I HAD THE DARSHAN OF SRI SAINATH MAHARAJ!

[Guest guest]

That incident had happened in this way.

One day before the afternoon arati, Baba was sitting at Dwarkamai with his

hand on the railing. A tiger was brought on a bullock cart to his presence

and the owner of the tiger made it move around and show the tricks it had

learnt to Sri Sai Baba. After the show was over, the devotees advised the

owner of the tiger to take it up the steps and put its head at Baba’s feet

for his benediction. The owner agreed and took the tiger up the steps. The

tiger put its head on the first step just like all devotees do and

surprisingly died a painless death immediately. Baba had liberated it from

its body. The owner of the tiger saw that his means of livelihood had died

and started weeping. The devotees consoled him saying, “Do not cry, your

tiger is fortunate that it has got liberation.” No one could ask Sri Sai

about this incident at that time. That majesty and that kindness cannot be

found in these three worlds – no matter how far and wide the search. The

feeling one gets on laying ones eyes on that awesome majesty is

indescribable. As I was very young – a mere child at that time, the full

significance of the incident escaped me.

Now, I feel how fortunate would I be if I too could, like that tiger, leave

this body while having the darshan of that glorious, majestic figure of Sri

Sai Baba filling my eyes. Sri Sainath Maharaj is the destination for all of

us. He is our final destiny. He is the perfect man. He is the almighty. He

is the ark that bears us across safely across this sea of worldliness. I

salute that perfect master and greatest of Sadguru and hailing his divine

glory; end this essay.

_Sri Anant Jayadev Chitamber,

March 1978 Sai Leela Masik.

Translated by Parna Kishore.

 

 

Source (source www.saipatham.org) Saipatham September 2001 Magazine