76. BABA FULFILLED THE DESIRE OF A DEVOTEE BY ACCEPTING HIS FOOD IN DISGUISE IN SHIRDI ITESELF

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A devotee from Devas in Madhya Pradesh came to Shirdi for Baba's darshan and

stayed in Dixit wada. He used to take food daily in Sagun Mehru Naik's Hotel

for both the times and reserved a plate for Baba and requested Baba daily at

each time to come for meals. Baba would simply laugh at his request.

During the previous day of his departure from Shirdi a person of Nath Panth

came to that Hotel at 10-30 P.M. When they were closing the hotel and asked

Naik, "There was a plate of meals reserved for me. Please offer that plate

to me". Naik made him to sit on a comfortable asan and served the plate. The

person asked Naik to call the man who reserved the meals for him. Naik went

and wake the man who was in deep sleep but he was not awakend. Naik retured

and told the person that the man who had reserved meals for him was in deep

sleep and not awakend.

Then the person told Naik "Always feed the hungry and gone away". On the

next day, it was known to all about this matter. Shri Madhavarao Deshpande

asked Baba whether He has gone for meals in Naik's hotel. Baba replied to

him "Yes, I had gone to Naik's hotel and had my meals with heart's,

satisfaction yesterday night". Afterwards it became wide publicity among

devotees that Baba was going for meals even in Shirdi in disguise to satisfy

His devotees. "Dear Sai devotees you are sincerely requested, that you

should feed whoever approaches you for meals even foregoing your own meals

for that time. This will certainly satisfy Baba and thereby His

Blessings obtained.

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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