Sai Baba the Master

[Guest guest]

Sometimes his words were less intelligible. For instance, ‘One day Sai

Baba who was sitting in his usual place in the mosque suddenly bawled out,

“Oh!” for no apparent reason. The next moment his head-dress and his kufni

were suddenly found drenched with water and water was dripping from them

for more than half an hour. The little space in the Dwarakamai became a

pool of water. The devotees were amazed, and silently swept out the water

and dried Baba’s clothes. Neither Baba told them anything about it nor had

they the boldness to ask him. On the third day Baba received a telegram

from one of his devotees, Jahangirji Framji Daruwala, who offered his thanks

to Baba for saving him.

 

The full story is this. Russo-Japanese war was in its bitterest phase.

This devotee was the captain of a ship. “When he found that all his

steamers save three were all sunk by the enemy and the rest of them,

including his own, would soon meet the same fate, he took out Baba’s

photograph from his pocket and, with tears in his eyes, prayed to Baba to

save him and his three steamers. Baba at once appeared on the scene and

towed all the sinking steamers to the bank.” (from “Sri Sai the Superman”)

 

M.W.Pradhan also records another instance: “On a Thursday, during that

period, Baba was preparing food in a handi i.e., a pot, to feed large

numbers. He drove away every one from the musjid and was alone with his

handi. At that time, to the great surprise and alarm of the spectators,

myself and the two sons of Chandorkar went in. Baba, far from being angry,

received us very well, as though for granting wholly private interview. At

the handi I noticed with wonder that when the contents of the cauldron were

boiling, Baba used his own bare palm and not a spoon or a laddle to stir the

contents thoroughly to secure even and uniform consistency in the food or

sira. His hand was not scalded or swollen by such use.”

 

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