Chapter 38 :Sri_Sai_Sat_Charitra_Concise(Version)

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Om Shree Ganeshaya Namah

Om Sai Ram

Chapter 38:::

Baba feeding the devotees

When Baba decides to feed all, He would do everything from the scratch carefully Himself – He would go to the shop for procuring things, grind wheat, pulverize masala items etc. Some times, He would prepare sweet rice puddings. Occasionally He even prepared non-vegetarian food. He would simply thrust His bare hand in to the vessel when things were boiling to check whether items had been cooked. His hand would remain unscathed by the boiling things. After 1910 this event stopped because the food brought by devotees for Baba was so much that it over flew even after every one including fakirs and beggars had their fill.

Once Nana Chandodkar while coming to Shirdi skipped the Dattatreya temple on the banks of river Godavari as he wanted to avoid the holy man there to whom he had promised some donation. When he came to Baba and sat quietly, the later angrily asked how he could do such thing as skipping God on the way though he was in His association for long.

Every day after the noon arathi, Baba would sit straight in the nimbar in the masjid and all would sit in rows on either side of him. Food would be served sumptuously. One day after such a sumptuous meal, Baba gave a tumbler full of butter-milk to Hemad Panth and told him that he would not get such an opportunity again and hence he should drink it in full. Yes, shortly Baba attained mahasamadhi.

By A. Govindakrishnan

 

 

"Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu

 

Gurur Devoh Maheshwar;

 

Gurur Shakshat Parambramha

 

Tashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"

 

May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with peace of mind.

Sai bhakt,

Deepa H

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