Devotees' Experiences - 10 - Special Saving Grace - How Smt. Shyamala Devi’s nephew was saved from death

October 9, 2007

Devotees' Experiences - 10 Special Saving Grace How Smt. Shyamala Devi’s nephew was saved from death Smt. I. Shyamala Devi is the daughter of late Sri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the former Chief Minister of the old Hyderabad State in 1950s and and later Governor of Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, India. In 1980, Baba saved the grandson of Mr. Burgula Ramakrishna Rao from imminent death. Smt. Shyamala Devi recounts this incident in the book, “Sathya Sai – The Avatar of Love”: My brother, Burgula Lakshmi Narayana Rao, was blessed with a son on 29th May, 1980. On the very second day of his coming into the world, he was afflicted

with some illness. He started crying incessantly from the second day afternoon onwards till midnight. Two child specialists examined the baby; the baby had become pale and unconscious. Milk was given through the nostrils with the aid of a tube. Breathing stopped in between and doctors even had to revive the breath by artificial means. Gradually the baby turned blue in color due to frequent failures of breathing and the lengthy process of reviving. Seeing this, doctors came to the conclusion that it would be difficult for the baby to survive. They also pleaded their inability saying "Neither you nor we doctors can do anything". Swami's Vibhuti was kept under the baby's head and a little of it was applied on its chest. Doctors had come to the conclusion that there was nothing they could do except praying to God. On that very day, we

learnt that Swami was going from Bangalore to Delhi via Hyderabad. The plane would stop for a brief period of about 40 minutes before leaving for Delhi. Arrangements were made and pandals erected near airport. Devotees gathered there to have Darshan of Swami. Bhajans were being sung. Doctors who were attending on the baby themselves advised us to go and have the Darshan of Baba. Hanging between hope and despair, I along with my brother and mother (Smt. Anantha Lakshmi) went to the place where Swami was staying. Baba who was about to enter the room specially arranged for Him looked at us and inquired saying "Ananthalakshmamma, How is your grandson?" My mother with full of tears in her eyes full of sorrow, pleaded "Swami ma Narayana Babu ku putra biksha pettandi. Na manuvadu mrithyu mukham lo unnadu. Bratike avaskasam

ledu. Doctorlu kuda aasa vadulu kunnaru". (Swami, save the life of my Narayana Babu's son. My grand son is in the throes of death; there is no hope of his survival. Even the doctors have given up hope.) Then Swami kept His hand on my mother's head and blessed her saying "Your grandson has a full life span. He will become healthy." With that assurance Swami left for the airport. From the mood of despondency, we came back into this world. With anxious thoughts, we went to hospital fearing what kind of news was awaiting us. The doctors in the hospital reported that ever since we had gone to airport for Swami's Darshan, the baby's frequency of the stoppage of respiration had become lesser. Even the doctor's hope was kindled. From then onwards the baby's health improved gradually. Now (1992) the boy is aged twelve years, quite healthy and is studying in the eight standard in Kendriya Vidyalaya. Swami himself had named the boy as "Sai Rama Krishna". Baba had saved my grand son from the jaws of death. Later we had learnt that Swami told some of the devotees that he had instructed for the diversion of Delhi trip enroute Hyderabad, only to save the ailing grand son of Ramakrishana Rao. Reference: “Sathya Sai - The Avatar of Love” Page: 69-70. Published by Sai Prasanthi Society, Hyderabad under the auspices of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Andhra Pradesh on His 67th Birthday, 23rd November 1992. http://www.srisathyasai.org.in/Pages/Devotees_Experiences/Miracle_Special_Saving.htm