Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

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Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

(Diary of the Hon’ble Mr. G.S. Khaparde (events between 1910 December and 1918 March)

 

1911, 11 January Wednesday

Amravati.

 

>From today the court are closed for nearly a week on account of the Moharrum &

Sankrant holidays. Yesterday, Asnare, Palekar, Brahma Ganorkar & others went on

a tour to visit Sherdi, Kedgaon, Poona, Alandi & if time permits, Bombay. This

would be rather a full programme. I sent two coconuts & three rupees with

Palekar as a present to Sayin Maharaj of Sherdi & for incidental expenses of

fruits etc. Today in getting out of

bed. I felt unwell, & my prayers were difficult to finish. To complete them I

sat in the upper hall after my morning wash. The physician who is practising

here came to see me. So did Karandikar & a few others. I sat on in the upper

hall, for my usual office was full of Moharum Fakirs & Fakirnis and Gopalrao

Dole, with Godbole & Durravi, sat there praying them. After the midday meal I

lay down a while & then felt slightly better. V.K. Kale came & we sat talking

about the new book “At the feet of the Master ” by Alcyone i..e. Krishnanandi

then came Kurandikar Gokhale & others. About the time of their departure came

Govindrao Khaparde. He is a cousin of mine, & lives at Savalaperi. He sat

talking. I asked him to take his evening meal here & he excused himself of the

ground of its being Ekadasi. He went away about 9 P.M.

 

1911 17 January Tuesday

Amravati.

 

I had court work today so there was not much time to do any thing in the

morning. After prayer I came into the hall as usual & finding Baba Palekar

there, sat talking with him. He visited Shirdi & made my presents to Sayin

Maharaj. The latter accepted them. In the course of conversation he remarked

that he had not asked for sugarcanes for the last one thousand years & now that

he did so, only three were brought to him. What could he do with them? He

permitted Palekar & his companions to go away at once saying they could see God

in a few days.

 

After breakfast I went to court with Gopalrao Dole &Palekar joined us on the

way. I appeared before Mr Dighe & presented the written statement of Motilal

Champalal. Then I went to additional Session ’s Judges Court and inspected the

misl of the appeal to be argued tomorrow. Gopalrao Dole and Durrani helped me.

It is an appeal purely on evidence. Then we returned home & I lay down for a

while and wrote an English letter. Later on I sat reading. Asnari came & I sat

talking with him about his recent trip in company with Palekar, Brahman &

Ganorkar. He said the last tried to help the Palkhi at Alandi,

by putting one of his shoulders to it. Then he thought he would give the other

shoulder a chance & made the change but found the Palkhi very heavy and tiring.

So he reproached himself & begged to be forgiven whereupon the Palkhi at once

became light & he could carry it easily. Annasaheb Patwardhan was there & told

the story of a Brahman who had Bramhastra taught to him by his guru.

 

A man encroached on his land and he could get no redress though he carried the

matter to the Madras High Court. So the Brahman, one day, in reciting & giving

oblations to the sun, by accident remembered the injustice. Therefrom the

trespasser felt a burning sensation, fell ill, and reached the point of death.

At last a Swami came & cured him and got the Brahman to renounce the Brahmastra

at the root of a Shani tree. We sat talking a long time. V.K.Kale, Godbole,

Braji Gokhale & others came & joined the conversation. I told them about

Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe’s conviction

“inspite of himself ” as he says. He wrote to my son Baba and sent the letter

with Baba Palekar who delivered it this morning. Sayin Maharaj won as he was

bound to do. The case is wonderful as Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe is a tough

customer.

 

Source:Saileelas.org

 

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