Saviour Shirdi Sai - Ravindra Chandra Thakur Choudhary

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SAVIOUR SHIRDI SAI (April 1986)

 

"I DO NOT MIND SUFFERING BECAUSE I CARE MORE FOR MY PEOPLE THAN FOR MY OWN

LIFE."

— Shirdi SAI BABA

 

14th January, '86 was a sunlit cold "Maha Sankranthi" day. We commute

between our offices and homes by BUDGE BUDGE DAILY PASSENGERS' CO-OPERATIVE

BUS (WBU 1872) SERVICE actively managed by Anil Babu. While I was waiting

for our bus at 0820 Hrs. at our Estate Gate, my 62 years old genuine SAI

Bro. T.A. Ram Nathen also joined me wishing me, "SAI-Ram". Sri Ram Nathan

(hereinafter referred to as "TAR") avails this bus only in the evening. But,

on this day, he skipped his part-time office and naturally decided to avail

of this bus in the morning also this day. When he joined me, I pulled out of

my wallet my playing card-size colour photo of Shirdi SAI BABA of Shamdasani

Foundation and related to him as to how SAI saved me on many occasions. He

saluted Sai, our bus pulled to our side and all of us boarded it. Our bus

was plying at high speed. At MEMINPUR, near BATA nagar, at 0940 Hrs, a fully

overloaded Punjab truck moving (unaided by its helper) in REVERSE gear from

a lane to the busiest Budge Trunk Road hit our bus exactly at the right side

of its body where TAR and self were seated. Its impact was like that of a

thunderbolt and jolted all of us. Had our bus been plying at snail-pace, it

would have turned turtle, killed a few, incapacitated a few more and injured

many.

 

Geographically one may be far away from SHIRDI SAI SAMADHI Shrine, it does

not matter. What matters is for one to be ONE in SAI-Spirit to save himself

from the tragedies of life. Saviour Shirdi SAI BABA saved all of us from the

icy hands of Yama. This was TAR's 4th major accident with innumerable minor

skirmishes to his debit side and Shirdi SAI's credit-side. The damage done

to the bus body was extensive and it was sent to the workshop promptly by

its Manager for repairs on the afternoon of 17-l-'86. It was put on the road

on the morning of 20-l-'86. By SAI grace, the only smalt price we had to pay

was to bear the extra conveyance expense on 17th and 18th January '86 and

the discomfort of travelling by overcrowded public buses. I being a Central

Government employee to be superannuated soon was saved of a day's ordeal on

18th January being a holiday by Rajiv Gandhi's grace. Was it not the

smallest price to pay to the DESTINY in honour of our Sadguru Shirdi SAI

BABA as he cared more for his children and neutralised our negative destiny

by His Mystic Powers? All tissues of our bodies shall eternally sing the

seraphic strains of "Aum SAI, Sri SAI, Jaya JayaSAI!"

Ravindra Chandra Thakur Choudhary B.A. LL.B,

 

 

The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm