SAI LEELAS (September 1983)

[Guest guest]

New year day at Shirdi:

 

I had been to Shirdi on the New year Day, 1-1-1982 as I wished to start the

New year with darshan at Baba’s Samadhi Mandir. We proceeded to Shirdi

from Bombay at about 5.00 a.m. in a tourist taxi. The Bombay – Nasik road

is very clear straight road and there is no chance of losing the way

particularly to a tourist taxi driver. But, incidentally, the driver lost

the way. He took us through some isolated road via Vada and we were very

anxious till we reached Nasik. This must be only another Sai Leela to

suppress my ego as I had developed an ego that I am Baba’s man and Shirdi is

my place etc. When the ego of a devotee crops up, Baba suppresses it and

then guides him. On reaching, Shirdi, I had difficulty in getting a room

inspite of an introduction letter to the man-incharge. Perhaps, Baba did

not want devotees to go to Him with recommendations.

 

I had another experience at Shirdi which I considered as a blessing. Before

returning from Shirdi, I went to Baba’s Samadhi and asked the poojari for

some flowers from the Samadhi. The poojari readily gave. I offered him

one rupee coin as dakshina. He refused to accept. Suddenly he asked for

the coin, took it from my hand and returned it to me after touching it to

Baba’s feet saying, “take this home and worship”. There was much crowd in

the Samadhi Mandir and people were made to pass by quickly. In this crowd,

it was only Baba, who made the poojari to take the coin from my hand and to

return it to me after consecrating the same.

 

V.K.S. Unni

Calicut – 673 –2 (Kerala State)

 

 

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

be

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