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

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150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Near Baba's favourite margosa tree there were

the remnants of the old village wall. Baba told me "Pull down the village wall

and build". I took this to be an order that I should rebuild the village wall.

Then I said to myself, I am not a prince or ruler to put up a huge village wall

or restore it, and I kept quiet. Finally I found that Baba's suggestion was far

more modest and was only for building residential quarters there and for

including the village wall, in the con­struction. So I bought the land there

and using the remnants of the village wall built up a Wada enclosing or

surrounding the Margosa tree. Baba told me that the Tomb close to that tree

over which now a part of the building has been erected (leaving only a small

niche for worshipping it) was that of His Guru. He gave me His Guru's name. It

ended with "Shah" or "Sa". I have forgotten the rest of the name. It might be

"Venkusa".

LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> I went and resided at Shirdi

for sometime. Baba's Arati and Pooja on ordinary days were started but for some

time there was no celebration of Guru Purnima by special worship of Baba on that

day. Baba himself sent for my fa­ther-in-law and said "Do you not know that this

is Guru Poornlma? Bring your worship material and do your Guru Puja. Then we had

Guru Pooja on that day and this practice of celebrating Guru Poornima by all the

devotees worshipping Baba then begun, has continued upto-date.

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mso-layout-grid-align: none">Baba never called me "Hariba" etc. He always

called me and referred to me as "Saheb". The account in the Santkathamrit that

in the presence of myself and some others Baba went into a long disquisition on

the nature of God and Sadhana Chatushtaya, defining Vtveka-Vairagya,

Sa-madlshatka and mumukshutwa. Brahma Satchidanand etc..is not correct. Baba

never talked of such subjects in my presence. I do not know if he addressed

others on those matters.

mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The account given in Bhaktililamrit, chapter 31,

verses 219-236 regarding my marriage etc., are very inaccu­rate. These were not

written after consulting me and they were not shown to me even after being

written. The correct account is what I have given above. Baba was indeed the

cause of my marriage and of the great change in me since 1905 and he is the

controller of my fortunes and destiny ever since. I place my entire trust in

Him and seek His guidance and protection in all matters temporal, religious,

official and domestic. When I built a wada at Shirdi and lived or made my

father-in-law live there with my family i.e., between 1906-1916 we incurred the

jealousy, resentment and hostility of various people amongst whom we had to

live. We could not have got on as we did despite all that, without Baba's

perpetual and vigilant care for us. His active interference helped me

miraculously in numerous in­stances. I will give a few examples. To Be

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