Sai Baba the Master

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Sai once said, “One morning I strolled along, had a bath in a rivulet. As I

prepared the chilm (pipe),a traveler turned up and sat by me. We heard a

croaking. I told him that a frog was caught by a snake and was crying. I

went and addressed the creatures, ‘Oh Veerabhadrappa and Chennabasappa, fie

upon your enmity even after taking such low birth? Give it up and rest in

peace!’ The snake at once left the frog and the two creatures escaped. I

then explained: Devotees raised money for the renovation of a dilapidated

temple. Twice, a rich man swindled the funds. Once God appeared in his wife

’s dream and said,‘Renovate the temple, I’ll reward you hundred-fold.’ Her

husband cleverly put her off. After some days the Lord again appeared in

her dream and she offered her jewels for the purpose. The greedy husband

undervalued them and, in exchange, gave a piece of barrenland to the temple

priest towards the expenses of daily worship. Originally it was mortgaged

to him by a poor woman for Rs. 200/- which she could not redeem. In the

next life, the miser was born as a brahmin named Veerabhadrappa. His devout

wife was reborn as Gauri, the daughter of the temple priest. The poor woman

who mortgaged the land was born as Chennabasappa.

 

The priest was devoted to me. I told him the bridegroom would himself come

seeking his daughter in marriage. One day the poor boy, Veerabhadrappa,

came to his house and, on my advice, Gauri was married to him. Even in that

life, he hankered after money. By a sudden twist of circumstances the

barren land was sold at a lakh rupees. There was a quarrel for the money.

When they came to me, I said that the money is God’s and was to be entrusted

to the priest and that Gauri was the heiress to it; that her husband had no

right over it. Veerabhadrappa was wild and imputed evil motives to me. That

night, the lord appeared in Gauri’s dream and told her to spend a portion

of the money for renovating the temple and to consult me (i.e., Baba) with

regard to it. Chennabasappa and Veeraghadrappa quarrelled for the money.

The latter threatned the former with death.

 

 

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