From Ambrosia in Shirdi by Ramalingaswamy 66-73

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66. Baba saved the husband of Smt. Ananthula Padmaja from the fall of moving

train

 

It was near midnight, Dark and gloomy. Chilly breezes of January welcomed us

when our train steamed into Kopargaom Station. As the train halted, we

hurried to the platform with our belongings. We came here on our second

visit to SAINT Sai Baba's Shrine. This visit is of a special significance to

Seenu's parents, who had a great desire to have another child.

Their fervent hope in having another child was fulfilled when they first

visited Shri Sai Baba's shrine just an year after world War II. But this

visit bore a disappointment for Seenu's mother, as she could not have the

darshan of the Shrine since she was in her period. The husband having come

on a short leave could not oblige the wife with an extension in their stay

Seenu's mother with tearful eyes and disappointment heart returned home

without darshan. The Saint has answered their prayers and Seenu's mother

bore signs of motherhood. This visit was to give first "darshan" to the

mother and the child. All got down on the curved platform hurriedly. The

train puffed out. Seenu's grannie with his infant sister in her hand was

still in the train. "Pull the Chain" shouted Seenu's father. The train

gained speed and the old lady balled out of the train without pulling the

alarm chain. Someone snatched the baby from her arm. Seenu's father tried to

give his helping hand and both slipped under the train. Some bogies were

still behind and all of us waited with a heavy breathe. Seenu's lean and

sickly mother ran along the train and pulled out her hefty husband in the

next few seconds. Then what happened to Seenu's grannie? Two more carriages

were still to pass and every one of us thought that she is cut, As the

complete train passed, we all went with atmost anxiety to peep under the

platform. "The devil is alive," I said. The old lady stood straight and

complained of no injury. What a miracle? double miracle indeed!! Seenu's

mother was asked as to how she could pull out a 240 Ibs. hefty man within

seconds with such ease although she was week and sickly, who in the normal

course would not lift a lO lb weight, with such ease Pat came the reply, "It

is Baba's Maya".

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

67. Baba Cured the Lameness of a son of Windowed School Mistress

 

In the year 1956, a son of a widowed school mistress has appeared for the

S.S C. examination when he " returned from the last examination day, he was

found to have a bad attack of fever. Proper medicines cured him of the

fever, but he was not cured of lameness of legs brought on account of that

fever. The boy had always to be lifted up for being taken to any place. All

possible remedies were tried but when they proved ineffective, hearing of

Shirdi Sai Baba's powers, the School mistress took the son to Shirdi. On

account of lameness, the boy felt so shy that rather than going to Baba's

Samadhi on the shoulders of a cooly, he preferred staying at the Shirdi

wada. The mother alone had to go to Baba's Samadhi to pray for her sons's

cure for two days. She was to leave Shirdi on the third instant, so she went

to Samadhi to attend Arati and offered her last obeisance before leaving. In

the meanwhile, Baba appeared before the boy said "Have courage". He then

lent him His hand, led him to the temple and kept him standing against the

temple pillar. On return from Arati when the mother did not fisd the son in

the room, she again approached the Samadhi Mandir with all tears in her eyes

most piteously prayed for the recovery of the boy. When she just returning

from the temple, her eyes fell on the boy standing against the pillar. She

enquired of the boy how he managed to come there. The boy narrated how Baba

had helped him to come but the mother would not believe it. However when she

saw that with her support, the boy was able to walk up to their room, she

was very much pleased. The boy fully recovered within a month thereafter and

was able to move and walk freely by Baba's grace.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely*, Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance

be there !!

 

 

68. Baba made to speak the dumb daughter of Shri Mani lyer Kumbakonam.

 

The daughter of Shri Mani lyer of Kumbakonam Madras State was born a dumb.

All possible means were tried to cure her of her dumbness, but when all of

them proved futile, Mr. Mani lyer took the worship of Baba. Some days after

Baba asked him to bring his speechless daughter to Shirdi and made the

daughter place flowers etc., on Baba's Samadhi and pay her respects to Him.

