Ambrosia After Mahasamadhi(Contd)

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57. BABA MANIFESTED HIMSELF AND HELPED FOR THE SAFE DELIVERY OF THE WIFE OF SHRI R. RAMCHANDRAN, BOMBAY. Shri P. Ramchandran, a railway servant residing at 8/392, Vasant building, Matunga, Bombay knew about Shri Sai Baba in 1950. He read Satcharitra of Shri Sai Baba in 1950. He had got full faith in Shri Sai Baba and the words of Baba, "Why do you fear when I am here?" had very much touched his heart. When his wife during pregnancy of nine months received a call from her mother as she was suffering seriously and her presence in her mother's house was much essential. After consulting the doctor, he had started to her mother's house along with his wife casting all the burdens on Baba. They started in the Madras Mail from Bombay. His brother's son handed over Rs.

100/- with a request to hand over that amount to his father at Madras. He accepted his request. He began to pray Baba in the train. On the next day at about 8 A.M., his wife began to suffer labour pains. Then the train stopped in a small station. A Musalman who appeared to be as a doctor got into the train. No other was in the compartment. He asked the Fakir, whether he has got any medicine with Him for the safe delivery of his wife. He prepared three packets of medicines and handed over to him two packets and the Fakir Himself gave one packet to take it inside with instructions that she should take the remaining 2 packets one in every two hours and went away when the train stopped at Sholapur. As soon as she tookthe remaining 2 packets as instructed, all the labour pains stopped and she felt alright then. Before the train reached Adoni,

she had went to the latrine for passing; stools. Unexpectedly she delivered a male child very safely in the latrine of the running train. The train stopped at Adoni railway station. Her husband was anxiously waiting outside the door of the latrine. A voice came suddenly from a woman to the effect that she was there for help and he should not worry. He told her about the delivery of his wife in the latrine. She got a knife from him and went to the latrine along with another woman. After all the preliminary services are over, she came out of the latrine. He has paid Rs. 5/-as an offering for her timely services to his wife. After receiving the amount she went away. How she came to that particular compartment and why she went away after the services were over and that too in the stable train at Adoni were the problem to him. He told all this to the Station Master and the Station Master has arranged her admission in the civil hospital at Adoni. She was in the hospital for

13 days with proper treatment. A lady doctor belonged to American Mission had helped her most in the hospital. In an unknown place, he and his delivered wife were pulling on very happily. He has utilised the amount of Rs. 100/- given by his brother's son at Bombay. He felt that the giving of medicine by the Musalman who appeared to be as a doctor in the running train, the unexpected assistance of a female in the stable train at Adoni after the time of his wife's delivery, her treatment in the hospital in a new place and the amount utilised for the expense of the delivery are nothing but pervaded by Shri Sai Baba in response to his prayer. By this incident, is it not clear that Baba is ever active even after His Mahasamadhi to lend His helping hand for timely help to His

devotees? Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 58. BABA SAVED THE LIFE OF SHRI B. R. KAKADE FROM FLOODS AND HIS ELDEST DAUGHTER FROM DOUBLE TYPHOID How I became a Sai devotee will mean explaining one's own experiences in one's own point of view. However the result of such writing will lead the readers to the path of Sai devotion. I have full faith in Sai. I did not believe in God in my childhood, but my father never got angry with me nor used any harsh words for my peculiar thinking about God. However, he used his intellect to change my mind towards the belief in God and that too through his good colleagues who made a fine friendship with me to read some religious books for them as they

were old and could not pay attention to reading. This made me change my views about God in "Sagun" and "Nigrun" aspects (i.e.) the formed and the formless aspects. The marble idols of God in whom people will believe which were mere stones for me in the beginning of my life now became practical observances in my daily life of the source of inspiration. In my school days, 1927, when I was only 16 years of age, I was trapped in the big flood of Gujarat. I was at Baroda with my father at that time. Heavy flood waters divided in the city into two parts and both of us were in one part and my younger brother and the grandmother were in the other side. We tried to cross the river bridge of high level water but the police objected to this. However, we tried to enter the water on the bridge traveling

upto my neck, we failed to return and thus were trapped by waters of the flood. At this critical time of life and death, one tall man of about 7 feet in height having beard and rumal on head shouted loudly directing us both to stand at the same place and he came through the water got both of us in his own hands and took us to the other side of the roaring river when my brother and grand mother were anxiously waiting for us. I enquired about the person who saved us and it was a wonder to note that he was not there. I tried to find him out but in vain. This was the first devotional darshan of Shri Sai Baba in my life in 1927. My eldest daughter was ill by double typhoid for 42 days (Relapsed case) in 1943. A committee of 3 (three) doctors declared her case as "Fatal". On the 41st day of her illness they have asked me to leave this case to God. The same day, it happened so, that one old man with beard from Madras had come to us through one of my

