Existence (Asthi)

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Existence (Asthi)

There is no end to the glory of the Eternal father. It is ever

flowing. Many a holy person will take a dip in the holy waters of grace that

flow from His feet. They are not quite satisfied by the bliss they enjoyed.

They speak of Him and His leelas to others, who are

interested and by telling them to the deserving and devotional persons, they

enjoy a reciprocal happiness. That is why they are all considered by the Lord

as dear and near to Him and are always blessed by Him.

 

The following is one such narration of a bee's enjoyment, who felt

the sweetness of the nectar that flows from the Holy feet of Shri Sai Baba. With due respect to his Holiness and with so

much humbleness to all His devotees, this heart and pen have become bold enough

to submit a few lines of the experiences of this humble being. Thanks to the

management of Sai Samsthan, who provided the best

‘media’ through which we speak of Him together.

 

It was March 1977, when the accounts branches of the entire state

were busy with the completion of the transactions connected with the spending

of the Budget, the poor fellow, hereinafter termed as T was also engaged in

attending to his normal duties in his office.

 

When I was busy in this manner, we had to

celebrate the Ugadi of that year in this busy month.

I was so happy in the morning, but I became so unhappy in the evening when my

wife suddenly developed shivering and high temperature. I suspected it to be an

infection in urine and the next day before consulting any doctor. I gave her

urine for culture test and took her then for treatment, which was later

confirmed by the doctor. The result of the culture test also proved our doubt

to be true and the treatment continued under that Doctor, a qualified M. D,

During the treatment there were no symptoms of reduction of the

disease, but the unrest grew from day to day. The sun was hot. The children

were having examinations and I was busy in office, even on holidays and there

was nobody to attend to this sick lady in the house. The temperature was being

controlled by a particular medicine for some time; but when the power of the

medicine would become less, say for 4 or 5 hours later, she again used to get

high temperature. This continued for 15 or 20 days and I had no time to give a

second thought, since she was under the care of a good doctor. Simply I was

praying to Baba alone to give me relief by giving her normal health and

normalcy in the family affairs.

 

While it was so,

one night (it was Wednesday) my wife woke me

up in the

night at 3 a.m. or so and

said, " One old man came to me and

gave me some lump to eat. I do not know what it was; but I ate it. He

said that I will be alright " . I replied to her, " If it is so, you

will be alright " and J asked her to

sleep. I always had a belief that He alone will change the

position whenever He feels fit. I had a confidence that it was He who gave

her this lump of medicine to cure her, who was almost neglected by me. After five or ten minutes later, she

woke me up again with the words: " I have seen Sai

Baba " . " When and which Sai? " was my question, as

I have two photos, one of Shirdi and

other of Puttaparthi, one on the side of her head and

the other towards her feet, in reply to

my question she

pointed out to

Shirdi Sai. Then

what happened was my question. She said, 'He was grinding some­thing in

His masjid and I stood before Him leaning to the

pillar before Him. He addressed me in Hindi saying, " Aao

beli, daro mat, baitho " . These words gave me much confidence. I humbly requested Him to permit me to take

curdbath for which He said that I can

take any thing I

like " . I told her that she cannot have any doubt and

that she will have anything she wanted as I cannot stop when

permitted by Baba. She slept a while. In fact she was provided with the dish she

required on the next day.

 

 

V. Narayana Rao

Hyderabad (A.P.)

(to

be contd……)

(Source Shri Sai Leela August 1980)