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Megha

Now let us go to the third and bigger 'sparrow'. Megha of Viramgaon was a simple

and illiterate Brahmin cook of Rao Bahadur H. V. Sathe. He was a devotee of

Shiva and always chanted the five syllabled mantra 'Namah Shivaya'. He did not

know the Sandhya nor its chief mantra, the Gayatri. Rao Bahadur Sathe was

interested in him, got him taught the Sandhya and the Gayatri. Sathe told him

that Sai Baba of Shirdi was the embodied form of the God Shiva and made him

start for Shirdi. At the Broach Railway station he learnt that Sai Baba was a

Moslem and his simple and orthodox mind was much perturbed at the prospect of

bowing to a Moslem, and he prayed to his master not to send him there. His

master, however, insisted on his going there and gave him a letter of

introduction to his (Sathe's) father-in-law, Ganesh Domodar, alias Dada Kelkar

at Shirdi, to introduce him to Sai Baba. When he reached Shirdi

and went to the Masjid, Baba was very indignant and would not allow him to

enter. "Kick out the rascal" roared Baba, and then said to Megha - "You are a

high caste Brahmin and I am a low Moslem; you will lose your caste by coming

here. So get away." Hearing these words Megha began to tremble. He was

wondering as to how Baba had come to know about what was passing in his mind.

He stayed there for some days, serving Baba in his own way, but was not

convinced. Then he went home. After that he went to Tryambak (Nasik District)

and stayed there for a year and a half. Then again he returned to Shirdi. This

time, at the intercession of Dada Kelkar, he was allowed to enter the Masjid

and stay in Shirdi. Sai Baba's help to Megha was not through any oral

instruction. He worked upon Megha internally (mentally) with the result that he

was considerably changed and benefited. Then Megha began to look upon Sai Baba

as an incarnation of Shiva. In order to worship Shiva, bela leaves are required

and

Megha used to go miles and miles every day to bring them and worship his Shiva

(Baba). His practice was to worship all the Gods in the village and then come

to the Masjid and after saluting Baba's gadi (asan) he worshipped Baba and

after doing some service (shampooing His Legs) drank the washings (Tirth) of

Baba's Feet. Once it so happened that he came to the Masjid without worshipping

God Khandoba, as the door of the temple was closed. Baba did not accept his

worship and sent him again, saying that the door was open then. Megha went,

found the door open, worshipped the Deity, and then returned to Baba as usual.

Ganges-Bath

On one Makar-Sankranti day, Megha wanted to besmear the body of Baba with

sandal-paste and bathe Him with Ganges water. Baba was first unwilling to

undergo this operation, but at his repeated requests, He consented. Megha had

to traverse a distance of eight koss (going and returning) to bring the sacred

water from the Gomati river. He brought the water, made all preparations for

the bath at noon and asked Baba to get ready for the same. Then Baba again

asked him to be freed from his bath saying that, as a Fakir He had nothing to

do (or gain) with Ganges water; but Megha did not listen. He knew that Shiva is

pleased with a bath of Ganges water and that he must give his Shiva (Baba) that

bath on that auspicious day. Baba then consented, came down and sat on a pat

(wooden board) and protruding his head said - "Oh Megha, do at least this

favour; head is the most important organ of the body, so pour

the water over that only-it is equivalent to the full or whole bath.Alright"

said Megha and lifting the water pot up, began to pour it on the head but in

doing this he was so much overwhelmed with love that he cried out 'Har Gange'

and emptied the pot on the whole body. He kept the pot aside and began to look

at Baba, but to his surprise and amazement he found that Baba's head was only

drenched but the body quite dry."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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