Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

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Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

Between Poona

and Satara lies a small town called Sirval. About 400 years ago there was a Satpurush

named Naryan Swamiji. His

Samadhi is next to the Ram Mandir. His Samadhi is

next to the Ram Mandir. Adjacent to his Samadhi, is

the Samadhi of another saint Baja Bua.

Legend has it that, if a devotee worshiped it with full

faith and said “Baji dole” ([Roughly

Translated] “Baji sway”,

that Samadhi would sway. Madhav Rao Peshwa heard this; so he went to Shirval.

And after worshiping the Samadhi with full faith said “Baji dole”. And lo the Samadhi started

swaying. Years later Chang Devotee Maharaj went to

meet Dnayshwar Maharaj;

riding on a fierce lion. Using a poisonous snake for a whip.

At that time Dnayshwar was sitting on a wall. Hearing

that Chang Devotee Maharaj had come to meet him he

ordered the wall to move forward so he could meet him. Indeed the wall moved

forth.

Years later Baba, the Parabhrama

manifested in Shiladhi. He lived in a dilapidated Masjid and looked after the welfare of His devotees. One

day while sitting in the Masjid He said “Maje Samadhi Bole-le, Maje hard Turbut thu ne

Bolethil bar ka Shama”[Roughly

Translated] “My Samadhi will speak, so will My bones talk to My devotees

from My tomb” So said Baba to Shama

And so it came to pass that many wonder full Leelas were experienced by Baba’s ankita

bhaktas. Some of them are given below.

Baba Saheb Tarkhad

once attended the Ram Navami celebrations in the year

1932. After having a bath with utter love and devotion he went to Dwarakamai. There he took darshan

of Babas Photograph and performed puja.

The puja was offering of Camphor, incense sticks, and

Dakshina. After doing lotangan

and shastang namaskar he

applied Udi from Dhuni Maa. After asking Baba for permission to leave, he went to

Samadhi Mandir. There he worshiped the Samadhi and

gave his Dakshina. As the Ram Navami

festival had concluded he decided to leave for Mumbai.

He went in time to catch the 11 a.m. bus that would have 3 seats vacant for

pilgrims, to go to Mumbai. But that day each and every bus was crowded to

suffocation. So he returned to Dixit Wada. In the

Wada his mind was in turmoil. Why has this happened today? Did I make any

mistake in my Puja? That night his turmoil increased

with every passing hour. And he was quite restless.

The next day he went to Dwarakamai

to take darshan of Baba’s Photograph. To his

utter surprise he saw Baba’s Narshing Roop

(Angry form) in the photograph. Shocked he was speechless. He knew in his heart

that he had erred somewhere, But where?

Then Baba Saheb went to Samadhi Mandir, and placed

his head on Baba’s padukas’ and no

sooner had he done this he heard Baba say “Arre

Maja Saava Rupiya”! At

once he remembered the conversation, he had with his

Daughter-in-law before leaving Mumbai.

She had given him Rs 1.25 and

asked him to put it in the Samadhi Mandhir Dakshina box. He had tried to dissuade her, by saying

“If you put the money in the Dakshina box, it

will go to the Shirdi Sai

Baba Sansthan general fund. But if I give it to the

donation counter and get a receipt, your name will be published in their donors

list. In the Sai Leela magazine”. To which she had replied,

“I do not care for my name to be publicized. I am offering thus money

with love and devotion. All I want is that this money be put in the Dakshina box”

Then Baba Saheb humbly put the

money in the Dakshina box.

Balaji Pilaji

Guruv had some wonderful experiences. He states that

one day they were playing cards in the gallery of the Samadhi Mandhir, when they heard the sound of the Veena. They looked around but no one was near. So they went

down the music was coming from the mosquito net over the Samadhi. They heard

the most beautiful, celestial symphony of the Veena

emitting from the Samadhi. The music lasted for about ten minutes.

On another occasion, after Ram Navami,

there was water oozing from the Samadhi. They checked the Samadhi, which was

intact. The water flowed in a thin stream, over the Samadhi. They caught the

water and used it as teerth. This lasted for about a

month, and then stopped.

(Ref :

Shiladi written by Dr.Gavankar)