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

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I had brought with me along with the garland a watermelon and some milk

sweets and I placed the Pedas and the cut fruit before Baba. Baba took them

up and distributed them. Then I took a slice and cut off the outer skin and

presented part to Baba and asked him to eat it. Dixit also requested him to

eat it. Baba then said “This woman was weeping and shedding tears at

Godavari and she has brought it with such a troubled heart and so I will not

accept it." The fact was that at the river bank I was weeping and blaming

Baba mentally for not having saved Radhakrishna Ayi, i.e., for allowing her

to die such a wretched death. Baba knew everything that was in my heart and

hence His refusal to accept my present.

Baba at His noonday meal daily gave me a vessel full of food which I took

home. On the day of Baba's expiry, I was greatly agitated at His leaving me

desolate and I was weeping at about 10 p.m., in my house saying "Baba I

cannot see You again". I came out and outside my front-door I saw a serpent

and felt that it was Baba and said "I cannot recognize you in this serpent

body, I know only your Sai Baba form." The serpent disappeared.

XXII

3rd December, 1936

Mr. Clerk, Parsi, aged 44 Clerk, Bombay Office says: In 1913 I first came to

Sal Baba at Shirdi. That was because some friends told me that my elder

brother's lunacy which could not be cured by doctors could be removed by the

grace of Sai Baba. So I brought him here. First he slightly improved and

we were asked to go away. But his trouble resumed its vigour after we

returned to Bombay and he began to give trouble to his mother and others.

So I wrote to Baba and was directed to go again to Shirdi with my brother I

came with him and left him here. Mr. Amidas Mehta was looking after him

and I send 30 rupees a month for his support. After some months stay, by

merely attending Baba's Arathl and taking his Asirvadh, Udhi and Thirtha my

brother improved. This was remarkable as all sorts of reason was medical

and other treatments had failed to cure him, while Baba's grace without any

medicine cured him. Our faith in Baba became stronger and I wrs always

having his small picture with me in my room. I occasionally visited Baba

in his life time. But that was only for earthly benefits I was much

younger in those days. I was away at Basra first and then in 1917 and 1918

I was at Suez leading a merry and reckless life and had no serious thoughts.

It is after Baba passed away that I am developing my attention to the inner

and nobler life. I never asked Baba for help in the spiritual direction.

First my brother's mental malady and next the need to get my two younger

sisters married, etc, were obsessing my mind. It is for such things I

sought Baba's help and I trusted in him fully and he was merciful enough

to grant all I asked for and a great deal more. My sisters got married and

as for myself I was never left in want.

 

 

on behalf of Smt.Srivalli Garu

 

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