloth tied around his head
entered the hall where we were doing Nama Japa. As our staircase room was at a
corner, it is very difficult for strangers to locate and we all wondered, how
this blind man having no two eyes, found the stair case climbed it and came. He
sat in a comer. He asked whether we do the Bhajan on every Sunday and we
answered that we do it once in a way. Again he asked that why it was not
informed this to him. Then I said that I had not seen him before and asked for
his address but he did not give proper answer and kept quite.
A few devotees
of Baba believed that Baba came in disguise and advised me to send him after
giving food. My son Krishna Kishore was not aware of all this and offered him
help to descend the stair case as stair case is full with footwear. He said
that he would go after hearing Doctor's speech (Dr. Sudhakar Maharaj). A few
minutes before this, my husband requested Sri Dr. Sudhakar Maharaj to speak a
few words about Baba. I wondered how this blind man came to know that Maharaj
was a Doctor. As that man wanted to stay for some more time my son went and sat somewhere close to
stair case door. My husband sat by the side of the old man. Dr. Sudhakar
Maharaj spoke about devotion and dedication. After a few minutes, when I looked
that side, where the stranger sat, he was not there. That old man had a hefty
personality and my husband would have known, if at all he left the crowded
room. Doors of stair case room were ajar and none of the devotees who sat
blocking the way, remember him going away, we could not make head or tail of
how and why he disappeared. Then slowly we all realized that he was none other
than Sri Sai Baba.
Once again we performed Sai Nama
Sankeertana in our house at Hyderabad on 10th August, 1986.
A few devotees experienced certain Leelas
of Sri Sai Baba who attended the Nama Sankeertana.
One of the devotees felt as if he
received an electric shock soon after entering our house.
Another devotee got a vision of Sri
Dattatreya Swami, while meditating.
Sri Sai blessed my husband by placing His
hand on my husband's head and as a proof for that my husband's head emulated
sweet smell.
All these are experiences of Baba's
compassion.
In May 1985, my husband had a dream, in
which Sri Sai Baba had instructed him to start a magazine for the Propagation
of SAIBABA'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS TATWA. The same night, Sri Sai had given
darshan to Sri Yousuf Ali Khan and asked him to assist Sri Uma Maheswara Rao in
bringing out this book and also guide him to name the book as "SAI
PRABHA". He also ordered that the book should be released by "GURU
POORNIMA" day.
My husband completely lacked any
experience in writing and also financially it was not possible to run the
magazine by us. Amidst this dilemma, we had called for a meeting with Sai
Devotees to discuss on this issue. Most of them opined that it is very
difficult to run a magazine and that completion of this task is not possible.
Though, my husband was initially discouraged, he was determined to start this
magazine since it was Baba's order and believed that Baba would always guide
him. He with the assistance of Sri Yousuf AH Khan and ventured to start 'SAI
PRABHA' monthly magazine.
On the day of "GURU POORNIMA",
the inaugural issue of 'SAI PRABHA' was released by Dr. Divakarla Venkata
Avadhani garu at 'Sri G.V.R. Naidu Sai Samaj Mandir', Secunderabad.
In 1985, on Vijaya Dashami day, a special
issue of 'SAI PRABHA' was released. By the divine grace of Baba, there was good
response to the magazine. However, managing the magazine had become a very
onerous job for my husband, due to which I suppose Baba has sent Sri V. Narayan
Rao garu for his assistance. Inspite of not knowing one another earlier, he
assisted in running this magazine. My husband is a retired Additional
Superintendent of Police, while Sri Narayan Rao garu is a Deputy Director at
Pay & Accounts Office. Though, both of them do not have any experience in
running a magazine, by Baba's Grace, the Magazine is running well. My husband
considered himself very fortunate in serving Lord Sai Nath for the rest of his
life and in running the magazine and writing spiritual books.
In December 10, 1986, a young boy came to
our residence, approached my husband and said eagerly, "I want to see
Baba" and also added "I am not asking for money, just show where Baba
is". For this my husband replied "Who am I to show Him?" I am also
like you and added that Baba will give darshan at His desire only and not as
per my wish. Inspite of this, the boy was not consoled. Then my husband took
him to Pooja Mandir and asked him to pray Lord Sai Nath Himself. My eyes were
filled with tears, looking at that boy crying loudly for Baba's Darshan.
That night, when my husband was
meditating, Sri Sai gave darshan and said, "you know who came to you in
the morning and cried? It was me only". Later on, we felt that Baba had
tested us whether we have any AHANKAR (Ego) within ourselves by advising the
boy to follow our directions to solicit Baba's Darshan. We also felt why this
test for us since we hardly know any other thing, except praying for Lord Sai
Nath. Later on, when we consulted Sri Sivanesan Swameeji regarding this test, he
said "Unless and Untill one does not suffer such pain, one will not attain
the Darshan of Baba. To make you aware of this only, He made you to experience
this 'Leela'. Thus, Sri Sivanesan Swamiji cleared our doubt and ignorance.
Sri Sai Nath's temple was constructed in
Tallapur, a place situated near B.H.E.L. at Hyderabad. Since, my husband was
the temple's Reception Committee Convenor, he had to play an active role
pertaining to the temple activities. During the installation of Sri Sai Idol,
we had participated in "N^MA JAPA" for nine days. One night, in a
dream Baba gave darshan to my husband and was holding my husband's hand and
took him for a 'PRADAKSHINA' around the temple and left him exactly at the
temple entrance (MUKHA DWAR) and walked away' into the sanctum sanctorum. After
the installation of the Idol is completed the Idol of Baba looked so radiant
with full of life and easily stole away the hearts of the devotees.
Everybody is aware of the significance of
the place Ganugapur -the exact incarnation of Sri Datta i.e., Sri Narasimha
Saraswathi Swamy whose 'PADHUKAS' were installed there.
My husband after having bathed at the confluence of the rivers Bheema -Amaraja,
sat in meditation. While meditating, he had the darshan of Sri
Narasimha Saraswathi Swamy. who took him to 'PANCHA GANGA S ANGAM KSHETRA and
made him bathe there. Many holy persons are seen performing penance there.
Later, my husband was shown his previous births. My husband was told that in
his next birth, he would be a Fakir wearing green Colour clothes and that would
be his last birth.
Sri Rama
Jogeswhar Rao Garu of Amalapuram, a friend of my brother Sri Haragopal is
well-versed in 'NADI SASTRA' told my husband that he would be having only one
birth and would be born in a Brahmin community. My husband may be a bachelor in
the next birth and accept 'SANYASAM', FAKIR or SANYASI, both are same in the
viewpoint of Baba. My husband felt happy that whoever he would take birth, he
would take-up the right path and reach his destination towards realisation of
God.
We used to
regularly publish Sri Sai Nath's Eleven Sayings in SAI PRABHA magazine every
month. After publishing for few months, we thought that no body is going to
read the same eleven sayings, which is appearing in each issue. Instead of
wasting a page, we can publish an article. Thus thinking, my husband Sri B. Uma
Maheswar Rao (Editor) and Sri V. Narayana Rao (Executive Editor) went to the
press and gave instructions to stop printing the eleven sayings.
That evening at
3 p.m. in my residence, my husband and Sri Narayan Rao garu went to the office
table to do some work. They saw an old printed paper on the table on which
there was Baba's Eleven sayings with Sai Baba's 'ABHAYAM' Picture. Behind this
paper, the following message was printed in English.
"PLEASE
NOTE UMAJI and NARAYAN RAOJI, if any assistance is required from Tirupati -
Contact this Gentleman". Below this paper, there was a cover, which has a
paper packet in it. There were some tamil letters written on this paper packet.
We opened the packet and found Udhi and a silver locket contains a picture of
Sri Sai on one side of the locket, and on the other side 'Sita-Ram' along with
Lakshman and Hanuman. We were astonished by the presence of Udhi & locket
there. All of us applied Udhi on our foreheads and started discussing some Sai
Leelas.
In the
meantime, my son Chy. Kishore and his co-brother Chy. Anand came to our place.
We told them everything what had happened and gave the paper on which Baba's
Eleven Sayings were printed to my son. As soon as he took that paper, sweet
smell started emanating from that paper. I gave the Udhi packet to my son, so
that he can apply Udhi to his forehead. When he opened the packet, he found
(vermillion) (kumkum) in it. He then said, 'there is kum kum here, how can you
all said that Udhi is in here. With wonder, when we examined the packet
carefully, we found a Paper layer below the kum kum and underneath that (thin)
paper, there was Udhi. We were all surprised that how in our presence, thin
paper and kum kum appeared on top of Udhi in the packet. Baba himself gave us
the power of understanding this Leela of His. By this Leela, we understood that, Baba did not like
this idea of removing the Baba's eleven sayings in SAI PRABHA magazine.
Immediately, my husband and Sri Narayan
Rao garu went to the Press and asked the press people to publish eleven sayings
as usual in the magazine. Later, we got that tamil writing on the packet, read
by a person who understands that language. The writing is "OM SRI SAI
RAM" and looks like 'RAM KOTI' which was written on both sides. We
thought, this must be Baba's order to chant this NAMA always. We accepted the
locket which was found in the packet as the gift offered by Sri Sai and was
worn by my husband in Rudraksha Mala.
Sri T.A. Ram Nathen Garu was the Editor
of 'SAI PREMA', a monthly spiritual magazine on Sai Philosophy, that used to be
published from Calcutta. In the year 1987, we did not receive that magazine for
one month and we anxiously waited for that. It was month end. My husband was
about to write a letter to Sri Ram Nathen, informing him about the non-receipt
of the magazine.
Next day we received a letter from him
that he was sending a spare copy of SAI PREMA magazine as Baba instructed that
Uma Maheswar Rao did not receive the magazine. After reading that letter, I was
so ecstatic and offered a billion prostrations to Sri Sai. The next day, we
received the magazine.
Baba will always watching us and will be protecting
us even petty things. Baba has an enoromous love for devotees.
LEELAS PERFORMED BY SRI SAI BABA IN SAPTA SAPTAHAM AT VIJAYAWADA
In the year 1985, on the auspicious day
of Datta Jayanti under the supervision of Sri D. Sankarayya Garu of Hyderabad
'Saptha Saptaham of Sri Sai Baba' was taken place in Shirdi Sai Baba Temple,
near Mary Stella Women's College at Vijayawada. They planned to get Baba's
Padukas and Kapni from Sri Marthanda Maharaj, son of Pujya Mahalaspati and the
large photo of Sri Sai Baba. We got the opportunity to go along with Sri D.
Sankarayya Garu to Shirdi and bring them. We all went by a van. First we
visited Sri Manikya Prabhu's Samadhi in Umnabad and Devi Bhavani Mata at
Tulajapur. Then we reached Shirdi.
We went to Samadhi Mandir and offered our
Prayers. We collected 'PADUKAS' and 'KAPNI' worn by Sri Sai Baba from Sri
Mahalsapathi's pooja Mandir. His grand son (Marthanda Maharaj's son) Sri Ashok
Mahalsapati accompanied us. In our return journey we visited Kallur Datta Ghad
temple of Dattatreya and Sri Sai Baba temples. There the Bhaktas celebrated
Datta Jayanti on a grand scale and Avadhoota Anasuya Mata from Paradasinga also
visits there on Datta Jayanthi every year.
A huge stone
that split into three parts bore a mark of resemblance to the TRINTY. There was
a small cave. Prior to devotees constructing a dhuni in that cave, there were
marks of 'HOMA GUNDAM' in it. People say that a Yogi performed penance there
and attained 'SIDDHI'. There was a belief who do meditation, they can have Sai
darshan.
We reached
Dattaghad at the time of sun set. We placed Baba's Padukas and His Kapni
brought from Shirdi in a palanquin and taken to the temple in procession.
Devotees thronged and had darshan of Baba's Padukas & Kapni.
When my husband
was meditating near the Dhuni in that cave there was power cut. Sometime later
he came out of the cave and said that Baba was seen on one wall of the cave.
Some of the devotees who previously visited, they have also seen Baba's picture
there. We wondered at Sai's Leela and that night itself we resumed our journey
to Hyderabad.
Under the
supervision of Sri Sankarayya Garu 'SAPTA SAPTHAM' was started on DATTA JAYANTI
DAY in Vijayawada and went on well. Thousands of devotees participated in Nama
Japa. We also participated and we were there for about a month. We did not feel
going back to home and we got a feeling that all Sai devotees are our close
relatives.
As Nama
Sankeertana was going on, one auspicious day before the sun rise, my husband
sat before the huge Dwarakamayi photo of Sri Sai and went into deep meditation.
He opened his eyes only at 12 noon, the usual time we give arati to Baba. He
said that he could not open his eyes and did not know as Baba placed His hand
and sat before him. His head was filled with fragrance. Usually at our house,
whenever my husband went into trans, Baba appears and blesses him but this
time, Baba appeared in person and blessed him.
After having
stayed 3 weeks, participating in Saptaham in Vijayawada, we had to go to
Hyderabad due to some unavoidable reasons. I felt a little bit lazy to go back
to Vijayawada after coming to Hyderabad. I told my husband to go to Vijayawada.
Inspite of my husband's repeated requests to accompany him, I could not take
any decision and kept quiet. That night Sri Sai Baba in my dream appeared and
ordered that last 3 days of Sapthaham, some great Saints will come and you also
go there and don't loose that opportunity". Then I also went to Vijayawada
along with my husband.
We stayed in my sister's son Chy. Chandra Mohan's house in Vijayawada. One day at 3 a.m., Sri Sai Baba appeared in my husband's dream and ordered - "Wake up immediately and go to Temple and meditate there. As per Baba's instructions my husband took bath and went to temple and sat in meditation. Though the afternoon arati was over he did not. open his eyes. We tried to wake him but our efforts proved futile. His head was emanating fragrance of Vibhuti. When he came into consciousness, he said that he got a vision of Sri Dattatreya and Jesus Christ and Sri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa in the meditation.
Two days before the last day of Sapta
Sapthaham, a Sai devotee came to our sister's son's house, where we were
staying, He composes devotional songs on Baba and also sings. He agreed to sing
when we requested him and we recorded his songs. At the end of every song, he
utters 'Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai'.
He told us about the miserable state that
he was undergoing, when he composed a song blaming Sri Sai for his problems. He
sung that song in our presence. After recording all songs in tape recorder, we
rewinded the tape. All other songs were recorded but the song wrote blaming Sai
Baba was not recorded. One astonishing fact was, in between two songs, tape
should be blank, as introductory speech and songs were recorded, but without
any gap, when he sung blaming Sri Sai there was no gap between two songs and
the subsequent song was recorded in continuously. We wondered at Sai's Leela.
The day before the last day of Sapthaham,
the zip bag of my husband was with me as he became weak. A Fakir who resembled
Sri Sai Baba in his attire and with a hefty personality came to the temple and
all the devotees thronged around him. I gave my husband's zip bag to him and
went near Fakir to offer my salutations. I returned after a while and as it was
not possible to find my husband in that huge crowd, I went to my sister's son's
house to take rest.
"When my husband asked me about his
bag in the evening, I replied that I have already given to him in the morning
itself. He could not remember anything and thought by negligence, I mislaid it
somewhere. No cash was in that bag but only a book on Baba and also subscribers
receipt book of 'SAI PRABHA'. Most of the devotees who came there subscribed to
'SAI PRABHA' magazine and all their addresses were in that receipt book. So it
is not possible to send the magazine to them. We were so worried that what
would they think of us if they won't receive the magazine to which they would
be anxiously waiting for. In the evening, we went to temple to enquire about
the bag but nobody gave satisfactory reply.
In the temple, I sat behind Baba's idol
and stared at Baba's photo, hanging over the wall and prayed - BABA, I am very
much worried not only for being blamed but also for the tension my husband
undergoing for having lost the bag. Have mercy on us, or atleast for the sake
of devotees who got enrolled as subscribers to SAI PRABHA magazine and make us
to get that bag back. "As it was the last day of Sapthaham, we planned to
take part in Nama Sankeertana and stay awake the whole night. That night at
about 10 p.m., Sri Sankarayya Garu came to us and gave us our bag saying -
'Some one gave this bag and told me to hand over it to the owner of the bag but
I do not know who he is." Nothing was lost from our bag and all in intact.
With much happiness and delight we offered our namaskarams and prostrated
before the feet of Lord Sai Nath.
If I am not attended the Nama Sapthaham
during last days, I would have missed this great experience. So Baba made me to attend though I have
decided not to attend due to some household work.
For 49 days, each and every minute, Sai Namam soothed our souls and all our hearts filled with devotion. Tears rolled down my eyes, when I remembered that it was the last day. My heart eagered as to when would we get a chance to taste the sweetness of the' AMRUT' of chanting 'SAI NAMA SANKEERTANA'. As we got used to listening the SAI NAMA SANKEERTANA, even after so many days, we had a feeling of it lingering in our ears.
My husband had not derived much
satisfaction even while working in the Police Department as Additional
Superintendent of Police, but he derives enormous satisfaction as a devotee of
Baba.
I pray Baba to bless me forever to be a
flower near His feet."
One day during summer in the year 1986,
my husband woke up early morning around 03-00 AM to go to toilet. When he came
in the drawing room of our house at Hyderabad he saw a man clad in white
clothes and sat on the sofa chair. My husband was baffled and asked him in a
loud voice "Who is that?" Then he slowly went near the sofa and had a
clear darshan of Sri Sai Baba. Within a fraction of a second, Sri Sai
disappeared.
As we heard my husbands screams we all
went into the drawing room. He was overwhelmed with joy and told us that he had
the real physical darshan of Sri Sai Baba and all because of his previous Janma
Punya had.
The sofa where Baba sat, we placed it by
covering it with the shawl and on it a big size Baba's photo was kept. Whenever
we enter into that room, we don't enter into any unnecessary talk with one
another as we feel that Baba was there and watching us. We feel that Sri Sai
Baba stays in our house as our family deity.
In one of the sai Bhaktas house in
Hyderabad, my husband saw Sri Sivanesan Swamiji's Photo and liked it. The owner
of the photo by placing chits got confirmation from Baba to give the photo to
my husband and gave it to him. We brought the photo to our house with great joy.
After 4 days the Sai Bandhu who gave photo came to us and said "that after
giving this photo to you many problems started in my house-hold affairs and in
our office also and I lost peace of mind. Kindly return the photo to me.
Without any objection, we returned the photo. Later we tried to purchase Sri
Sivaneshan Swamiji Photo but could not get it even in Shirdi. Thinking that Sri
Swamiji may or may not agree to take photo of tom, we could not pursue the
matter and with dissatisfied mind we gave up the idea.
After one week, when my husband was
rearranging the old books in a box, from the middle of the books Sri Sivaneshan
Swamiji's Photo was seen. We have not seen that photo previously. We do not
know how the photo was placed there. That photo was bust enlargement and on
seeing Swamiji in that photo with his smiling face we felt very happy. In this
way Baba has fulfilled our desire, we offered our heart-felt pranams to Him.
After few days we went to Shirdi and
showed the photo to Swamy Sivaneshanji and told him that due to his grace we
got his photo. Then Swamiji told "I do not know that such photo was taken
by any body. I have not seen this at any time. This is all Sri Sai Baba's
merciful leela". Next day in the Chavadi a lady by name Kum. Vandana who
came from Delhi approached Sivaneshan Swamiji and informed him that a photo of
him was presented to her from unknown source. We have shown Swamiji's photo of
ours, and she said that the photo is of a different pose. How can so many
varieties of photos be secured by the devotees, and this all Baba's Leela.
In 1997 we went to Shirdi and after
darshan of Sri Sai Baba went to Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji's samadhi. On seeing the
Samadhi we could not control our grief. The intense worry that we lost one of
our well wishers who was always protecting us with his love and who was our
great guide squeezed our heart and it pleased as much. There was a beautiful
photo on the Samadhi. After staying for some time we returned and stood before
a book-stall and the unkown owner of the shop presented a coloured laminated
card size photo of Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji. This photo resembled the same photo
which we have seen on Samadhi. On seeing the photo we felt boundless joy, and
in that joyful mood we wanted to give value of the photo to the owner but he
did not accept the money. He said, "this is the only photo I am having and
as I felt like presenting it to you I gave it", without having any
previous idea of securing Swamiji's photo just after seeing his Samadhi is all
due to the kind blessings of Him. We got this blissful impression in our heart
felt immense pleasure and shruded with joy.
