DEVOTEES' EXPERIENCES OF SRI SAI BABA BY H.H. NARASIMHA SWAMIJI - PART II

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Devotees Experiences – SANTARAM BALWANT NACHNE DAHANUKAR

 

As for the continuance of my line, by Baba's blessings, that was made

secure. In 1922, i.Le., one year after Kaluram's mother died, my

parents were arranging for my seconlid marriage. A choice had to be

made between a girl that would bring some wealth or pecuniary

contribution with her and a poor girl. The proposal of the first girl

that would bring in Rs. 600 was being considered by my father. I did

not favour it. Baba came in my mother's dream and said to her "Do not

accept this girl in marriage for your son." In the same dream my

mother saw another girl. A little later the uncle and guardian of a

poor girl offered her hand in marriage to me. I referred him to my

mother. She saw the girl and found it was the very girl she had seen

in the above -mentioned dream. This settled the question and the

latter girl was married to me in 1922, and several children were born

of this marriage and with Baba's blessings are getting on

well. "Baba's blessings" is no empty formal phrase. I will cite

several instances to show how Hhe has guarded them and saved their

lives as Hhe has saved mine (at least twice, as already mentioned by

me).

In 1926, my son, Sainath alias Hareswar, was eight or nine months

old. Kaluram had crackers and Bengal matches. One of my children

threw away a lighted match. It fell on Sainath and his clothes caught

fire. He wore a cloth beneath his waist and a frock next to the

skin. Both these caught fire. The children did not realise the

seriousness of the situation and raised no alarm. My wife was

outside the house engaged with something. Suddenly a Fakir appeared

before her and pointing his arm and finger towards the terrace on

which the children were playing, said "See what is going on there."

My wife at once went inside and noticed the fire on the child's

clothes. With great presence of mind and resourcefulness, she ran

to the child, seized the clothes and rolled them between her palms

and thus boldly extinguished the fire. The front half of the frock

from bottom to the neck was burnt out and part of the nether cloth

also. But the child (Sainath) came off entirely scatheless.

Though the frock worn next to the .skin was burnt out. his skin had

not been burnt, nor was his nether nor was his nether portion

burnt. This complete safety was evidently due to the same cause as

the sudden appearance of the Fakir. The Fakir had also suddenly

disappeared. When she came out after extinguishing the fire, there

was no trace of the Fakir. Who could the Fakir be, how had he known

the fire accident the very moment it happened and why should he -be

at the trouble to watch over the children and fetch their mother to

save them at the nick of time? In 1928, Sainath, then two years

old, had an accident. As usual he was running about; and one day he

fell down the stairs. There was a heap of the debris at the bottom, I

ran up and was surprised to see him standing without any injury at

all. He told me "Do not fear. Baba bore me up."

In 1932, Sainath gave his younger brother. Vasudev, a ring and the

latter stuffed it into his mouth instinctively. The ring went into

the throat and stuck there. There was an alarm and for nearly one

hour every one in the house was excited and medicaments were tried to

induce the throat or stomach to throw out the ring. Finally, I took

Sai Baba's Udhi and put it in the child's mouth. Then inserting my

finger deep within his mouth, I felt the ring and pulled it out. In

1934, :the same child Vasudev had measles, pneumonia and an abscess

on the chest. He was getting weaker and weaker. The doctor was afraid

to operate on the abscess on account of the weakness. I applied

antiphlogistine over the abscess. The abscess was opened. It was a

wide open wound. The doctor would not help me. So I relied upon my

doctor, Sai Baba, and trusting in Hhim put a bit of Hhis Udhi into

the wound. The Deputy Collector, Vasant Rao Madhav Jadhav, (now D.C.

at Poona) asked me whether I was confident of a cure and within what

time the gaping wound would be cured? I answered "In 24 hours." That

night, Baba appeared in my dream and said, "Why did you say "24

hours? You should have said "Immediately." I apologised for my

mistake in the dream itself. Next morning, the wound was healed up.

Jadhav wondered and wanted Baba's Udhi and blessing for his own son

aged 4 1/2 years who was down with pneumonia. I gave him the Udhi on

the sixth day of that child's fever. The very next day the fever

stopped, though the attendant doctor stated that the fever would run

its course for 9 days (i.le., that it would last 3 days after I gave

the Udhi). Jadhav sent up his thanks offering of Rs. 7 to be sent to

Sri Sai Baba's Samasthan.

 

 

 

 

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