Sai Baba the Master by E.Bharadwaja

[Guest guest]

Mrs. Kulkarni and her children were very happy at this miracle of Sai

Baba. But a great miracle was in store for them. Owing to some unexpected

turn of events Appasaheb Kulkarni returned home on the third day and was

sorely disappointed to know that he had very narrowly missed a chance of

seeing Sai Baba coming to his house. He said that if he were present at

the time of the fakir’s arrival, he would have given as dakshina of

Rs.10/- and not merely Re.1/-. He however wanted to try his luck and so

went out and searched all over the locality but could not trace the fakir.

He returned home, took his meal, and along with his friend Mr.Chitre, went

out for a walk. But a little away from his house, he saw a fakir walking

briskly towards him. Even while Kulkarni was wondering whether he was the

same fakir, the latter approached him and asked for dakshina. Appasaheb

gave him Re.1/- but, the fakir wanted more. Appasaheb gave him Re.2/-

more, still the fakir was not satisfied. He borrowed Rs.3/- from his

friend Chitre and gave them to the fakir. But he wanted more. Appasaheb

then requested the fakir to come to his house to receive dakshina and,

taking him home, gave him Rs.3/- The fakir again demanded more. Appasaheb

said that he had only a currency note of Rs. 10/-. The fakir took it and

returned all the nine rupees that he had received earlier. Satisfied with

the dakshina of Rs.10/- the fakir went away. And precisely that was the

amount that Appasaheb said he would have given if he was present when Baba

came to his house earlier! The fakir did not take a rupee less or a rupee

more! Further, owing to the fakir’s silent demands for more, the Kulkarni

could get Rs.9/- consecrated by Baba’s touch. They kept the same in their

shrine for worship. Later, when Kulkarni examined the packet of udi that

the fakir had given his wife on his first visit, he found it miraculously

transformed into akshatas (rice made yellow with turmeric, used in

worship) and petals of flowers.

 

Raghuvir Purandhare of Badra records his experience of Baba’s physical

appearance before him, away from Shirdi. "My wife got an attack of cholera

and the doctor gave her up as hopeless, Then I saw Baba standing by the

side or Dattamandir, in front of my Dadar house and he ordered me to give

the udi and tirtha (holy water ) and so I gave her the same. Half an hour

later she recovered sufficient warmth of body and the doctor felt hopeful

of her recovery and she recovered.

 

 

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