Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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When they saw Baba at the musjid, the latter said, looking at

Lakshmichand, “What a cunning fellow! He does bhajan on the way and yet

enquires from others about me. Why ask others? We must see everything for

ourselves; just see whether your dream has come true or not. But why

borrow money from a Marwari friend for this trip. Are you now satisfied?”

What a chain of mysterious coincidences, which ultimately prove to be the

deliberate design of the saint to get his devotee to him.

 

H.V. Sathe had a Brahmin cook by name Megha, a pious youth who always

chanted the Lord’s name Namassivaya. Sathe once sent him to Baba. On the

way he was much distressed on knowing that the saint was a moslem. Yet his

master’s counsel prevailed and he reached Shirdi. When he approached the

musjid, Baba flew into a rage and cried out, “Kick out that rascal”!

Pointing his finger at Megha, Baba said, “You are a high caste brahmin and

I am a moslem; you will lose your caste by coming here. Get out!” He

wondered at Baba’s omniscience but his heart did not feel at ease at

Shirdi and so he left. But would Baba leave his lamb to stray? Megha again

returned to Shirdi and Baba silently helped him outgrow his inhibition.

Megha came to believe that Sai Baba was the avatar of his chosen diety

Lord Siva. Being traditional in his outlook he insisted on worshipping

Baba with bel leaves and bathing him in the holy water of the river

Godavari. He used to fetch water from the river everyday, walking eight

miles in all and perform his worship.

 

Megha used to worship all the deities in the local shrines every day

before worshipping Baba. One day he found the shrine of Khandoba still

unopened and so, after worshipping the rest of the village gods, went to

Dwarakamkai to worship Baba. But Baba insisted on his worshipping Khandoba

first and said that the shrine was by then opened by the priest. He went

and found it was so! This incident increased Megha his faith in Baba and

in the efficacy of following one method of worship assiduously.

 

(To be contd....)

 

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