Sai Darshan

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Sai Darshan

Everyday is a Sai Day. However, somehow, Thursday has become more

important to me since past few years. On this day, I am more conscientious of

Sai and whomsoever I meet on that day, I presume the form of Sai in him and bow

to him reverentially in my mind.

 

Sai is always with us. Whoever wants Him gets Him. Whoever takes

one step towards Him; He takes complete care of him and also visits him

frequently. Of course, we recognize Him only when He vanishes like a flash.

 

I remember very vividly, about a year and a half back, on a

Thursday, when I was at Shirdi in the early morning itself, myself and two of

my Sai brothers, Shri Jagat

Advani and Ramesh Raisinghani,

were going towards Chawadi side, one crippled bro­ther

asked for milk and there was a boy, who wanted to sell the milk. Immediately, I

purchased the milk and gave it to that crippled person.

 

At about 8’O Clock, on the same day,

Shirdi Sai came in His usual human form. He came in His usual form - yes

-except the difference that He appeared to be younger in age. He came and from

out of three of us, myself, Shri Jagat

Advani presently Editor, Sansthan

Sarthi (Sindhi), and Advocate Ramesh Raisinghaui, who were near the canteen, he addressed me

alone as " Krishna, Chai Pilao " . My name is Kishin, the abbreviated word for Krishna, commonly

spoken in our community. I was wonderstruck as to how he knows my name and out

of the three of us he addressed me alone as Krishna by name. I

saw in Him the form of Sai and bowed to Him in my mind and gave him a coupon

for a cup of tea. Lord comes in His form, makes Him­self known well; still

we miss Him as we are deeply engrossed in worldly life. We feel low to bow to

Him reverentially in Public. Same day at about 11.30, myself and Shri Ramesh Raisinghani, were

standing outside the Bhakt Niwas

and Shri Jagat Advani had gone to the office to pay some donation to

Shirdi Sansthan. I may mention here that Shri Jagat Advani, is a pious and noble

soul. He is a man of little means, but for a good cause he has a big heart.

Wherever he goes, he donates to his mite. He gives money to down-trodden

people. He does it so selflessly and shyly that nobody comes to know much of

it. His wife, also who was a teacher by Profession and who is now retired never

lags behind him and contributes to her mite; addition to her husband, wherever

she goes. Sai came again it the same form of Shirdi Sai Baba at about 11.30 and

addresses, to me alone as " Krishna, Khana Khilao " . I was about

to give him a coupon for Khana, when I noticed that

he had a Beedi in his finger tips, I disliked this

and said in my mind that it was no good to encourage such people, who spend

money on smoking and instead, I thought of purchasing about a kilo of guava

(Peru worth Re. 1/- only and giving to four/five persons. I ah' thought to wait for Shri Jagat Advani

and then to purchase the guava, because he may also like to purchase. I,

therefore, went upstairs in the office of Shirdi Sansthan,

where Shri Jagat Advani was paying donation and within half-a-minute I came

back to see that Shri Sai had left - yes - He had

vanished. Later, whole day and until I was at Shirdi, I searched for Him

throughout, but could not find Him anywhere in the same human form. I have gone

to Shirdi thereafter also a number of times, but I have never come across that

same human form of Shirdi Sai.

 

From my little experience, I feel that we should always be alert

and vigilant. He comes in any form - at any time - at any place. We must,

therefore, pray to Him constantly, to give us Subuddhi,

so that we perceive His form. We should also culti­vate the habit of seeing

Him in everyone and rever everybody as Sai in that

form.

K. H. Bhuraney

Ulhasnagar

(Source Shri Sai Leela June 1978)