From Ambrosia in Shirdi by Ramalingaswamy 56-65

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56. Baba saved Mani Sahukar in the running train

 

In about 1952, Smt. Mani Sahukar was to go to Poona alone as her husband was

busily engaged in a meeting. Anyway she had reserved a seat for her in one

of those cubicles in a corridor train in the Deccan Queen. There was yet

half an hour for the train to start. She sat near the window sipping tea and

noticed a well dressed middle aged gentleman facing up and down on the

platform of V. T. Station. She felt that this gentleman may perhapes be en

individual whom I had met previously and did not recognise. So she smiled

and wished him, where upon the gentleman came rushing up to her and with

great familiarity enquired where she was bound and whether she was alone

etc. She readily agreed to join him in her compartment. The gentleman rushed

in with his suitcase, just as the train was about to stare and sat opposite

her. The train had not even gone a 100 yards when the stranger started

showing himself in his true colours. From his speech and behaviour she

understood to her horror that he was not a gentalman and that she was placed

in a nasty situation, he bolted the door of the compartment with so much of

courage, she came up and unlocked the door. She was in a fix that she got

sari costing more than one thousand rupees belonging to some one else. In

this critical juncture she sat down praying Sai Baba. No sooner had she

utter these prayers mentally, a unique miracle manisfested itself. As she

turned herself to the door, she saw a porter standing there, looking at her.

How could a porter have appeared in a running train in her compartment when

the train had not stopped in any station. She sprang up from her seat and

told the Porter to remove her luggage and cleared out into the open corridor

bogie. As she occupied another seat in another bogie with the help of the

portor, she tried to tip the portor but looking at her with indulgence, He

refused to take money. She took His hand and pressed a coin into it and He

quietly took it and went away. She rushed up and down the whole corridor

looking everywhere for her Saviour, but there was no sign of Him. She got

down at Poona with her heart filled with joy.

She is the author of the book by name "The Saint of Shirdi". In the third

edition, she herself told in it that once Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi had cured

her puculiar ailment in 1950 vide item No. 12 under this caption and

secondly she was saved by Baba from the hands of a rogue in the running

train in 1952. Thus she was twice saved by Baba. The District Court,

Ahmednagar has passed orders that Abdul Baba has no connection of the

maintenance of the Sansthan of Shri SAI Baba of Shirdi and that there was no

heir or successor to Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi (Vide Shri Gokhale's book "Sai

Baba Shirdi page 59). Bit quite contrary to her experiences cited and also

against the order of the District Court, Ahmednagar, Smt. Mani Sahukar has

written in her above book from page 75 to last in the Illrd edition in II

part under the title "Successor of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi," His Holiness

Upasani Maharaj, Sati Godavari Mathaji and Shri Satya Sai Baba. Even though,

Abdul Baba served Baba physically much more than his Holiness Upasani

Maharaj, the District Court Ahmednagar ordered that Abdul Baba was neither

heir nor successor. Then what to speak about His Holiness Upasani Maharaj?.

What about Sati Godavari Mathaji and Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba who are not

contemporaries of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi and who were not in the picture at

all ? Further it is much more wonderous fact that Bhagwan Satya Sai Baba

Himself in 1968 told to Shri K. J. Munshi's father in the presence of Shri

K.M. Munshi, Editor of Bhavan's journel, "I knew him. He is a believer of

Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi for the last 16 years. Once he got out pf the train on

severe pain and called Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. It was Shirdi Sai Baba who

saved him", (vide item No. 7 Page 181 in this caption and Bhavan's Journel

dated 8-3-1970). Dear readers, the author of this book felt very much

regretted, spell bound and at a loss to know how the learned and that too

who was saved by Shirdi Sai Baba twice had written as "II part Successors of

Shirdi Sai Baba" mentioning the above three sacred souls in her book "The

Saint of Shirdi" third edition. The author sincerely requests her in the

name and for the sake of the service of the Almighty Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi

to delete the II part of her book cited in her ensuing edition as it is

against proved facts. If she wants, she may write a seperate book about them

and that too not as successors of Shirdi Sai Baba.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely !Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

57. Baba Manifested Himself and Helped for the safe delivery of the wife of Shri

R. Ramchandran, Bombay.

 

Shri P. Ramchandran, a railway servant residing at 8/392, Vasant building,

Matunga, Bombay knew about Shri Sai Baba, in 1950. He read Satcharitra of

Shri Sai Baba in 1950. He has got full faith in Shri Sai Baba and the words

of Baba "why do you fear when I am here ?" has very much touched his heart.

