Devotees Experience Nachne part 2

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SANTARAM BALWANT NACHNE DAHANUKAR says.......

 

After this first visit I was going often times to

Shirdi. On one occasion, {Le., in 1913) as I was

starting, Haribhav M Panse met me. He had been

convicted for misappropriation and sentenced to

imprisonment but had been just then let out on bail

pending his appeal. He was going up for the appeal

which was to be heard that day or the next and he told

me to entreat Sai Baba's aid on his behalf. "Tell him

that I am in trouble and that I am innocent," he said.

I went to Shirdi and before I could communicate the

message, Baba himself spoke about it. It was at the

early morning Arati (Kakada) at the Chavadi. Baba was

in a very angry mood. He then told me, "Tell him that

he need not have any anxiety and that he will be

acquitted in the appeal." When I returned from Shirdi,

I met Panse and told him of Baba's reply. At that time

he informed me that he had indeed been acquitted.

 

 

 

 

When I was at Shirdi, about this time, (Le., in 1913

or so) Baba made an observation that we should not

trust men. This common place or truism appeared to

have no reference to or significance for me. But what

happened in 1914 showed that it was not a truism, but

a warning to me.

 

 

I was Treasury Master in 1914 at Dahanu. I was engaged

in my daily Pooja at home worshipping Sai Baba's

photo, Gods, etc. One Ramakrishna Balawant Panse who

was deranged in his intellect was standing at the door

of the cuisine, a little distance from my worship

room. He was thought to be rather harmless; and none

minded him. Suddenly the man flew at me and grasped my

neck with both his arms and tried to bite my throat

saying, "I will drink your blood". Instantaneously,

with one hand I held the strong metallic spoon (used

for Pooja) and thrust that and my finger into his

mouth. The spoon struck in his throat and the man was

biting away my finger with his teeth. With the other

hand I tried to extricate my neck from his hands. My

mother also rushed in to help. Meanwhile I lost

consciousness. After sometime and by some remedial

applications I recovered consciousness; his nails had

dug into the flesh of my neck and he had very nearly

strangled me to death. The injury on my fingers also

was healed. When next I went to Shirdi,

 

Baba addressed Anna Chinchnikar and said

(pointing to me):-

Anna, if I had delayed an instant, then this man would

have indeed perished. The mad man had seized with his

hands his very throat But I extricated him. What is to

be done? If I do not save my own children, who else

will?

 

 

 

On 31-3-1915 we had a very thrilling encounter.

Myself, Santaram Moreswar Panse and some others were

travelling in a bullock cart at night in a dense

jungle. We were at the Ranshet Pass. It was known to

be infected with tigers. It was a dark night.

Suddenly our bulls took fright and were stepping

backwards. Luckily they were not driving the cart

sideways. In that narrow pass, if our cart had

swerved a little to the side, cart, bulls and

ourselves would have fallen down a steep ravine and

perished. Santaram showed me by pointing his hand in

front what the trouble was. In front of our carriage

we saw the gleaming eyes of a tiger on the road. It

was couchant and faced us. Panse to save the cart

from being pushed into the ravine wished to get down

to place a big stone or stick as a brake to block the

wheel going back and asked me to hold the reins of the

bulls. I held them and roared aloud "Hail Sai Baba:

Run, Sri Sai Baba (to our aid)" Others also began to

shout and the tiger got frightened and ran away

passing by the side of our cart. My faith in Baba

and the courage he infused into me by making me call

out his name thus saved the situation.

 

 

 

source:devotees experiences of sai baba by

narasimhaswamiji

www.saileelas.org

 

 

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