Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

[Guest guest]

A wealthy merchant came to Shirdi in 1911, along with his palsied

daughter. She could neither stand nor walk. She was carried into Baba’s

presence. Baba blessed her and asked them to stay at Shirdi. On the third

day she began to use her legs a little. On the eighth day she was able to

walk, to the wonder of all the devotes. So too the wife of one Ghiasis, an

employees of the Railway Department, was cured of her paralysis by Sai

Baba.

 

Nandaram Marvadi visited Shirdi at the time of the second great plague in

1911. Many were leaving the village in haste. One day when he passed by

the Maruthi Temple some people seated there told him that his eyes were

red with fever and that he might be struck down by plague. In great fear

he rode on horeseback to the temple where, on the advice of someone he

offered a coconut and oil to the deity. Then he wanted to quit that place

and sought Baba’s leave. Baba , however, dissuaded him. “As long as I am

alive I will not let you die”, he said and gave him udi. He stayed on and

his fever vanished.

 

One day Shama was wiping Baba’s wet hands with a towel. Baba gazed at him

playfully and pinched his cheek. Shama pretended anger and said, “Sai, why

do you pinch me? We don’t want a mischievous god who pinches us thus.”

Baba replied, “Oh Shama, during the seventy two births that you were with

me, I never pinched you till now and you resent my touching you?” Shama

said, “We want a god that will ever give us kisses and sweets to eat; we

do not want any dignity, wealth or heaven from you. Let our faith in you

be ever awake and alive.” Baba lovingly replied, “Yes, I have indeed come

for that. I have been feeding and nursing you all these lives and I have

love and affection for you”. Such was the intimacy between the Master and

devotee.

 

 

 

(To be contd....)

 

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