Whenever we go to Shirdi and have darshan
of Baba we used to feel immense joy and to feel that we were seeing our lost
parents. In the same way on having darshan of Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji and on
enjoying his heart-felt love and reception, we were feeling as though we were
in company of our elder brother.
The photo of Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji we
miraculously received is placed in our shrine room. It is giving us the
impression as though he is telling "do not think that I have gone
somewhere and do not worry. I am with you always". In this way, we are
feeling that we are having a very powerful support of him, and is guiding us at
every step. We may be able to trace the edges of the sky and measured the
depths of the sea but we cannot imagine the merciful Leelas of great people
like Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji.
Sri Sai Baba appeared in the dream and ordered my husband Sri
Bharam Umamaheswara Rao Garu on the early hours of Sri Ramanavami day in the
year 1985 to join in the service of International Security Services at Hyderabad' After waking up in the morning he
wondered why he got such a dream ? As he retired from service is it the intention
of Baba to help financially or is there any other cause. However
he wanted to know where that security services Agency was situated. He went to
Globe Detective Agency. They gave information that, this Agency was situated in
the vicinity of Minerva Talkies, Secunderabad. He went to the Detective Agency
and after introducing himself as Retd. Additional Superintendent of Police,
they offered the job as Industrial Security Officer. As the emoluments they
offered were not satisfactory to my husband, he did not give his consent then
and told that he will think about the matter and tell them.
We are having
two daughters and a son. They are all married and our responsibilities were
over. They are all in high positions and well settled. We are spending our time
doing Sai's worship in our own house. I advised my husband not to takeup the
job and strain himself at this age. We are spending our time in Sri Sai Nath
prayers, meditation and other Sri Sai activities. Regarding to the taking up
the job, my husband was also not willing and so he did not go to the Security
Agency again.
My husband was
worried with the idea that he has disobeyed Sri Sai Baba's suggestion that he
has to take up the job.
Later,
fortunately we went to Ramachandrapuram to have darshan of Mataji Krishna Priya
Garu. She is a great personality who is an embodiment of simplicity and
sincerity. My husband has asked her for clarification whether it comes as
disobedience of Baba's orders of accepting the job which he has not done.
Mother laughed and showed two fingers. She said that Sri Sai Baba wanted to
test you whether you are incline for financial prosperity or the other
indicates spiritual prosperity. Then as my husband has not cared for financial
prosperity and has chosen for spiritual prosperity, the worry in his mind was
relieved as his action was right and he felt happy.
Baba after
testing whether my husband was having inclination for spiritual prosperity,
BABA has ordered him to start' SAI PRABHA' monthly spiritual magazine. As per
the instructions of Sri Sai Baba, he started monthly philosophical magazine and
with the blessings of Baba the magazine progressed well with good encouragement
from Sai devotees. All this is due to the mercy of Sai Baba only.
In 1986 summer
on one Wednesday evening my husband started to go for marketing. As the next
day morning we have to perform Abhishekam to Baba, he went to bring fruits,
flowers and other articles. On the way at Masab Tank chowrasta in Hyderabad, a
scooter dashed my husband's moped and the scooter driver without stopping the
vehicle went away. My husband fell on the road and some people who were around
came immediately and made him to sit. His spectacles and wrist watch were
thrown away on the road and later they were secured. As the scooter fell on his
leg, he received injuries on the back of the thigh and on the backside of the
body. Due to this he suffered with much pain. The thigh was very much swollen
and became hard as stone. The next morning i.e., on Thursday he was not in a
position to do Abishekha to Baba. So that evening as Sri V. Narayana Rao garu
came to our house and we got the Abishekham performed by him. Even with severe
pain while performing the Abhishekham my husband was sitting by the side and observed
the pooja cleanly.
The same night
Sri Sai Baba gave darshan to my husband in dream told that he was standing
there while performing the Abishekham and observed it. Later Sri Sai Baba made
him sleep on the cot and he with his hand gently rubbed on the painful area of
his leg. Then He said, "Now your pain will disappear." My husband
asked "Baba - my back also is severely aching. Kindly put your hand there
also." Then Baba laughingly told "that pain also will get reduced
within a few days. Thus Baba told with all kindness.
By the very
next morning the pain on the back side of the leg disappeared completely even
the red contusion also got dissolved and he was able to walk within two days
even the back pain also got reduced. Not only the pains of the injuries he
received due to this recent accident even the previous pains of his back also
subsided. What cannot be done, if Baba resolves to help us?
In 1995 two
disks of the back bone of my husband got dislocated and collapsed. This could
be seen from the X-Rays clearly. The back bone got bent and it is seen clearly
to the onlooker. Doctors advised bed rest but my husband does not take any
rest. Always he will be sitting and either he will be writing Books on Sri Sai
Baba or he will be doing the typing of articles. He will straighten his back
and perform the meditation. We are surprised how he is able to work and how he
is able to walk and this is a surprise to the doctors also. Sri Sai Baba has
put his hand on my husband's back and thigh on the day of accident and that
surprisingly protecting him always. This is a surprising example of the
kindness of Baba which he showers on his devotees.
We went to
Shirdi in the month of November, 1986. Usually we keep some amount separately
for charitable purposes and other miscellaneous expenses in a sandal wood box
and in it were Rs.395 above and took it to Shirdi. We stayed in Shirdi for 4
days and on the 5th day of our return journey, we forgot to take that box to
the Samadhi Mandir to put the remaining amount in Hundi box. As we were lazy to
go back to our room just to collect a petty amount my husband presumed that
there would be only about Rs.20/- in it and decided to put Rs.40/- in Hundi for
poor feeding conducted by Shirdi Sai Samsthan.
After returning
to Hyderabad we placed that sandal wood box in our prayer room.
After a few
days Baba appeared in my husband's dream and told him ~ "As to-day is
Thursday you have to perform 'Abhishekam' so wake up soon. If you
delay you cannot perform it to-day." As was a bit apprehensive at the way
Baba told I rang up and told my sisters and other Sai devotees Sri D.
Sankarayya and Sri Yousuf Ali Khan about the dream."
"My
husband sat in the hall of our house and was reading news paper. After 10
minutes when Sri Yousif Ali khan went to the hall and found my husband was in
unconscious state. Yousuf Bhai whose body frame was smaller than my husband
lifted my husband over his shoulders turned a deaf ear to my sister's repeated
instructions to place my husband on a cot but he laid him on the floor in the
prayer room. Then Yousuf Bhai's flushed and was shuddering he sat by my
husband's side and read aloud the holy verses of Khoran. Remembering the
previous incidents, Doctors advised to admit him in the hospital. So we admitted
him now in the nearby Nursing Home at Sriramnagar colony, Hyderabad. All our
relatives and friends were with us in the Nursing Home.
That night, in
the Nursing Home, Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji of All India Sai Spiritual Centre of
Bangalore, appeared in my husband's dream and asked him -
"Have you recognised me".
Then my husband
said 'I have not met previously but I have seen your photo and I believe you
are Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji*". Sri Swamiji nodded his head and again
asked "Why had not you spent the amount that you saved to give it for poor
feeding at Shirdi and brought it back home."
Then my husband
replied - "I had forgotten to take the sandal wood box to Baba's Mandir at
Shirdi but I gave double the amount. Then Swamiji asked - "Without even
counting the money in the box how do you think you gave more than the actual
amount. If you take Baba's money He will make you to pay you ten times to it
" While my husband was repenting for all that happened, his dream
shattered and he woke up.
The next day in
that Nursing Home Sri Sai appeared in his dream and blessed him saying 'You
will have only a few more births."
On 3rd day he
was discharged from the Nursing Home. When my sister Smt. Kusuma and myself
counted the money in the sandal wood box there were Rs.26-65 but that evening
when Sri Yousif Ali Khan counted, there was Rs.31 -65 in it. I wondered how
there was a difference of Rs.5 when he counted and again he recounted. This
time there were Rs.32-65. Then we thought who can count the enormous treasure
of Sri Sai Baba. Then we realized that it was all Baba's miracle.
We all wondered
the way Sri Yousif Ali Khan is very lean and also not accustomed to do
strenuous work lifted my husband over two arms. Then we realized that it was
Baba who carried my husband and I regretted for seeking Baba's help in each and
every small and petty things.
TO MY HUSBAND
My husband Sri
Bharam Umamaheswara Rao garu an ardent and true Sadhaka of Sri Sai Baba is
blessed by Him in getting the darshan and Sandeshams (Messages) directly from
Him in meditation or in dreams. He was an instrument to propagate Baba's
Teachings to the co-devotees. The messages received arc very useful to Sai
devotees and the younger generation to learn more and more of Sadguru's
Teachings which will reshape their life-style and make them eligible for
Sadguru's Grace.
After his
retirement from Police Service as Additional Superintendent of Police in 1978,
he took to the regular worship of Sri Sai Baba and we are visiting Shirdi
frequently.
In the year
1987 on 30th May, we all went to Shirdi along with some other Sai devotees. A
Swamiji from Kerala came to us and we were talking in English about Sai Leelas
in Dwarakamai. My husband suddenly got a deep desire to meditate. He saw Sri
Sai Baba in his vision and he began talking in English. My husband started
repeating what he heard in a loud voice. We were all astonished what it was.
Sri V. Narayana Rao Garu (Retd. Dy. Pay & Accounts Officer) who accompanied
us to Shirdi, began to note it on a paper. This was the first message received
actually from the mouth of Sri Sai Baba.
From that time
onwards he was receiving many spiritual messages on Baba's philosophy and His
Tatwa. All of them are in Telugu language only except three in English. Whoever
was his side has been recording those messages. I am fortunate to record most
of those messages by me only.
On 1st January,
1989 while in Shirdi, Baba gave a message and in that He instructed my husband
to publish all His messages and propagate. By then he received 35 Messages and
those messages were printed in Telugu in a booklet under title 'SAI TATWA
SANDESH'.
Further he
continued to receive messages from Sri Sai Baba frequently. Baba instructed
that the messages received so far to be translated into English, for better
propagation in every nook and corner of the country. He had then received 77
messages and they were translated into English and published under title 'SAI
TATWA SANDESH (Voice of Sri Sai Baba). So far my husband received more than 300
Messages and he is now translating all those Messages into English and if Baba
showers His Grace he wants to get them printed as early as possible.
All these
messages contained Spiritual insight of Baba's Teachings. My husband's spiritual
knowledge was so inadequate that he would not understood a bit of these
messages. His Holiness Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji, who have enlightened us about
these messages.
In these
messages Sri Sai Baba exhorted His devotees to spread His Tatwa and Philosophy
to one and all, far and wide. Baba is within us and beyond us. He is in every
particle. Spiritual Sadhana will bring out the personality of Sri Sai Baba.
'The Striver never Pensh'. So we shall all make an honest and sincere effort to
realize God. Baba's Teachings can be summed up as 'Nirvrthi' through Pravirthi,
i.e. to say Jnana through the performance of Karma in a spirit of devotion to
God without regard to the immediate results of selfish desires.
Around December
20th of 1987, while my husband was in trans he received a message from Sai Baba
to come to Shirdi. I was very anxious to go but my children dissuaded me as it
was the year end and vacation started it would be difficult for us to get an
accommodation as devotees would throng Shirdi and we would not be able to have
Baba's darshan peacefully. Though we went only three months ago I still feel
like going but have kept myself quiet listening to my children's advise.
The next day my
brother Dr. C.R. Prasad came to our house from Kakinada and told us that they
were planning to go to Shirdi by hiring a matador van and requested me and my
husband to accompany them. Inspite of receiving message to visit Shirdi once in
two months my husband was hesitant to go to Shirdi. Somehow we went there a few
days later. It is all due to Sai Baba's grace and every thing will take place
only according to His instructions. So on Christmas day we were in Shirdi. As
the Chief Minister of Maharashtra came to Shirdi all the guest houses and
hotels were booked for V.I.Ps but by Baba's Divine blessings we were fortunate
enough to get the accommodation. The way which a mother struggles for her
children Baba gave the message with such an affection and compassion. It was a
memorable trip and we returned to Hyderabad with utmost delight.
"We have
got strong belief and faith that whatever Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji speaks, it is
Baba's voice. Sri Swamiji advises us to visit Shirdi once in 2 months. As we
visited it in December, again we had to go in February. But owing to some
unavoidable circumstances my husband neglected of going to Shirdi".
It was March
9th, 1987, my husband was taking his afternoon nap suddenly we felt sweet
fragrance throughout the whole house. Not even a palmful of scented Jasmin or
roses can emanate such a sweet smell. By this, we understood that Sri Sai Baba
paid a visit to our house. Oh, Lord - what else can we give you except our
humble prostrations.
A few minutes
later, my husband woke up and told that Sri Sai Baba appeared in his dream and
asked why did not, you visit Shirdi. Already two months have elapsed. My
husband was ecstatic. There were signs of scent on the bed sheet and also on
his forehead. Our heart overwhelmed with joy and gratefulness at the thought of
going to Shirdi and that too according to Baba's directions.
"One more
wonderful experience which my husband had".
"In the
early hours of 4-1-1987, my husband had saw the Divine vision of Sri Sai Baba
in the dream. In the dream Baba told him: oday is not a good day for you and
between 10-30 AM and -00 AM some disaster is going to happen to you".
"In that dream my husband saw
himself lying lifeless on the floor and Sri Sai Baba sitting right near his
head with His hand on his chest; Sri Pujya Sivaneshan Swamijee and his disciple
Sri Ayodhya were sitting by his side."
"Later, that morning we called Sri
V.Narayana Rao Garu, Executive Editor 'SAI PRABHA' (a monthly Spiritual
Magazine to spread Sri Sai Cult & His philosophy running by us), Sri D.
Sankarayya Garu and a few of our close relatives. My brother Dr. C.R. Prasad
and my son's father-in-law Dr. A. Prabhakara Rao Garu, (Superintendent of
Government Hospital, Machilipatnam) were also with us. A few other Sai devotees
also came to our house. Previously whenever Baba used to tell about the
impending danger to my husband's life, He used to assure him by saying - 'I AM
WITH YOU'. But this time, Baba did not tell. Tension mounted in all of us. Sri
Narayana Rao Garu gave Vishnu Sahasranama to my husband and also asked him to
read it. We were all a bit relieved, as we were all about to cross the dead
line given by Sri Saibaba in a few minutes time. It was at 10-53 A.M. My
husband told that he had feeling slight giddiness and slowly rose to his feet
and bowed his head near Baba's photo and became unconscious. Then we put him on
the floor in the centre of the hall. While Sri Narayana Rao Garu completed the
remaining part of Vishnu Sahashranama and we are started of chanting of Sai nama."
"My husband was snoring in his
unconscious state. His Heart was beating rapidly and was rising in jerks on the
floor. As it never happened like that before, we were all in great tension and
were afraid, but according to my husband's definite instructions not to admit
him in the hospital, we were all helpless and could not move a budge. We all
hopefull for more than one hour hoping that he would regain his consciousness.
But he did not as his condition was becoming very serious. My son Krishna
Kishore finally decided to put slips before the feet of Sri Sai Baba and prayed
him whether to take him to hospital or not and asked my grand son Kalyan
Koushik to pick up one out of those two slips. He picked up a chit directed us
to take him to hospital. Immediately we have taken him to near by Mahavir
Hospital, Hyderabad. Doctors examined him and to my horror told that his body
was completely paralysed. There was no sensation or movement even after he was
pinched or pierced with a needle on lips and hands. His pulse beat was- very
slow and his heart beat also was slow. It is cerebral haemorrage. As it was
Sunday, special doctors were not available and Doctors who were there said that
their is no hope of his survival and advised to take him away either to our house
or to any other Government Hospital.
From there we have taken him to Gandhi
Hospital at Secunderabad at about 1.30 P.M. Doctors who were then on duty
examined him and Diagnosed it as Cerebral haemorhage and advised us to admit
him in intensive care unit but they did not assure us of his recovery. They
were giving him all necessary treatment. I placed a photo of Sri Sai Baba with
his Abhaya Hastha near my husband's head and the Dwarakamai photo of Baba in
his pocket. I applied a bit of sacred Vibhuti on his forehead and was praying
to have mercy on "my husband."
"In the mean time, a doctor (Who I
believe an atheist) who was watching all this came near me and told that
"neither your Sai a nor any other God can save your husband from his
present condition as his condition is so grave and left the room. But our
belief and faith in Sai Baba did not change even a bit-as we have got so much
confidence that He would save my husband and He would take care of him. At
about 4 P.M. we saw a slight movement in his left side leg and left hand.
Doctors examined him again and told that his right side was paralysed totally.
At about 6 P.M. miraculously, he could move his right leg and right hand also
and all his body limbs started functioning incoherently. At about 7 P.M. he was
able to utter a few words and again could not speak till 1 A.M. He regained
consciousness and he was able to move all limbs and able to speak. He fully
recovered from paralytic stroke by Baba's grace."
"Then my husband realised that he
was in the hospital and was annoyed with us for admitting him. He said that
only 'Baba Vibhooti' was the right medicine for his disease and that itself
only given mental solace. He asked us to take him away to our house. We cooled
him down by saying that it is difficult to go home at midnight and shall go in
the early hours of the next day. With difficulty he listened to us and the
whole night he sat on the bed till 5 A.M. in the morning. The doctors who
attended on him wondered at the way he recovered and were all happy. They
advised him to get CT-Brain Scanning and to stay in the hospital for a few more
days. As my husband was reluctant to stay in the hospital even for one hour and
requested the Hospital authorities to discharge him immediately on his own
risk, he was discharged. Very rarely people who suffered from Cerebral hemorrhage
will survive. Even if they come out of danger, it is impossible to be cured and
come to normal state within 12 hours."
"On the day on which my husband was
discharged from the hospital the mother-in-law of my son Smt. Dhana Lakshmi was
sleeping in the drawing room of our house and she got a vision. In the dream
she saw 4 men of Yama, the Lord of Death, coming into our house. Immediately
she got up bowed before Baba's photo and started praying by uttering "Sai
Baba Raksha Karo - Sai Baba Raksha Karo" (Sai Baba - Save us). Then these
four men turned back and went off. From the day of his discharge from the
hospital he used attending to his daily routine activities and rituals and on
the 3rd day of this incident, a close relative of us who was in cherlapalli
village got a dream that some calamity was going to happen to my husband. To
his surprise that my husband was then going on a moped. He was very happy to
know that he came out of danger and he is hale and healthy.
"Is this is not a miracle of Sai
Baba or what else is this? We do not know how to show our gratitude to Lord
Almighty except by bowing ourselves before his Holy feet."
The reason for the jubilant atmosphere
and happiness prevailing in our house is only due to the compassion and Divine
Blessings of Sai Baba".
The greatest wealth which woman possess
is the sacred Sindhooram and turmeric Pasupu Kumkuma. Whenever a Sumangali
comes and place sindhuram on my forehead, I feel joy, pride and gratitude
overwhelm me for being fortunate enough to possess that wealth. I am grateful
to Baba for blessing me with that wealth and further seek His blessings to
bless me.
In January 1987, all our family members
went in our car to Nehru Zoological Park at Hyderabad. We planned to have our
lunch there itself and return in the evening. After we passed the High Court,
our Car gave some trouble. There was smoke emanating from the switch. My son
Chy. B. Krishna Kishore brought a mechanic and got the car repaired. When we
were about to start, we saw a Fakir standing nearby and my people offered him
some money. He then said, that some electric wires in the car got burnt.' We
did not pay much attention to these words and started since we thought how an
ordinary man would be aware of car mechanism. As we entered the Zoo gate the
same problem re-appeared and there was smoke emanating from the switch.
My son sent us inside the zoo and he went
to the same car Garage to get the mechanic. But the mechanic who repaired the
Car earlier was not there and some other mechanic - the garage owner was there.
My son took him to the car and got it repaired. The garage owner told us that
the earlier mechanic lacks proper knowledge in mechanism and hence did not do
the job properly. At that moment, we were reminded of that Fakir's words, who
warned us about the burnt of electric wires. Though, he told us repeatedly the
same thing for 2 or 3 times, we did not believe Him. Because of our ignorance,
5 ft. of the electric wire had to be replaced. We wouldn't have suffered so
much, if we had understood Baba's warning. Lord Sai will always be with us and
help us. We are Ignorant for not recognising Baba.
