Sri Sai Baba's Gift With Tears

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XXIII. SRI SAI BABA'S GIFT WITH TEARS

 

A CHILD PRODIGY

 

When applicants for Santana became numerous, Sri Sai Baba adopted a peculiar

procedure in conferring this blessing. Every lady longing for issue brought

with her an entire coconut and presented it to Baba. If Baba re-presented

the coconut to her-and she would usually receive it in one end of her

flowing upper cloth-she would beget a child in about a year's time. If the

coconut was other wise disposed of, that would signify that a blessing was

refused.

Mr. Santaram Balwant Nachne went with his wife to Baba about 1918. The

children born till them of this wife died at a very tender age. In taking

the coconut from lady and representing it to her, Baba showed strange

agitation. His eyes brimmed with tears as he dropped the coconut into the

end of her robe.

Yogi at Five :

In a year's time, she gave birth to a son. This was a matter for great

rejoicing, though the joy was very much damped by the child being born under

the constellation Moola-which forebodes evil to the parents. The mother died

eighteen months thereafter. That might be one reason why Baba was shedding

tears as he gave her the blessing. Anyhow the child (born after Baba's

samadhi) was named Kalu Ram, and he proved an infant phenomenon. Before he

was five, he would sit up in a corner during the stillness of the dawn,

cover his face, and with eyeballs upturned, practise Yoga Samadhi. He would

constantly repeat 'Ram Hari Ram' and write the same sacred name on slips of

paper, and he did it a lakh of times or more. Worship of Sri Sai Baba's

portrait at home with hymns (arati), etc., listening to holy works, e.g.,

Hari Vijaya, ftc., were the other tasks he set himself to; and he would

narrate how Sri Krishna appeared before him and played with him.

INSTRUCTIONS TO FATHER

Eminent people like Sri Gadgi Baba came to see him. One day, he called his

father and admonishad him about the need for concentration on Baba. Taking

up the well-known picture "His Master's Voice", Kalu Ram said;

Kalu: What is this?

S. B. Nachne : It is the advertisement of a phonograph.

Kalu : It is a special message of Krishna.

S. B. Nachne : What is the special message?

Kalu : What is the dog tearing?

S B. Nachne : The music played by the plate.

Kalu: The dog haars his Master's voice. See the dog-so steady from held to

tail, listening so attentively! We must he equally firm and steady. See how

1 sit. You also should sit liks this and listen, and then you will hear

Baba's voice!

S. B. Nachne : How do you know Baba's voice?

Kalu : I know I will not tell you. Experience it yourself. The Last Days :

In 1926, this prodigy passed away. Even though he had dropsy and fever he

kept cheerful to the last. Taking a locket with Baba's picture from his

breast, he gave it to his father saying that he had no more use for it, as

he was going away. Later, he called for Jnaneswari (a very erudite

commentary on Gita, found in many parts to be above the level of the

ordinary graduate) and asked his father to read it. The father was choking

with grief at the approaching end. Kalu, however, told him that none need

grieve at such parting and asked him to read out the 13th chapter. The

father could not. The son kept the book in front of himself. After doing

arati to Baba and singing hymns, the boy passed away in peace. The slips be

had written holy names, on Upasani Baba took away as a memento. Such early

death for such a holy life roust have been foreseen by Sri Sai Baba and

formed an additional reason for his tears.

 

 

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

V.Narasimaswami,founder President of All India Sai Samaj,

Chennai...........This book can be read from www.saileelas.org)