76. BABA FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF A DEVOTEE BY ACCEPTING HIS FOOD IN DISGUISE IN SHIRDI ITESELF

A devotee from Devas in Madhya Pradesh came to Shirdi for Baba's darshan and
stayed in Dixit wada. He used to take food daily in Sagun Mehru Naik's Hotel
for both the times and reserved a plate for Baba and requested Baba daily at
each time to come for meals. Baba would simply laugh at his request.
During the previous day of his departure from Shirdi a person of Nath Panth
came to that Hotel at 10-30 P.M. When they were closing the hotel and asked
Naik, "There was a plate of meals reserved for me. Please offer that plate
to me". Naik made him to sit on a comfortable asan and served the plate. The
person asked Naik to call the man who reserved the meals for him. Naik went
and wake the man who was in deep sleep but he was not awakend. Naik retured
and told the person that the man who had reserved meals for him was in deep
sleep and not awakend.
Then the person told Naik "Always feed the hungry and gone away". On the
next day, it was known to all about this matter. Shri Madhavarao Deshpande
asked Baba whether He has gone for meals in Naik's hotel. Baba replied to
him "Yes, I had gone to Naik's hotel and had my meals with heart's,
satisfaction yesterday night". Afterwards it became wide publicity among
devotees that Baba was going for meals even in Shirdi in disguise to satisfy
His devotees. "Dear Sai devotees you are sincerely requested, that you
should feed whoever approaches you for meals even foregoing your own meals
for that time. This will certainly satisfy Baba and thereby His
Blessings obtained.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be
there !!
( Adopted from AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI by Ramalingaswamy, Life Member of Shri
Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi at Munja Baba Sthan, Shirdi)
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