Sri Adhrusta Rao is a friend of my
husband. Inspite of being very sick, he will never take any medicines except
Udhi of Sri Sai Nath. When we told him that human efforts are also necessary
for curing the illness he simply said "Baba Himself is my doctor, I did
not require any other doctor. He was very weak and his entire body had turned
into Yellowish in colour. Though his condition was very bad, he used to say
that nothing would happen to him and that he is experiencing the results of his
past Karma. Later, he also stopped taking food. Looking at his condition, my
husband thought that he has to somehow convince him and take him to a doctor
that evening.
That day i.e., May 19, 1987, afternoon at
3 P.M. my husband was going in a two-wheeler on masab-tank road at Hyderabad.
There was less traffic due to the hot afternoon Sun. At that moment, my husband
heard somebody shouting loudly from behind "SAI BABA - SAI BABA". My
husband immediately stopped the two-wheeler and turned back and saw a Fakir, who
had tied a cloth to his head. That person was walking away as if he did not
notice my husband. Then, my husband asked him whether it was he who shouted SAI
BABA. He nodded his head affirmatively and said "BABA ACHHA KAREGA".
Then, my husband asked him from where he has come. The Fakir replied that he
has come from Maharashtra - Kopargam - Shirdi. My husband was very happy on hearing these words and as he was
about to offer him some money the refused "Do not compel anybody in any
matter" saying so, he left. My husband was enlightened by those words.
This incident reminded my husband's idea
of taking Sri Adhrushta Rao to the doctor against his wishes. That is why Baba
had taught him a lesson. Sri Adhrushta Rao, who is very gentle and humble had a
strong belief and faith on Sri Sai Baba. Gradually, his health improved by the
grace of Baba. Other than Baba, who else is a better doctor.
On 30th May, 1987, while my husband Sri
Bharam Umamaheswara Rao garu was meditating at Shirdi, Sri Sai Baba appeared
and directed him to sit in meditation continuously for nine hours on one
Friday.
After we return from Shirdi, Pujya Sri
Sivaneshan Swamiji appeared in the dream to my husband and reminded him that
Baba wanted you to sit in meditation for 9 hours on the coming next Friday
itself and do it according to his directions without any delay.
As per instructions of Sri Sai Baba, my
husband sat in meditation on 6th June, 1987 (Friday) for 9 hours. But no vision
or any message had come during meditation.
But that night one Siddha Purusa appeared
in my husband's dream and told him that on next Sunday that He would come
between 10 AM and 10.30 AM and take him to somewhere and be ready to follow him
and disappeared.
We told to some of our close Sai Bandhus
and they have all came to our house on that day. My husband sat in meditation
from 10-20 AM to 4-20 PM. After coming into consciousness, he narrated what he
has seen in the meditation.
It is as follows:
"One Siddhapurusha appeared to Me.
He was very height and fair, having grey hair and beard. His face was shining
with glowing light. He asked me - 'Do you come with me? . I said 'Swamy -what
else can be more fortunate for me than this."
"Then I followed him. We crossed
many mountains, rivers, forests and walked about an hour. I felt thirsty and
asked Swamiji for water. He brought water in his kamandalam from a nearby river
and gave me. I drank the water and asked him: "Who are you Swamiji? Why
are you taking so much of trouble for me? May I know your name Swamiji?"
' Swamiji asked me - 'Did you not
recognised me and said that his name is Radha Krishna Swamy."
I immediately prostrated on His Holy feet
and requested him to pardon me. He was having red kumkum on sandal paste
(Tilakam) on his forehead and Japa Mala in his hand. We took rest there for
sometime."
Then we went into a forest. That forest
was very thick with tall trees and even sun rays also were not penetrating. In
that place, I have seen a YOGI was meditating. I offered obeisance to him. He was nude. Swamiji
who brought me there said "Let us take bath at the rivers there. We took
bath there and returned to the YOGI and found him still in meditation and did
not open his eyes. We once again prostrated to him and left that place."
"Pujya Sri
Radhakrishna Swamiji took me to another forest. I saw there one YOGI sitting
under a tree with his right leg crossed over the left. There were many Sadhus
and disciples who were worshipping that yogi. One of them asked me to take bath
in the river nearby. I took bath and returned. But I did not see that Yogi
there. One of his sishyas told me that if one prostrates and touches his
Padukas their wish will be fulfilled. So I did accordingly."
"The Pujya
Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji took me to another place. At that place, there was a
big Ashram. Many holy persons were chanting Vedas. Four or five rivers were
confluencing at that place. I saw a Yogi coming there after taking bath in that
Sangham river and sat on a chair. There was no hair on his head, covering his
body and head with saffron cloth. He was having a three rows of Japa Mala
around his neck. He was also having Kamandalam and begging bowl (Biksha Patra).
He was having Vibhuti Rekalu on his forehead. He looks like Sri Adi
Sankaracharya. After some time, he suddenly transformed into a tiger and went
into the forest."
Then Sri
Radhakrishna Swamiji, took me from there. While on the way, I asked Swamiji -
"Who was that Yogi and why did he transformed into a tiger?" Sri
Radhakrishna Swamiji said that you will come to know that later."
"Then
Swamiji took me to another forest. There I saw a Mahatma. who was having
Japamala, Sanku, Chakra in his hands, resembling the previous Yogi. His Sishyas
chanting Vedas, praising him and offering 'Naivedyam' (Prasadam). I prostrated
before him."
'One of his
sishyas asked me to take bath and come there.
This time I went alone, took bath and returned.'
"I found
Sri SAI BABA in his original form. He was sitting on a stone with crossed legs.
He was having Kapni of white colour and was having a cloth round his head. He
was having a Mala round the neck. His eyes were blue in colour. His hands were
very long and His feet very big. His body was neither lean nor stout. He
appears to be very old."
"When I
prostrated on His feet, the bliss I enjoyed cannot be described. He waved His
'Abhaya Hastha' and gave a message.": It is as follows:
"You
worship Me with pure speech (Trikarna Suddhi) selflessly without asking for any
result. Then you will acquire Divine qualities. (Daiva Sambhuti). Take Udhi in
your hand, chant My name and sprinkle that Vibhuti on your Rudraksha Mala. If
you do like this, your 'Papa Shatkaras' will burnt away."
I then asked
Baba - "It is said that we have to reap the fruits of the sins committed
in the early births. Is it a fact?"
Baba said 'If
you entertain such doubts, your Shraddha gets unstabled and interrupted. Meditation is essential to attain -JYOTHY'.
Keep your mind always on Me. Then your mind gets stabilized. You asked Me in
Shirdi to come out of the Samadhi to relieve the sufferings of My Bhaktas.
It is a mad thought. One has to definitely reap the results of one's own Karma.
Results of past Karmas both good and bad are reaped here. One may become a
'Chandala' also based on his past Karma."
"I then
asked Baba - You told that one would attain Atma-Jnana through meditation and
get Daiva Sampada by devotion when the results of past karma are not removed,
what is the use of doing all this. Is there any thing to get rid off this
(Praya Chitta)? What is the use-of worshipping you and doing meditation?"
Baba laughed
and said - "You mad fellow. Know that sincere repentance lessens the
effects of Karma. There is nothing like repenting to lessen the impact of
Karma. The visits to Holy Places and bath in Holy Rivers reduces some karma.
Visits to tombs of Holy persons reduce some karma. These places were sanctified
by their movements. Visits to the Samadhis of Holy Saints will give
Self-Realization (Atma Pari Poornata). Don't doubt that the Holy people
attained Samadhi do not grant 'JNANA-PRASAD\ You must know that I am every
where in this Universe. Whoever prays Me they will become equal to Me."
"I wanted
to ask Baba many things but He went into silence. I prostrated before Baba. Sri
Radhakrishna Swamiji said that your purpose is fulfilled and we will go
back."
"After
some distance covered, Sri Swamiji transformed into a snake and disappeared
besides a river side. Then I came into consciousness."
My husband
narrated this experience to all Sai Bandhus who were present there.
In the year
1987, on 22nd July, my husband had a vision of Sri Sai Baba in his meditation,
who told him that on that day, my husband would get severe heart pain and
advised him to drink a glass of milk mixed with Vibhuti and a pinch of Murthika
of Sri Raghavendra Swami of Mantralayam.
Till 11-00 hrs
my husband was normal and the photo of Sri Sai Baba which we placed on sofa was
emanating sweet fragrance.
Then my husband
had a slight chest pain and was struggling for breath. His legs became numb as
there was not enough blood circulation to his brain he had giddiness and other
symptoms of heart attack.
At 11-30 AM, he
became unconscious. After one hour he gained his consciousness but suffering
with severe chest pain. We wanted to admit him in the hospital as there would
be adequate treatment and his pain would subside. But my husband had not agreed
for that. Then we remembered Baba's instructions to give him a glass of milk
mixed with Vibhuti and the holy Mruthika of Sri Raghavendra Swamiji of Mantralayam
and I gave it accordingly I was applying Baba's Vibhuti on my husband's chest
and was praying for Baba's mercy. Sai Bandhus Sri V. Narayana Rao Garu and Sri
Lakshmana Rao Garu and Sri Adrusta Rao Garu were with us for moral support and
they also prayed for Baba's grace.
At 6-30 PM in
the evening my husband had a short nap and at 7 PM, Baba appeared in my
husband's dream and told "This is a punishment for not visiting Shirdi as
instructed by Him previously."
Immediately my
husband woke up saying that he would definitely come to Shirdi and immediately
he was relieved of his chest pain.
According to
Baba's instructions we would be visiting Shirdi once in two months. At times,
we would be visiting once in a month also.
This time my
son Chy. Krishna Kishore rang up and told that he would be coming to Hyderabad
from Guntur around August 1st week and asked us to wait till he comes. So that
all of us should visit Shirdi. So our trip to Shirdi, which we were supposed to
go in July, had postponed to August. We were all astonished at the way Baba
punished. While we were all worried for the cause of my husband's chest pain,
we came to know that it was all Baba's punishment.
2) Immediately after this incident, my
husband left for Shirdi accompanied by Sri V. Narayana Rao Garu and Sri
Adhrusta Rao Garu. At Shirdi they have taken a room in Samsthan Guest house
near GURUSTHAN. The next night at about 8 PM, while they were going for dinner,
a white coloured dog entered their room.
"Please
come Swamy, we don't have anything to offer you, "While Sri Adhrusta Rao
was saying the above words, the dog went near a table where the Holy Prasad of
Baba was kept on it. Then, Sri Adrusta Rao took the Prasad offered to Baba in
his palms and fed the dog. After that Sri Narayana Rao Garu fed sugar sweet
corn etc. to the dog. Though it finished eating the dog did not leave the room.
My husband, who was watching the whole process sitting on a cot, gave his share
of Prasadam to Sri Narayana Rao Garu and asked him to feed the dog. When Sri Narayana
Rao Garu was trying to feed it did not take a bit and sat on its two legs with
a fixed gaze on my husband as if it was questioning my husband "Are you so
much arrogant - get down from the cot and offer Baba's Prasadam."
Then Sri
Narayana Rao Garu said to my husband "You have to get down from the cot
and feed it with your own hands. My husband did accordingly and the dog ate and
left a bit of Prasadam. It had also drank water from a vessel. All of three sat
by the side of the dog and were patting. It slept. Though they were hungry they
did not go for food as it would distract the dog's sleep. Even after one hour,
it has not moved. Then they felt that Baba came in the form of that dog and
that the remanent of Prasadam and the 'theertam' we have to take. After taking
that, the dog rose to its feet to leave the room and my husband opened the
door, and he followed the dog. It went outside and turned to right side. After
going outside, within a fraction of a second it was disappeared. There was no
way to go out as the other side was closed and toilets were there. All of them
went left side and found all the rooms were locked and there was no chance of
going into any room.
All of these
three went in three directions and also down stairs to find out that dog but
they could not trace it. Had it was a stray or an ordinary dog, it would not
have disappeared from the eye sight of them who followed it very closely. So
they firmly believed that Baba came in the form of a dog and overwhelmed with
joy that they were very fortunate. Sri Sai made them to come to Shirdi,
appeared in the form of a dog, accepted the 'Prasadam, they gave and blessed
them.
Their search
for that dog, during the next 3 days in Shirdi was a futile effort. Inspite of
knowing that it was Baba, searching for that dog was only out of sheer human
weakness.
"The next
day they went to Sri Shivaneshan Swamiji to tell about the previous night
incident and to get the doubt clarified."
Even before
they opened their mouth as if Sri Swamiji understood what they wanted to ask
about their experience he said - "During the initial days of my arrival to
Shirdi, I used to suffer from asthama and used to sleep in Sai Mandir only. For
3 days a dog with skin disease came and slept on my bed. On 4th day as my asthama
intensified and I found it difficult to breath. I saw that dog used to lie in
my lap. I got irritated and said - "Every day you are coming near to me.
In addition to my illness, if the insects of your body would spread on to my
beard and hair, it would be very difficult to get rid of them."
Then, I throw
away that dog from my lap and it flew up and disappeared and Sri Sai appeared
before me upto the height. After giving darshan He disappeared. After having
Divine Darshan of Sri Sai Baba, my asthama was cured and then believed that Sai
Baba came in the form of that dog to cure my asthama and regretted for having
pushed the dog aside. I felt ashamed for my ignorance. By Baba's grace, my
asthama completely cured and till now there were no signs of it."
Then my husband
understood that Sri Sivaneshan Swamiji never told any of his experiences
previously, though we were meeting him for the last three years. Sri Swamiji
said that the Dog who came to their room last night that He was Sai Baba only.
During their
return journey from Shirdi to Hyderabad by train, Sri Sai Baba gave darshan to
Sri Adhrusta Rao Garu and told that He was He who came in the form of the Dog.
OF PARADASINGA
In the year
1988, on the day of Kartheeka Poornima, we bathed in the river Godavari and had
the darshan of Sarada Devi and reached Kalluru by afternoon. By the time we
reached Sri-Sai Nath's temple, Arathi was going on. After that, we offered our
namaskarams to Baba, my husband went to a nearby cave where Dhuni is there and
started meditation there. After some time Baba actually appeared in the
physical form looking at Him, my husband was very happy and tears rolled down
his cheeks. He become speechless. Then Baba said, "Call your other friends
who have come with you, Twill be here itself, till they come". When my
husband informed his friends about Baba's appearance, the people who were
nearby were fortunate for having the darshan of Baba and others though they
could not see Baba. they believed that Baba was present there itself and bowed
to Him.
Later, we went
to Mahurghad and had darshan of Sri Dartatreya Swamy and from there, we went to
Nagpur and visited the Samadhi of Sri Tajuddin Baba. Then we started to
Paradasinga which is 60 miles away from Nagapur to see mother Anasuya. When we
were reaching that place, to our surprise, we found Anasuya Mata who walked
some distance and was waiting for us. When we were about to get down from the
van, she herself came into the van and asked us to turn back and move forward.
We learnt from the people present there, that Anasuya Mata was waiting there
for the past half-an-hour and said "My people are coming" and also
she walked some distance in order to receive us. We were astonished on hearing
this.
We stayed that
night with the Mata. Later, she took us to Her Ashram, which was under
construction. There, she poured a bowl full of curd and four jugs of water on
my husband thus purifying him. While staying with Her, we neither felt hungry
nor felt thirsty. That night in the Ashram, when the food was being prepared,
Mata Herself went and put her own hand into the vessel and stirred the food,
thus reminding us of Baba. The next day morning, she took us to Her Guru's
place i.e., Narayanapur where she performed meditation in Maruthi temple. She
stayed with us till that afternoon and allowed us to worship Her. We were
surprised, when she said that she knew us and that Her relationship with us was
from nine births, even though we did not meet Her earlier. Later, while we were
travelling in the van, she showed us the roadside trees and asked us to act
according to them i.e.to be useful to others. Trees produce oxygen which is
useful for human beings, they provide a cool shade, flowers and fruits and
finally even after their death, they are useful in the form of wood. They are
not selfish since they do not expect anything in return. Thus, Mata asked us to
recognise the sacrifices offered by the trees and hence advised us to act
accordingly.
Later, in the
van, we started doing Sai Bhajan. After sometime, one of our friends Sri
Venkatramaiah Garu started weeping loudly. First, we thought he was crying due
to the emotion generated while chanting Sai Nama, but later on hearing to what
he said, we were surprised. He is a Pay and Accounts Officer, his son is an
M.Com., Gold Medalist and got a job in a bank, but few months after joining the
job, he was killed in a road accident. Though, it was one year since his death,
both the mother and father were not able to forget it and used to lament. They
came to this pilgrimage, in order to seek peace of mind. During the Nama Japa,
my husband was sitting near the Mother's feet, Sri Venkatramayya Garu sat near
the van door and the Mata sat in the middle of the seat. Sometime after the
bhajan started, Sri Venkatramayya hear a voice 'Daddy-Daddy' and when he opened
his eyes, he saw his son seated next to the Mata. Sri Venkatramayya held his
son's hand physically and started crying. Ten minutes later, when Anasuya Mata
took him to her lap, he disappeared. The couple were atleast satisfied that
their son would be happy with this mother.
From the
previous day afternoon till the next day afternoon, Mother as with us. Though,
now and then, she had to go in order to give darshan to other devotees, she used
to come back to us after sometime. Noting this, the people of the Ashram locked
Her in one room. We started to prepare for our return journey to Hyderabad and
were sad that, we could not meet Her before leaving. With a hope to see Her, I
went near Mother's chamber and peeped through the designed holes of the doors.
When I was looking through the hole, that Mother, as if she read my mind,
removed Her blanket and showed her face. She also blessed me with her eyes and
once again covered herself with the blanket. I come back happily believing that
Mother alone can satisfy' her children.
We used to have
darshan of Sri Narayan Maharaj Swamy who is the head of the Mutt of Samartha
Ramdas Swamy Mutt of Sajjangad at His Hyderabad Mutt or in Hari Hara Mutt
situated in Karnataka. Once when we came to know that this Swamy had come to
Hyderabad we went to have his darshan. As we were approaching the Swamy, he
said looking at my husband, "a person among the devotees due to jealousy
had tried black magic on you" Saying so, he also gave us the person's name
and other details. I became speechless after hearing this and was also shocked
for that person's unfaithfulness towards us. Looking at me in that position,
that Swamiji consoled me and said, "Do not have any fear, Baba will look
after everything." Then I said, ''Swamy, my husband never harmed anybody
or never insulted anybody and the egoism never dared to touch him, then why
this halted towards my husband who is pure and innocent like a child He replied, "Though many of the
devotees are propitiating Baba for a long period, they could not achieve the
grace of Baba which in a shorter period was achieved by your husband, that is
why, they tried black magic on him" Thus explaining to me clearly, he also
advised us not to worry.
Three days
after this, I had a dream in which I went to Sri Narayan Maharaj Swamy's
Ashram. There I saw a brass bowl which consisted of burning coal in that. When
myself and my husband went and stood there, Sri Narayan Maharaj came there
holding a four inches square copper sheet. There was something written on it.
He threw that in the fire and went away. Though, he did not talk to us at that
time, we believed that, whatever he does, it was only for our own good. Later,
we had darshan of Sita Rama along with Lakshmana and Hanuman Idols and went
away.
The next day we
went to the ashram of Sri Narayan Maharaj Swamy and when I was about to
prostrate at his feet, he asked me, "why did you come here again? I came
in your dream last night, since you were worrying?" Hearing his words, I
was surprised and bowed to him with respect.
Two months
after this incident, we went to Shirdi when my husband was meditating at
Dwarakamai, the person who did black magic on my husband came there and
prostrated to my husband who was in a deep meditation and to Baba's photo and
went away as if he was not seen me, though he had noticed me. Though, we do not
have any kind of hatred towards him like the saying of Baba, Forgive the Sinner
and hate the sin", I felt by his behaviour that he was repenting for what
he had done. After, half an hour, my
husband came to conscious and said that Baba gave the darshan and said",
the person who tried black magic on you and who tried to harm you, will come to
this Dwarakamai and will prostrate to your feet". Then I told my husband
that according to Baba's wishes, that person already came and bowed to your
feet and went away. By the divine grace of Baba, who is the Almighty and the
Protector of the human beings, nobody can do any harm and even if they do so,
they cannot harm the devotees in any manner.
