Unique Sai Miracle By Mrs. Rathna Chandrasekhar

[Guest guest]

Unique Sai Miracle

By Mrs. Rathna

Chandrasekhar

 

Baba gave me an opportunity to visit Shirdi from November

16 to 18, 1998, along

with my nephew, Dr. G. R. Vijayakumar, and his wife Seetha.

My nephew generally performs 'Pradosh' pooja to Lord Mahadev and while

planning the trip, he asked us to leave Bangalore after finishing the Pradosh

pooja on November 16. Somehow this was not convenient

and we had to plan in such a manner that we would be in Shirdi between November

16 and 18. My nephew reluctantly agreed saying that Sai-willing still he could

perform 'Pradosh pooja' on

November 16.

 

We reached Shirdi on the 16th forenoon. We had darshan to our heart's content. In the evening, we went to

the Mahadev Mandir in the

precincts of Samsthan and enquired the priest about

‘Pradosh’ pooja.

The priest said that such a provision is not there and individual devotees

could offer worship to the Shiva Linga. My nephew was

disappointed. He asked us to fetch some flowers and other offerings and

meanwhile, started chanting 'Rudra' and 'Chamaka' hymns preparatory to Abhishekam.

 

Lord Sainath always provides

where He guides. At this moment, a miracle occurred. Even before we started to

get pooja materials, a middle aged lady appeared

there from nowhere. She brought a basketful of Bel-pathra,

Bilva fruits, flowers, seven litres

of milk, a pot of curds, a little quantity of honey and sugar, apart from other

pooja materials. She placed all these things at our

disposal and wanted to perform pooja to Lord Mahadev on behalf of her son.

 

We were happy at the turn of events. We performed,

‘Panchamrit Abhishek’ to the Shiva Linga, offered ‘archana’

by reciting ‘Trishathi’ and finally did

‘Arathi’, which coincided with the

evening arathi to Sai Baba. The final outcome was

that my nephew could perform ‘Pradosh’ pooja in a much better manner on the holy soil of Shirdi,

than he had ever performed at his hometown earlier.

 

Sai Baba is close behind our thoughts and He is there

to fulfill each one of our needs and desires in His own inimitable manner.

 

IGNORANCE

There was a young boy who took pride in his learning

the scriptures. He was closely associated with Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji and for anything and everything he used to

quote Swamiji. He also took pride as the moving

encyclopedia of Swamiji's life.

Another devotee came to Sri Radhakrishna

Swamiji and said: " Tell me, Swamiji,

is it true that the young man knows as much about you as he claims? "

Swamiji replied: " Truth to tell, this boy reads

so much I don't see how he could ever find the time to know anything. "

 

MYTHS

Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji gave his teaching as Sai Baba did, in parables and

stories which his devotees listened with pleasure - and occasional frustration,

for they longed for something deeper.

 

Swamiji was unmoved. To all their objections he would

say, " You have yet to understand, my dears, that the short­est distance

between a human being and Truth is a story. "

 

Another time he said: " Do not despise the story.

A lost gold coin is found by means of a candle which costs a few Paise: the deepest truth is found by means of a simple

story. "

(Source Sri Sai padananda

Jan 1999)