Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha

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Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha

 

Thursday, the 1st November 1979, dawned as usual; but it ended unusually. On

getting up, I felt that I should meditate on Shri Sai Baba's form.

Accordingly He got meditation done through me. This pious deed in the early

morning set the tone for the full day.

 

After having gone through the morning preliminaries, I had a strong desire

to recite all prayers i.e. morning aartis. I could have slept in the

afternoon as it was a holiday; but Shri Baba wanted me to read charters 18

and 19 from His Pothi, wherein Shri Baba blesses Shri Dabholkar indirectly

when the latter is sad that while another devotee i.e. Shri Sathe received

Shri Baba's blessings immediately he did not get them after long service. At

this, Shri Baba directs him to see Shri Shama, who tells him a story.

 

I waded through the pure currents of Ganges, as I call the lines in these

chapters, for every line in these chapters oozes the nectar of pure devotion

and purifies the reader. I felt Shri Baba's invisible hand cleansing my mind

of impurities. Whenever I feel depressed, I bathe in the holy waters of

these chapters and emerge fresh and fragrant from here, Shri Baba, has given

out all that He wanted to say to His devotees through a story of an old

lady, who had undertaken a fast unto death to get the Guru Mantra. Shri Baba

persuaded her with gentle words to give up fast and eat heartily for He did

not get any Mantra from His Guru though He had served Him faithfully for 12

long years. He continued further that FJis Guru demanded from Him only one

point viz. endless attention on the Guru's form. He gave this willingly. His

Guru also demanded two pice i.e. faith and patience. These two pice also He

gave willingly, Baba continued further that she too should do the same and

He would bless her. The story, brought horns virtue truth to Shri Dabholkar

that Shri Baba's grace was available to everyone of those devotees who could

place implicit faith in Him & patience. Shri Baba's omniscience is revealed

to Shri Dabholkar, who returns to Dwarakamayi in the blissful thought that

Shri Baba has already blessed him. Having listened to this story Shri Baba

gave him a handful of sugar candy and told him that his life would be

equally sweet if he practiced full faith in Shri Baba and have patience to

reap the fruits thereof.

 

As I concluded my voyage through the Ganges, and reached the shore of the

chapters, an " inner voice " told me that " He would confirm that you are

blessed this day " . I closed the Pothi and went to balcony to have a fresh

breeze. While standing. I saw my friend Shri Karnik standing in the balcony

of his block. The latter's presence reminded me of certain work which I had

with him. I immediately rushed down to his block. We both settled down for a

long chat. As I started for home, Shri Karnik gave me a handful of sugar

candy and told me that it was his Guru's prasad which was equal to the

prasad of Pandarinath of Pandharpur. I was wonderstruck at " Shri Sai Leela "

for as promised earlier, He confirmed that He blessed me thus and ended my

day with a sweet note.

 

Anil K. Rasal

Bombay

 

Source Shri Sai Leela Magazine Aug 1980)