MERCIFUL SAI BABA (October 1983)-D. Sankaraiah

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MERCIFUL SAI BABA (October 1983)

 

After Sai Nama Sapthaha at Shirdi (June ’82) the devotees of Guntur, Andhra

Pradesh organized Sai Akhanda Nama Sapthaha in the month of December, 82

(11-12-82 to 18-12-82) at Sai Baba Mandir, R. Agraharam, Guntur (A.P).

 

Sai Baba graced the function and blessed all the devotees according to

their intensity of love and devotion for HIM. Two of such incidents are

given below.

 

One devotee by name Smt. Varalakshmamma of Guntur was regularly

participating in the Sapthaha. She was thinking for herself that Sai should

be present there as His Akhanda Nama Sankirtan was going on. She was

reminded of Lord Narayana’s declaration to sage Narada that wherever His

devotees sing His name, He would be present there. Our Sai Narayan also

proved literally that He was present there. One day pooja was conducted in

the name of the donors and she was given four packets of Sapthaha prasad.

Sai appeared before her and demanded His share of prasad. She immediately

took out one of the four packets from her plastic bag and passed it on to

Baba. She could not talk anything. Suddenly Sai disappeared. When She

counted in her bag, there were only three packets there.

 

She immediately rushed to Mathru Shree Poolamma, a Sai Sevika doing lot of

Sai Prachar work throughout Andhra Pradesh and narrated the incident to her.

(In Telugu Language “Poolu” means flowers. Her name is Kameswaramma. As

flowers used to multiply in her hands while doing Sai Pooja, devotees dearly

call her as “Poolamma”. She was constructed a beautiful Sai temple in her

native village, Nandur in A.P., Amma told Mrs. Varalakshmamma that Baba

appeared to her according to her way of thinking.

 

Another devotee by name Smt. Kanna Ranganayakamma, Shri Sai Nilaya,

Srinivasa Rao, Thota, Guntur (A.P), observed drops of water on one of the

Baba’s photos hung on a wall in her residence. Next day some of us went to

her residence and observed water drops between the glass and Baba’s photo.

I asked her what might be the reason. She replied that they are

“Anandabhashpas” (drops of water flown through eyes in moods of ecstacy) as

Sai was pleased with the Nama Sapthaha of ‘Om Sai Sri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai’.

 

I appeal to those devotees, who wish to see Sai Leela as of the above

nature, to organize Ekanama Sapthahas in their respective places and see for

themselves how Sai manifests Himself during the Sapthaha (seven days).

Please try one “OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI”.

 

D. Sankaraiah

Hyderabad – 500 004.

 

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

be

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