62. Baba Manifested himself and helped Shri Chandulal, M. Metha and his wife Smt. Manubai

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62. Baba Manifested himself and helped Shri Chandulal, M. Metha and his wife

Smt. Manubai residing at Kadia Kaveeswar Pole (Near) Bala Hanuman House No.

579, Ahmedabad-380 001 Gujarat

In the year 1953 in the month of February, my wife Smt. Manubai went to Shri

Sai Baba Mandir at Ther-kanbhuvan along with her lady friends. Her friends

told my wife that the Almighty Baba fulfill the wishes of the devotees

equally irrespective of caste, colour, or creed. On the next Thursday, my

wife went with our younger son Shri Mukesh to the same Mandir with coconut

during evening Arati time. After Arati, the temple pujari, distributed

prasadam in different varieties of eatables. My wife received groundnut

prasad only and she was worried over it as pedas were given to selected

persons. Thinking likewise, she came to the house via Kaveeswar Pole Naka.

In front of her, there came an unknown person with a bag in His hand and

told her "her husband has sent this prasad, please take it in your bag and

so saying He put the prasad in her bag and went away with His empty bag". At

that time, I was in office. After I reached my house, my wife told me about

my sending prasad through that unknown person. I was wondered on hearing

this fact. We ascertained that it was the Leela of Baba to fulfil the wishes

of my wife. We became a Sai devotee from this incident.

In the year 1948, I performed the marriage of my elder brother Shri Naveen

M. Metha with a borrowed loan of Rs. 50,000/- and I was repaying if from my

pay. As he was not an earning member, nobody was willing to give their

daughter for marriage to him. That is why he was not married before me. My

wife used to fill up the corssword puzzle in Gujarat paper JAN-SATHA. In the

year 1953, April, she filled up the puzzle No. 6 as usual At that time, I

was in debt of Rs. 3333/- out of the debt of Rs. 50,000;-. By Baba's grace,

my wife won the puzzle price of Rs. 3333/- the same amount of my debt

nothing less nor more. Was it not this a miracle of Shri Sai Baba to relieve

me from my debt.

In the year 1953 Bhadrupad the annual ceremony of my father and my wife's

father came on the same day. I am not able to go to my father-in-laws house.

I was in office on that day. My children were at School. At about 4 P. M. my

father-in-law came to my house handed over a Kaki colour bag to my wife (his

daughter) and went away. That bag contained raw vegetables, UDI and Rs.

1-25. After my arrival to my house, my wife told me this, How my father

in-law who died in Jaipur in 1950 came to my house at Ahmedabad in 1953. Was

it not the wonder and Leela of Baba to fulfil my wishes.

In the year 1954, I came to Shirdi with my family with an aim to stay one

day and return. But owing to the heavy rains, I was forced to stay for 3

days in Shirdi. After I returned to Ahmedabad, I had the best occasion to

meet His Holiness Sai Sharan Anand, Baba's intimate devotee. I used to go

over to Him every now and then and become His staunch devotee. My wife used

to give Biksha (food) daily to the Swamiji. In the year 1958, Swamiji gone

to Bombay. My wife went alone to Shirdi (via.) Dadar. At Dadar railway

station, the crowd was much more and she was not in a state to fetch a seat.

At that time, an old man came and asked her Chaddar (cloth like blanket).

First she was doubted as He was new and afterwards she gave. The old man

went into the crowd. After a while, he returned when the train was coming in

the platform and asked her to get in a particular compartment. She got into

that particular compartment and found her Chaddar there and she received all

her Samans with the help of that old man into the compartment. She turned to

the plat' form to pay His cooly. Even without waiting for a while, he gone

away without any expectation from her. Was it not the miracle of the

Omnipotent Baba to help her in the hour of need.

In the year 1980 between 10 and 15 March a man with a Rashmi Shirt and

Dhothar in His waist came between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. and handed over a packet

to my wife. My wife asked him to stay for a while. But he gone away without

telling anything, She opened the packet. It contained 4 railway reservation

with tickets with all the names of our family members, from Ahmedabad to

Manmad by Navajeevan Express. After my return from office, my wife handed

over the packet to me. On seeing this, I was astonished and enquired in the

railway station and found to be correct. I ascertained who else would have

given this except the Almighty Baba. I enquired about this with His Holiness

Sai Sharan Anandji. He told me to go to Shirdi as this was Baba's wish.

Accordingly, we came to Shirdi by utilising these tickets upto Manmad.

As for the second time in 1981, between 10 and 15 March, a man came and

thrown a packet in my house between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. My father took it in

and opened it. There were 4 railway reservation with tickets from Ahmedabad

to Manmad and UDI also. As per the wishes of Baba, we came to Shirdi by

utilising these tickets upto Manmad.

As for the third time in 1982 on 12-3-1982 between 2 P.M. and 4 P.M. a man

like a riskshawala came and given a packet to my wife and went away. She

opened it and found the same 4 railway reservation with tickets from

Ahmedabad to Manmad. Hence, we came to Shirdi by utilising these tickets

upto Manmad.

As for the fourth time in 1983, on 15-3-1983 my wife and my daughter gone

for darshan of the Samadhi of this Holiness Sai Sharan Anand who expired on

25-8-1982 and offered her Prasad to the Pujari (Sevak) there. He has given

prasad in a white plastic Jar and from the jar there came a packet in his

hand and it was handed over to my wife. The pujari again received it, opened

it and found that there were 4 railway reservation with tickets from

Ahmedabad to Manmad with the date of journey was on 30-4-1983. But this

time, my name was not found in these tickets instead my son's names Nithia

and Metha were found, utilised these tickets for the past three years 1980,

1981, 1982. I thought this time to retain these tickets as Baba's prasad and

came to Shirdi on 30-4-1983 of my own accord.

The following tickets were preserved by me from 15-3-83. Reservation with

tickets from Ahmedabad to Manmad to perform journey on 30-4-83 by

Nava-jeevan Express. Compartment No. S/13, seats from 55 to 59.

Railway Reservation Ticket Number Railway fare ticket no. Name Compartment

NO and Seat No.

1.59083 3623 Nithin C.Mehta Compartment No 8/13 Seat No.55

59084 3624 Manubai Mehta Seat No.56

59085 3625 Vihangini Mehta Seat No.57

52086 3626 Chaki Anita Mehta Seat No.58

59087 00453 Babu (Rachit) Child Seat No.59

Dear readers please think over what sort of help beloved Baba had done in

this case.

Surrender Shri Sal Completely I 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 for more literature on

Sai Baba and consolidated stories of "Ambrosia in Shiridi" before

Mahasamadhi and after Mahasamadhi please visit www.saileelas.org)