Drawing Lots - At the Feet of Shri Sai Baba

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It was customary for the devotees during Baba's lifetime to seek His

permission while leaving Shirdi. In Chapter 9 of Shri Sai Satcharita there

are various instances quoted as to how those who left with Baba's permission

had a safe journey home and those who did not obey Him were faced with

obstructions, delays and accidents. We have read how Tatya Kote Patil and

the European visitor got into trouble because they did not pay heed to

Baba's advice not to proceed. However, Kaka Mahajani and his friend who

returned to Bombay from Shirdi on Baba's orders inspite of threatening rains

and storm, reached home without any hindrance. Once Kaka Mahajani wanted to

stay on at Shirdi for a week for Krishna Jayanti but Baba ordered him to

return the very next day. Kaka Mahajani accordingly left Shirdi and on

reaching Bombay learnt that his boss wanted him badly on my and had already

sent a letter to Kaka   to that effect.    Once Shri R    B   Purandare   of

Bandra   wanted   to   go   to Shirdi, but Baba appeared in his dream and

said,   "Why are  you coming to Shirdi?    What is there?    Don't come.

If you come I'll hit you" Purandare did not   go and next   day he found

that the workers n   his company, where he was   employed,   had   gone   on

sudden strike and if Purandare had gone to Shirdi, his bosses would have

suspected him to be cooperating with the strikers.

 

After   Bata   left   His   physical   body   in (A.D.) 1918,   His devotees

missed this chance of taking   His advice personally both in temporal and

spiritual matters. However     on   going through Hemadpant's Shri

Saisatcharita (chapter 45) and   H   H   Narsimhaswami's   'Life of   Shri

Sai Baba'   (Vol.  HI)   we find that Baba's prominent   devotees   like

Kakasaheb   Dixit,   Bhausaheb Dhumal, Ragbuvir Purandare and others had

devised an interesting method of still getting Baba's   advice   in

matters   of  difficult   problems posed to them.    They would put two

chits (one  permitting them to follow a particular course and the other

asking them not to follow that  course) in front of Baba's picture and ask

a small child to pick up one of the chits - the   contents of which these

devotees considered   as   baba's   advice in the matter.    As stated by

some of these devotees   personally   as   late   as   (A.D.)  1930   (12

years after Baba's Samadhi) to H, H. Narsimhaswami,   the advice given in

the picked up chits, when followed   was   always   found to be beneficial

and   giving   protection   from   mishappenings   if   any. H, H.

Naiasinhswami himself also followed this method to consult Baba in difficult

matters,    (vide pages 31 and 32 of Sri Narsinha Swamiji   -   Apostle   of

Shri   Sai   Baba   of   Shirdi   by   (Swami Saipadananda).

 

(to be contd....)

Lt  Col. M. B. Nimbalkar (Retd)

Pune

 

Sri Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai !!!

 

Baba Bless us all

 

 

 

 

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