When his wife during pregnant of nine months received a call from her mother

as she was suffering seriously and her presence in her mother's house was

much essential. After consulting the doctor, he had started to her mother's

house along with his wife casting all the burdens on Baba, They started in

the Madras Mail from Bombay. His brother's son handed over Rs. 100/- with a

request to hard over that amount to his father at Madras He accepted his

request. He began to pray Baba in the train. On the next day at about 8

A.M., his wife began to suffer labour pains. Then the train stopped in a

small station. A Musalman who appeared to be as a doctor got into the train.

No other else was in the compartment. He asked the Fakir, whether he has got

any medicine with Him for the safe delivery of his wife. He prepared three

packets of medicines and handed over to him two packets and the Fakir

Himself given one packet to take it inside with instructions that she should

take the remaining 2 packets one in every two hours and went away when the

train stopped at Sholapur. As soon as she taken the remaining 2 packets as

instructed, all the labour pains have stepped and she felt alright then.

Before the train reached Adoni, she had gone to the latrine for passing;

stools. Unexpectedly she delivered a male child very safely in the latrine

of the running train. The train stopped at Adoni railway station. Her

husband was anxiously waiting outside the door of the latrine. A voice came

suddenly from a woman to the effect that she was there for help and he

should not worry. He told her about the delivery of his wife in the latrine.

She got a knife from him and went to the latrine along with another woman.

After all the preliminary services are over, she came out of the latrine. He

has paid Rs. 5/-as an offering for her timely services to his wife. After

receiving the amount she went away. How she came to that particular

compartment and why she went away after the services were over and that too

in the stable train at Adoni were the problem to him. He told all this to

the Station Master and the Station Master has arranged her admission in the

civil hospital at Adoni. She was in the hospital for 13 days with proper

treatment. A lady doctor belonged to American Mission had helped her most in

the hospital. In an unknown place, he and his delivered wife were pull on

very happily. He has utilised the amount of Rs. 100/- given by his brother's

son at Bombay. He felt that the giving of medicine by the Musalman who

appeared to be as a doctor in the running train, the unexpected assistance

of a female in the stable train at Adoni after the time of his wife's

delivery, her treatment in the hospital in a new place and the amount

utilised for the expense» of the delivery are nothing but pervaded by Shri

Sai Baba in response to his prayer. By this incident, is it not clear that

Baba is ever active even after His Mahasamadhi to lend His helping hand for

timely help to His devotees ?

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance

be there !!

 

 

58. Baba saved the life of Shri B. R. Kakade from floods and His eldest daughter

from Double Typhoid.

 

How I became a Sai devotee will mean explaining one's own experiences in

one's own point of view. However the result of such writing will read the

readers to the path of Sai devotion. I have full faith in Sai. I was not

believing in God in my childhood, but my father never got angry with me nor

used any harsh words for my peculiar thinking about God. However, he used

his intellect to change my mind towards the belief in God and that too

through is good colleagues who made a fine friendship with me to read some

religious books for them as they were old and could not pay attention to

reading. This made me change my views about God in "Sagun" and "Nigrun"

aspects (i.e.) the formed and the formless aspects. The marble idols of

God in whom people will believe which were mere stones for me in the

beginning of my life now became practical observances in my daily life of

the source of inspiration. In my school days, 1927, when I was only 16

years of age, I was trapped in the big flood of Gujarat. I was at Baroda

with my father at that time. Heavy flood waters divided in the city

into two parts and both of us were in one part and my younger brother and

the grandmother were in the other side. We tried to cross the river bridge

of high level water but the police objected to this. However, we

tried to enter the water on the bridge travelling upto my neck, we failed

to return and thus were trapped by waters of the flood. At this critical

time of life and death, one tall man of about 7 feet in height having beard

and rumal on head shouted loudly directing us both to stand at the same

place and he came through the water got both of us in his own hands and took

us to the other side of the roaring river when my brother and grand mother

were anxiously waiting for us. I enquired about the person who saved us

and it was a wonder to note that he was not there. I tried to find him

out but in vain. This was the first devotional darshan of Shri Sal Baba

in my life in 1927. My eldest daughter was ill by double typhoid for 42

days (Relapsed case) in 1943. A committee of 3 (three) doctors declared

her case as "Fatal". On the 41st day of her illness they have asked me

to leave this case to God. The same day, it happened so, that one old

man with beard from Madras had come to us through one of my friends in

Baroda and when that bearded old man saw my daughter, He told me not to

fear. I was surprised in listening to him when I was actually facing a

critical moment in life. But the old man convinced me in such a way

that I became fearless when I came to know that the man was not present at

night when my daughter got a dream of Shri Sai Baba. She improved from

that time. I had enquired with my friend about the old man but in vain.

