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The Jamner Miracle

About 1904-05 Nanasaheb Chandorkar was Mamlatdar at Jamner, in the Khandesh

District, which is more that 100 miles distant from Shirdi. His daughter

Mainatai was pregnant and was about to deliver. He case was very serious and

she was suffering from labour pains for the last two or three days. Nanasaheb

tried all remedies but they proved in vain; he then remembered Baba and invoked

His aid. There in Shirdi, one Ramgirbuva, whom Baba called Bapugirbuva, wanted

at this time to go to his native place in Khandesh. Baba called him and told

him to take a little rest and stop at Jamner on his way home and give the Udi

and Arati to Nanasaheb. Ramgirbuva said that he had only two rupees with him

and that amount was barely sufficient for the railway fare upto Jalgaon and it

was not possible for him to go from jalgaon to Jamner, a distance of about 30

miles. Baba assured him that he need not worry, as

everything would be provided for him. Then Baba asked Shama to write the

well-known Arati composed by Madhav Adkar (a translation of this is given at

the end of this work) and give a copy of it with Udi to Ramgirbuva to be

delivered to Nanasaheb. Then relying on Baba's words, Ramgirbuva left Shirdi

and reached Jalgaon at about 2-45 a.m. He had only two annas left with him and

was in a hard plight. To his great relief he heard somebody calling out "Who is

Bapugirbuva of Shirdi?" He went to him and told him that he was the person

Bapugirbuva. Then the peon, professing to be sent by Nanasaheb, took him out to

an excellent tanga with a good pair of horses. They both drove in it. The tanga

ran fast and early in the morning they came to a brooklet. The drive took the

horses for watering them and the peon asked Ramgirbuva to partake of some

eatables. On seeing the beard, moustache and the livery of the peon, Rangirbuva

suspected him to be a Moslem and was unwilling to take any refreshments

from him, but the peon satisfied him by saying that he was a Hindu, a Kshatriya

of Garhwal and that Nanasaheb had sent these refreshments and that there should

be no difficulty, nor any doubt about acceptance. Then both of them took the

refreshments and started again. They reached Jamner at dawn. Ramgirbuva

alighted to attend a call of nature (passing urine) and returned within a few

minutes, but found that there was no tanga, no driver and no peon. He was

dumbfounded. Then he went to the neighbouring Katcheri and making enquiries,

learnt that the Mamlatdar was at home. He went to Nanasaheb's house, and

announced himself and gave to Nanasaheb, Baba's Udi and Arati. At this time,

Mainatai's case was most serious and all were in deep anxiety about her.

Nanasaheb called out his wife and asked her to give the Udi, mixed with water,

to their daughter to drink, and sing Baba's Arati. He throught that Baba's help

was most opportune. In a few minutes came the news that the delivery was safe

and that the crisis had passed away. When Ramgirbuva thanked Nanasaheb for the

peon, tanga and the refreshments etc. the latter was greatly surprised as he

had sent none to the station, and was not aware of any person coming from

Shirdi.

Mr. B.V. Deo of Thana, Retired Mamlatdar, made enquiries about this matter with

Bapurao Chandorkar, son of Nanasaheb and Ramgirbuva of Shirdi and after

satisfying himself wrote an elaborate article - part prose and part poetry - in

Shri Sai Leela magazine (Vol. 13 Nos. 11, 12 and 13). Brother B.V. Narsimhswami

has also taken down the statements of (1) Mainatai (No. V page 14) and (2)

Bapusaheb Chandorkar (No. XX page 50) and (3) Ramgirbuva (No. XXVII, Page 83)

dated Ist June 1936, 16th September 1936 and Ist December 1936 respectively and

published them in his "Devotees' Experiences, Part III." The following is quoted

from Ramgirbuva's statement.

"One day Baba called me to him and gave me a packet of Udi and a copy of Baba's

Arati. I had to go to Khandesh at the time. Baba directed me to go to Jamner

and told me to deliver the Arati and Udi to Nanasaheb Chandorkar, at Jamner. I

said to Baba that all I had was Rs. 2, and asked Him how that could take me by

train from Kopergaon to Jalgaon and next by cart from Jalgaon to Jamner. Baba

said,"God will give." That was Friday and I started at once. I reached Manmad

at 7-30 p.m. and Jalgaon at 2-45 a.m. At that time plague regulations were

enforced and I had much trouble. I was to discover what I should do to get to

Jamner. At about 3 a.m. a peon in boots, turban and well equipped with other

details of good dress came to me and took me to a tanga and drove me on. I was

in terror. On the way at Bhaghoor, I took refreshments. We reached Jamner early

in the morning and by the time I attended my call of nature the tanga and its

driver had

disappeared (page 83).""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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