YOU WILL NOT BE FOUND WANTING

June 9, 2005

Baba said, "My treasury is full and I can give anyone, what he wants, but I have

to see, whether he is qualified to receive My gift" in Sri Sai Satcharitra

Ch.XVI & XVII.

In 1949, Gangadhar Lakshman Jakhadi, Dadar, Bombay, was a telegraph master at

Kalyan Railway Station. At 12’O clock, in the noon, he was going to the railway

canteen for his lunch. A sanyasi who was sitting on a bench, beckoned him. The

sanyasi began to converse with him. He said he was a devotee of Dutta, that he

had come to Bombay after pilgrimage to Mahur, (in Central India, is a

Dattatreya kshetra.) that he was on his way to Badrinarayan temple in the

Himalayas, "would you buy me a ticket to Haridwar?’ asked the sanyasi.

"Do you have money for the journey and ticket?’ asked Jakhadi. "Put your hand in

my joli and take the money" said the sanyasi. Jakhadi did so and found the zoli

contained a lot of rupee coins. He took Rs.36 from the joli, the fare to

Haridwar was Rs. 35.12 annas. "Put the balance four annas in my joli" said the

sanyasi. When Jakhadi tried to put the four annas in the joli, he found it

empty now. Hardly a few minutes back it was full!

"What happened? Your joli is empty now" asked Jakhadi in wonder. "Nothing has

happened. My bank is at Mahur, Gangapur (Gangapur or Ganagapur is near

Sholapur, Gulburga District, is also Dattatreya Kshetra.), Shirdi and other

places. When I need money, I get it. When the need is met, the money returns to

my bank. "What have I got to do with money"? queried the sanyasi.

Then the sanyasi of his own accord, told Jakhadi, "Sai Baba is an incarnation of

Dutta, visit Shirdi from time to time, you will not be found wanting for

anything."

Did Sai Baba materialise in the form of the sanyasi? Or did the sanyasi identify

himself with Sai Baba? We do not know.

(Taken from the book ‘The Eternal Sai’)

Arun Reddy Nukala

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