On January 25,
1990, Sri Sai Nath gave darshan to my husband, Sri B. Umamaheswara Rao in
meditation and said, "the next coming Sunday (on 4-2-90), your life will
end and your time is nearing. You daily take juice of Bilva leaves and chant my
name". Immediately after hearing this message which was like a bomb shell,
my mind was disturbed, my heart started beating fast and the whole world looked
so empty. We started to count the days.
My husband as
if he has renounced the worldly pleasures, he was preparing himself gradually
to reach Sai Sannidhi. He appeals as if he was drawn into a state of trance. I
was very scared and my husband was not in a position to understand my
predacament. I did not know with whom should I express my grief. Then, I felt,
Sri Sai Baba is only my last ray of hope and believed that only this LIFE
SAVIOUR is capable of protecting my husband. Thinking so, I started crying
'Baba, "Baba -1 am not asking that my husband should live for 100 years,
what I request you to give my life to him and let me leave this world as a
'SUMANGALI' Though, you said that his last days are fast approaching, if you
wish, you can extend his span of life. To cite an example for this, have you
not saved a boy, who had a short span of life in the form of Sri Narasimha
Saraswathi Swamy. Though unfortunately, we are not eligible for such a high
aspiration, you can grant me a favour by taking me to your Lotus feet, thus
preventing me to lead a lonely life without my husband.
My near and
dear ones came from other places and friends and Sai Devotees used to visit us
daily. Sai Nama Japa went on daily. According to Baba's directions, my husband
used to take 'BILWA PATRA JUICE' and I continued my prayers to Baba with full
of hope and faith and waited for the Doom's day.
On 28th
January, Sri Sai gave the following message "Infact, even to the God,
death is inevitable, when he has incarnated as a human being. I can only
nullify' the providence of the devotees who take refuge in me but not the
inevitable destiny. A person during his last days should chant my name always
in his mind. I would always guide those whoever chant my name. Invite your
friends and relatives and ask them to do the NAMA JAPA with devotion and
faith." Thus, Baba advised my husband and disappeared.
On 3rd February
afternoon, my husband received one more message in which Baba had asked us to
read Sri Vasu Devananda Saraswathi Swamy's 'GURU SAMHITA', which consists of
7000 slokas and also to perform 'DATTA HOMA' the next day. We arranged a
Sanskrit Pandit in order to start the 'PARAYANA' immediately. We also invited
Sri Sri Sri Paramahamsa Parivrajaka Acharya Sri Bodhananda Swamy who immediately
accepted our invitation and stayed with us till the next day and extended a
great solace to us. I felt that whatever is happening in according to Baba's
desire only.
On 4th morning,
the Sai Devotees started pouring into our house. At 6 A.M. itself, we lit the
eternal lamp (Akhanda Deepam) and started the Nama Japa, with concentration and
devotion, all the devotees were chanting Baba's Nama and were also praying the
ALMIGHTY to protect my husband. According to Sri Sai's instructions on one side
reciting of Parayana - Slokas was going on, on the other side, completion of
Datta-Homa and also the NAMA - JAPA were going on perfectly. In the mean time,
one of the devotees had an urge to read the Lalitha Sahasra Namam for eleven
times. We wondered, how this news spread so quickly, since many Sai Devotees
started coming to see whether Baba would rescue my husband or not. About 400
devotees came and participated in Nama Japa. We completed the afternoon Arathi
to Sri Sai & Datta-Homa together.
At that moment
my husband felt some pain in his chest, we immediately made him lie on the cot
applied Baba s Udhi and sandal paste, which was brought from Baba Budangiri
(Datta-Padhuka Kshetra) to his forehead and chest and also, we made him drink
Baba's theertha. Inspite of all service, he lost his conscious. The Sai
Devotees, who are close to my husband were sitting next to him and were praying
for the mercy of Sri Sai. At about 2 P.M., his pulse stopped and B.P. came
down. Looking at his condition, the Sai Devotees some of whom were also doctors
started panicky.
Witnessing
this, our ray of hope slightly declined. With fear and anxiety, I suggested to
connect Oxygen Cylinder, which was brought earlier. As we began to open the cylinder,
the opener broke. I felt that Baba has taught me a good lesson for my
ignorance.
After some
time, my husband murmured, "BABA-BABA". We understood that Baba has
granted life to him. Then, a Sai Devotee, who also a doctor examined him and
declared that his pulse was beating as usual. Later, my husband got up and
participated in 'NAMA SANKEERTHANA'. That evening at 4.17 P.M., my husband had
a darshan of Baba in meditation and said, "My devotees have performed the
NAMA JAPA with love & affection on you and with utmost faith and belief on
me, due to which a major mishap in your life is averted and your period of
suffering has also been minimised". Till 6 P.M. in the evening, NAMA JAPA
continued vigorously in order to make Baba content and expressed our gratitude
to all those Sai-Devotees, who participated in Sai Nama Japa and assisted us in
saving my husband.
Benevolent Sri
Sai Nath has granted new life to my husband, which gave a great solace to our
trembling hearts and I felt as if thousands of lamps were lit in my heart which
cascaded into a rainbow, I am deeply grateful to Lord Sai Nath who is a
Saviour, Epitome of Kindness & Omnipresent. I with humility offer my
thousand prostrations to his Lotus feet.
Sri Sai Nath
gave darshan to my husband during meditation in 1990 and asked him to meet
pujya Ratna Puri Swamiji in order to attain knowledge of ATMA-TATWA. Later my
husband and his friend went to Bangalore, reached the Swamiji's ashram and were
waiting for his darshan. A disciple who was staying in that Ashram enquired
about my husband and said sarcastically, "Baba instead of sending his
devotees to our Guru, he himself could enlighten them". Meanwhile, Sri
Ratnapuri Swamiji came and spoke to him in Kannada language, when my husband
bowed to him, he blessed him and said. "I will talk to you leisurely someother
time, and now I am in hurry to plan my programme to go to prayaga Kumbha
Mela".
As my husband
was feeling bad, that his visit went futile, Sri Sai once again gave darshan in
the meditation and said "It is a system of 'GURU PARAMPARA' that the Guru
sends his disciples to another Guru for the sake of attaining spiritual
knowledge. I gave a message asking you to approach the Guru in order to enable
you to attain the knowledge of ATMA - TATWA, but since his disciple did not
understand me and my philosophy (TATWA), he did not inform his Guru in a proper
manner and that is why, you did not get an opportunity to listen to his
preaches, but you need not go to him once again. He himself will come to you
and grant the spiritual power".
Three months
after this, one day in a satsang, my husband was in a deep meditation, during
that time, Sri Ratna Puri Swamiji gave a brilliant darshan and enlightened him
with the philosophy of the soul (ATMA - TATWA) for a long duration. My husband
who never had read any slokas repeated them as it is, the devotees who were
sitting next to him noted them down. After hearing this slokas, we also, along
with my husband considered ourselves as very fortunate.
When Sri Sai gave darshan to my husband
and told him that Swamiji would only come to him and enlighten him we thought
that the Swamiji would probably come to Hyderabad and would preach my husband,
but we never expected that Swamiji would give darshan to my husband during
meditation and preach the philosophy of the Soul. We were all delighted with
this incident.
After sometime, when my husband went to
Bangalore and had the darshan of Sri Ratnapuri Swamiji, he welcomed him with
lot of affection. When my husband told him about everything, that Swamiji with
a smile told his other disciples, "Are you listening to him". Then
his disciples said, "Our Swamiji by staying here only, is giving darshan
to devotees in America, that being the position we are not surprised about
Swamiji giving darshan to you in our country".
We thought that the Swamy can give
darshan to his devotees who have faith in him, but giving darshan to my husband
who did not even know his name, is only due to the Divine grace and wishes of
and nothing else.
Lord Sai Nath, the very incarnation of
all Goddesses, and in His messages had conveyed many a time that He himself is
Goddess 'JAGANMATA' (Mother of Universe) and that there is no difference
between them. I suppose that Baba wanted to receive the prayers of my husband
in the form of Goddess, that is why Baba instructed my husband to worship 'SRI
CHAKRA'. Later, when my husband went to Machilipatnam to attend 'Sri Sai Saptha
Sapthaham', he met Sri Pothapragada Subbarao garu, who is a devotee of Sri Datta.
with whom my husband enquired about 'Sri Chakra'. Sri Subba Rao Garu said that
it is available in Madras. Since, my husband has to attend 'All India Sai
Devotees Convention' shortly at Madras, he thought that he can try for 'Sri
Chakra' over there.
Four days after my husband's return from Machilipatnam,
Sri P. Subbarao Garu s son came to Jubilee Hills to my residence at Hyderabad
gave a red colour plastic container (Bharina) and a letter saying that his
father had asked him to give this to my husband, while he sat in meditation in
which, Sri Datta Treya Swamy appeared and asked, "You have two Sri
Chakras, then, why did not you give him one?". Immediately, he went to the
hotel where my husband stayed but came to know that my husband already had
vacated the room.
Since, Sri Subba Rao Garu had determined
to give the Sri Chakra to my husband he sent Sri Chakra through his son. We
prostrated Lord Dattatreya Swamy and also expressed our gratitude to Sri Subba
Rao Garu for his kind heartedness. Thus, my husband started worshipping Sri
Chakra and was able to devote his service to Sri Sai in the form of Goddess
Jaganmata also who is creator of movable and immovable world (Chara chara
Jagathu). By the divine grace of Baba, my husband had this great opportunity of
having the darshan of Goddess now and then in his meditation.
2) In the year 1991 ,
the night before Kartheeka Poornima, Sri Sai Baba appeared in my husband's
dream and asked him to stay on a liquid diet on the next day and also ordered
him not to take any solid food. Baba also asked him to stay in the Pooja room
only for the whole day and night.
My husband followed Baba's orders
accordingly. Later, in the meditation, at 3 A.M., when my husband felt little
sleepy, he had a Darshan of a Goddess, who is wearing Red silk jari clothes
with lot of ornaments on her. My husband, asked, "Mother-who are you? what
is your name? Then the Goddess replied. "I am 'Pratyangira Devi' and I
will protect you", saying so, the Goddess blessed him and disappeared. We
felt that Baba, not only protects us, but also assisted us in receiving the
blessings of Goddess Pratyangira Devi. We also believed that in order to attain
the Darshan of this Devi, Baba had asked my husband to sit in the Pooja room
with 'NISHTA' (Sanctity).
In the year 1992, on the day of Poornima,
at the time of sunset, my husband performed Pooja with vermillion (kum-kum
Archana) to Chakra & worshipped Goddess Lalitha Tripura Sundari, Raja
Rajeswari Devi. Later he went into a deep meditation. He was in the meditation
till dawn". Later, we lifted him arid made him sleep on a cot. Next day
morning, when we entered the Pooja room, we were astonished by looking at the
wonderful sight there. We could not believe our own eyes. My husband, while
worshipping to Sri Chakra that night have used a handful (50 gms) of vermilion,
but in the morning, there was one feet high heap of vermilion in the Pooja room
with sweet fragrance spreading all over.
That day, in the meditation, Sri Sai Baba
had asked my husband to retain the vermilion heap as it is till the Kartheeka
Masa (month) over and then distribute it among the Devotees. We did
accordingly. Such an auspicious incident could happen only by the eternal grace
of Baba. We offer our hearty prostrations to Him.
We went to Visakhapatnam in the year 1992
to one of our relations house, there my husband got darshan of Goddess Raja
Rajeswari Devi in the dream continuously for three days.
In the same year on Vijaya Dasami day, we
all went to DEVIPURAM, Visakhapatnam district. A Saint from United States by
name Dr. Prahalad Sastry came over to that place and constructed a temple as
per divine instructions of Goddess Raja Rajeswari Devi in the shape of Sri
Chakra. There my husband had a vision of Goddess KAMAKHYA Devi in meditation.
My husband along with Sri Sai Nath's
blessings and mercy also experienced his wrath. My husband committed a sin in
the month of April 1990 for which Baba punished him. At our Hyderabad
residence, we have a very beautiful garden with colourful flower plants-and a
lawn which spread like a carpet all over the garden. On one corner of the lawn,
ants have created a ant-hill. Inspite of pouring water on them, they used to
come back and the ant-hill used to grow bigger and bigger. Finally, out of
frustration, my husband kept the water tube on the ant-hill for a longer
duration.
That night in the meditation Sri Sai gave
darshan to my husband and said "What is your opinion in pouring more water
on the anthill? You have planned to harm them, but they did not die, they
crawled on the grass and went away. What you have done was wrong. Don't you
know, that I am present in all living beings. As a punishment to this, you
starve for two days". According to Sri Sai's orders, my husband starved
for two days. He did not even take fruits. Inspite of starving without food for
two days during this old age, he did not feel any weakness at all. This is
possible only by the grace of Baba. Baba punishes as well as protects his
devotees.
On 25th July 1990, myself, my husband and
13 other Sai devotees of Hyderabad hired a matador van to visit
KURUGEDDA, a remote village near Raichur, where Sripada Vallaba Swami (first
Avatar DattatreyaSwamy) made penance (Meditation). We reached the banks of River Krishna by morning. River was flowing
in full and was full of whirl pools. Though we were afraid to cross the River
Krishna we did not have a heart to return back without visiting the holy place.
Inspite of so many hurdles, we travelled half the way from Hyderabad, we decided
to pursue our journey whatever happens to us. We crossed the river by a raft
(Dhoni made with plastic covers) and reached the other bank safely within a
hour.
We took our bath in the holy river
Krishna and went to Sri Dattatreya Swamy Mandir. When my husband was meditating
there, Sripada Vallaba Swami appeared in his meditation and asked us to sit in
a circular form in that raft in our return journey and meditate for 12 minutes
without any distractions with a fixed mind on Him. The five elements so called 'PANCHA
BHOOTA' will distract you. so you have to control over your body.
"Priests of the temple were
surprised the risk we have taken and advised us to leave the place immediately,
as water level in the River already rose by 2 feet and it is dangerous to stay
there anymore time and alerted us of the impending floods. So, we came to the
bank and sat in the raft in a circular form as instructed by Swamiji. We were
going in a high speed in the river. Then suddenly, we saw a huge tree floating
in the river coming towards us. If it would collide our raft, the plastic cover
of the raft would be torn and the river water would enter the raft. Then all of
us would be drowned. Then we started Sri Sai Nama Japa. There is only 2 inches
distance between the upper edge of the raft and river water. Already some water
entered our raft. Besides this, suddenly our raft was caught in the whirlpool
and started moving in circles. But, we did not lose our courage and doing nama
Smarana and the entire burden was kept on Sri Sai Baba. By Baba's Grace the
raft came out of the whirlpool and exactly after 12 minutes as stated by
Sripada Vallaba Swamy, we reached safely the other shore with Swamiji's grace.
On our return, the boatmen told us that it is not the right
time to visit that place and if some unforseen things happened, nobody would be
in a state to help and advised us not to visit in that season.
We wondered for a while, comparing the
message given by Sripada Vallaba Swami, which my husband received in the
meditation and our boat incident. To sit in the boat which was in a circular
shape for 12 minutes, to shun all the distractions and meditating with absolute
concentration, not to be afraid by the effect of the 'FIVE ELEMENTS', it is all
nothing but Swamy alerted us of the impending danger we were about to face and
told us the way to act.
In the onward journey to go there, it
took one hour and in return journey it was taken only 12 minutes inspite of
floods and whirlpools.
It is not a formidable task for Sri Sai
Baba who is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu who lifted Mandhara Giri to save our
boat from the whirlpool and threatening floods. Can Baba leave His children to
danger? Sri Sai Baba gave re-birth to all of us. Hence I prostrate to the
saviour Sri Sai Baba.
On 13 8.1990, my sister-in-law husband Dr. K. Rama Rao, Assistant Director, Animal Husbandry passed away in Vizianagaram. Every day Sri Sai used to appear in His true embodiment in the prayer room of Dr. Rama Rao Garu's house. Sri Sai blessed him with many experiences. After his death, Sri Sai appeared in my husband's meditation and told him that He would come to his brother-in-law's house on the 10th day of his death.
We anxiously waited for His arrival on
that day and all our relatives went off after lunch. But, we did not know, in
which form Baba would come. Then we heard some one calling from outside
"ALLA MALIK-SAI RAM'.
We immediately went out and saw a
stranger clad in saffron clothes, with a grey haired beard, a cloth tied turban
on His head, Sindhoor on his forehead and with Rudraksha Mala around his neck.
We invited him into our house, seated him
and offered our salutations to him. He applied Vibhuti on our foreheads. Though
none of us introduced the wife of Dr. Rama Rao Garu to him, he consoled her not
to cry and took out a rare photo of Sri Sai Baba from his sack and gave it to
her. We never saw such photo of Baba anywhere. We offered him some sweets but
he took only a small piece of sweet prepared by Dr. Rama Rao's wife only and
distributed other sweets brought by other relatives to all of us.
We took him to another room, right in
front of the door, there was a big portrait of Sri Sai baba. But he ignored it
and picked up the laminated photo of Dr. Rama Rao Garu and blessed it.
When we asked what his name was, he said
Sai Ram. He had not replied to any of our questions but said he would come
again after one year. He went away and
after gone some distance, he disappeared.
This is how Baba kept up his promise came and blessed all of us especially Dr. Rama Rao Garu's wife.
IN THE YEAR
1918
My husband was in a hurry in selecting the articles for 'SAI PRABAHA' (a monthly Spiritual Magazine on Sai's Philosophy and His Tatwa) and finish the publication as soon as possible, because he wanted to go to Shirdi for 'Platinum Jubilee' of Sri Sai Baba, and the time was around 2 P.M. in the afternoon.
Sri Sai Baba ordered him to meditate and
he went into trans. Then he got a vision of Sri Sai Baba was lying in the Tomb
with closed eyes and His body was covered with a white cloth upto His waist and
with a bare chest. This was all took place 75 years ago in 1918. My husband was
so happy by Baba's appearance in his meditation. My husband gained
consciousness at 4.00 p.m in the evening and when he was about to rise, two
photos of Sri Sai Baba fell down from his lap. Those were the pictures of Baba
drawn upto His shoulders with a sketch pen on a white paper. Until then had not
seen such type of sketch photos and we were so surprised. Sai Baba ordered my
husband to sit in meditation and showed him his Samadhi of Shirdi. Then we
realized that white paper indicates the white cloth covered on His body and the
black sketch was used as a mark of tragedy on that mournful day.
I offer a billion prostrations to Baba.
In the early hours of 14.10.1990 while my
husband was in meditation in the pooja room in our house at Jubilee Hills at
Hyderabad, suddenly fire encircled him and was ablaze. It distracted his
concentration. Though he opened his eyes, he did not budge an inch to
extinguish the fire. The lamp (Deeparadhana) with which we do our daily rituals
was far away from his and we have not understood, how the fire broke out. We
poured water to put off fire. My husband resumed his meditation, sitting in
that pool of water. Again after ten minutes, flames encircled him, we had to
put them off by pouring water. He pursued his meditation. 15 minutes elapsed and
again fire encircled him, even his dhoti drenched in water caught fire. My
husband surrounded by huge flames looked as if he was sitting in the middle of
furnace. A few seconds later, my daughter-in-law Smt. Nivedhita brought a
bucket of water and extinguished the fire. As we felt that it is not safe to
stay any more in that room, we compelled him to come out.
As he was ablaze in fire, we were worried
that his body was serious burns.
Consequently, during meditation Baba gave
a message that fire broke out because of your Yoga practice. It was all by
Jaganmata wanted to distract you from your trans. Otherwise you would have gone
into' JADA SAMADHI'. The Goddess Jaganmatha saved you."
I prostrate to Sri Sai Baba and
Jaganmata, who saved my husband.
When my husband gets deep concentration,
he complains of very high body temperature. One day as he was not able to bear
the pain, to cool down his body heat, I kept a wet towel on his head. Heat came
into his eyes. Eyes turned red and started smartins. He was worried that he may
loose his eye sight. By Baba's grace, a few minutes later, he was normal,
otherwise, he would have been in danger.
