How Baba Grants Anticipatory Bail to His Devotees in Dire Need (October 1986)-Dr. P.S. Ramaswami

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HOW BABA GRANTS ANTICIPATORY BAIL TO HIS DEVOTEES IN DIRE NEED (October

1986)

 

The following occurrence took place in the winter of '57 or '58. It

concerns a friend of mine, Shri A.K. Kumthekar by name, aged about 40 at the

time and employed as an Asst. Foreman in the Inspectorate of Armaments in

the Ordnance Factory at Khamaria, Jabalpur. He was a highly principled

brahmin hailing from Pune greatly devoted to his parents. His first concern

in life was about his aged and bed-ridden father, and he could not think in

terms of living away from the old gentleman leaving him to be looked after

by others. It was in these circumstances that one fine morning his boss, a

hard-boiled Lt. Colonel notified him to be ready to go and attend an 18 week

Senior Armament Examiner's Course at Kirkee, Pune.

 

The above order acted as a bomb-shell on Shri Kumthekar and he found

himself in a quandary'. For one thing, the passing of the Course was in the

nature of a qualification for promotion and no option was allowed. For

another, it would mean being away from his father for the period or shifting

him to and fro which would jeopardise his health. So, he put up his request

to be exempted from the Course, or alternatively to be transferred to Kirkee

on compassionate grounds. He then rushed to me for solace and advice. He was

on the verge of tears. He had heard from me many an account of the

incredible miracles worked by Sri Sai Baba in my life and how He came to be

the Sheet Anchor of my existence. I instinctively felt that Baba's sanction

was there in his coming to me and His intercession and protection to enable

him to fulfil his filial obligation. I told him accordingly beseeching him

to rest assured that no power on earth could come in the way of Baba's

children discharging their duty conscientiously. Only, from that moment, he

should without question put his faith in Baba knowing HIM to be but the

incarnation of Datta worshipped by him in his family. These words had the

desired effect on him and cleared the gloom of despair.

 

Personally I had no qualms about Shri Kumthekar being enabled to surmount

the seemingly insurmountable obstacle in his way for, this was not the first

time that I had been impelled, subconsciously or super-consciously as the

case might be, by Baba to hold out similar guarantees in cases of illness

considered to be hopeless but by His Infinite Mercy happily ending in

complete recovery in due course.

 

Hardly a week had passed when my friend came to me with a crest-fallen,

countenance with the Lt. Colonel's reply summarily rejecting his request and

peremptorily telling him to obey the order. He was given a week's time to

collect the T.A. and leave the station. He understandably felt that Baba was

not acting in his behalf as expected. I however, was not at all perturbed

knowing Baba's inscrutable Wisdom and Methods. I therefore encouraged him to

be hopeful. I assured him that not unoften Baba acts in the last split

second when all help disappears. This had some effect and he left.

 

(to be contd...)

Dr. P.S. Ramaswami

Hyderabad

 

 

The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

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