SAI KRIPA (November 1983) by K. Ramakrishna Sastri

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SAI KRIPA (November 1983)

The Ekadasha Sutras of Shri Sai Nath are the guides for all Sai Bhaktas. He

fulfils their desires from His Samadhi. The requirement on the part of the

bakta is to do his part of the duty without reservations keeping faith in

Him. He looks after the other part and blesses the devotees as per their

needs.

 

Those were the days when sugar was scarce. In the open market it was sold

at a higher rate. Controlled sugar was cheaper. I contemplated to

perform the marriage of my son. We needed sugar for the occasion. Special

permit for sugar was being issued by the Tahsildar. So I thought of

applying for one such permit.

 

I prepared an application and enclosed with it an invitation too. I went to

Chandragiri, the Taluk Head Quarters to meet the Tahsildar in person. On my

way, one of my friends working in the R.D.O office met me. During our chat

he informed me that issue of special permits for sugar was discontinued due

to the fact that it was being sold in the open market.

 

With fullfaith in Sainath I made my way to the Taluk office. It was 9.00

a.m. The peon was at the gate. When I told him the purpose of my visit,

he told me plainly that permits were not being issued. I wanted to meet

the Tahsildar in person and sent a chit for an interview, I was asked to

come in.

 

The Tahsildar was with his clerk. He was busy with his papers. I was

asked to sit. I told him the purpose of my visit, and handed over the

application together with the invitation, to him. He read it and saw the

invitation. On it was printed the photo of Shri Sai Baba. The photo worked

wonders. Saying that the system is issuing special permits was dispensed

with, he asked the clerk to prepare a permit for 50 kgs of sugar. He said

that he was issuing the permit as a special case. The Revenue formalities

of ‘registering’ the application, ‘preparing the O.C.,’ ‘approval’ and ‘fair

copy’ were not at all followed. He signed on the manuscript permit

prepared by the clerk and handed it over to me. He said that I can

purchase the sugar at the next door, where a cooperative society was

functioning.

 

I purchased the sugar and returned home. The people in the house were

pleasantly surprised to see me, alight from a rickshaw with a bag, full of

sugar, instead of a small cover with a sugar permit in it.

 

K. Ramakrishna Sastri

Tirupati – 517 501.

 

 

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