His advice was nothing but the devotional darshan for the second time in my

life.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there ! !

 

 

59. Baba Manifested Himself like a Cartwala Tested the Faith and Helped Shri

Rama-krishna Ganpat Rao Kothare of Mahim, Bombay.

 

Shri Ramakrishna Ganpat Rao Kottare of. Mahim, Bombay and his father used to

visit Shirdi often and often during Baba's time and also after Baba's

Samadhi. In 1919 during the rainy season they proceeded to Shirdi from Mahim

and came to Kopargaom railway station. But there was heavy floods in

Godavari river at Kopargaom. No conveyance was available to cross the river.

The Station Master advised them not to go to Shirdi in these floods. On

hearing this, they simply sat by uttering Sai's name. At this time, a tall

and lean man with Alpi coat and a stick in hand came to them and told them

why are you people want to go to Shirdi? The mad man there has died. Shri

Ganpat Rao told him not to tell all these tales, I however want to go to

Shirdi Baba will help us. Then the tall man brought his cart, got them

inside the cart and driven to Shirdi. On the way, the tall man uttered

always the words Maya, Mithya, Brahma etc., as a mad man. The cart came to

Kopargaon Town. As there is floods in Godavari River it was not possible to

cross the river the tall man made them to get down near a Brahman's house

and went away without demanding any money from them. He was not turned up

till they started to cross the river by boat after 3 P. M., when the water

lessened in the river. On the other side of the river, they came to Shirdi

late in the night and stayed in' Dixit wada. They were alone in the wada.

They stayed the night there and in the morning they got the darshan of Baba

and returned to Kopargaom and gone to the Brahmin's house and enquired about

the cart tall man. The Brahmin told them that the cart man was not belonged

to Kopargaom and added that he was under the impression He belonged to you

man. All have decided that this occurrence was nothing but Baba's leela to

test their faith.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there ! !

 

 

60. Baba Manifested himself as an old man and given darshan to Shri L.D.

Somaraj, 233. Austin Town, Bangalore- 1

 

I am an ex-serviceman from the defence army devoted to Baba since 1940. I

got ten children. Out of these children, my wife gave birth to three child

at a time (Triplex). They were all safe. I was having one small photo of

Baba and wherever I go, I used to worship it. It may in 1941, I came on

leave and I went to Bangalore, my native place from Japalpur. I met Shri

Narasimhaswamiji at Bezwada railway station who came and sat by my side and

talked to me about Baba and gave me one anna coin with His blessings and

asked me to keep it in puja. After reaching Bangalore, I told my parents

about my meeting with Shri Narasimhaswamiji and requested my mother to start

bhakti on Sai Baba's cult. One day I went to cinema 6-30 P.M. show At about

7 P.M. it was heavy raining, one Sadhu like Baba with white dress with a

piece of cloth tied on his head standing outside the compound wall shouting

"that no one should come outside the gate as one cobra was standing there".

My mother asked him "what was there outside Baba!" My mother called him as

Baba as he resembled like Sai Baba. The old man replied "there was one cobra

standing outside the gate and it would go away soon and that no one should

come outside". Hearing His voice, my neighbor opened the door of his house.

He saw a very big cobra standing outside the compound gate of my house. Baba

asked my mother to put milk for it. My mother did it and the cobra went away

after drinking it. My mother requested Him to come inside the house, but he

refused. He asked my mother for food. My mother served him with food there

itself on a big stone. After taking food, he asked my mother for some money.

