BELIEVE IT OR NOT (September 1983)

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT (September 1983)

 

Last December, I and my wife had sorted out a programme to visit Bombay.

Reservations were steered well in advance. When I was to leave, I simply

showed my index finger to a picture of Shri Sai Baba saying, “I am coming to

your end”. With this, I saluated Him in a military manner.

 

 

We reached Bombay on the next day. My brother-in-law, who is a Scientist

in the B.A.R.C Bombay, received us at the Dadar station. From Dadar, we

engaged a taxi and reached Anushaktinagar, where my brother-in-law is

living. We unloaded our luggage, carried it to the lift and Lo! We were

at the 12th storey. Luckily, one of my sister-in-law with her engineer

husband and kids had also come from Delhi; other sister-in-law with her

engineer husband, working in the B.A.R.C also came there with their folk.

Naturally there was hula gula. To mention here, we have no issues. So we

passed time in playing with their children.

 

I asked my brother-in-law to arrange for reservation for our return journey

and tickets for Shirdi for a particular date. My brother-in-law is an

influential personality. He contacted the authorities concerned but he had

to cut a sorry figure as the tickets were not available for that particular

period. You may agree with me here or not, I simply asked from within,

“Well, Baba, when I have come to Bombay, will you disappoint me ?”. On the

next day, I asked by brother-in-law to try again for reservations. To our

utter surprise, we got the reservations and tickets for Shirdi in a luxury

bus for the particular date.

 

On that appointed date, I and my wife went to Dadar by taxi. Thereafter

we stepped in the luxury bus which moved at 9 p.m. We were told that we

would be able to attend the morning aarti; but unfortunately the bus could

not reach in time and by that time aarti was at the final core.

 

The bus was parked in the Three Star Hotel compound. We walked a little

and came inside the premises of Shri Sai. I had glanced from every angle.

One phoolwala (flower-seller) approached us. We hired him as a guide. To

seek an entrance for Abhishek, we were to buy tickets and we had to be in a

queue. Ah ! thank God, we were at No. 25 and 26, I counted it. In the

meantime till the booking office opened, I asked my wife that I would get in

and see the temple. She scolded me (as if I was a child), that I should

not go in without taking bath. I remarked, “Look, my dear Shrimatijee, I

am a jat, I know not the ABC of this or that, I am pure and my heart has

taken bath.” So saying I slipped inside the temple. She remained in the

queue. Ah ! What a beautiful statue of Shri Sai Baba ! I saluted before

Him in the same military way. He laughed at me. I was so much engrossed

in His laugh that I forgot as to what I had to do further. At that time,

pundits were giving Him bath with milk and water. I went out. I related

this colourful view to my dear wife. I again offered her to accompany with

me inside. She again repeated the same thing. On my further insistence by

the grace of Shri Sai, she agreed. I requested a man, who was near us in

the queue, that we would be coming back soon and kept our air bag in the

queue and we went inside again. My wife agreed with me in all the magnetic

cores. We came out and were in the queue again.

Jodhpur, (Rajasthan)

 

(The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can

be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm

 

 

DEAR DEVOTEES

A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006 AND MAY BABA SHOWER ALL HIS BLESSINGS ON HIS

DEVOTEES

 

WITH HUMBLE PRANAMS

LEELADHAR