As soon as she did this, she started speaking "Sai Baba" freely. The parents

were naturally very much pleased to see instantaneous cure of their

daughter.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely \ Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

69. Baba made to speak the dumb man Shri Kashinath Lathi, Polan Peth, Jalgaon

Maharashtra.

 

My business was in a loss in 1953. My partner has deceived me about Rs. 5

(five) lakhs. I became very nervous and dumb. My father tried all sorts of

medicines. Finding that no medicine gave any cure to me. My father told me

that he would send me to any place where I like to cure my dumb and asked me

to select the place. I first came to Shirdi in 1927 on my way to Tirupati

when I was well off. I replied to my father without any hesitation that I

prefer Shirdi. I came to Shirdi in 1954 and stayed there for three months.

During this period, I heartily prayed Baba as "Baba I suffered both

financially and bodily. Please make me to speak by your grace". Baba heard

my prayer and granted my request. I was able to speak fluently by the grace

of the omnipotent Shri Sai Baba arid I returned home. All were astonished.

As a recognition, I built a Baba's Mandir in 1954 in Jalgaon and serving Him

till to date.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

70. Baba driven away the spirit possessed the body of an educated wife of an

educated husband.

 

An educated wife of an educated husband had been ailing from a disease which

doctors were unable to diagnose and cure. The lady would swoon close her

teeth tight and remain unconscious for hours together. At last the doctor's

father asked him to take his wife to Shirdi "Just take a trial" he said. To

satisfy the father both of them went to Shirdi but the wife would not go to

Baba's Samadhi Mandir. So with the help of a friend, she was dragged to

Samadhi and made to prostrate herself before Samadhi. Baba's sacred ash and

Samadhi Abishek (washing) water were thrust into her mouth. On the second

day evening after bowing before Samadhi, she fell on the ground and the

spirit within started speaking "I had pounced upon the lady and possessed

her while she was returning from her parental house and standing under a

tree. I am a female bhil ghost, the holy water and the holy ash sprinkled

over me have vanished me. So, I am leaving this body and going away for

ever. Thus ended the lady's sickness and she returned home safe and sound.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

71. Baba freed Smt. Susiladevi W/o Shri Babu Saheb Sakaram Babie from the

clutches of evil spirit.

 

Shri Bhausaheb Sakaram Babie after three months of his marriage, his wife

used to fell senseless by closing her teeth very hardly. Himself and his

family were very learned and hence they were not pay heed to any other's

advice that this occurance may be the action of some evil spirits. They

treated her by way of medicines by spending large amount of money but in

vain. She was sensless for 18 hours daily and then to 23 to 24 hours in

October, 1952. She was brought to shirdi on 25-10-1952. She made to attend

the Arati on 25-10-1952 and 26-10-1952 by force and she was given UDI with

abhishek thirtham for drinking and made her prostrate before Baba's Samadhi.

On the evening, she fell down senseless after Arati at Samadhi Mandir. A

devotee of Baba by name Shri Y. B. Pradhan told to sprinkle Baba's thirtham

upon her always. They did accordingly. Afterwards, the evil spirit in her

began to talk that "it has caught hold of her during her way from her

mother's house to her father-in-law's house near a tree at Belgaum Bus

stand". They asked whether "You will leave her body now" for which it

replied that Baba has beating me often, I shall leave her body for good and

again fell down. Afterwards Susiladevi woke up as usual and made pradakshana

of Baba's Samadhi and went away galdly with all thanking to Baba.

Surrender Shri Sai Completelv ! stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there!!

