Scintillating Moments With Sai - By Prof. Anil Kumar

[Guest guest]

but someone told me that they do the work regularly. Bhagavan got down

from the car and asked me who are those men. I replied that I did not know.

Bhagavan immediately said 'Can anybody step into the college like that and do

work without your permission?' (Prof. Anil Kumar being the Principal). What

am I to do? But then I wanted to be smart and said 'Bhagavan shall I ask them

to get out?' Bhagavan replied, 'Since you did not ask them to come in, how can

you ask them to go?' I was stuck in between 'to be or not to be that is the

question'. Swami smiled and left. Then I thought it is my duty to keep

myself abreast of the situation. I slowly approached Col. Sood and did some

homework: who he was and his associates. I became familiar with all the data:

so and so from Kerala, another from Tamil Nadu, etc. Bhagavan again came

to the college campus at 4 pm . Without being called to come close I ran up to

Bhagavan and started to exhibit my knowledge. So and so is Col Sood, so and so

from Kerala, so and so from Tamil Nadu. Swami heard this and I thought that

He appreciated my knowledge. Swami walked to Col. Sood and materialised a big

ring for him. He then enquired about his son and daughter saying that she must

be in her final year of medicine and that his son is in Patilia… He went on

talking like this. I was really non-plussed at that moment. I went up to

Bhagavan and said 'Swami,

when You know him and everybody very well, why did You ask me about them? Why

did You listen to all this information from me? Swami's reply is the message

that we should take note of. He said, "I know everything but you should

know that I know - therefore I ask you." Bobattoo and Birthday It

happened to be my birthday, October 25th and I came from Bangalore to Prashanti

Nilayam campus on official duty. My family was away at that time and I received

a box of sweets - a special preparation called in Telugu bobat­oo (a sweet

chapatti). Bobattoo is the favourite dish of every Andhrite - circular, brown

in colour and bathed in ghee, so sweet it goes straight into the

gullet and you will feel the sweetness till the evening. That is the height

of its taste and I received six of them from Guntur (his hometown) to be

specially consumed by me alone. But what happened was that my room was

overflowing with devotees asking me about the latest miracle from Swami. Well I

was talking, but my concentration was,only on bobattoo. What was I to do…?

Somehow using all my intelligence I chose Darshan time when no one would

disturb me. I bolted the door from the inside

switched off the light, it was still dim, and started eating them, all six of

them in quick succession, as an NCC parade salute - as quick as that. But I did

not want anyone to notice this, so I took some cloves so that nobody could smell

it. I sat there for Darshan and usually Bhagavan comes and walks in a curve

but that day He comes straight to me - then I thought something is waiting for

me. Then Swami came close by and said, 'Ah, safe, safe now; all the six are

safe now. Why did you eat all six of them? Can you not distribute them to

friends? Are six enough or do you want 60?' Then Bhagavan smiled and said, 'I

know today is

your birthday' and He gave me Padanamaskar. This action that I did secretly,

in the dark without anyone's knowledge, stomach being the only witness, but

Bhagavan starts to tell everybody there so that I felt very much embarrassed!

Anything Can Happen At Anytime Another experience that I wish to share

with you happened in

Kodai Kanal. We were all seated at the breakfast table and by my side was one

gentleman by name Mohan Das. A very good gentleman of my age group and both of

us usually sit together. Swami walked slowly up to us and said 'What is the

breakfast?' Then I replied, 'Swami, poori and idli.' 'Oh I see' said Swami,

'good, good' and looked at the plate. Then Swami came close to Mohan Das and

picked up one poori saying, 'It is well done' and tore it at the centre. A

diamond ring appeared there! Swami put it on Mohan Das' finger! Watching all

this I started to eat slowly. Bhagavan asked me why I was eating slowly? I

replied, 'Swami who knows there may be a diamond ring in my poori also. I

want to be extra careful so that it does not get stuck in my gullet by

accident!' Baba reposted, 'I am not going to give - ask your mother-in-law.'

So I saw the materialisation out of a poori !

Anything can happen at anytime He Can Never Forget You I remember Bhagavan

attending a music concert in Choudaiah Memorial Hall in Bangalore . A very good

music programme attended by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Chief

Commissioner, the Railways Minister and Bhagavan presided over the whole

programme. At the end of the programme while Bhagavan was leaving the

auditorium I saw an

old couple who must have been in their 90's at the back of the hall. Swami went

all the way there, took the old man's hand and asked him how he was. Swami

blessed the couple and then left. I was very much surprised at this but

later I came to know that he had been the Electricity Board chairman and also

an ardent devote of Bhagavan for a long time. This only goes to prove that

Bhagavan will never forget us. We may find it difficult to walk because of age,

we may find it difficult to hear but Bhagavan always remembers everybody.

Long back in

the 1980's a yagna was taking place in the Poornachandra auditorium. Next to me

sat a man called Rajagopal, a revenue inspector from Venkatagiri. He told me

that he had visited Prashanti Nilayam many years ago but he is returning now

after 20 years. He related that Swami would visit Venkatagiri every year and

sang some of the songs that Swami used to sing. Around 9 am Swami started

walking in the midst of the devotees, came straight to Rajagopal and said,

'Rajagopal, how are you?' This man was shocked! Swami remembered him after 20

years! And then Swami looked deep into his eyes and said, 'You might have

forgotten Swami but Swami has not forgotten you.' Swami remembers every one of

you. 'Now this is My car’ Once a man brought a brand new car and asked

Swami to accept it. Swami said that He did not want it. The man started crying

but Swami replied, "If I accept all the cars offered and they are all

piled one on top of the other there will be no space to walk. So I do not want

it.' Then Swami gave him an interview but still the man was crying in the

interview for Swami to accept the car. Bhagavan said, 'Alright, where are the

keys?" Swami took the keys saying, Now this is my car. You run the car

in My name; the car belongs to Me. You use it, you understand.' He gave him

back the keys. “I belong to the whole universe” This is the hand that

never receives only gives and gives. I recall the speech made by Smt. M S

Subbulakshmi before her concert at Guntur attended by 10,000 people. She told

us, I am a devotee of Bhagavan. I have visited so many universities and

educational centres and charitable institutions. Wherever I go the trustees ask

me to give a musical concert to raise funds; and in this way so many

institutions have been

built. But I went to Prashanti Nilayam where instead of asking me to perform,

Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba gave me a diamond necklace and it is my experience that

He never accepts anything.' Once I said to Swami concerning some matter, 'In

our area things will not happen like that.' 'Why do you say our? I belong to

everybody; do not say our placeI belong to the whole world. I belong to the

whole universe.'

We are in front of the Cosmic Personality, the Divine Personality and we are an

international fraternity. Jai Sai Ram! Source: Radio Sai E-Magazine

November 2005 Issue

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