Sri Sai Baba takes care of His devotees,
overlooking the mistakes they do.
DARSHAN OF
MANIDWEEPA AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE DIVINE GODDESS
On May 6th, 1991 evening, when my husband
sat in meditation, he had viewed a very peculiar visions and experienced
strange incidents. The following is the narration of his vision.
"I had seen Gods and Goddesses as
well as demons also. They were quarelling among themselves. Then, a sacred lady
who appeared like a ' Yogin approached me and said "It is not safe to stay
here, come along with me". She wore a white dress and tied her hair into a
knot on the top of her head and her neck and hands were adorned with Rudraksha
Mala. She took me through hills and forests and the way appeared was very
dangerous. Later, we came near a pond and that place consisted of different
varieties of huge trees and looked very beautiful.
From there when that Yogini took me in
the sky, there I found a big fort with high compound walls, which were made out
of iron. The fort had four entrances and at each entrance there were guards
safeguarding the entrances. The guards did not allow us inside. Then the Yogini
thinking it is useless to stay here took me to some other place.
There, we found a tall fort which had
number of entrances. She took me inside the fort through the North entrance.
Inside the fort, we found different varities of trees which bore fruits. There
were many birds flying over these trees. Due to hunger I asked that Yogini
whether I can pluck a fruit and eat. She did not approve for that and asked me
not to do so. After viewing the scenic beauty for sometime, she once again took
me somewhere.
After travelling for some more distance,
we reached a fort. The fort's compound walls were made out of copper. When we
went inside, we found a man and two ladies, talking to themselves. They were
very beautiful and looked like Divine people. I did not understand what they were
talking and when I asked that Yogini who were they, she said, "It is none
of your business". When I requested her that we should stay there for some
more time and find who they were and offer our prostrations, she refused for
that. The Yogini who accompanied me, took me immediately.
After travelling some distance, we found
a fort with high compound walls and which was surrounded by a ocean. Gods and
Goddesses were also seen there but the Yogini did not give me an opportunity to
talk to them.
From there, the Yogini took me to another
place where we found a fort with high compound walls and the scenic beauty was
very beautiful and that the sight was a feast to the eyes. Suddenly, it started
to rain heavily with thunders and lightening. The Yogini asked me whether I was
feeling scared, then I answered negatively. Then, she said, "since you are
able to tolerate this fearful incident, I will try to make you to reach your
destination, but you will have to face many terrible consequences which are
difficult for an ordinary man to bear them. But, since, you yourself had
desired for this, I am taking you there, so be careful". Thus, warning me,
she took me from there.
We travelled some distance and found a
fort with silver compound walls but the Yogini did not take me inside.
We left from there and reached a fort,
which had golden compound walls. The fort was surrounded by guards who did not
allow us inside.
From there, we travelled through a very
difficult and trouble some Path. After travelling for some distance in that
path, we found a big fort which was covered by lotus flowers. The fort also had
GOPURAMS. On each gopuram, there was a godess seen seated. When I asked that
Yogini that I would bow to them, she refused and said that it was not necessary
and took me away.
After travelling some distance, we found
a palace which had a square shape and the walls were embedded with diamonds. On
all the four sides, there were ladies guarding the palace, who took me inside
the building. There, I saw a throne which was glowing radiantly on which a
Goddess was seen seated there. Some ladies were serving her feet and some
others were worshipping her with garlands and flowers. When I told that Yogini,
who accompanied me, that I want to prostrate to the Goddess feet, she sternly refused
my wish and took me to some other place.
From there, we went to the sea shore.
There the ocean God gave way to us. On the way, sharks and big fishes tried to
scare us, but they could not do anything to us. After travelling some distance
we found a palace. The water surrounding the palace tasted very sweet like
nector. The palace was shining like a diamond and I closed my eyes in order to
avoid the bright light emanating from that palace. When the Yogini who was with
me called me inside I entered the palace bravely. As soon as I entered, I found
a big 'SRI CHAKRA'. Then some ladies took us inside. There was a throne on a
high elevated land, which was embeded with diamonds, gems and with all other
precious stones. That throne was adorned by the Goddess Lalitha Tripura
Sundari, who is the creator and protector of all worlds. She was glowing
radiantly with an innumerable number of rays. She wore a red saree and there
was Kum Kum (Vermilion) on her forehead and her eyes were big and were shining
like ruby stones. Her nose was adorned with a nose ring and her head with a
crown which had all were precious gems (Navaratna). She was also having some
weapons in her hands. I was given permission to prostrate to that Goddess. When
I prostrated to that Goddess, she taught me the meaning of 'BIJAKSHARAS' in
Panchadashi Mantra and also blessed me.
We narrated the above experience to Sri
Poorna Nanda Swamiji of Srisailam and also asked him the reasons for not
allowing my husband to prostrate to the Goddesses and for not even allowing him
inside at some places. Then he said, "By the grace of that Goddess, your
husband could atleast reach the Goddess by means of this short and fiery path.
Had he observed the rigours of reaching the place, he would have gone by a right
path. In that case no body would obstruct him".
The reason for the Goddess grace on my
husband is only Sri Sai's blessings and mercy. Baba in his messages had
mentioned many times, that He himself is 'Jaganmata', the mother of the
Universe", Today, he had proved this through my husband. Without Baba's
desire, this would not have been possible, since it is actually attained by
saints, who had performed severe penance. Little service to Sai will enable us
to get infinite results.
On 2-3-1992, while my husband was in
meditation, he prayed Baba to give His personal Darshan and that it is his main
aim and also he wants to speak to Him in person. He also prayed Baba that He
was giving darshan only either in Meditation or in dreams. For that Baba said:
"You are a fool. You know who I am?
If I show My Nija Swaroopa, your eyes will be dazzled, become blind, not only
blind, you will go mad. You are
aspiring for unworthy and undesirable things. Why do you think that I am
somewhere else, I am in your heart only, search, search, search and you will
find Me. Don't entertain any impractible and unrealistic ideas in your mind and
get yourself impure. You must know that I am the effulgent light of this
Universe. I have come to make my devotees desireless. Is this the knowledge you
have gained from My Sandeshams? Instead of guiding others you are going down.
Know that I am Brahman seated in the Lotus flower and the creator of the entire
mobile and immobile Universe. Then how can you see Me? Keep the impulses of
your mind under control. Realise
this. Have full faith and devotion in
Me. Do Sadhana. Thereby your inborn
and unworthy desires will be washed away. Do your Sadhana first and then of
other things. The essential and basic virtue required for a Sadhaka is
selflessness. See yourself by your Sadhana. You must know that the goal of life
is to love and then you can know what it is. Try to attain full pledged Bliss
by your Sadhana. You must know that the goal of your life is to love and serve
well without expectation of any thing.
Life is a song and it must be sung well. Righteousness and purity are essential for devotion. Sacrifice'and service is the motto of the
Sadhaka. A desireless man is a free
man and he will be emanicipated. That
is the secret of My Yoga. If you
surrender yourself, I will be manifest Myself to you. Don't court troubles to
achieve impracticable and undesirable things."
Then my husband said - "I am
fortunate to hear the Preachings -that too from Baba personally. But in my 76
years of life, I find that the preachings are quiet different from actual
practice. It is just like to feeding a hungry man with morals and preachings
instead of giving food to him. Preachings are very good to hear, but their
implementation is very difficult, unless God gives the strength and powers.
My husband further said - "BABA -
Whatever happens to me, I want and I must have your darshan. To achieve this, I
am prepared to face anything that it comes to me. I will take all your curses
and abuses as blessings to achieve my goal. With the blessings of Baba, I want
to sit from next Thursday in 'DIKSHA'. I think that the day for commencement of
Diksha also is fixed at the instigation of Baba only".
My husband furtherer requested Baba
"I don't sit in meditation closing my eyes. I will chant the name of My
Lord in the awakening state. I decided not to take any solid food except
liquids till I get darshan of my Lord. If my Lord is not kind enough to shower
His blessings, I will stop taking even liquid food also after the fifth day. If
I am such an unrighteous person, I pray Baba to merge me in you. This is my
firm, solid and inevocable decision. No one can change my mind except Baba
only. Give me purity in my thoughts and emotions".
For this Baba scolded my husband - 'that
you are a fool of fools. Are you threatening Me? What do you mean'.
On hearing this my husband requested Baba
- "I beg to be excused what am I? Who am I? I am too small a fellow and a
tiny creature. How can I threaten my Almighty Lord? I am submitting praying,
bowing my head before the Holy feet of my Lord, pleading for mercy."
Then Baba has given an assurance
"Alright My boy, if you are in communion with Me during your Diksha period
your wish may be fulfilled. Feed yourself with My Nama Japa. Don't have
anything in your mind. Merge yourself in Me. Think of Me only. This is a test
for you to know how far you have come nearer to Me. Get yourself merge in the
spiritual ocean of Bhakthi. If you have got sufficient faith and will-power, you
will certainly achieve your goal. If I accept any one as My devotee, I will
never forsake him."
Even after 5 days, Baba has not given
darshan. So my husband stopped taking of liquid food also and firmly sat in
meditation with firm determination that unless Baba gives physical darshan, he
would not get up from Diksha.
On 12th day, Baba is kind enough to give
darshan to my husband in Bikshuka Roopa. During these 12 days he has not taken
solid food for 5 days and from 6th day onwards he has not taken even liquid
diet also. On 12th day Baba showed His Divine Grace to my husband.
I submit in all humility, how great was
the grace of Sri Sai Baba in showering His Divine kindness on my husband. As
stated by Baba that He would never forsake His devotees, if they got sufficient
faith and will-power and the same is proved in my husbands care.
In the year 1986 on our way to Shirdi, we
visited Bhavani Mata temple in Tuljapur. There Bhavani Mata with her 8 - arms
and a small cloth draped around her waist, appeared in my husbands meditation.
Whenever we visited Bhavani Mata, she was draped in a sari and we all wondered
why scantly clothed mata appeared in his meditation. Later, when we went to
temple in the early morning, priests were giving her (sacred bath)
'ABHISHEKAM', and she was clad in a tiny cloth around her waist as my husband
got a vision in his meditation. Then we realised that she blessed my husband to
view her real-self and we were all happy.
2. In the year 1985,
we went to Basara, my husband sat just opposite 'GODDESS SARADA'S idol and was
praying. Suddenly he saw a light around the idol of Sarada Devi as if somebody
focussed it. A few minutes later it become dark and again light appeared. It
happened like this for a few minutes. Then my husband who is slowly learning
about philosophy by SAI BABA's grace realised that it indicated his state of
ignorance and knowledge shown by Goddess SARASWATHI'. We prostrated to Mata and
also sought blessings of Datta Padukas.
3. Whenever
we perform ABHISHEKAM to SAI BABA on Thursdays we perform to silver idol of SRI
SUBRAMANYESWARA SWAMY also and two idols of NAGENDRA SWAMY in our prayer room.
We changed their usual place and on one Thursday we forgot to perform ABHISHEKAM to
those idols; as they were in a corner. That night two big snakes appeared in my
husbands dream and he was afraid. Then those snakes spoke "Why are you
afraid of us? We won't kill you. Why did you neglect us and did not perform
ABHISHEKAM? Why at all did you change our place and kept in a corner? My
husband begged to forgive him. The very next day we put them back to original
place and till today we were performing ABHISHEKAM without fail. My husband was
so ecstatic that not only SAI BABA but also other deities recognised his
sincere devotion and worship.
4. Prior
to worshipping Sai Baba we used to worship SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY of
Mantralayam. In the year 1977, my son Chy. Krishna Kishore used to work in
Khammam. Unfortunately my daughter in law Chy. Sow. Nivedhita had a miscarriage
and her condition was serious. Blood had to be transfused but her blood group
AB-Rh negative which was a very rare group. As it was not available in Khammam,
my son sent a car to Vijayawada to fetch that blood group. Luckily, O-Rh-negative
group was available and it was administered and she was out of danger. After a
few months, one of her fallopion tubes had to be removed as it was a tubular
pregnancy. At that stage, we were all worried whether she would have a child or
not to expand our family.
My son was
transferred to Kurnool. We stayed for a few days with him and went to
Mantralayam. There we gained mental solace and our faith in Raghavendra Swamy
strengthened. We made my son and daughter-in-law to perform Naga Pooja and
place an idol of Nagendra, near neem tree and Ashoka tree in Mantralayam.
They did it. A
few days later, my daughter-in-law was pregnant but we were all apprehensive as
her pregnancy was aborted twice, if antibodies form in her it would be
dangerous to the baby and blood had to be transfused to the new born child. We
panicked listening to all those. By the DIVINE BLESSINGS of SRI RAGHAVENDRA
SWAMY, she delivered boy on the auspicious day of Datta Jayanthi in the month
of December in 1978. By God's grace, she gave birth to another boy in 1981.
They got their father's blood group. By God's grace everything went on smoothly
and we were all so happy. Both were named after SRI RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY, the
first tonsuring cermony was performed there and also Aksharabhishekam was performed
there.
5. As
my husband was a government employee, we had to move from one place to another,
so we let our own house for rent in Hyderabad. My husband retired from service,
and he wanted to settle down in Hyderabad, but our tenants refused to vacate
the house inspite of our repeated requests. In 1979 we laid out a place to
construct first floor on our ground floor to live in it. To supervise the
construction my husband and myself stayed in a small room above the garage. One
night Sri Raghavendra Swamy in my husbands dream said ''theft will take place
in your house shortly but don't worry I am guarding your house". We
understood that theft would take place in our house and rang up to our
neighbours and gave them our telephone number in case of emergency.
My son Chy.
Krishna Kishore came with his family from Kurnool to spend Dasara vacation with
us. The next morning, we received a call from Kurnool that thieves broke into
their house, and they ransacked the house and also they claimed ignorance of
what was looted and what was not looted and police were guarding their house.
Then my husband remembered his dream and said to my son "If my dream was
true, not even a pie would be robbed from your house". He went to Kurnool
along with my husband and my daughter-in-law. To their surprise, they found out
that nothing was stolen. The previous night, their watchman who comes once in a
blue moon saw that lights were switched on. He presumed that my son and his
family might have missed their bus to Hyderabad and returned home. So he
pressed the calling bell but nobody opened the doors. Then he found out that
thieves broke open the lock of the main door and entered into the house. He was
scared and went to ILTD Office to bring others for help. By the time he come back,
thieves ran away and nothing was stolen in the house. It was RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY
who instilled the watchman to go for guarding and prevented the theft.
6. On
November 20th in 1983 we went to Mantralayam and stayed there for 3 days. We
planned to return to Hyderabad on 24th morning. That night on 23rd, SRI
RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY appeared in my husband's dream and ordered to do Anga
Pradakshana around the temple. In order to obey his orders and postponed our
return journey.
By then, only
one week before SRI SAI BABA branded on my husband's chest as a mark of
treatment. That wound was not yet healed. It was an age-old tradition in
Mantralayam that men should not wear shirt in the temple premises. We were a
bit worried that if my husband rolls over the stones and hard floor, wound
might have worsen. We were also not sure whether his heart disease completely
cured or not and there was a poor availability of medical aid at Mantralayam.
The next day my
husband woke up early in the morning took bath in the holy waters of River
Tungabhadra, clad in a dhoti and started 'ANGA PRADAKSHANA' around the temple.
When he reached back yard of Brindavan my husband got a vision of SRI
RAGHAVENDRA SWAMY on a huge throne in a dazzling light. With in 12 minutes he
completed Anga Pradakshana and went straight inside the temple. By God's grace
nothing happened to his wound and he was alright. According to Swamy's
instructions whenever he goes to Mantralayam, he performs Anga Pradakshana
around the temple.
7. In the year 1987, we went to my
nephew's place (My sister's son) Chy. Siram Chandra Mohan's house in
Vijayawada. That night my husband had a peculiar dream. In it he stood in
temple premises, two priests came near him. One was having a small bowl of oil
and bath powder in a tray and the other applied oil on my husband's head. We
had not understood and asked them why they were doing it but they had not
replied. Temple was crowded with many devotees. My relatives and myself came
out of the temple and laughed at my husband's state. Then priests carried idols
placed in palanquin and chanting sacred mantras, took out a procession slowly
the crow dispersed and quite atmosphere restored in temple. Then my husband
went into the Sanctum Sanetorium and stood in front of the deity. To his wonder
the deity moved its head as if it come to life and uttered something. He looked
back to see whether anyone stood behind Moola Vigraha, but nobody was there. My
husband stood alone in front of the deity. She appeared °n her true embodiment.
She had the sacred sindhoor in her forehead. As Tilakam beaming sun, she had
large eyes in the shape of a lotus with a pleasant and cheerful
face. Her body complexion was dark. She was clad in a pure Conjevaram Saree,
diamond studded crown over her head, golden ear rings and nose rings glittered.
She was having gold ornaments around her neck, waist and wore bangles. When my
husband went near her, she placed "Sindhoor" on his forehead and gave
him two one rupee coins. Then he with overwhelmed emotion and devotion fell on
her lotus feet and sobbed for more than 10 minutes. When he looked up for the
deity, he viewed LORD SIVA's idol in its place. He realized that SIVA and the
Goddess SHAKTHI are one and the same. Thus, his dream ended and he wokeup.
My husband was
so happy that to get such a dream in the holy piligrim centre of Goddess
KANAKADURGA was due to SRI SAI BABA's grace only.
8. On
August 15, we went to Pithapuram, the holy birth place of SRIPADAVALLABHA SWAMY
Avatar of DATTATREYA and visited the famous KUKKUTESWARA SWAMY temple. We had
the Divine Darshan of DATTATREYA in that temple and went to "RAJA
RAJESWARI MATA" Mandir in the same Premises. To our delight it was the
same deity which appeared in my husband's dream 2 months ago and I had to
tumble for words to express my husband's ecstasy.
That temple is
the abodment of Goddess SHAKTHI. According to our mythology, when Lord Siva
carried the corpse of his wife Satidevi, LORD MAHAVISHNU threw his weapon
"Sudarshan Chakra", a part of her body fell on that place and
eventually it was called "Peethikapuram". Later Kukkuteswara temple
was built. It was my husband's privilege to get such dream. He went to have a
look around the temple everything was exactly as he viewed in his dream
and when he sat in the temple premises, two priests came near him and he
reminisced his dream once again. To have such a memorable and divine experience
was by God's grace only.
3 months after
the above incident took place our family went on a piligrimage in South India
by car. After visiting a few pilgrim centers we reached 'Bruhadeeswara temple'
in Tanjore. We had the darshan of 23 feet Siva Lingam and also went to Kamakshi
Temple. The priest of that temple gave us holy prasad and went with some
foreigners came there to show the architecture and sculpture of the temple. My
husband sat infront of the deity and was meditating. In order not to distract
his meditation, my son, my daughter-in-law and myself went outside and sat near
Nandeeswara's idol. Though one hour elapsed, my husband could not come out. As
we were afraid about further loss of time, we went into the temple and saw my
husband quivering in an emotional and excited state. He told us to see that
Sindhoor on Goddess's forehead was emitting a ray of light on his face. As we
are lesser mortals that ray of light was not visible to us and we could only
see 25 Ps. sized sindhoor on her forehead.
Meditating in
the sanctum Sanctorum the absence of Priest etc., incidents indicates that
Goddess blessed him to preview the future in his dreams and made his dream turn
into reality. Divine Blessings of Goddesses are because of our staunch faith in
SRI SAINADH.
9. Along with 15 other devotees of BABA
went on a piligrimage to Mauhurgadh, Shegam, Shirdi etc. In Mahurgadh, my
husband went into a deep meditation and after few minutes he rose to his feet
and seen that a snake bite him. But we had not seen any snake in that place. As
a proof of this experience there were marks of snake bite on his fingers and blood oozed out. Then I
understood that it was all indication of DIVINE BLESSINGS of SRI DATTATREYA.
A few minutes later my husband told us to
go into the Sanctum Sanctorium and have DATTATREYA's darshan, then we told that
devotees would not be allowed into it. My husband said he was unaware of it and
when he went nobody stopped him. A few devotees among us thought that they had
blessed with the privilege to touch the LORD and went, but to their
disappointment priest who was there had not allowed them. Then we all
understood that Lord DATTATREYA blessed only my husband to touch his idol.
10. In the month of
February in 1992, we went to Tirupati from Hyderabad. At Tirumala, SRI SAI
appeared in my husband's meditation and told that he would make my husband to
write a book on his philosophy and Tatwa. Before writing that book chant the
sacred mantra of "SRI SUBRAMANESYWARA SWAMY" for 50,000 times and to
pour milk in snake pit after completing the mantras.
A few days later we returned to Guntur
along with my son and followed BABA's instructions and chanted mantras. When my
husband was in meditation, a big snake crawled over his body and as a proof, it
bite my husband on his thigh but nothing happened to my husband.
When we went to pour milk in the snake
pit, there we met Pujya Chinni Swamiji at Erukulapudi near Guntur, a trust
worthy devotee of 'NAGENDRA SWAMY'. There is a belief that Nagendra Swamy comes
over her body and answers devotees questions. Pujya Chinni Swamy asked my
husband - To-day you had Divine Darshan of Nagendra Swamy and crawled on your
body. Is it not?.
Once Swamy Parusurama appeared in my
husband's meditation. The same day he went to Chinni Swami. She said that
Parusurama appeared in your meditation and he will always help you. Whoever
Swamy blesses, it was all by Sri Sai Baba only.
11. In September 1989
we went to Hari Kara and other places in Karnataka state. We went to Kollur and
darshan of Mookambika. After going there we were informed by Baba while my
husband sat in meditation, that we should go over to Chikmagallur to locate
Datta Kshetra.
After reaching Chikmagallur, we were told
that there was a place by name BABA BUDDANGIRI on a hill. After reaching Baba
Budangiri on 25th September, 1989, we were fortunate to have Datta Padukas
Darshan in a cave on a hill. On 26th Morning my husband got a message in
meditation in that cave that Padukas and Kamandalam were genuinely of Lord
Dattatreya and other tombs by the side of Padukas, were not of Datta cult. He
was also informed in the meditation that Sati Anasuya Matha comes every day and
performs Abhishekam to Swamy Dattatreya with sandal wood paste. We found to our
surprise that even the mud there smells sandal.
12. When
we visited Nagpur on 24-11-1988, while in meditation at the Samadhi Mandir of
Saint Tajuddin Baba, perfume with sweet smell appeared to flow from
my husband's head.
13. In
the same year when we visited Gulbarga, while in meditation at Hazrat Bande
Navaj Darga, my husband had a feeling as the Saint placed His divine hand on
his head and blessed him.
All the above
instances confirm one absolute truth, Sri Sai Baba represents and symbolise all
Gods in different Forms.
The saying of
Sri Sai Nath that, "you put forward one step and I will put 10 steps
towards you" has come true in many incidents, miracles experienced by Sai
Devotees, who have offered themselves totally to Lord Sai; Among these
devotees, only few of them are expressing it outwards and the rest of them due
to suspicion or due to self respect, lack of openness are not sharing Sai
Leelas with everybody. There are many Sai Leelas which have not been disclosed
by the devotees due to these reasons.
Due to the
grace of Sai, my son Chy. Krishna Kishore has experienced some Sai Leelas,
though few of them are personal. We are unfolding them here since we believe
that this will only enhance devotion and love towards Sri Sai to other Sai
Devotees.
My son Chy.
Krishna Kishore had left his good job in the year 1984 and started an industry
in Hyderabad. But the industry failed to run successfully and he experienced
heavy losses due to which he was in the state of depression. During this sad
period, he recited Sri Sai Sath Charitra Parayan with full of devotion and
concentration. On the completion of Sri Sai Nath Charitra, there was a small
stream of fragrance drops from Baba's photo. After this incident took place, he
believed that not only on his father, but on him also Baba's grace is showered.
Thus, he started to pray Baba with great faith and belief in him.
Few days after
this, he saw an old man calling loudly "SAI BABA - SAI BABA" and
invited him inside our home. That person had applied udhi to his body and tied
a cloth to his head. My son prostrated to him. Then that person said
"Don't worry, you will attain a good position, give alms and charity and
look after your parents well". Thus advising, he left. My son went outside
immediately when the person had left, but he did not find him. He believed that
person to be Baba only.
Few days after
this incident happened, by the grace of Baba my son got a job in a Government
of India's concern which was on contract basis. The salary package offered was
also above his expectations. Without any efforts of his, by the grace of Baba
he got a good job offer. His job placement was at Hyderabad. By Baba's grace
our financial position has improved and by 1989, our property also improved.
But by then, my son's contract period (Job) was over and was once again
jobless.
He did not want
to approach private organisations for job, since, earlier he was in
well-positioned jobs. Later, he thought that instead of trying here and there
for job, he believed in reciting Sri Sai's Sath Charitra and put his entire
burden on Baba.
After a month, in February 1990, a very
popular private organisation offered him a permanent job at Guntur by the grace
of Baba. He accepted the job and shifted his family to Guntur. For the first
time he was experiencing heavy work load and lot of tension and consequently he
felt like quitting that job and return back to Hyderabad. But since he did not
like to do so he continued there with lot of patience. After completion of 2
1/2 years service there, and due to unsuitable working hours, he resigned that
job. He came home and told his wife Chi.Sow. Niveditha, but she was very cool
on hearing news. She was not at all disturbed, instead she consoled him by
saying that it was a good thing.
He did not try for any other job from the
day of his resignation and there were no signs of his getting a job. With lots
of faith on Baba, he believed that Baba will only show him a solution. He did
not even inform us about this. On the day of his resignation itself, a foreign
multi-national company required a qualified and experienced person so he
furnished all his details to them. Since, the deciding authority pertaining to
the recruitment of the employees was at England, it would take sometime for the
selection process to complete.
On the same day itself, along with his
family, he started to Visakhapatnam and stopped on the way at 'Annavaram".
There, they climbed the hill and had the darshan of Sri Satyanarayana Swamy and
performed Sri Satyanarayana Vrata (Pooja) and thought in his mind that if he
gets a permanent job, he would once again come this place to have the god's
darshan. Later, they went to Visakhapatnam. During that time we too went to
Visakhapatnam from Hyderabad. Though, all of us met at my son's Father-in-law's
place, he did not reveal to us anything about his job. He stayed there for 2
days returned back to Guntur. The authorities of that foreign company were
trying to contact him. The next day, he got the information that the company's
Vice-President was coming to Guntur from England and my son was asked to meet
him. My son met that person, he was satisfied with my son and offered the job
on a good salary. My son did not expect that he would get the job within such a
short duration, and got a job in very good company with better prospects. He
felt that this was really a very special Leela experienced by him. After
learning about my son getting the job so fast, many well-wishers and friends
came and congratulated him.
The joy experienced by my son, when he
got job was like this following example. If a person was caught in a wild storm
and with the help of waves, he comes out and starts sailing smoothly. That
person's joy knew no bounds. In the same manner, Sri Sai Nath, himself helped
my son to reach the shore (Job) safely and thus reminding us his saying,
"I am ever living to help and guide all those who come to me who ever
surrenders to Me and whosoever seeks refuge in me." These words came true
in this context.
Though, he had in his mind that he had to
visit Annavaram but due to his work pressure, he did not get an opportunity' to
go there. One day, an old man with grey hair and beard, who was wearing Kurtha
- Pyjama approached my son at his office and introduced himself as Khaja Baba
and said that Sri Sai Baba wanted me to remind you about your visit to
Annavaram. Saying so, he said "Alia Achcha Karega" and accepted some
Dakshina and went away. This shows Sri Sai Baba is bearing my son's burden on
Him and
reminded my son about the trip to Annavaram. My son bowed to Baba and
immediately according to His orders went to Annavaram.
Like the
numerous waves in the sea, Baba's Leelas are also many in number. He saved my
son twice from very dangerous car accidents. There are no words to express our
gratitude to Baba who is the great Saviour. We pray to this God always to
shower His blessings on us.
In the year
1987, when we were staying in Sriram Nagar Colony at Hyderabad, my
daughter-in-law Chy.Sow. Nivedhita recited Sri Sai Sath Charitra. On the day of
completion of parayan, a sweet fragrance emanated from the Baba's photo which
can kept in her bed room. We kept one Baba's photo in the kitchen and regularly
offered food which was cooked by us. My daughter-in-law used to feel that
fragrance used to emanate from all the Baba's photos except from the photo in
the kitchen. The next morning, she prepared pongal and offered it to Baba.
After some time, when we went and saw, perfume drops emanated from the photo.
My grand son
Chy. Kalyan Koushik used to suffer with leg pain. We feared that the illness as
polio. My daugher-in-law prayed to lord Sai and waited for his grace. She also
started reading Sri Sai Sath Charitra, and within two days time, my grandson's
condition had improved. On the day of the completion of the Sai Sath Charitra,
my daughter-in-law removed the clothes which were put for drying and when she
was folding the clothes, a big silver finger ring fell from the clothes. The
size of the ring was very big and there was Baba's picture on the ring and also
Hindi letters "OM SAI BABA" were inscribed on either side of Baba's
picture. We have never seen this ring before, it may weigh around 10 gms. We
accepted the ring as a gift from Baba and preserved it safely.
In February
1991, my daughter-in-law started reading Sri Sai Sath Charitra once again and
when she completed sweet fragrance smell emanated from that sacred book.
At our Jubilee
Hill's residence at Hyderabad, we kept a Baba's Dwarakamai Photo in a sofa. One
day, my daughter-in-law while dusting the furniture she first wiped Baba's
photo with her saree, since she did not like to wipe with the cloth which was
dirty because it was for wiping other furniture.
Later, when we
saw Baba's photo, there was vermilion on Baba's forehead, hands, legs and on
the coconut. We were astonished by this. Though we wiped Baba's photo several
times, the vermillion marks did not disappear as of they were fixed with the
help of glue. Earlier, we used to stick bindi stickers on the photo, it seems
Baba did not like it. We understood that he expressed his dislike through this
Leela.
My son Chy.
Krishna Kishore regularly used to worship Baba. One day after the completion of
pooja. when we went to get the milk, which was offered to Baba, the milk glass
was empty. After examining
it properly, we noticed traces of milk on Baba's photo. The same thing happened
the next day also. All these are Baba's leelas.
In the year 1990, we were preparing for a
trip to Shirdi. My daughter-in-law prepared laddoos (sweets). While making
them, she thought in her mind that when Baba was alive, people used to buy
sweets and were offering them to Baba, but now during the journey itself our
people would eat them. She was dis-heartened as she could not offer them to
Baba at Shirdi. Thinking so, she offered the laddoos to Baba at our Jubilee
Hills residence. Later, she found as if somebody had a bite of a laddo and also
drank the water from the tumbler. She was extremely happy that her wish was
fulfilled. This shows that Baba is ever living not only at Shirdi but also in
the hearts of the devotees and at their places.
In the year 1997, my son Chy. Krishna
Kishore, purchased a flat in apartments in Sai Towers at Guntur. We had
conducted NAMA JAPA in that house. My daughter-in-law daily prepares food and
offers it to Baba. In the year 1998, one morning on January eleventh, Udhi came
out of Baba's photo (begging poster). There was a silver locket and a dry
flower in that Udhi. On oneside of the locket, there was picture of Baba seated
on a stone and on the other side, Baba's 'ABHAYA HASTAM' was carved in a letter
OM. My daughter-in-law wore this locket in her neck believing that Baba's
blessings are always with her.
When my eldest grandson Chy. B. Kalyan
Karthik was of five years age, Sri Sai Nath gave darshan to him in a dream and
asked him to recite "OM NAMO NARAYANA" for 10 times. Now-a-days, kids
understand English numericals only better than any other language, that is why,
we thought that Baba might have told him in English. Though, my grand son never
heard of this mantra before, by the grace of Baba only, he could remember the
mantra clearly. Since, was very young at that time, he used learnt this mantra
by counting his fingers in the pooja room.
In the year 1990 we were residing in our
own house at Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. At that time, my grandson Karthik was of
eleven years age and was studying in 7th standard. He knows to ride a cycle,
but does not know to ride a moped. He somehow learnt to ride a moped with the
help of a relative. Inspite of our warnings he started riding the moped. One
day he took my husband's moped and did not return for a long period. All of us
were very anxious.
A tall person with attractive features
came to our house carrying my grandson and said that he was a doctor and that
Karthik had met with an accident. We took our grandson with tears in our eyes
and in order to ask that person whether our grandson had sustained any serious
injuries, when we turned his side to see that person, he was not there. Later,
when we asked our grand son Karthik about the accident, he was not able to say
anything. We thought that he was in the state of shock. After a gap of sometime
once again when we asked him about the accident he spoke very unsteadily and
irrelevantly "What accident, why I did not go to school" as if he did
not remember anything. He was not able to say, where the two-wheeler was lying.
We started worrying that though there was no external injury on the head he
might have sustained some internal injury.
Meantime, when we were amidst this
confused state, our second grandson Chy. Kalyan Kaushik came and said that he
saw his brother on moped with one of his friends sitting behind him. We
immediately went to his house and were happy on finding the boy safe. When we
questioned him about the accident, the boy said "near the journalist
colony at Jubilee Hills, there was a big rock on the roadside. It was not
visible since it was covered by plants. After coming closer, we noticed the
rock though in the last moment, we tried to avoid it, we would not avoid
hitting the rock. I was not hurt since I jumped from behind, when the vehicle
was falling, Karthik became unconscious. I got scared and came home
immediately."
Moped's front wheel was totally bent and
the handle broken. Since it was a moped, we would get it repaired with money,
but if something had happened to our grandson, God only knows, how much we
would have lamented.
We could not even express our gratitude
to that person, who brought our grandson Karthik to us. He disappeared as of
his job was over i.e., bringing Karthik safely home. He is none other than the
great saviour - Sri Sai Nath.
In the Year 1996, Sri Sai advised us to
join our grandson Karthik in a Madras Engineering College. Subsequently, he got
a seat in Dr. M.G.R. Engineering College at Madras and is studying his B.E.
Computers there. Thus, Baba showed his grace on all our family members.
My first daughter Chy. B. Neeraja &
her husband Sri B. Janardhana Rao are devotees of Sri Sai Baba. One night in a
dream, she worshipped Sri Sai Nath & was singing some devotional songs. The
lamp was still glowing in front of Baba's photo. In the meantime, her husband
said, "Neeraja, there is something special in Baba's photo, it looks as if
Baba is breathing, come and have a look by yourself." With astonishment,
my daughter went and saw. When she was still gazing with delight at the photo,
Baba appeared. He was seated on a tall Mantap like structure in his usual
cross-legged position. With tears in her eyes, she bowed to His feet and said
unbelievably, "Baba! You have come finally to my house". She sat near
the feet of Baba and kept one hand on Babas leg which was on the floor and the
other hand on the other leg and rested her head on Baba's lap and spoke
something while looking at Baba.
Then, Sri Sai spoke, "You and your
mother are worried regarding the industry." In response to that my
daughter said "Inspite of knowing everything. You are neglecting us".
Baba with a smile touched her head and said. "You do not worry about that.
Every thing will be alright." On hearing this she was happy. Later, when
she came to conscious state, her dream was over. We had started an Industry
with the help of my son-in-law. But due to our lack of experience in this field
and my son-in-law was at distance we would not concentrate on the activities of
Industry. We had to close the Industry and due to which we incurred heavy
losses. But later, everything was alright by the grace of Baba.
My daughter once again had the darshan of
Baba in a dream when Baba was sitting in Dwarakamai, my daughter was also
seated there. Meanwhile, a lady came there and when she bowed to Baba. Baba
asked, "Mother Lakshmi, why didn't you get my food". She replied,
"Baba, since you are receiving rich and good food from many great devotees
of yours. I thought that you may not accept my ordinary food." To this
Baba replied, "Lakshmi, whoever gets anything, I will satisfy only with
your food." With joy in her eyes she went to get the food. Later, my
daughter woke up and considered herself fortunate for having the darshan of Baba
along with Lakshmi Bai Shinde in Dwarakamai.
In an other dream, when my daughter was
sitting in a temple, an old man in rags came to her and said, "Mother, you
come to Shirdi and you are going back without the Prasadam." Saying so, he
gave her a curd rice packet and asked her to eat it. She ate the Prasadam and
thought that it was the offering of Baba Himself.
Once, we all went to Pandaripuram along
with my daughter's family. As that day was Dasara festival, the temple was over
crowded with large number of devotees creating a stampede. In that situation, we
were scared to enter the sanctum sanctorium. We stood on a bench and had the
darshan of the God from a distance and prayed.
One year after this, my daughter had a
dream in which, she had been to Pandaripur. When she went inside the temple and
was about to offer her prostrations to the God, she found that the Idol of Sri
Panduranga was missing. Then, she thought in her mind, "though last time I
came here, I did not get the opportunity to touch your lotus feet and I felt
very sad for this and this time, with lot of hope, I came here to see you, but
you yourself have disappeared" thinking so, she stood motionless with
distance. Meanwhile, a person in saffron clothes came there. On seeing him she
immediately recognised him as Samartha Ramdas Swamiji (Sajjangad). When he
asked my daughter to prostrate to the God. she immediately fell on the feet of
Sri Panduranga. As she did so, she found countless number of small idols of
Panduranga around the Big Idol of Panduranga and also the whole temple was full
with these Idols. When she could not have the darshan of only one Idol of
Panduranga, she was very unhappy but when she saw so many Idols of Pandari
Nath, the joy experienced by her was unexplainable and inexpressible.
When my daughter's family shifted to
Bangalore we went to their house in the year 1990. One day, my daughter told
that she had a dream the previous night. In the dream, she was praying to lord
Panduranga and Rukma Bai Idols which were around 1 1/2 ft. in height. Behind
these Idols, there was a very big statue which she did not see it clearly.
Though she could not see it clearly, she offered her prostrations to it.
Meanwhile, my daughter's husband Sri B.
Janardhan Rao said she had this type of dream on several times but he too is
unaware of that big Idol which was behind the Idols of Sri Panduranga and Rukma
Bai. When he asked us about this, we said that usually, we have seen in
Machilipatnam Sri Hanuman Idol installed in front of Sri Pandarinath's Idol,
but we too did not know about this big Idol. Then, my Son-in-law said in the
recent future, there was no chance for them to visit Pandaripur and also
suggested that they should go and have darshan of Sri Panduranga Idol which was
installed at a place 15 Kms away from Bangalore. When we went there to our
utter surprise, we saw exactly the same scene, what my daughter has seen in her
dream. There are 1 1/2 feet tall Idols of Sri Panduranga and Rukmabai and
behind these Idols was 40 feet tall Idol of Lord Panduranga Vittal. With
splendour and majesty, the Lord looked very handsome and was grandly rounded
by' ASHTA LAKSHMI' (eight forms of Maha Lakshmi). The sight was a feast to eyes
of the beholder.
My daughter used to feel always and
repent about Pandaripur's visit. Since she could not have the darshan of Sri
Panduranga there now after seeing the giant-Idol of Sri Panduranga in Bangalore
itself, she believed that, Lord - Himself has arrived to my place and she also
pleaded him to excuse her ignorance for not understanding the dream properly,
though He appeared in her dream for several times. Thanking so, with deep
devotion, she prostrated to Sri Panduranga Swamy.
My daughter's eldest son Chy. Murali
Krishna used to drive car. Usually his car driving is perfect. But, once, while
he was driving the car, the ball joint of the steering of the car got damaged
and the car dashed against a roadside big electric pole. The pole due to the
impact of the car fell on one side of the car. Gradually slipping down on
Electric wires from the pole also fell on the car and sparks of fire emanated
from them. Fortunately, my grandson did not get any electric shock. If the
electric pole instead of falling on oneside, had fallen on the car directly, it
would have been very dangerous for our grandson. He escaped from this danger by
the Divine Grace of Sri Sai Nath. Not only my grandson but also the people
(School children) on the road escaped unhurt from this accident. Baba will
always protect his devotees, who worship him with eternal faith. The great
danger to our grandson was saved by the grace of Baba.
