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Bapusaheb Booty

A great astrologer named Nanasaheb Dengale told one day Bapusaheb Booty, who was

then in Shirdi, "To-day is an inauspicious day for you, there is a danger to

your life". This made Bapusaheb restless. When they, as usual, came to Masjid,

Baba said to Bapusaheb- "What does this Nana say? He foretells death for you.

Well, you need not be afraid. Tell him boldly "Let us see how death kills."

Then later in the evening Bapusaheb went to his privy for easing himself where

he saw a snake. His servant saw it and lifted a stone to strike at it.

Bapusaheb asked him to get a big stick, but before the servant returned with

the stick, the snake was seen moving away and soon disappeared. Bapusaheb

remembered with joy Baba's words of fearlessness.

Amir shankar

Amir Shankar was a native of the village Korale, in Kopergaon Taluka. he

belonged to the butcher caste. He worked as a commission agent in Bandra, and

was well-known there. He once suffered from Rheumatism, which gave him much

pain. He was then reminded of God, and so, he left his business and went to

Shirdi, and prayed to Baba to relieve him from his malady. Baba then stationed

him in the Chavadi, which was then a damp unhealthy place, unfit for such a

patient. Any other place in the village, or Korale itself would have been

better for Amir, but Baba's word was the deciding factor and the chief

medicine. Baba did not allow him to come to the Masjid, but fixed him in the

Chavadi, where he got very great advantage. Baba passed via Chavadi every

morning and evening; and every alternate day Baba went to the Chavadi in a

procession and slept there. So Amir got Baba's contact very often easily. Amir

stayed there for full nine months, and then, somehow or other, he got a disgust

for the place. So one night he stealthily left the place and came to Kopergaon

and stayed in a Dharmashala. There he saw an old dying Fakir, who asked him for

water. Amir brought it and gave it to him. As soon as he drank it, he passed

away. Then Amir was in a fix. He thought that if he went and informed the

authorities, he would be held responsible for the death as he was the first and

sole informant, and knew something about it. He repented for his action, viz.

leaving Shirdi without Baba's leave, and prayed to Baba. He then determined to

return to Shirdi, and that same night he ran back, remembering and muttering

Baba's name on the way, and reached Shirdi before day-break, and became free

from anxiety. Then he lived in the Chavadi in perfect accordance with Baba's

wishes and orders, and got himself cured. One night it so happened that Baba

cried at midnight- "Oh Abdul, some devilish creature is

dashing against the side of My bed". Abdul came with a latern, examined Baba's

bed but found nothing, Baba asked him to examine carefully all the place and

began to strike ground with His satka. Seeing this Leela of Baba, Amir thought

that Baba might have suspected some serpent had come there. Amir could know by

close and long contact the meaning of Baba's words and actions. Baba then saw

near Amir's cushion something moving. He asked Abdul to bring in the light, and

when he brought it, he saw the coil of a serpent there, moving its head up and

down. Thereupon the serpent was immediately beaten to death. Thus Baba gave

timely warning and saved Amir."Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh

Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the

Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove

our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and

happiness

with peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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