Immediately, my younger sister gone inside and returned with Rs. 51- and

offered to Him. After receiving this He asked one sack to cover his body. My

mother asked my father for one sack to him. My father refused. The old man

said to my mother "that there were 50 sacks in the puja room and out of

that, you may give me one". My mother and father were wondered at His words

and gave Him one sack. He smoked His cigar by sitting on the stone and left

a handful of ash over the stone. Afterwards, He went away saying that He

would visit my house on another day. My younger sister followed him upto the

next cross and from there, he disappeared. When myself, my brother and my

first sister reached my house from the cinema, there was heavy rain and our

compound was full of water. My mother told me all about the old man. We were

all went to the big stone where He sat and saw to our amazement that the big

stone and the ashes of his cigar (Vibhuti) were dry and not drenched in the

heavy rain. My father was a Police Officer, he too wondered for this miracle

of the old man (Shri Sai Baba) and he also used to worship Baba. Is this not

the Leela of Baba to Create faith in His devotees,

Surrender Shri Sai Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there ! !

 

 

61. Baba Manifested Himself as a Nurse and Helped the wife of Shri Piara Lal

Kanna, 13 Theatre Road Calcutta-700071.

 

I and my wife we both gone to Rameshwar in 1950 and toured all over South

India. Wherever we go, we found a saint with a twisted turban in His head.

We did not know who He was. Atleast we came to know that he was Shri Sai

Baba, Shirdi. My younger brother . gone to Shirdi and came back to our place

and requested us to go to Shirdi. At that time, I was in great difficulty by

work pressure in my office, illness in the family and had to undergo for

operation. In April, 82 last we came to Shirdi to beg for the blessing of

Baba as my wife has to undergo major operation at Bombay. He blessed us even

prior to our coming to Shirdi. When we were in the train, one Fakir with red

cloth came to our compartment and sang a song in Marathi and told us "All

our troubles would vanish" and requested only from us far 5 N.P, We paid 5

N.P. He blessed us and gone away from our compartment without asking from

anybody. After visiting Shirdi, the operation was performed. After operation

of my wife, I was with typhoid fever in my place and there was no one in the

hospital to look after my wife. We came across Baba's one extraordinary

Krupa by sending a nurse who came with out anybody's request. She was alone

with the patient for the whole of the night and did all the nursing jobs

which patient unable to tell. Next morning at 7 O'Clock she asked the

patient to give her money for her services during night as she was poor. My

wife replied her that she has got no money but she promised to give her the

next day and requested her to have faith in her. Then she touched the

patient from head to belly giving blessings and went away. Thereafter, the

said Nurse did not turn up for her dues and she was not available even after

a search. The doctor also told her that there was no such nurse serving

under him. As it was the private hospital we vacated the bed on the 26th day

and paid all the relevant dues and even then the said Nurse did not turn up

for her dues. It was certain that no other than Baba was manifested, helped

and served my wife when she was left alone in the hospital uncared for.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there II

 

 

62. Baba Manifested himself and helped Shri Chandulal, M. Metha and his wife

Smt. Manubai

 

62. Baba Manifested himself and helped Shri Chandulal, M. Metha and his wife

Smt. Manubai residing at Kadia Kaveeswar Pole (Near) Bala Hanuman House No.

579, Ahmedabad-380 001 Gujarat

In the year 1953 in the month of February, my wife Smt. Manubai went to Shri

Sai Baba Mandir at Ther-kanbhuvan along with her lady friends. Her friends

told my wife that the Almighty Baba fulfill the wishes of the devotees

equally irrespective of caste, colour, or creed. On the next Thursday, my

wife went with our younger son Shri Mukesh to the same Mandir with coconut

during evening Arati time. After Arati, the temple pujari, distributed

prasadam in different varieties of eatables. My wife received groundnut

prasad only and she was worried over it as pedas were given to selected

persons. Thinking likewise, she came to the house via Kaveeswar Pole Naka.

In front of her, there came an unknown person with a bag in His hand and

told her "her husband has sent this prasad, please take it in your bag and

so saying He put the prasad in her bag and went away with His empty bag". At

that time, I was in office. After I reached my house, my wife told me about

my sending prasad through that unknown person. I was wondered on hearing

this fact. We ascertained that it was the Leela of Baba to fulfil the wishes

of my wife. We became a Sai devotee from this incident.

In the year 1948, I performed the marriage of my elder brother Shri Naveen

M. Metha with a borrowed loan of Rs. 50,000/- and I was repaying if from my

pay. As he was not an earning member, nobody was willing to give their

daughter for marriage to him. That is why he was not married before me. My

wife used to fill up the corssword puzzle in Gujarat paper JAN-SATHA. In the

year 1953, April, she filled up the puzzle No. 6 as usual At that time, I

was in debt of Rs. 3333/- out of the debt of Rs. 50,000;-. By Baba's grace,

my wife won the puzzle price of Rs. 3333/- the same amount of my debt

nothing less nor more. Was it not this a miracle of Shri Sai Baba to relieve

me from my debt.