 

 

72. Baba restored the lost property to the owner.

 

I got the opportunity to visit Shirdi in the month of May, 1961. My daughter

and her husband carried me there. All arrangements of going there from

Indore to Manmad by railway train were just like magic happenings and from

Manmad to Indore and back. I thought I was in dream. It was Thursday. I had

my first dar-shan of His exulted Holiness of Shri Sai Baba. I stood before

the Samadhi and His Shrine and tears of joy burst from my eyes. At Shirdi my

daughter while taking her bath forgot in the bath room her gold

neck-lace-chain. When coming out bath room she left it there. She did not

even remember that she had forgotten something. After having performed puja

and abhishek of Shri Sai Baba, we returned to rest for a while. We had put

our lodging on the gallery (second store) just in front of the Mantap or

hall. Suddenly my daughter had a recollection that she had forgotten her

gold necklace-chain in the bath room. We searched here and there. No where

could we find it. We thought that it was lost for good. In the meantime, I

consoled my daughter not to worry over the incident. At night on the same

day when some songs and bhajans were being sung by various artists, a man

came there and announced in the mike "I have found a necklace. The person to

whom it belongs, should come forward and claim it with proper proof".

Thereupon my daughter and husband approached the man and proved the claim.

She got it back. We wanted to find out the man to give him some reward for

his good turn. But the man disappeared. He was a young person. Since this

event, my whole family including my son and daughters and daughter-in-laws

have became Shri Sai Baba ardent devotees and whenever a chance comes by the

way, they do go to Shirdi to pay their due respects to Shri Sai Baba and His

Samadhi and bring prasad and UDI.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there

 

 

73. Baba Restored the stolen property to the owner Shri K Subramanyam,

IO-2-3I7/A/6 Vijayanagar Colony, Hyderabad

 

Faith begests faith as much as love begets love. To those who have immense

faith in the Lord and of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi are not disappointed for they

have had enough experiences where Shri Sai did confirm their faith by His

various deeds even to day although He has left the coil of physical body.

Here is a case. On 5-5-75, we left for Shirdi to have the darshan of Shti

Sai Baba and returned on 10-5-75 to Hyderabad and find some burgler had

taken away Rs. 100/- and 22 carat gold gundis (i.e.) small rings worn in the

"Tali" thread along with a suit piece cloth. We were all wonderstruck since

the boy was asked to sleep in the nights and the rooms were locked. We

thought the office boy must have robbed these things, for no burgler would

have left the best of things in the room and robbed only these things which

were kept in the top trunk of the other cases, kept in the store room. He

was suspended for about 10 days. Meanwhile we made enquiries and came to the

conclusion that our office boy did not commit the theft. But one thing we

knew that Shri Sai Baba will not allow any mishap to His devotees during

their journey to His Holy place for His darshan. Therefore, we were

patiently waiting for that day to dawn for Shri Sai Baba to identify the

thief. It was Tuesday 23-5-75 that my wife noticed a neighbouring boy

wearing a suit made out of the same cloth that was lost in our house, that

too at about 13 hours time when she finished her offerings to Shri Sai Baba.

The boy was questioned with no fruitful answer coming from him. His mother

and his brothers were also informed. All of them in a singular voice denied

the allegation and started asserting that the cloth the boy was wearing may

be similar and the next day the whole things were out. The boy identified

the marawadi to whom he had sold the gold ones and confessed that the cloth

he was wearing was the same that was stolen from our house, including the

cash of Rs. 100/- robbed from the box. The rest of the story is irrelevant

to the context for the point of information. The boy was released by us on

the undertaking that he will behave better in life. This clearly indicated

the great deed of our Holy God Sai who lives in every place in every object

of the Universe and that Shri Sai Baba controlled the Universe, all good and

bad acts done by us are noticed by Him.

Surrender Stizi Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and i&e!/verdnce

be there II

 

 

( Adopted from AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI by Ramalingaswamy, Life Member of Shri

Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi at Munja Baba Sthan, Shirdi for more literature on

Sai Baba and consolidated stories of "Ambrosia in Shiridi" before

Mahasamadhi and after Mahasamadhi please visit www.saileelas.org)