Repayment of Past Debts

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XIX. REPAYMENT OF PAST DEBTS

 

There was a Muslim former who had to deepen his field veil with

dynamite; but his application to the Collector for a licence was

twice refused on the strength of the report of the local officers.

The farmer in disgust came to Baba and begged his intervention to

secure bare justice. Baby told him to wait till Nana Saheb came.

When Nana Saheb arrived, Baba asked him to recommend the

application to the Collector. Nana replied that there was no hope

of a third application being successful. Baba, however, told Nana

that this time the Collector would grant the application, if Nana

supported it.

For Repayment :

Baba added : This applicant has left a box with us and he wants it

to be returned to him. It is not right to say to him "Na". The

words were cryptic, but Nana's constant association with Baba

enabled him to interpret them aright. The applicant had, in some

former birth, done a good deed or helped Baba (and perhaps Nana

also) by a good turn, and so had to get a return for it. So Baba,

through Nana, must now use his influence to turn the Collector's

mind so as to see the justice of the applicant's claim.

Nana took the applicant to the Collector, and his third petition

was presented. Nana was careful enough to state this previous

orders. When the Collector asked the applicant why he insisted on

having dynamite, the latter forcibly put his own case. The

Government itself had issued a loan of Rs. 500/- for improvement

of that land. Unless the well was deepened with dynamite,

improvement of the land and return of the Government loan were not

possible. The application was at once granted.

 

 

 

(This is from the book"The Wonderous Saint Sai Baba"

written by Pujyasri B.V.Narasimaswami,founder President of All

India Sai

Samaj, Chennai...........This book can be read from

www.saileelas.org)