In the year 1953 Bhadrupad the annual ceremony of my father and my wife's

father came on the same day. I am not able to go to my father-in-laws house.

I was in office on that day. My children were at School. At about 4 P. M. my

father-in-law came to my house handed over a Kaki colour bag to my wife (his

daughter) and went away. That bag contained raw vegetables, UDI and Rs.

1-25. After my arrival to my house, my wife told me this, How my father

in-law who died in Jaipur in 1950 came to my house at Ahmedabad in 1953. Was

it not the wonder and Leela of Baba to fulfil my wishes.

In the year 1954, I came to Shirdi with my family with an aim to stay one

day and return. But owing to the heavy rains, I was forced to stay for 3

days in Shirdi. After I returned to Ahmedabad, I had the best occasion to

meet His Holiness Sai Sharan Anand, Baba's intimate devotee. I used to go

over to Him every now and then and become His staunch devotee. My wife used

to give Biksha (food) daily to the Swamiji. In the year 1958, Swamiji gone

to Bombay. My wife went alone to Shirdi (via.) Dadar. At Dadar railway

station, the crowd was much more and she was not in a state to fetch a seat.

At that time, an old man came and asked her Chaddar (cloth like blanket).

First she was doubted as He was new and afterwards she gave. The old man

went into the crowd. After a while, he returned when the train was coming in

the platform and asked her to get in a particular compartment. She got into

that particular compartment and found her Chaddar there and she received all

her Samans with the help of that old man into the compartment. She turned to

the plat' form to pay His cooly. Even without waiting for a while, he gone

away without any expectation from her. Was it not the miracle of the

Omnipotent Baba to help her in the hour of need.

In the year 1980 between 10 and 15 March a man with a Rashmi Shirt and

Dhothar in His waist came between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. and handed over a packet

to my wife. My wife asked him to stay for a while. But he gone away without

telling anything, She opened the packet. It contained 4 railway reservation

with tickets with all the names of our family members, from Ahmedabad to

Manmad by Navajeevan Express. After my return from office, my wife handed

over the packet to me. On seeing this, I was astonished and enquired in the

railway station and found to be correct. I ascertained who else would have

given this except the Almighty Baba. I enquired about this with His Holiness

Sai Sharan Anandji. He told me to go to Shirdi as this was Baba's wish.

Accordingly, we came to Shirdi by utilising these tickets upto Manmad.

As for the second time in 1981, between 10 and 15 March, a man came and

thrown a packet in my house between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. My father took it in

and opened it. There were 4 railway reservation with tickets from Ahmedabad

to Manmad and UDI also. As per the wishes of Baba, we came to Shirdi by

utilising these tickets upto Manmad.

As for the third time in 1982 on 12-3-1982 between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. a man

like a riskshawala came and given a packet to my wife and went away. She

opened it and found the same 4 railway reservation with tickets from

Ahmedabad to Manmad. Hence, we came to Shirdi by utilising these tickets

upto Manmad.

As for the fourth time in 1983, on 15-3-1983 my wife and my daughter gone

for darshan of the Samadhi of this Holiness Sai Sharan Anand who expired on

25-8-1982 and offered her Prasad to the Pujari (Sevak) there. He has given

prasad in a white plastic Jar and from the jar there came a packet in his

hand and it was handed over to my wife. The pujari again received it, opened

it and found that there were 4 railway reservation with tickets from

Ahmedabad to Manmad with the date of journey was on 30-4-1983. But this

time, my name was not found in these tickets instead my son's names Nithia

and Metha were found, utilised these tickets for the past three years 1980,

1981, 1982. I thought this time to retain these tickets as Baba's prasad and

came to Shirdi on 30-4-1983 of my own accord.

The following tickets were preserved by me from 15-3-83. Reservation with

tickets from Ahmedabad to Manmad to perform journey on 30-4-83 by

Nava-jeevan Express. Compartment No. S/13, seats from 55 to 59.

Railway Reservation Ticket Number Railway fare ticket no. Name Compartment

NO and Seat No.

1.59083 3623 Nithin C.Mehta Compartment No 8/13 Seat No.55

59084 3624 Manubai Mehta Seat No.56

59085 3625 Vihangini Mehta Seat No.57

52086 3626 Chaki Anita Mehta Seat No.58

59087 00453 Babu (Rachit) Child Seat No.59

Dear readers please think over what sort of help beloved Baba had done in

this case.

