BABA KNOWS ABOUT AND HELPS

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BABA KNOWS AND HELPS US

Baba said, "Be wherever you like, do whatever you choose, remember this well

that, all what you do is known to Me" in Sri Sai Satcharitra Ch.III.

Sri Narasimha Swamiji went to Maharastra, personally interviewed innumerable

devotees of Sai Baba, and recorded their experiences in 1936. This is well

known to all devotees of Sai Baba. In November 1937, he records his own

experiences.

In November 1937, he was at Thiruvannamalai and was intending to start for

Madras by train. A friend, Sri Tulasidas P. Sahani offered to take him by car.

The distance between Madras and Thiruvannamalai is 140 miles. It was raining at

Thiruvannamalai. Hence he consulted Baba whether he should proceed by the car or

by train. The answer was by train. But the friend urged Sri Narasimha Swamiji to

change his mind, as the journey time would be passed by singing bhajans and

Namavali. The rule with Sai Baba was and is, is that once a decision is given a

second consultation on the same matter is not to be sought "Say Rama

Dhwirnabhibhashate". Sri Narasimha Swamiji however pleaded with Baba to permit

him to transgress his orders once, as the object of the transgression was

pious. He also prayed that the penalty for the transgression be lenient. Then

they all started by car. There was rain throughout. The group was cheerful,

singing bhajans and Namavalis. After the

fifth mile, suddenly they heard a sound of snapping and the car shuddered to

halt. Sri Tulasidas who was driving the car alighted and found that the rear

axle was broken. At the place of the break down, there was no shelter and it

was raining. Of course getting the car repaired was out of question in that

desolate place. In the mean time, what were they to do?

Sri Narasimha Swamiji then revealed to his friends that he had joined them

against the express of Sai Baba. He submitted himself to Sri Sai Baba, thanked

Baba for the lightness of the penalty and prayed for further direction.

They waited for 45 minutes inside the car in the pouring rain. A car coming from

Thiruvannamali drew up along side. Sri.P.Krishnamachari, salesman of Volkart

Brothers, Madras, was at the wheel, the sole occupant of the car. He offered to

take them to Madras.

As soon as they got into Sri Krishnamachari’s car, he told them that events

since that morning were puzzling him. Earlier, in the day, he had written to

his home at Madras, that his people need not expect him back for another four

days, as he had decided to extend his stay at Thiruvannamalai. But at 11 a.m.

something made him suddenly change his mind, and he wished to start for Madras.

He could not discern any clear reason for this change of mind. He went to Sri

Ramana Maharshi at whose Ashram, he had been staying, for permission to leave.

The permission was readily granted and he at once started for Madras. He met

the group stranded on the road. He said that his change of decision, and the

urgency he felt to get back to Madras now ceased to be a riddle when he met the

group stranded on the road in the helpless condition. Sri Narasimha Swamiji told

Sri Krishnamachari, that Sai Baba interceded on his behalf.

Sri Narasimha Swamiji relates one more instance of Baba’s help.

A young man of a good family, was in need of help, to make a start in life. He

wanted a decent job. He came to Swamiji for help. Swamiji told him to pray to

Sai Baba. The young man said he had no faith in Sai Baba. Swamiji told him to

pray to any god of his choice. The young man said he had no belief in any god.

But Swamiji wanted to help the young man, as he had come to him for help. Sri

Narasimha Swamiji prayed to Sai Baba, on behalf of the young man, to give him

faith and to give the young man decent job with a salary of Rs.300 (Rs. 300 in

those days was fabulous amount). Within a few months, the young man did get a

job, but the salary was not settled. Nine months later, the employers of their

own accord, fixed the salary at Rs.300 with retrospective effect, from the day

of joining the service. The young man became an ardent devotee of Sai Baba.

(Taken from the book "The Eternal Sai" )

 

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