NO DANGER TO DWARAKAMAYI CHILDREN

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LAMBA BAVA

Baba said, "Do you know the "Lamba Bava" (long gentleman), Viz. serpent?" And

then closing the left arm like fist He brought it near the right elbow, and

moving His left arm like the hood of a serpent, He said- "He is so terrible,

but what can he do to the children of Dwarakamayi: When the Dwarakamayi (its

presiding deity) protects, what can the serpent do?" in Sri Sai Satcharitra

Ch.XXII.

In the year 1947, there was not much electricity in the interior countryside of

India. It was so in the residence of Ravalu Devendra Nadhan, Perala, Chirala.

He lived with his daughter Indra and other members of the family in a big

house. Indira had a separate room for herself. She had the walls well

whitewashed and roof covered with tatty to which paper was plastered so as to

prevent insects from falling. As there was no electricity, a lamp was fixed to

the wall and she had Baba’s photo next to the lamp.

It was Saturday and 8 o’clock in the night. In her place there was a Hanuman

temple and on Saturdays Hanuman pooja was performed and Prasad distributed. She

was reading a religious book, lying on her cot, when she was roused suddenly by

her father’s unusually loud voice "Indra, Indra". She felt irked at the

disturbance. She went out and found the poojary with a plate of prasadam, which

she took and brought inside the house. When she returned to continue her

reading, she was shocked to find that a big snake had fallen on her cot in her

absence. She shouted "snake snake" and her father and others gathered, caught

the snake and left it on the outskirts. Indra had requested them not to harm

the snake. The benevolent grace of Baba was on Indira. At the appropriate time,

He made her to leave her cot, which saved her from mishap.

(Taken from the book "The Eternal Sai")

 

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