Devotees Experience G.G.Narke

[Guest guest]

PROFESSOR G.G. NARKE, M.A.,(CAL.)M.SC.(MANCH),

Professor of Geology & Chemistry in College of

Engineering, Deccan Gymkhana,

 

 

It was a day in 1914. Baba had got ready a number of

Kupnis (somewhat like gowns or togas which are worn by

fakirs) and presented a number of people with them. I

was watching the distribution from a distance and

hoped that one might be conferred on me-to be kept

with me and worn on special occasions, e.g., Bhajans

in honour of Sal Baba. Baba stopped distribution even

when many Kupnis still remained with him. He beckoned

to me a little later and placing his hand kindly on my

head stroked it and said "Do not blame me for not

giving you a kupni That Fakir (meaning evidently God)

has not permitted me to give you one."

 

About 1916 I returned to Shirdi after a long spell of

absence. I enquired, as soon as I arrived, who were

doing what service to Baba. I was told Vaman Rao

Patel, B-A..L.L.B. was doing the service of begging

food in the village on befalf of Baba and I felt a bit

jealous. "If that is so why should I not be given that

work", I thought to myself, but said nothing. It was

then Darshan time and I had no time to undress. I went

in my full suit, boot, trousers, coat and hat, to

Baba's Masjid. Baba was being asked three times

permission to send Vaman Rao with begging bowl.

Suddenly he pointed to me and said "Let this man go

and beg for food with that bowl to-day". I went in

full suit that day and begged. Later for four months I

went begging at noon for Baba's sake i.e., for food

for Baba in my ordinary costume. People could not

understand why I was chosen for this office. But since

I had that desire, Baba as my innermost soul, my

Antaryami noticed it and gave me the opportunity of

serving him in that way. This honour of begging for

food on his behalf at noon time was reserved by Baba

for very few.

 

 

 

Baba used to get sweetmeat from a Halwayi for

Naivedya. One day in 1916, he lay a corpse, a plague

stricken corpse. Plague was raging at Shirdi. Baba

asked me to go and get the sweetmeat from his shop. I

went and told the wife (who was weeping) of Baba's

order. She pointed to the corpse and said that I might

take the sweetmeat from the almairah. I took it,

trembling with the fear that by this I might catch the

infection and others too. That was given as ‘Naivedy’.

Baba told me, "You think you will live if you are away

from Shirdi, and that you would die, if you stay at

Shirdi. That is not so. Whosoever is (destined) to be

struck, will be struck; whosoever is to die will die;

whosoever is to be caressed will be caressed". He

encouraged me similarly when cholera raged in Shirdi.

He had lepers around him who massaged his legs. Ont of

them got cured. Baba made a leper take the dhuni and

gave It as prasad to the devotees. The udhl is put

into the mouth of sick people. And the leper gave it

to all by Baba's order! Yet no harm has resulted so

far as I know.

 

 

source:devotees experiences by h.h.narasimhaswamiji

www.saileelas.org

 

 

 

 

__

Start your day with - make it your home page

http://www./r/hs