Devotees Experience of Sai Baba

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XVII

 

1st December, 1936.

 

Nagesh Atmaram Sawant, aged 42, Mahratta, Police Sub-Inspector,

Bombay City Police, says:

 

I learnt of Sai Baba in December 1922 by reading Sai Ula Masik at

Sawantwadi. His Lilas drew my attention.  In 1923 December a

lizard fell on my head and that has a very inauspicious

significance.  My wife was then pregnant at Pendur (Malwan

Taluka).  In January, 1924, I went to Nasik for training at the

Police School.  My studies did not attract me.  I was often

thinking of Baba and hoped He would save me and I often prayed to

Him.  I got a picture of Baba from a friend, P. Dev for worship. 

I had failed in my departmental examination at Nasik.  People who

fail are not given a chance of becoming S.I.  I continued as

acting S.I. for about five years.  I was un­willing to go to Nasik

again as it was financially ruinous and I was fully confident that

Baba would make me permanent S.I. without my passing the

Examination.  From 1924, I began my regular annual visits to

Shirdi for each Punya tithi (i.e., Dusserah).  In 1926, during

Mohurrum, ordinarily leave would not be granted, but I was anxious

to go to Shirdi for the Dusserah. Baba appeared in my dream then

and I saw Him sign some paper in that dream.  I construed it to

mean that I was to sign and send an application for leave.  I did

so and got leave without any hitch.

 

In 1929, February, there were Hindu Muslim riots at Bombay.  I was

on duty at Parel. Suddenly I had headache and fever. An European

Police Officer(who was not of my division) came there to see the

situation and he said to me "You do not look well".  Then he went

to my Superintendent, who was on the road and got oral leave for

me to go.  He took charge of my place.  That was about 3.30 p.m. 

I went home.  In an hour, I learnt that there was a riot in that

very place which I had left and that the European Officer was

killed during that riot.  That sickness continued.  I went to the

Police Hospital and it was found to be typhoid.  After 17 days, I

dreamt one night that a big strong man with a black dress on his

body and a black cloth on his head caught hold of me and was

dragging me.  I shouted out "Baba Baba." Immedi­ately a white

individual in white dress appeared and struggled with the black

man and I escaped from the clutches of the black man. I shouted

"Baba and Datta Maharaj."  Then suddenly, Baba appeared before me

out of the frame of the picture that I worship and disappeared. 

The black man and the other man had already disappeared.  I had at

that time the smell of Sabja, Udbath(i.e., Agarbatti).  Since

then, my fever left me.  In July, 1929, as a special case, I was

exempted from the Examination and given a permanent appointment,

as S.I.  When I was lying ill in Hospital, my mother had a dream

in our village, wherein some one appeared and told her "Do not

fear. I will bring your boy safe home, getting him leave."  In a

week's time, I got 3 months leave and went home.

 

Abba Savant, a friend of mine, aged 44, is a Constable at Bombay

living near my quarters.  He reported to me that a fresh sadi he

had given to his wife one night was placed on a table.  She had

disbelief in Baba and told him (Abba) that night "You say this is

Baba's gift. But you earned the money by your toil". Later on in

the night or in the morning she again looked at the New sadi.  It

had every appearance of being burnt in the middle-as though a hot

coal had been placed in the middle of it on the top fold.  All the

folds had been burnt through, in the middle and the cloth was of

no use.  She said "Let us see if a new cloth would be given by

Baba to-morrow."  Abba suddenly got some money next day and bought

her a sadi.

 

on behalf of Smt.Srivalli

 

to be contd...

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Sri Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai !!!

 

Baba Bless us all