3 annas became Rs.100000/-

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3

annas became Rs.100000/-

 

Baburao Borawke

lived in Saswad near Pune.His

life on the surface seemed full misery and immense trouble. But, when

Baba’s grace is showered, even 3 annas become

one lakh.. His parents died

when he was a child. His uncle and other relatives took advantage of this

unfortunate incident and misappropriated his father’s property and

squandered all the money, leaving Baburao penniless.

So hard up for money was he that he had to give up schooling and look for

employment. One of his maternal uncles lived in Shirdi.

He had sugarcane fields and farms and made jaggery

out of it.

 

The uncle was devoted to Baba and often spoke of

Baba’s leelas to Baburao.

Baburao soon became a devotee and was eager to have

Baba’s darshan. Somehow, he managed to buy a

ticket to Kopargaon, enroute

to Shirdi. At Ahmednagar

station, he decided to fast until he had Baba’s darshan.

At Kopargaon, he alighted and traveled 3 miles by tonga,

up to the banks of the Godavari.

When he realized he had only 3 annas left in his

pocket and that was insufficient to take him to Shirdi,

he decided to walk the rest of the way.

 

As his maternal uncle’s home was on the way, he

visited his home. His aunt requested him to have a meal and then proceed to Shirdi. He told her of his determination to have

Baba’s darshan first, and then have a meal. So

saying, he walked to Shirdi. Near Lendi,

he met his Uncle, who also invited him for a meal. Baburao

was however eager to see Baba first. His uncle gave him Re.1 and requested him

to have a meal with the money. He accepted the rupee and went to the Masjid. His heart was filled with joy and bliss upon

beholding Baba’s luminous form. He rushed up the steps of the dwakamai and lay his head on

Baba’s feet. Baba made him sit near and spoke to him kindly. Then, Baba

asked for dakshina. Baburao

told Baba about his hopeless situation and his inability to give dakshina. “Look in your

pocket. Why keep the one rupee?” said Baba. Baburao thrust his hand in his pocket and took out the Re.1

note that he had quite forgotten about, and offered it to Baba.

 

The wonderful experience that he had made him determined

to stay in Shirdi. He worked hard in his

uncle’s field and daily took Baba’s darshan.

His hard work bore fruit and the harvest was extremely good. So, there was a

great deal of jaggery which was sold for a profit. Baburao handed over all the money he made over to his

uncle. One day, a friend of his uncle’s visited them. He was extremely

surprised to see his fill. “How did you manage to transform this parched

land into such a lush field?” he asked. The uncle pointed to his nephew

and told him, it was all his hard work. The friend asked Baburao

whether he would join with him as a partner. Baburao

agreed.

Daily, he would tend to his uncle’s field, then go to Kopargaon, and work

there till dusk. His hard workd earned him one lakh rupees at the end of the year. Baburao,

who had come to Shirdi with 3 annas

in his pocket was now a millionaire. He felt, it was

only by Baba’s grace that this had happened. He bought a house in a

village nearby and came to Shirdi for Baba’s darshan.

 

(Source Sai Leela Magazine)