Sai Satcharitra - Ovi to Ovi english Translation - Chp- X III

September 24, 2007

31. Now listen to the story of Bhimaji Patil of Narayangaon village of Junnar Taluka; of Pune District. It is as sweet as nectar. 32. Bhimaji was a well-to-do-person. He was hospitable to everyone. He was never sad and was always of a cheerful disposition. 33. Destiny plays strange games. Without any rhyme or reason, we can either gain or lose. Sufferings born of karma come to you as a disease. 34. In 1909, Bhimaji was miserable. He started having cough and tuberculosis. He developed high temperature. 35. His cough became unbearable, the fever greatly increased and day by day became persistent. Bhimaji lost hopes. 36. He was always frothing at the mouth, had bad taste in the mouth and vomitted blood. He had chronic stomach ache, felt nauseous and restless. 37. He became a bed-ridden patient. He lost vigour, his limbs weakened, he became thinner. All kinds of treatments were tried. He was extremely miserable. 38. He lost all taste for food and

nourishment and could not digest even rice-gruel or a light diet. The condition was unbearable, whereby he did not know what to do. 39. All rites and rituals were performed; doctors and vaidyas gave up; he lost hope of survival and remained dejected. 40. Patil was depressed; he felt he would survive only for a few days; day by day he became more tired and started counting his days. 41. He worshipped his family deity but even she could not restore his health. Patil got fed up of consulting astrologers, exorcists and all and sundry. 42. Some referred to his condition as a sickness of the body, others the visitation of fate, which human endeavour could not control and which must, therefore, be borne. 43. Doctors were tried, hakims were tried, all remedies failed. No body

could do anything. All efforts were futile. 44. Patil was extremely sad. He said: “Oh Lord, what have I done? Why is it that nothing avails? What kind of a sin is this?” 45. The ways of God are strange! He never reminds you of His existence even for a moment when you are happy. His ways are indeed unusual.

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