friends in Baroda and when that bearded old man saw my daughter, He told me not to fear. I was surprised in listening to him when I was actually facing a critical moment in life. But the old man convinced me in such a way that I became fearless when I came to know that the man was not present at night when my daughter got a dream of Shri Sai Baba. She improved from that time. I had enquired with my friend about the old man but in vain. His advice was nothing but the devotional darshan for the second time in my life. Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 59. BABA MANIFESTED HIMSELF LIKE A CARTWALA TESTED THE FAITH AND HELPED SHRI RAMA-KRISHNA GANPAT RAO KOTHARE OF MAHIM, BOMBAY Shri Ramakrishna Ganpat Rao Kottare of. Mahim, Bombay and his father used to visit Shirdi often and often during Baba's time and also after Baba's Samadhi. In 1919 during the rainy season they proceeded to Shirdi from Mahim and came to Kopargaon railway station. But there were heavy floods in Godavari River at Kopargaom. No conveyance was available to cross the river. The Station Master advised them not to go to Shirdi in these floods. On hearing this, they simply sat by uttering Sai's name. At this time, a

tall and lean man with Alpi coat and a stick in hand came to them and told them why are you people wanted to go to Shirdi? The mad man there has died. Shri Ganpat Rao told him not to tell all these tales, I however want to go to Shirdi, Baba will help us. Then the tall man brought his cart, got them inside the cart and drive them to Shirdi. On the way, the tall man uttered always the words Maya, Mithya, Brahma etc. as a mad man. The cart came to Kopargaon Town. As there are floods in Godavari River it was not possible to cross the river the tall man made them to get down near a Brahman's house and went away without demanding any money from them. He was not turned up till they started to cross the river by boat after 3 P. M. when the water lessened

in the river. On the other side of the river, they came to Shirdi late in the night and stayed in Dixit Wada. They were alone in the wada. They stayed the night there and in the morning they got the darshan of Baba and returned to Kopargaom and went to the Brahmin's house and enquired about the cart tall man. The Brahmin told them that the cart man did not belong to Kopargaon and added that he was under the impression He belonged to you man. All have decided that this occurrence was nothing but Baba's Leela to test their faith. Surrender Shri Sai Completely

Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there 60. BABA MANIFESTED HIMSELF AS AN OLD MAN AND GIVEN DARSHAN TO SHRI L.D. SOMARAJ, 233. AUSTIN TOWN, BANGALORE- 1 I am an ex-serviceman from the defence army devoted to Baba since 1940. I got ten children. Out of these children, my wife gave birth to three children at a time (Triplex). They were all safe. I was having one small photo of Baba and wherever I go, I used to worship it. It may in 1941, I came on leave and I went to Bangalore, my native place from Japalpur. I met Shri Narasimhaswamiji at Bezwada railway station who came and sat by my side and talked to me about Baba and gave me one anna coin with His blessings and asked me to keep it in puja. After reaching Bangalore, I told my parents about my meeting with Shri Narasimhaswamiji and requested my mother to start bhakti on Sai Baba's cult. One day I went to cinema 6-30 P.M. show At about 7 P.M. it was heavy raining,

one Sadhu like Baba with white dress with a piece of cloth tied on his head standing outside the compound wall shouting "that no one should come outside the gate as one cobra was standing there". My mother asked him "what was there outside Baba!" My mother called him as Baba as he resembled like Sai Baba. The old man replied "there was one cobra standing outside the gate and it would go away soon and that no one should come outside". Hearing His voice, my neighbor opened the door of his house. He saw a very big cobra standing outside the compound gate of my house. Baba asked my mother to put milk for it. My mother did it and the cobra went away after drinking it. My mother requested Him to come inside the house, but he refused. He asked my mother for food. My mother served him with food there itself on a big stone. After taking food, he asked my mother for some money. Immediately, my

younger sister went inside and returned with Rs. 51/- and offered to Him. After receiving this He asked one sack to cover his body. My mother asked my father for one sack to him. My father refused. The old man said to my mother "that there were 50 sacks in the puja room and out of that, you may give me one". My mother and father were wondered at His words and gave Him one sack. He smoked His cigar by sitting on the stone and left a handful of ash over the stone. Afterwards, He went away saying that He would visit my house on another day. My younger sister followed him upto the next cross and from there, he disappeared. When myself, my brother and my first sister reached my house from the cinema, there was heavy rain and our compound was full of water. My mother told me all about the old man. We were all went to the big stone where He sat and saw to our amazement that the big stone and the ashes of his cigar (Vibhuti)

were dry and not drenched in the heavy rain. My father was a Police Officer, he too wondered for this miracle of the old man (Shri Sai Baba) and he also used to worship Baba. Is this not the Leela of Baba to Create faith in His devotees? Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there Anant Koti Brahmand

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