Chy. Murali Krishna, my eldest grandson
and eldest son of Sri B. Janardhana Rao who completed B.Com. in 1st Class in
1988 was trying for a job since then. He appeared for a number of competitive
examinations for some post. Despite having fared well in the tests, he was not
selected. Consequently he was unhappy. One of the posts applied for is the
Inspector of Central Excise & Customs and Income Tax. He got through
the written examination and got a call letter for interview on 4-7-1991. My
Grandson Murali Krishna was praying to Lord Sai Baba with utmost devotion. As
usual he fared well in the viva-voce test also and attended for interview.
On that night in the early hours my
son-in-law Sri B. Janardhana Rao had a dream and in the dream, he was wandering
in the streets of a town and saw a horse with two legs lifted up. The horse was
not moving and was shining with brightness and was very impressive and anybody
sees the horse in that state, they certainly pay regards.
Next my son-in-law saw a middle aged
black coloured devotee of Sri Sai Baba sitting in a meditative posture with
closed eyes. My son-in-law paid respects to him. The person who was in
meditative posture opened his eyes and saw my son-in-law with a smiling face.
After wandering here and there, my
son-in-law went to Sai Baba temple at Bangalore and then returned to his house.
In the hall of this house in one corner a
wooden plank was seen on which pooja was performed just by then and by its side
there was a brass plate with items used for pooja covered with big leaf.
Immediately after he entered the house, a priest like Swamiji dressed in
ordinary robes came and entered the hall. He paid regards and requested him to
sit. He said that good days would come to him when two birds come to his house.
Then his wife (my daughter) came from inside. Swamiji asked my son-in-law to
bring the brass plate and keep it in front of Swamiji. My son-in-law removed
the leaf kept over the brass plate and he found two light ash coloured size
stick like items besides other pooja items. He then closed the plate with the
same leaf. Swamiji observed all this and said that there were two birds in the
plate and asked my son-in-law whether he had seen them. Saying this, he removed
the leaf over the plate and to his surprise my son-in-law saw two light ash
coloured birds slightly moving in the plate. Then Swamiji expressed that as the
birds had come, there would be good day for my son-in-law's family members. He
gave Dakshina to Swamiji. The Swamiji who appeared in the dream looks like Sri
Sai Baba.
After the dream, my son-in-law was very
happy. The next day after this dream his son Mural \ Krishna went for
interview and he was very hopeful that he would certainly be selected for this
job. Accordingly with Sri Sai Baba's grace and blessings, his son Murali
Krishna was selected for the post of Inspector, Central Excise & Customs
and was given posting in Bangalore itself where my son-in-law was working.
This experience reinforced faith that Sri
Sai Baba would come to the rescue of His devotees and help them when they look
towards Him.
The experiences experienced by Sai
devotees confirm that Sri Sai Baba is still living with us only and guiding us
in every affair. He examines us by watching our activities and knowing our
thoughts and corrects our mistakes and guide us in the path of Divine
knowledge.
All the experiences experienced by Sai
devotees proves the saying of Baba that though He leaves the body His bones
will speak to His devotees and guide them in divine path.
One fact is universally felt by all Sai
Devotees that Sri Sai Baba is living and watching all our movements and guides
us in a perfect manner.
In the year 1986, on a Thursday, my
sister Smt. P. Syamala Devi visited our house, to see the Abhishekam of Sri Sai
Baba and that night, she stayed with us. My Son Chy. Krishna Kishore had shown
an English horror movie in the video. After watching that movie, my sister who
slept alone felt very scared, started praying Baba to protect her. Then she
felt as if Baba was sitting next to her in a sofa and gave company to her. In
the morning, when she woke up she found Baba sitting physically in the sofa for
few moments. She felt very happy and prostrated to his lotus feet.
When we planned to go on a pilgrimage in
a van, we invited my sister Syamala to join us. Though, she was interested to
visit these holy places, she was doubtful whether she could travel continuously
for 10 days, since she was not feeling well. Even on the day before the journey
too, she did not change her mind. That night in her dream Baba gave darshan and
said, "You are also coming to Shirdi". Immediately, according to
Baba's order, she joined us in the piligrimage.
We went to Shirdi and had the darshan of
Sri Sai Baba, then we started to go to Nasik. An our later in the journey, my
sister Syamala felt sleepy and closed her eyes. Then Sri Sai gave darshan
standing in front of her in the van and gave sugar and ginger powder mix to her
as prasadam & disappeared. She felt very happy & considered
herself as fortunate since Baba Himself invited her to Shirdi and also offered
her Prasadam. After reaching Hyderabad she received Shirdi Prasadam by post.
She was very much surprised by this. After much thinking she realised the
meaning of Sri Sai's darshan in the Van, during the trip. The next day after
returning from the piligrimage, she received a document pertaining to her
family pension arrears which was due since a year. As she was not conversant
with the pensions calculations she was getting less pension. This time, they
have calculated correctly and released pension which was much higher than her
expectation.
After some days my sister Syamala had a
dream in which my husband at her residence was pouring paddy into a gunny bag
and the gunny bag was held by Sri Sai Baba. My sister, who was standing near
them observed Baba. He was wearing a white colour dhoti with a white sweater
and pushed his sweater sleeves upwards and held the bag. She thought that Baba
must be feeling cold and that was why, he was wearing a sweater. In the
meantime, she wokeup and the dream disappeared. Later, she repented for not
even prostrating to his feet in the dream. Probably, the dream implies that -
the leap of paddy is like unlimited human race and the paddy which Baba was
taking inside the bag is like his devotees.
My second sister Smt. S. Kusuma Kumari
completed reading Sri Sai Sath Charitra Parayan and thought of sending Rs. 10/-
to Shirdi as Dakshina but she went on delaying to send money to Shirdi. One
night in a dream she heard a voice which was coming from the Idol of Sri Sai
Baba which was at Shirdi temple. The voice said, "You owe me Rs. 10/- and
your sister's husband has to give Rs. 16/ -, send the money immediately".
When she said this we immediately went and opened the money box which was in
the pooja room and found Rs.16/- therein. We immediately sent the money through
money order to Shirdi.
In an other dream, Sri Sai Baba gave
darshan to my sister Smt. Kusuma and asked her to prepare a curry with wheat
flour balls and offer it to him. Though, she did not know how to prepare this
curry but with her imagination, she prepared the curry and offered it to Baba.
Later, we also tasted the curry.
She had once again a dream in which Baba
gave darshan and gave a garland and a sweet and advised her to read 'Guru
Charitra', which would do good to her.
On August 13,1987, my sister Kusuma had a
dream in which they were staying in a house which was situated on a river side.
One day, myself and my husband went to my sister's house. After sometime, my
husband walked briskly towards the river. We started following him. Then, we
saw a young boy who was around 4 years of age walking on the river water. My
husband started following that young boy and also walked on the river water,
since we did not have the courage to walk on the water. We stopped at the river
bank itself. Just before reaching the other side of the river, my husband fell
down. In the mean while, Baba appeared there and pressed my husband's stomach
hard with his feet as he did so, water came out of my husband's stomach. We
could see everything clearly from the other bank. Baba was wearing white kafini
and his feet were very big with a rare colour. Because of Baba's service, my
husband got recovered and immediately got up and started following that young
boy. That boy did not wait for my husband and also did not bother himself and
walked away into the nearby forest. My husband also followed him into the
forest which was very green with big trees and creepers. As they could not be
seen by my sister she became panicky. Due to this tension she got awake and the
time was then 4 A.M. in the morning.
Though my husband started worshipping Sri
Sai from the year 1980, but only from the year 1983, he started experiencing
Sai Leelas by means of mediation. The boy being 4 years old in the above dream
probably suggests my husbands probating period which was 4 years old and Baba
pressing my husband's stomach with his sacred feet implies that he had purified
my husband by removing the impurities from his body.
DIVINE GRACE
SHOWERED BY BABA TO SMT. A. DHANA LAKSHI,
MOTHER-IN-LAW
OF MY SON
Smt. Dhanalakshmi is the wife of Dr. A.
Prabakara Rao Superintendent of Government Hospital, Mahaboobnagar, is my
sister's daughter and also Mother-in-Law of my son Chy. B. Krishna Kishore.
When they were staying in Mahaboobnagar,
one night she got a dream that along with some other ladies, she was sitting in
a Sai Mandir in Mahaboobnagar. Sri Sai Baba was sitting on a high pedestal. The
statue was of a man's height and Baba appeared very lovely. After prostrating
before Baba, she saw movement in His eyes. Later the movement in His legs also
were seen. She wondered and she stood before Baba?" Then Baba questioned
her who are you and what do you want?' She got perplexed on hearing this
question and answered 'Baba - don't you know who I am, and what I want'? For
this Baba did not answer and came out of the statue and began walking. She
followed Baba. As Baba was a tall man and was walking quickly she was not able
to follow Almighty and so began to run.
My sister's daughter Smt. Dhanalakshmi is
so fortunate to see Baba as a statue and also in the physical form She says
that the place was Dwarakamai in Shirdi. Then she got up to the consciousness
and the time was then at 04-00 hrs. Due to the kindness of Sri Sai Baba, she
was able to see Baba for which she prostrated before Him.
In the year 1994, on 16th November, we
and a few other Sai devotees went to Shirdi in a matador van and enroute
visited GANUGAPUR. The next morning i.e. on the very auspicious day of Karthika
Poornima, we took bath in the holy Sangam of Amaraja and Bhima rivers and had
Divine darshan of Bhagavan Sri Narasimha Saraswathi Swami in the temple. In the
full moon night we meditated for sometime under the sacred 'OUDUMBARA TREE',
where Pujya Narasimha Swamiji meditated.
"Next day we went to AKKALKOTA. We
had darshan of Akkalkota Swamiji's Samadhi and offered our prayers. From there
we went to 'SHIVAPURI', about 3 Kms from Akkalkota and offered our prayers to
'GAJANAN MAHARAJ'. That very night we resumed our journey and reached Shirdi,
the next morning. Devotees stood in que from Samadhi Mandir to RTC bus stand to
have Baba's darshan. After some time we went inside the Baba's Mandir and
offered our prayers.
"The next morning we visited SINGANAPUR and visited SANESWARA
SWAMY TEMPLE. From there we went to Ahmmednagar and went to MEHAR BABA'S
SAMADHI. We also visited Tulajapur and had darshan of MATA BHAVANIDEVI, who has
given 'KHADGAM' (Sword) to Sivaji Maharaj.
The van driver Mr. Krishna, who drove us
to all these places earns his livelihood by driving van for hire. He also the
owner of that van.
When we came to Mehar Baba's Samadhi, he
said to me that he was suffering with severe abdominal pain and he was unable
to take any diet even coffee or tea. If at all he takes any thing the pain will
be aggravated. So, he got admitted in NIMS Hospital at Hyderabad. Doctors
conducted various types of tests and finally said that there was a lump growth
on his kidneys and he had to undergo operation. He already spent more than Rs.
4,000/- towards test charges. So he was hesitating to undergo operation, as how
much it would cost him. So he dropped the idea of undergoing operation.
In the year 1994, on November 14th, he
went with some devotees to Mantralayam. On their return, they visited Sri Sai
Baba's Mandir at Kurnool. There he prayed Baba - "I am poor man that I am
not able to bear the pain and also I was not in a position to undergo operation
to bear such heavy charges and I came to know that you have conducted
heart-operation to Mr. Umamaheswara Rao. So also have mercy on me and relieve
me from this severe abdominal pain and also bless me to give an opportunity to
visit Shirdi and now a days nobody was hiring my van as the road taxes were
enhanced by Karnataka and Maharashtra Governments".
He returned to Hyderabad on 15th and came
to know from Sri Sai Baba Travels people that we have hired his van to go to
Shirdi and other piligrim centres. He was so happy that Sri Sai Baba listened
his prayer and allowed him to go to Shirdi the next day itself.
"We started from Hyderabad on 16th
night visited all Datta Kshetras enroute and reached Shirdi on 19th. Inspite of
heavy rush, he visited Baba's Samadhi on the same morning and praying Sai with
whole hearted mind and faith. When he was praying Baba, he felt some burning
sensation on his abdomen. When he saw what it was. He found that some scars
looking like cutting with a blade and slight blood was coming out. He found two
lines on his abdomen.
"He immediately went to a hotel and
had a sumptuous food. He did not get any pain and then he realized that Sri Sai
Baba conducted operation on his body and relieved him from his abdominal pain
without undergoing any operation in the hospital as advised by the doctors.
Then he realized that Baba is Doctor of Doctors. Since then he is not getting
any. sort of pain.
When we came to Mehar Baba Samadhi, he
narrated all this to me. I actually observed two lines on his abdomen.
Previously whenever we used to go to
Shirdi, one driver by name Lingaiah takes us in his van. He is also a Sai
Devotee. By Baba's grace he secured a decent job in RTC. Sri Sai makes his
devotees to come to him and solve their problems.
They are all very fortunate for having
sought Baba's grace."
On November 26th of 1994, my husband went
to the auto stand in Chiragalli at Hyderabad and was asking an auto driver
whether he would come for hire to Domalguda. Another auto driver, who was
there, staring at my husband with a fixed glance on him, so he turned a deaf
ear to the first auto driver's reply, and went near to the other auto driver,
who was staring with him. He agreed to take my husband to Domalguda. He asked
my husband, where he was working. Then my husband said that he had retired from
service Again he asked about in which department my husband worked and of his
designation. My husband said that -he worked in the Police Department and
retired as Additional Superintendent of Police. The auto Driver thrilled and
over joyed. He prostrated to my husband in the presence of so many persons
nearby and tears rolled out of his eyes with joy. Then my husband suggested
that it had be better to sit in the auto and talk.
They sat in the auto and he said to my
husband that his name was Kasi Reddy, owns an auto and with the registration
number A.E.T. 5240 and was earning his livelihood by driving it for hire.
Though he has got faith in God he had no time to perform pooja etc.
Since 15-11-1994, every night Sri Sai
Baba had been giving darshan in his dreams which evoked peculiar urge and
Bhakti in Him. As he was unaware why it was happening. He used to visit Sri Sai
Baba Mandirs in Hyderabad for solace.
On 25-11-1994, Sri Sai Baba appeared in
his dream and said 'A passenger clad in white clothes, with bald head, who
worked as an officer in the Police Department will get into your auto the next
day. You act according to his advise'. He also vaguely showed the appearance of
my husband in his dream. From that moment onwards he could not get sleep,
anxiously waiting for the morning to go out in his auto in search of the person
described by Baba. Whoever got into the auto asking them in which department
they worked. Inspite of his enquires he could not get satisfactory' replies as
Baba described in the dream. They were not the persons told by Sri Sai Baba.
Then he asked my husband whether he is a
Sai devotee. My husband told that his name Bharam Umamaheswara Rao and he is
only a Sadhaka and praying Sri Sai Baba to improve his Adyatimika Sthiti. I am
not such a great man as told by Baba to advise you. What do I advise, while you
yourself so fortunate to have the Divine darshan of Lord Sai Nath in your
dreams. As per Baba's instructions, I will give you a few suggestions. One is -
soon after waking up early in the morning you meditate for sometime keeping Sri
Sai Baba's roopa in your mind. If you cannot spare time for meditation do pooja
every day chanting Sai's name. Secondly, whenever you find time, you read one
or two chapters of Sri Sai Satcharitra. Telling this my husband has taken out
SAI LEELA SRAVANTI, a Book contains Sai Devotees' experiences from his bag and
gave it to him. He also said that if he reads this book, understand what was in
that book, his faith will be further fortifies. The auto driver said that after
seeing the price of the book, he could not afford to buy that book. My husband
said he is giving it free of cost and he need not pay a single pie.
Then he dropped my husband in Domalguda
and when my husband was about to pay him the auto charges, he refused to take
it, but my husband forced him to take it that it was his livelihood and he must
take that amount.
Whether it be the result of the good
deeds done in his previous births, the privilege of giving darshan of Baba to
the auto driver in his dreams and getting sacred Sai Book. I believe that all
these events happened just to increase his faith in Baba.
We completely believed that Sri Sai
Nath's Divine grace & blessings are always with us. Though, I do not
have my own experiences with Baba, I being the wife of Sri B. Uma Maheswara
Rao, used to share his experiences with Baba like a thread in a garland having
scented smell. I witnessed some of sweet leelas of Baba and experienced with
contentment the sweet fragrance emanating from Baba's Photo. I am fortunate to
spend my rest of life in reciting Baba's songs & by reading religious books
on Baba. I am extremely grateful to Sri Sai Nath, since He gave me the
opportunity of visiting Shirdi frequently.
Though, I do not worship or meditate Baba
He is always in my mind and I have not spent a minute without chanting Baba's
NAMA. I have great reverance towards Baba much more than this I have affection
and faith. To me, "Baba is everything other than anything. But Baba, has
not given me darshan or stayed away from me. I used to feel unhappy and waited
for Baba's mercy and Darshan.
One day in the year 1984 my husband went
out of station on some work. Then, Baba had showered His mercy on this poor
lady and gave a wonderful Darshan on one night, which was a feast to my eyes.
In the dream, I was sitting along with my husband Baba gave physical presence
and sat in front of me which He was glittering brightly. When, all of us were
chatting something, I became conscious and the dream was over. I offered my
prostrations to Baba, believing that my life is enlightened by the darshan of
Lord Sai. There was perfume drops sprinkled on my saree and the bed and the
entire room was filled with sweet fragrance. I thought that Baba wanted me to
accept the dream as truth. In that day, if my husband had been present here I
would have been under the impression that this sweet fragrance occurred because
of my husband and not because of me. Through this Leela, Baba has blessed me by
sprinkling perfumed drops over me. Due to joy and happiness, I felt as if
thousand roses bloomed in my heart.
2. Sri
Sai at Brindavan
By the Divine grace of Sri Sai Nath, I
had darshan of Baba once again. Before propitiating Lord Sai my husband earlier
used to worship Sri Mantralaya Raghavendra Swamy. My husband is now totally
involved himself in Sri Sai, though he worships Sri Raghavendra Swamy, his mind
is full of Sri Sai.
I had a feeling by diverting our mind
from one Guru (Raghavendra Swamy) to another (Sri Sai). May be to clear my
doubt and ignorance, one night in a dream, Sri Sai with a smiling face gave
darshan inside Brindavan - the place of Sri Raghavendra Swamy. On that onwards,
my doubt has been cleared and I believed that both of them are embodiments of
Lord Datta.
3. Experiences
with Sri Manikya Prabhu
Whenever, we went to Shirdi by Car, we
used to have darshan of the Samadhi of Sri Manikya Prabhu at Humnabad. When we
visited the Samadhi for the first time the Samadhi was covered by a silk cloth,
because of which, I could not see the samadhi properly. That night at Tulajapur
I had a dream, in which, I saw the samadhi of Bhakta Prahlad under the shade of
a huge tree. There were some black snakes hanging from the branches of the
tree. When I questioned about this to the people present there, they expressed
that by the grace of the darshan of the sacred Samadhi of the swamy, the sins
of the devotees were removed and were converted into snakes. I considered
myself very fortunate for having dreamt of Lord Prahalad's samadhi. On the very
same day, on which we visited the samadhi of Sri Manikya Prabhu and I believe
that experiencing these leelas, our sins which were committed knowingly or
unknowingly are wiped off.
After a few months, we went once again to
visit the Samadhi of Sri Manikya Prabhu. This time there was no silk cloth tied
around the samadhi and I was delighted that this samadhi looked exactly like
the samadhi that I had dream at Tulajapur.
Once again after a few months, along with
my relatives, we arranged a matador van and visited holy places. During this
visit also, we had the darshan of Sri Manikya Prabhu's Samadhi without any cloth
coverings. I was shocked on seeing the samadhi, because, the last I saw the
samadhi, it was in brown colour which looked exactly like it had appeared in my
dream, but now the samadhi looked different with black granite stone. I was
speechless due to joy and happiness.
I believed that
Sri Datta Bhaghvan has showered His blessings on me and hence enlightened me by
making me experienced that Sri Raghavendra Swamy is Lord Sai Nath and Sri
Manikya Prabhu's Samadhi as Bhakta Prahlad's Samadhi. My prostrations to Sri
Dattatreya Swamy and in this context, I recall that Sri Raghavendra Swamy is
the re-incarnation of Lord Prahlad.
