Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

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Once this Shama was bitten by a venomous serpent on his little finger. The

poison began to spread in his body and caused unbearable suffering and

pain. Shama thought that his end was drawing near. His friends wanted to

take him to the shrine of God Vithoba where many were cured of snake

bites. But such was Shama’s faith in Baba that he ran to the mosque, to

his beloved savior. Strangely enough, no sooner he stepped into the mosque

than Baba flared up and shouted, “Oh vile priest, do not climb up. Beware

if you do! Go get out! Go down” Poor Shama was mortified and stood there

dumb-founded. Then Baba’s expression and voice changed suddenly and, with

his characteristic love and tenderness, he said “Don’t fear. The Fakir is

merciful and he will save you. Go and sit at home. Don’t stair out. Have

faith in me and be fearless”. To his great surprise Shama found that the

pain had already vanished and he felt that the poison was withdrawing to

the finger. He returned home. Later Baba sent word to him through Tatya

Patil and Kakasaheb Dixit that he could eat whatever he likes and should

move about in the house but should not lie down and sleep. Shama did

accordingly and was free from all trouble. It is interesting to reflect on

this incident. Baba was shouting and fretting at the poison in Shama’s

blood and not at Shama himself. Often Baba appeared to do the same at the

unuttered evil propensities of many other devotees and his words did have

such power as to drive them out.

 

When Kakasaheb Dixit was at Shirdi he was once suffering from severe pain

in the leg. He found it hard even to walk a furlong. That evening Baba

started for Nimgaon. Dixit accompanied him. Though they walked together

for three miles Dixit suffered no pain!

 

A lady of Pune was childless. She believed that if she receives a coconut

from Baba her wish would be fulfilled. But whenever she started for Shirdi

some obstacle or the other cropped up and she had to give up. One night

Baba appeared in her dream and gave her a coconut. Next Morning when she

woke up, she actually found one in her bed! She was amazed at Baba’s leela

and vowed that if she were blessed with a child, she would offer it at

Shirdi. Next year she was blessed with a son and she fulfilled her vow.

 

(To be contd....)

 

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