Sai Baba the Master

[Guest guest]

In course of time, the experiences of various devotees of Sai Baba

cultured faith and devotion in Kasinath. The finishing touch was however

given by Baba on one day. Kasinath was sitting in the mosque along with

other devotees. Sai then told the gathering, with a smile on his lips and

glancing at Kasinath off and on, that once he saw a pregnant woman who did

not deliver the child even after years of pregnancy; he later advised her

to drink only hot water which will help her in an easy delivery. The lady

ignored the advice and approached a stream for drinking water; Sai Baba,

fearing that ‘she’ would unnecessarily ‘die’ along with all the infants in

her belly, again approached her, admonished her to take hot water from the

neighbouring village. So she did and so she got relief thenceforth.

 

Kasinath realized that it was, indeed, his story and the old man who

advised him to drink hot water once at Rahuri and later at Jejuri was Sai

Baba himself! He realized the truth of Sai Baba’s characteristic statement;

“I will not allow my devotees to fall; night and day I think of them” and

“I will never leave anyone in the middle”. To clear the remaining doubts in

Kasinath’s mind, even while he was so wondering, Sai Baba addressed him

thus; “There is rinanubandha (connection through former karma) between us.

Our families have been closely connected for thousands of years. So we are

one.” Tears of gratitude rolled from Kasinath’s eyes.

 

Once Sai Baba said, “Two birds lived on a tree on the verge of a well. One

of them fell down and was about to be drowned. The second one jumped down

and saved it, thought it nearly lost its own life in the effort.” This

closely corresponds to what Baba said to Sri Upasani’s brother.

 

 

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