I completed
reading 'Guru Charitra' the previous day to Guru Poornima i.e., on July 11,
1987. The previous night to the Guru Poomima, Sri Dattatreya in the form of a
photo gave darshan to me in a dream. In the dream, somebody came and gave a big
photograph of Sri Dattatreya. I took that photo frame in my hands and said
happily that it was very nice. As I was staring at that photo, I came to
conscious and the dream vanished. I considered myself fortunate for having the
darshan of Sri Dattatreya on that special day. This incident reminded me of Sri
Sai Baba going to the residence of Sri Hemad Pant in the form of a photo. By
experiencing this Leela I too presumed that Sri Datta Bhagwan Himself has
arrived at our residence.
After somedays,
my sister-Kusuma came and gave a big photo of Sri Dattatreya and asked us to
keep it in our Pooja room. The photo is not only beautiful but it is exactly
according to the description given by Sri Vasu Devananda Saraswathi Swamiji
i.e., Sri Dattatreya is adorned with Japamala, Damaruka and Chakra on his right
side and Kamandla, Trishula and Sanku on his left side.
I am very
grateful to Lord Sai, who is the incarnation of Sri Datta and is showering His
blessings over me, I once again offered my namaskarams to Him.
On June 26, 1987,
on a Friday night, I had a dream in which I was standing alone in a deserted
place. There was no life at all. 1 was standing on a high elevated land amidst
the greeny nature. I could see blue mountains at a distance and there was a
river flowing nearby. I stood gazing at this very pleasant environment with
delight. Meanwhile, a plane-like-object consisting of four pillars, which
looked like a mantap was seen flying in the sky. When I was staring with
astonishment, I saw an old person sitting in it whose grey hair was falling
over the persons shoulder and the person had covered the body with a green
colour shawl. I could see the plane clearly as it was moving at a lower height
and also at a slow speed, it was moving from right to left side. When I was wondering,
who this great person could be, I saw half part of that person's face then I
thought that, he must be kabir and I started shouting loudly 'Kabir-Kabir'.
Immediately, the plane slowed down, turned back and started moving slowly
towards me. At that moment the person who was inside the plane turned face
towards me and saw, then I heard somebody calling "BABA-JAN". I do
not know from where this voice had come since the place is totally deserted.
For a moment, I stood motionless at the divine darshan of ''Hazrat Baba Jan. I
was scared that she might disappear, if I divert my attention from Her. I
considered myself as fortunate for having the darshan of this great mother who
enlightened Sri Meher Baba by kissing Him on His forehead. All these darshans
could be possible only by the grace of Baba.
In
the year 1983, on the day of Vijaya Dasami, I was sitting on the steps of
Dwarakamai at Shirdi. Then, I saw a photo of Sri Raghavendra Swamy in a nearby
shop and felt happy that people of Shirdi are also aware of this Swamy. Later,
when we went to that particular shop, I was shocked to find Baba’s picture in
the same photo frame in which, I saw the picture of Sri Raghavendra Swamy
earlier. There is no chance for me to mistake, since I saw the photo very
clearly. In that photo, Sri Raghavendra Swamy appeared in meditating posture
and wore saffron clothes with a cloth falling over his head to his shoulders.
With Nama on his forehead and Sri Rama seated on his chest as if he was giving
darshan, I saw that Swamy very clearly, but when I went near and I found Baba's
picture with 'ABHAYA HASTA' posture, in which Baba was wearing yellow colour Kafini.
Since, both pictures looked so different, there is no chance for me to mistake.
Later, I felt that Baba made me experience this Leela only to inform me that
all Gurus are one and the same.
Few days after
returning from Shirdi, my husband had a darshan of Sri Raghavendra Swamy in
dream and entrusted a job to him, to write a book on him. But, when my husband
was doubtful whether he can accomplish the work in a proper manner, Sri
Raghavendra Swamy once again appeared in his dream and comforted him by
assuring that His assistance and guidance will always be with him.
One night in a
dream, I was coming to my house, after going somewhere, as I was entering the
house, I saw Sri Radha Krishna Swamiji seated in a chair in veranda of our
house. I felt as if I knew this person since long time. He was in white colour
clothes with vermilion in between his eyebrows and was having a very-pleasant
smiling face. I immediately, bowed to saint who looked so humble like a holy
man. With delight I went inside to inform my husband about the presence of the
Swamiji. As I was talking to my
husband, I woke up and the dream was over. Though the dream was only for a
shorter duration, the incident is still fresh in my mind. Though, when this
Swamiji was alive, we did not get an opportunity to serve Him but now we are
fortunate to have His darshan after He attained Samadhi. This can happen only
by the grace of Baba.
Sri Ramireddy Tata is the incarnated form
of Lord Datta. I had his darshan several times at Kallur and Hyderabad. Few
months before attaining His samadhi, He came to our house and stayed from
morning to evening. He was seated on a sofa and all of us were sitting on the
floor near His feet. After some time, Sri Ramireddy Tata came near me and
embraced me. I understood that this Godly Man embraced this ordinary woman only
to wash away my sins and to purify me by His divine touch. During that time we
did not understand that it will be His last darshan and that is why the Swamy,
who is omniscient had showered His grace on us. Later, we received the news
that He attained His samadhi and with tears, we went to offer our last respects
to Him.
When we went to Shirdi, one day, I heard
somebody calling mother, mother. Since I was busy bargaining in a shop, I did
not bother myself to findout who was shouting. When I was leaving that shop,
Sri Sivanesan Swamiji hurriedly approached me and offered Baba's Prasadam. Due
to the din and bustle, I did not hear clearly the Swamiji's voice. Later, I
repented for the incident since I felt that I had offended him, but really, he
is beyond all these feelings and emotions.
Later, I went to Dwarakamai, in order to
offer my namaskarams to Baba's photo which is placed on the stone, on which
Baba used to sit. When I saw that photo, Baba's face which usually used to be
ever smiling and pleasant, has turned red due to anger. I had seen that photo
many times earlier but it looked like this. Looking at His angry face, I
started shivering with fear. I apologised to Sri Sivanesan Swamy, when he came
there, but he simply smiled and went away. Though, I apologised and pleaded
Baba to excuse me but He was not pacified.
We usually used to spend most of our time
in Dwarakamai whenever we visit Shirdi. After this incident happened, I would
always go and examine the photo at Dwarakamai to findout whether Baba is still
angry on me. Because of mistake, Baba appeared like a red hot sun with anger
that day; otherwise, He is always very calm and kindness just like a cool moon.
My brother Sri M. Hara Gopal is an
Executive Engineer (R & B) at Bhimavaram, A.P. We went to this place and
visited Sri Sai Baba's temple, Maruthi Temple and "Mavulla Amma's"
Temple. The Goddess is popularly known as "Mavulla Amma" there and is
receiving grand poojas. Looking at Devi's beautiful face which was brilliantly
glowing, I immediately bowed to this Goddess, who attracted her devotees by her
divine process.
Two months later, one night, i.e., at the
time of twilight, I had a dream, in which I was standing in a temple. Exactly
at the temple entrance, I saw a Goddess, who was draped in a crimson red silk
saree and was adorned with ornaments from top to toe. When I had the darshan of
Her radiant and gentle face, it flashed to my mind that this Goddess must be
'Mavulla Amma Devi'. With deep devotion, I prostrated to Her. Then the Goddess
questioned me, "you are asking to bestow my grace on you, but what service
you have done to me, why should I bless you". I was stunned by these words
for a moment. Later I thought what Devi said was true, I did not serve her in
any manner, thinking so, I started cleaning the temple and its surroundings.
Thus, the dream was completed.
After few days, we got an opportunity to
go and have the darshan of this Goddess at Bhimavaram. The temple was full with
the devotees. Though, I did not clean the temple but while prostrating to the
Goddess, I wiped the floor in front of me with my saree pallu. Actually, what I
did was nothing to this Benevolent Goddess. This is only a token service for my
satisfaction. I strongly believe that by the grace of Sri Sai only, I had the
darshan of this Goddess.
In an other dream, I was sitting in a
temple. I was waiting anxiously for the sanctom sanctorum door to open, since
they would be open only by 4.00 p.m in the evening. In the meantime, I saw a
holy lady coming towards me from the entrance of Sanctum-sanctorum. That lady
was wearing a dark green saree with a zari border and was very pleasant with a
smiling face. Immediately I recognised Her as Goddess Sita and with excitement
I went towards Her, calling "Mother Sita". When she went and sat on a
stone bench, I sat on the floor near her feet. She was dressed very ordinarily
and looked very gentle and pleasant. She looked very simple and not wearing any
grand dresses like silk garments and gorgeous jewellary. I remember very well
that her feet were adorned with anklets (leg) chains since I was sitting near
her feet. I took her feet into my arms and touched them gently with my fingers.
Before she could grant me any boon, I myself requested Her to bless me, so that
I can remain as ' SUMANGALI'. The Goddess smiled. I was very happy because I
strongly believe and consider that their smiles are like offering flowers on my
head.
I bow to Sri Sai, for having provided me
to have the darshan of Goddess Sita Devi.
In the year 1990, one night in a dream, I
went to a temple, with my husband. When
we were reaching the temple after crossing the temple hall, I got attracted by
the beautiful carvings and engravings. I lifted my head with excitement towards
them in order to see the art. At that moment, I had a feeling that a lady was
standing at a distance, but I did not bother to notice her, as I was busy
gazing at the sculptural engravings. In the meanwhile, when that lady came a
little forward towards me, I turned my face and looked at her. She was around
25 years of age and was very pretty and radiant. She had vermillion in between
her eyebrows, kajal in her big eyes, a long nose and small beautiful lips. She
looked very attractive with her sharp features. She wore a white Benaras saree
with Zari border and zari flowers on the saree. She looked stunningly beautiful
and attractive with her ornaments and would easily draw the attention of the on
lookers.
I steadily rested my sight on her. To my
utter surprise, when I was gazing at Her, she took the form of the Mother of
the world (Jaganmatha) with Her tongue stretched outwards and Her head was
adorned by a bright golden crown. When I had the darshan, Devi was in the
posture of 'ABHAYANT as if she was blessing me. With deep devotion, I
prostrated to Her, who is the protector of this world and the Divine mother of
this earth. When I was still staring at Her, I woke up and the dream was over.
I believed that, whoever Gods or Goddesses give their darshan and bestow their
grace on me, it is only due to the blessings of Sri Sai Nath. I am extremely
grateful to Him.
I. My borther Sri M. Kara Gopal,
super-in-tendent Engineer (R & B) is staying in Visakhapatnam. He
constructed a new house at M.V.P. Colony and performed Grihapravesam. Since, my
brother and his wife are devotees of Sri Sai, they had arranged for Sai Nama
Japa on that auspicious day. All of us had participated in the Nama Japa. Two
hours after the Bhajan started, I closed my eyes without my knowledge and went
into deep meditation. In the meditation, I saw a big Shiva Linga and there was
a round platform around the Linga which had abhishekam water on it. There were
few white flowers placed on the Shiva Linga which suggests that the pooja was
just then completed and around the Linga, there was a snake with its head bent
as if it is drinking the abhishekam water. Meantime, I was out of that
meditation state, and everything disappeared. I bowed to Sri Sai Eswar for
providing me such a beautiful sight of Lord Shiva.
II. In
the year 1994, myself and my husband went to a very big temple of Lord Shiva
and were having the darshan of the God. The priest was worshipping the God.
There was a three feet tall statue of NANDI at a distance. It started moving
and came in front of Shiva and from there it moved towards the main entrance
and stopped approximately at 6 ft. distance from the sanctum sanctorum. We were
surprised on viewing this scene in the temple and considered ourselves as
fortunate to be present there on that special moment.
In the early hours of August 24, 1994, I
had a dream. We had in our house, a show case in which there was a tall statue
of a lady. Since that day was an auspicious day, I decorated her neck with my
gold chains.
After some time, the statue disappeared
and only the bottom part of the statue remained in which there was a hole in
the centre. When I was trying to remove my chains which were in that hole, I
found water which was on foot deep in that hole. There were small pebbles in
that water and I heard twice or thrice the 'Hiss-Hiss' sound which sounded like
a snake hissing. When I examined carefully the hole, I saw an old lady sitting
on an antique chair. She was wearing a white colour saree with a green border.
She must be around 70 years of age and was fat with grey hair. She gave the
darshan like a Yogini. I requested her to excuse me and said, "Mother, all
these days, I believed that you were a statue and did not treat you properly
but I never thought that you were such a powerful mother", please forgive
this ignorant lady. Then she said, "I have to leave from here and go and
serve somebody at Himalays". When I asked her not to leave she said that
she had received the orders from above and that she must leave.
Then I called my husband, who bowed his
head and offered his prostrations. When she blessed him with her hand, garland
appeared on his neck. I, without giving an opportunity for my husband to talk
to her, held her tightly and asked, "Mother, what about me? When will I
attain concentration in Meditation and reach 'SAMADHI STHITHI' and when will I
attain salvation?". Then she replied that I would take five births more to
attain salvation. When I asked her whether this birth of mine is futile, she
said 'To attain the' SAMADHI STHlTHIR you will have to practice celibacy
(BRAHMACHARYA), if your husband too had practiced celibacy right from the
beginning, he would have attained a high position by this time, but when a man
cannot cooperate, you being a lady cannot help it". Then I hugged her
tightly and when I rested my head on her chest, she blessed me by keeping her
hand on my head and said," you will be enlightened in this birth also".
Saying so, she disappeared.
On January 8, 1998 on the day of Bhishma
Ekadashi, at the time of twilight I had a dream in which I went to a temple.
That was a temple of Goddess. The Idol of Goddess looked very beautiful in
black stone and would easily cause devotion in the minds of devotees. It
appeared as if somebody worshipped her with vermilion and turmeric powder. When
I bowed to the Idol of Goddess, the Goddess appeared from behind the Idol. I
prostrated to that Goddess and
requested her, "Mother, I want blessings from the father also". Then
the Goddess directed me towards oneside, there I saw swamy, who was in white
dress with Golden complexion. I prostrated to that Swamy and He blessed me with
"ABHAYA HASTA".
Meanwhile, I thought in my mind that what
the people might think about me, since the Idol of Goddess was this side and I
turning the other side and was bowing to the God, as Swamy was not to be seen
by others, as I was thinking so, the God and Goddess disappeared and I came to
conscious state.
I was very happy and considered myself as
very fortunate for having the darshan of Parvathi and Parameshwar on that
auspicious day.
One night in my dream in the year May
1990,1 viewed myself near the River Godavari in Rajahmundry to take a holy dip
in it before the sun rise. While taking bath, I turned to right side and saw
Shri Shivaneshan Swamijee, a few yards away who stood waist deep in water. But,
he did not seen me. I felt that it would not be good on my part to speak to him
at that hour and kept quiet. I might have done some good deeds in my previous
births, and so now I am able to take bath in the holy River in the presence of
a great saintly and Divine personality. I had not known, what happened later.
I woke up at sun set, I was lying on the
floor and river water splashing on me. All the time I was in trance with body
half drenched in water from sun rise to sun set.
I have ever experienced such a thing in
my life. It was a new experience. I owe the allegiance to, having with Godly
man like Sri Shivaneshan Swamijee even atleast in the dream. I offer my
salutations to Sri Sai Baba and Sri Swamiji for appearing in my dream and
having blessed me to have such experience.
One night, in May, 1993, I dream that
myself and my husband were going to a big temple. My husband went inside the
temple first. I purchased flowers and fruits in a shop and as I was entering
the temple, I saw my husband talking to somebody. I started walking briskly in
order to reach him. To my right side, there were tall stone pillars and behind
them was a small mandir with Idols of Gods in the mandir. As I was walking, I
felt as if a tall man in white dress was standing there but I did not notice
Him. As soon as I went a little forward and climbed down a step, that man came
behind me, held my shoulders and stopped me. With his left hand he caught my
jaw and turned my face towards Him and whispered in my ear "SAI LEELA
TARANGINI BOOK" is very nice.
Because of this stranger's peculiar way
of stopping me, I was starred and stood motionless. In order to tell Him that
this was not the way of praising, I turned my head and to my delight, I found
Sri Sai standing there. I also wanted my husband to have His darshan, so I ran
inside to call him but in the meantime, Baba disappeared.
Baba Himself was instrumental for the
compilation of the book of 'SRI SAI LEELA TARANGINI". He simply praised me
only to encourage me. I offer my prostrations for showering His grace over me.
On January 21 st, 1994,1 had a very
strange dream. Sri Sai Baba's body was kept in our house on a cot, it appeared
as if it was here since he attained Samadhi. Baba was in white dress and
appeared as if He was having a long sleep. I went to His room and applied
vermilion to my forehead and turned back and when I looked at Baba, His eye
lids were half opened, since His eyes used to be closed completely, I went near
Him in order to observe Him carefully. His face looked different and I
understood that Baba was alive. Looking at my husband, I shouted with delight
"Baba is alive". Because of this sudden development, I lost control
due to joy and excitement. With lot of happiness and affection on Baba, I went
near Him and took Him into my arms and kissed. When I kissed Him, I felt His
movement and response very well. When I came to know that my Baba is alive, my
joy knew no bounds.
I felt extremely happy as if, I found a
diamond which was lost and which is of several crores in value. It is to be
just like reaching heaven with human body and the happiness it brings. I am
unable to quote examples to quantify my joy and any example I give it is just
like holding a lamp before sunlight.
I cannot express my feelings in words.
Neither there are words nor can I express them. My hearty prostrations to Lord
Sai Nath, who is residing in my heart.
Sri Sai Baba, the Sadguru, the
incarnation of Parabrahma makes a true and enlightened devotee move in Divine
path and lead a righteous life to divinity. Hence 'SAI-RAM' stands as the Holy
Moola Mantra for all human beings. If one can leads a simple, peaceful and
noble life by following Sri Sai's preachings and one can achieve a state
wherein he can live in close union with God and in due course of time, he
merges himself into Lord Sai.
When we are in utter helpless state, if
we make a truthful prayer to Lord Sai Nath, He will certainly comes, helps us
and guide us in the activities of our life. This truthful prayer makes us to
come nearer between the infinite cosmic power and the seeker. If we realize
this, it makes our lives real and fruitful. Most of us forgets this contact and
Divine help after getting over of our problems, we will fall back again to
unhealthy, sensory, ungrateful and indisciplined ways of life. In this fast
moving world, Sri Sai Baba extends His hand to all those who surrenders to Him
heart and soul.
Sri Sai Baba is well known as Avatar of
Dattatreya who was Himself a great teacher of philosophy and performed great
miracles in order to invite to spirituality. In the same way Sri Sai Baba in
the modern age has re-enacted the same life as Dattatreya.
The sole object of penning down this book
is, that one can understand that if one surrenders completely to Sri Sai Baba,
He is ever one with Truth, Love and Wisdom. Most of us are attracted by Sastra
Jnana only, but only real Sadhakas purge their sins by constant chanting of SAI
NAMA, they can attain their ultimate goal.
We are living in this mundane world which
is full of turmoils and troubles and it is very easy to forget religion which
awakens us from the real state of affairs and shows us the gate to eternal
bliss and keeps us away from being dragged down to the life of beasts. There
must be something extraordinary power to tell us who we are and what we should
do. That is why Sri Sai Baba said that the Bhakta who worships Him and dedicate
every act to Him and does not have hatred towards any being is very dear to
Him. He also said that He resides in the heart of every being. He is in the
King, in the Beggar, in the Animals and also in all inanimate objects.
Spiritual awakening is the need of the time. Baba said 'I have not
come to teach but to awaken the spiritual heritage of man and God-hood. He also
said that the aim of life is to love God and the goal of life is to become one
with God".
To get this we have to renounce our
desires, dishonesty and hypocrisy. In His unique personality Sri Sai Baba
blended both Hindus and Mohmmadans, Christians and He never forbade any one to
perform their religious rituals.
Baba hears our prayers and supplications from His Samadhi and grants them with generous heart Baba is as alive to day with His body in His Samadhi and inclines His ears to our prayers from His Samadhi vigilantly, while He was in His physical body. Our experiences published in this book is the concrete proof for this.
We must all awake from the mental
delusion and the seeming tangle of dualities and rise above the intellect to
higher planes of true consciousness-bliss. So we must all surrender to Sri Sai
Baba with full faith and pray Him to give salvation for us.
My prostration to Sri Sai Baba.