Surrender Shri Sal Completely I Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

63. Baba averted and helped to overcome the Fire Accident of Shri Dastoorji of

Ahmedabad

 

Shri Dastoorji of Ahmedabad was a weaving Master in the Saranpen Cotton

Mills, Ahmedabad. One day he gone to the Mill for work as usual. At the

commencement of his work, he heard a voice "That he should go to his house".

He suspected the voice. But again and again the same voice was heard. He

then proceeded to his house with the permission of the Mill authorities and

saw nothing was happened in house. But suddenly his cloth caught fire and

his wife cried out loudly and removed his clothes from his body without

least worrying for her life. He was thus saved from that accident by the

grace of Baba.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance

be there !!

 

 

64. Baba saved the Life of Shri Aravind J Mehta Bombay from Accident of his

falling down from the Bus

 

It was Tuesday 31-8-1978. On that day early morning I myself and my wife,

had gone to Harkisondas Hospital to see our ailing relative. On our return

from there, we went to the Income Tax Office and submitted some papers to

them and we went to Lalbaug Parel to board a bus going to our place in

Santacruz. It was noon time and the day was very hot. A double decker bus

came and my wife boarded it. While I on my part when I was about to board

the bus catching hold on the rear side, but I lost my grip and was thrown

out of the road. Even in this time, I prayed Baba. Fortunately for me and by

Baba's grace though my body was laying on the road, my head has not dashed

against the road. By the time, the bus could stop on hearing shouts from my

wife and other passengers, it had gone about 20' from where I fell. My wife

and some other passengers came running by my side expecting to see either my

dead body or to see me with multiple injuries on the head and other parts of

the body., but by the grace of our Baba, I was lying there quite alive and

without any injury whatsoever either to my head or any part of my body and

HIS ANOTHER GRACE at that time was that not a single vehicle has followed

the bus when I had fall. If any had followed, I would have been crushed to

pieces under that vehicle. That day was a great day for me and my wife and

family. Since that day I got a new life by the GRACE of our Shri Sai Baba.

Is it not a GREAT GRACE and MIRACLE OF BABA who has given me another life on

31-8-1978 ?

Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

 

65. Baba saved the life of the son-in-law of Shri A. J. Metha, 56, Tagore Road,

Santacruz (W) Bombay.

 

In the third quarter of the year 1962, while attending officer's training

class of L. I. C. of India at Nagpur in the month of September, 1962, my

wife and myself (she joined) me at Manmad had been to Shirdi to offer our

prayers to Baba's Samadhi. At that time, we have decided not to visit Shirdi

in October (our practice being to visit Shirdi twice a year in March and

October) since we had done so in September. This was our decision, but

Baba's wishes was different. He desired that we must pay our visit to Shirdi

in October too as per our practice. This can be seen from the incident

narrated as under. It was the "Sharad Pournima" day in the year 1962. My

son-in-law and some friends had taken three cars and had gone on a picnic

party to enjoy "Sharad Pournima" night. First to Juhu Beach of Snata-cruz

and then to Khapoli near Khandala. After enjoying feast in the above two

places, they were returning to Bombay from Khapoli early in the morning of

the next day. Just when they were near Thana, their car skidded and fell

into nalla. Fortunately, a police van which was overtaken the occupants of a

car saw the car in the nalla. The Police immediately rendered necessary help

and all the injured were first taken to the Thana Civil Hospital and then to

Harkisondas Hospital at Bombay. This sad news of the accident conveyed to us

by my son-in-law's brother at 10 A.M. but he could not give details of the

incident. On hearing this incident's news, I became very nervous and my wife

asked me to overcome my nervousness and said "Let us start praying our

Baba". He is sure to listen our prayers for the life of our son-in-law as

Baba always look of the happiness of His devotees. And to our greatest

surprise, when we reached the Harkisondas Hospital we found that our

son-in-law was free from any major injuries and he recovered with in a week.

This was nothing but Baba's grace because one of his friends who was on

wheel unfortunately met his death and most of others have sustained major

and only my son-in-law's recovery was miraculous by the grace of Baba.

Within a week of son-in-law's recovery, we went to Shirdi to offer our

gratitude to Baba for saving our son-in-law's life and thus His wish for our

visiting Shirdi in October as usual was fulfilled.

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 for more literature on

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

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