Devotees Experiences S.B.Dhumal Part 2

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Baba's kindness to me was not confined to temporal

affairs. I lost my wife In 1909. I was anxious about

her soul's welfare and was performing the monthly

(Masik) ceremonies. When the sixth month's ceremony

had to be performed, Baba told me to perform it at

Shirdi and promised to give my wife Sadgati, (Le.,

literally a good start for her soul's, further

spiritual course). I went to Shirdi accordingly and

performed that Masik there. Baba then asked me for

Rs,15 dakshina and I gave it. I have implicit faith

in the truth of Baba's declarations and have had ample

verification in matters which admit of verification,

which naturally fortifies my faith in his statements

as to matters unseen and apparently incapable of

verification. I am sure my wife got Sadgati by

Baba's grace.

 

 

 

 

I will give instances of Baba's help in professional

matters first and then proceed to his help in public

matters. Some 20 or 25 years ago, there was a Criminal

Case from Shirdi. There have always been party feeling

and factions at Shirdi as in most villages. One Raghu,

a servitor of Baba and five others were arrested on a

charge of outraging the modesty of a Mi,, wadi woman

and on the direct evidence of "number of

eye-witnesses", were convicted and sentenced to six

months pr less of imprisonment. Tatya Patel Khote's

sympathies and help were on the side of the accused.

He took up a copy of the judgement ana papers to

eminent lawyers like the Hon.G.S.Khaparde and

H.S.Dixit and retired Magistrates like Rao Bahadur

H.V.Sathe, who were at Shirdi. These found the

judgement was strong and gave little hope of success

in case an appeal should be filed. Tatya Patel was

keen on an acquittal and went to Baba, who simply told

him, "Go to Bhau with the papers". He accordingly came

to Nasik and showed me the papers. After going through

the judgement and finding hardly any hope of success

on appeal, I told Tatya to employ eminent Counsel from

Bombay or prominent lawyers at Ah-madnagar where the

appeal had to be filed. But he told me that Baba's

order was to go to me and so I felt I had neither

option nor responsibility on my shoulders. I wrote out

an appeal memo, after studying the papers and took it

to the District Magistrate at his residence. He asked

me - without receiving or reading the judgement or

appeal memo what the matter was about and I very

briefly recited that it was a conviction of six

appellants for outraging the modesty of a woman based

on the testimony of a number of witnesses, who

professed to have seen it and that the case had now

come up in appeal to him. Then he said it looked like

a strong case and asked me what I thought of it. I

said that the case and its number of witnesses were

due to faction in the village. "Do you think so?" he

asked and I replied Think! I am more than sure of it".

He pronounced judgement at once, orally acquitting all

the appellants and immediately took up my appeal memo

and wrote on it his judgement mentioning the facts I

relied upon. As soon as this was over he asked me "How

is your Sai Baba of Shirdi? Is he a Moslem or a Hindu?

What does he teach you?" I answered that Sai Baba

was neither a Hindu nor a Moslem but above both and

that I could not state what his teachings were - to

know which, he must go in person to Baba at Shirdi.

The Magistrate promised to go and in fact tried one

summer day to visit Shirdi but gave up the idea at

Kopergaon, on account of the excessive heat. The

prompt oral judgement without reading or receiving any

papers (of course without sending for the records of

the First Court or giving notice to the Police or

Public Prosecutor) followed up by questions about Sai

Baba were clear indications of the power that brought

about the acquittal. What followed would confirm this

view. I returned from Ah-madnagar to Shirdi.

There, on that day, the residents were sadly going to

attend the cremation of H.S.Dixit's daughter. But Baba

called some of them to him at the Masjid and said, "Do

not go away, I will show you some Chamatkar, (Le.,

miracle). They did not see any miracle and went away

to attend the funeral. Shortly, thereafter, I returned

from Ah-madnagar with news of the acquittal by the

District Magistrate in the above fashion. Then they

found what the Cha-matkar referred to by Baba was.

 

 

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One devotee has requested me to kindly pass on this

following message to all SaiBandhus.

 

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Copies of this book "Devotees' Experiences of Sri

Sai Baba" published by Akhanda Sainama Sapthaha

Samithi, B/3/F, 15 Krupa Complex, Anandabagh,

Hyderabad 500 047 can be had on payment of

Rs.50/(fifty only) from this Hyderabad address.This

is for devotees information.

 

 

MAY SAI BLESS US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

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