You want proof of my divinity?

[Guest guest]

Firozshah

Hormazji Pudumjee

 

The year was 1917. Firoz was in

high school when his parents made a pilgrimage to Shirdi.

While returning, they brought a photograph of Baba as Prasad. Upon returning

home, the parents gave a glowing account of Baba’s divinity to the

family. Firoz heard all this and he wondered in his

mind about it. “They run after these Babas and Sadhus”, he thought. “Will this Sai Baba help them spiritually and materially?” He

also put a test to Baba thinking, “If Baba is divine, he will give me a

sign.” With this thought, he went to sleep.

 

Then he dreamt of Baba who said, “You

want proof of my divinity? Whether I am for real or not? Your father has placed

my photograph on the table. When you get up in the morning, try and pick it up.

If you can pick it up, I am fake. If you cannot pick

it up, know for sure that I am real.”

The dream awakened him, and he couldn’t wait for

dawn to break. In the morning, he went to the dining table and went to pick up

Baba’s photograph. But the photograph was extremely heavy. The more he

tried, the heavier it got. The table itself was lifted off the floor, but not

the photograph. Then he realized that Baba was indeed divine.

 

Later, he started working in his father’s mill

gratis. One day, he dreamt of Baba, who said, “You

have been working in your father’s mill for so long. You need to get a

salary, right?” The next day, his uncle casually asked him

if he was getting paid for all the work he was doing. On hearing the negative

reply, his uncle started paying him Rs.200/- per month. Firoz

did not meet Baba, but he was devoted to Him. He kept wondering, what Shirdi looked like. One day, while traveling by bus, he

passed by Sai Baba lane in Santa

Cruz. Intuitively, he knew that he would find his

answer there. Later, he went to that lane and met Moreshwar

Pradhan, who was very close to Baba. Pradhan readily and gladly answered all his questions in

great detail and satisfied him.

[REF : Sai Leela, 1928 April (Chaitra)]