65. BABA'S INTIMACY WITH TATYA KOTE PATIL

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Baba used to wrestle with Ganpat Kote Patil on occasion. Tatya lifted Baba

with his one hand. Baba would say leave me or else I would fall. Then Tatya

would leave Baba smilingly. Tatya would take away his turban and tie it on

Baba's head as a King's Turban. He would put his upper cloth on Baba's body

and show a mirror to Baba to see himself in the mirror. After seeing in the

mirror, Baba would act and imitate as to how Tatya used to do and would ask

the mirror whether Tatya would do the same things. Afterwards Baba would

remove all these things and handedover to Tatya. All on a sudden Baba would

wake up and caught hold of Tatya's feet. As on account of this action of

Baba, Tatya would get and questioned Baba "what were all these Deva". Baba

told "you did not know anything, keep quiet" and again he would bow to Tatya

Kote with folded hands and saying "Jai Deva, Jai Deva" For this Tatya used

to tell "Salam Alekum" with salute. Once Baba gave Rs. 4/- to Tatya to

purchase betel leaves and Jujube from Rahata Bazar. Tatya Kote bought them

from Rahata and given to Baba. Baba gave the Jujube to Mhalasapathy and

Tatya to eat. Tatya told to Baba "that he would not eat unless Baba ate".

Baba told that the would not eat unless Tatya ate and requested Tatya to eat

it. Tatya taken away all the Jujube to his house. Tatya as usual brought

roti to Baba during night along with the Jugube. Baba again asked Tatya to

eat it. Tatya repeated the same thing that he would not eat unless Baba ate.

Baba repeated the same thing that Tatya should eat first. Having got vexed,

Tatya thrown away the Jujube and gone to Chawadi angrily and attended

Thamasa there. Baba sent Mhalasapathy to fetch Tatya to Dwarakatmayee. Tatya

came to Dwarakamayee and repeated the same thing to Baba. Baba refused.

Again Tatya gone to Chawadi. Baba sent Mhalasapathy to fetch Tatya.

Mhalasapathy gone and told Tatya that Baba doo't allow him to sleep and that

he should come and eat Jujube. Tatya came again to Dwarakamayee and told the

same thing to Baba. Then Baba ate one or two Jujube and then Tatya ate some

and slept in Dwarakamayee along with Baba.

On another occasion, Baba given to Tatya the Kolamba Prasad to eat. Tatya

refused to eat it and told Baba that as the day was Sivarathri, he was

observing fast. Baba totd Tatya, "why were you observing fast on Sivarathri.

Monday and Ekadashi". eat the Kolamba prasad. Dada Kelkar who was with Baba

told Tatya to adhere Baba's instructions. Tatya ate the Kolamba Prasad and

thereupon left the observations of fasting. Owing to such intimacy between

Baba ,and Tatya, Baba given His life to Tatya on 15-10-1918 and Baba Himself

took Samadhi in lieu of Tatya.

Surrender Shri Sai Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance

be there !!

( Adopted from AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI by Ramalingaswamy, Life Member of Shri

Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi at Munja Baba Sthan, Shirdi)

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