WHO IS SRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI?

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15. One species of miraculous achievements wrought by Baba for the benefit of his devotees is the blessing given for issue. Whenever Baba blessed anybody and said that there would be issue, invariably the lady brought forth the child, either male or female, in twelve months, exactly as stated by Baba. Here are a few examples: Damodar S. Rasane had two wives, but no issue. His horoscope showed a papi or cruel planet in the putrasthana and astrologers declared that he would have no issue in this birth. But Baba gave him four mango fruits and

directed him to give them to his junior wife. Baba assured him that he was going to have eight children through that wife, the first two being males. The lady ate the fruits and had just eight children, with their sexes as mentioned by Baba. This would remind one of the issue less monarch Dasaratha, consulting his Kulaguru Vasishta. According to the directions of this Guru, Aswamedha and Puthrakameshti yagas were celebrated on a grand scale (even though it was not stated that there was any papi in the putrasthana of Dasaratha) and four sons were brought forth by his queens. In Rasane’s case, there was no Vasishta nor were any yagas. Evidently, Vasishta, Vamadeva, Risyasringa, Bhrugu, Puthrakameshti and

Aswamedha were all inside Sai Baba who declared that the devotee would have eight children. 16. Another case is more interesting. One Scindhe had seven daughters and no sons. He went up to the temple of Dattatreya at Gangapur, 200 miles away from Shirdi, and prayed there for male

issue. He vowed that if he were granted a son within twelve months, he would bring the child to Gangapur and make his offerings. He had his prayers answered and obtained a son in twelve months. But, for about six years, he did not go to Gangapur at all. Then he came to Shirdi. Baba looked at him and spoke fiercely, ‘Are you so conceited and stiff-necked? Where was there any male progeny in your prarabdhakarma? I tore up this body (pointing to his own body) and gave you a male child in answer to your prayer’. This was not only occasion when Baba declared that he had overridden the workings of prarabdhakarma. A third case is interesting from another standpoint. A pleader of Akkalkote had reviled and mocked at Baba in his student days and had subsequently lost his only son. Fancying that the loss was the result of his irreverence towards Baba, he came to Shirdi. Baba blessed him and declared that he (Baba) himself would fetch the soul of the deceased son and place him within the womb of the Vakil’s wife. In twelve months thereafter, she was delivered of a male child. WHO IS SRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI?By Shri H.H.NARASIMHASWAMIJI (Founder)All India Sai Samaj (Regd.), Madras - 600 004. http://groups.msn.com/

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