Ambrosia After Mahasamadhi (Contd)

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77. BABA GAVE TRAIL TO SHRI (DOCTOR) RAMASWAMY LYENGAR NARAYAN MUDALIAR STREET MADRAS FOR HIS VIOLATION OF VOW Having heard of the greatness of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi, I went along with Raosaheb Subbaiah Chettiar to Shirdi and reached Shirdi on 27-4-1938. On the way I considered that Shirdi being as sacred a shrine as Kashi or Rameswar, I should signalized by visit and render it fruitful, by a vow of solemn abstinence from using betel and nut (Pansupari) and finally resolved from that time, I leave Shirdi, I should not chew betel. This is a great sacrifice as the habit of chewing betel has been with me ever since I was a boy, and I would chew several times every day. In Shirdi, I left Shirdi in a bullock cart along with Mr. Chettiar on the morning of 28-4-1938. As we were seated in the cart, Mr. Chettiar chewed betel and the temptations so far over powered as to make me to think that I must postpone my vow of abstinence

and begin it only from the time I reached Madras. So I took up my betel nut basket and merrily chewed away. As soon as I started chewing I found that I my tongue was pricked. The lime smear (Chunna) coating on the betel sometimes pricks the tongue of inexperienced novices in chewing. But my tongue was used to it for decades and had become quite deadened and thick. So the pricking was a surprise, I did not mind it, however and I had a hearty chew. In half an hour, I noticed the state of my tongue and mouth. The whole of the interior of the mouth including the tongue had got inflamed which is a phenomenon unprecedented in 40 years history of chewing. Thereafter the chewing was out of the question not merely chewing betel, but also chewing of solid food even though free from acidity of pungency. From that time for 18 days I was compelled by the state of my mouth to abstain from betel and also from all forms of solid foods and I had to live on milk. Now look at Mr. Chettiars' state and the wonder grows greater. He chewed the same betel and used the same chunna and he had no inflamation or other trouble. But he had not made a vow to give up chewing betel as I did. Very soon chewing experience in about an hour I had another experience. I had taken my chewing outfit namely a small chewing basket for the betel and nut and a silver crucible containing lime (chuna) in the carriage and left it there near Mr. Chettiar. I just went out to purchase of some betel and other articles in Rahata Bazar and returned in a few

minutes. I wanted to find my betel box and took for it. Lo! and behold the betel box was missing and also the crucible. No thief could have come there, the articles being close to Mr. Chettiar. Yet in spite of repeated search, the articles could not be found. Both the above incident clearly showed me that Baba is a living forces; that He is a kind father guarding His children the devotees even the rawer recruits like myself with affectionate yet strict watchfulness that he promptly punishes and checks any flagrant violation of vows solemnly made to Him and so arranges the circumstances and environment of His children as to make further disobedience on their part impossible in their own interest. I have been taught a very severe lesson and from the above date, I never again violated my vow. Baba thus gave me increased faith in Him and strength of mind to carry out the vows

I make. Before this visit, hear say information, I had of Baba's greatness and kindness left but a feeble impression on my mind. But with the actual experience conferred on me, the impression I have of Baba is vivid and powerful and will last a life time. I now concentrate my Japa and meditation on Baba alone. Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 78. BABA RECOVERED THE REMAINING PROMISED AMOUNT OF RS 50/- FROM SHRI TAKKAR OF BOMBAY Once a devotee by name Takkar of Bombay prayed and promised to Baba that if his troubles were averted by Baba, he would pay Rs. 55/- to Baba. According to his prayer, Baba averted his troubles. He came to Shirdi and took darshan of Baba's Samadhi in Samadhi Mandir and offered Rs. 5/- only in Baba's Hundi (box) instead of Rs. 55/- (Fifty five) as per his promise and went back to Bombay. At the time of climbing the steps of the threshold of his house in Bombay, Baba remembered him by an

invisible threatening voice to pay the remaining amount of Rs. 50/- (fifty). He then recognised that he would not able to deceive Baba and came again to Shirdi offered Rs. 50/- in the Hundi (box) and then returned to Bombay praying apology from Baba. Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 79. BABA CURED THE SWOLLEN LEG OF SMT. AHALYABAI KRISHNAJI UPARKAR, BOMBAY Before

24-8-1963, her nail struck her leg and blood came. She left it uncared for as there were no pain. On 24-8-1963, she suffered from fever as her wound became septic. Her sons requested her to take treatment from a doctor. She did not agree to that. But she made a vow to Baba, "That if Baba cured me, I shall propagate this incident in Sai Leela Magazine" After this Baba manifested as a stranger and promised to her medicine for her leg. In front of her house there was a military depot. He went inside the depot with their permission got the medicine brought it to her house and given it to her for application on the affected part. He did it as was told by the stranger. No sooner the application of the medicine than the swelling lessened and the pain also decreased. On one night in her dream a nurse came and injected her and on another night Baba appeared in her dream and told that a hole in the affected part of the leg will be made and then the leg would become normal with no

pain and the wound also would be healed. One day when she was asleep a rat came and broadened the wound with a big whole and thereby the entire rotten things puss and all the ring worms came out. She awakened her son and showed him her leg as to how Baba had managed to cure her leg. After some days her leg was completely cured by applying Baba's UDI. She then gave this incident in the Sai Leela magazine as per her promise. Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 80. BABA CURED THE PARALYTIC ATTACK OF SHRI PARASURAM KRISHNA GORE, JAMESHEDPUR Shri Parasuram Krishna Gore of Jamshedpur was serving in Tata Factory. On 9th July, 1966, he was attacked by one side paralytic attack all of a sudden when he was returning to his house in the evening. Doctor tested him and directed him to take admission on the next day morning. In the morning, in addition to his paralysis, he became mental disorder too. He was admitted in his Factory Hospital. He suffered very much for the first two days of his admission, At that time, the members in his house prayed to Baba if he cured immediately by Baba, they would send Rs. 10/- to Baba's Sansthan. After this vow, he was sent back to his house from the hospital twenty days after admission without any improvement. He was given treatment in his house and was improved by the grace of Baba. They have sent Rs 5-50 to Baba's Sansthan instead of Rs.

10/- as per their vow. The Sansthan has sent Baba's Satcharitra (1) Das Ganu's 4 chapters but Baba's UDI was not received. However, after full improvement, he went to his Factory once in a month thrice in three months. Each time the Factory Doctor made him unfit for work. They seriously thought over this and remembered of their fault and repented and sent Rs.10/- to Baba's Sansthan. On 24-11-66, an old man as a beggar in Baba's shape came to the threshold when his daughter was cleaning rice by sitting near the thresh­hold. She forgot even to bow to Him in her ignorance. But her mother gave Rs. 2/- to him. After receiving it, he told her "your husband would be alright." On 25-11-66, Shri Parasuram gone to the factory and the factory doctor made him fit for the work. Is it not the leela of Shri Sai Baba? Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there Sai Nathay Arpanastu Anant Koti Brahmand Nayak Raja Dhi Raj Yogi Raj Para Brahma Shri Sachidanand Sadguru Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Jai!!! Hetal Patil http://in.experienceswithshirdisaibaba

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