Baba's love for his devotees : Part 7

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Mankewala of Ahmedabad was laid up with dropsy and

intestinal ulcer from 1948 to 1952. He felt it

difficult even to drink water. His body weight had

increased to 300 pounds and he used to spit blood on

account of the ulcer. The doctors who examined him in

1952 had declared that he was sure to pass away in one

or two day’s time. In a mood of utter helplessness he

started worshipping the picture of Baba that his

friends had given him. At first he was not so happy to

worship the ‘moslem saint’ which he thought Baba was.

Yet Baba’s form charmed his heart.

 

One day at 6 a.m., when he was lying awake in bed,

Baba appeared before him and said, “I am not a fakir;

I am the avatar of Lord Dattatreya. The same Lord is

carrying on his divine mission assuming the different

forms of Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur, Dhunivala Dada of

Khandwa, Sri Vishnudevananda Saraswathi of Narmada,

Sri Swami Samarth of Akkalkot and myself.” Next

morning his friend gave him two books on Sai Baba

written in Gujarati.

 

A few days later doctors examined him and decided that

he had only two more hours to live. As soon as they

had left the room a mysterious light appeared in front

of Mankewala. Behind it appeared Sai Baba! It was

about one p.m. Baba said “Son, do not fear! I have

taken away all your sufferings”. The wonder of it is

that even the mother of Mankewala could see Baba. He

then told them to send Mankewala’s son to Shirdi and

then walked out of the room.

 

Mankewala was worried whether his son could travel

alone to Shirdi safely and, in case he dies, his son’s

presence was necessary to perform his obsequies. At

last he decided to abide by Baba’s words and so sent

his son to Shirdi. At about 6 p.m., Baba again

appeared to him and said, “Do not fear! I am with your

son. You will receive a telegram that he had reached

Shirdi safely by 12 noon tomorrow.”

 

A few minutes later the doctors again examined the

patient and thought that he was dying. They mocked at

his accounts of Baba’s assurance. Indeed, nothing

happened to Mankewala and the next day they received a

telegram from Shirdi regarding his son’s safe arrival

there. For 24 hours precisely from the moment of the

receipt of the telegram Mankewala passed excess of

urine and suffered a severe attack of diarrhoea. Soon

his body weight came down to 75 pounds. His pulse and

heart beat were normal. The doctors agreed that his

recovery was indeed a miracle of Sai Baba. Within the

next two months Mankewala regained his normal health.

On 23rd of August 1954 Sai Baba again appeared before

him. Waving his baton(satka) playfully, he said, “I am

always in front of my devotees”.

 

 

 

MAY SAI BLESS US ALL!!!

 

 

 

 

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