G.S.Khaparde.(1911 17 January Tuesday)

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G.S.Khaparde.

 

1911 17 January Tuesday

Amravati.

 

I had court work today so there was not much time to do any thing in

the morning. After prayer I came into the hall as usual & finding

Baba Palekar there, sat talking with him. He visited Shirdi & made

my presents to Sayin Maharaj. The latter accepted them. In the

course of conversation he remarked that he had not asked for

sugarcanes for the last one thousand years & now that he did so,

only three were brought to him. What could he do with them? He

permitted Palekar & his companions to go away at once saying they

could see God in a few days.

 

After breakfast I went to court with Gopalrao Dole & Palekar joined

us on the way. I appeared before Mr Dighe & presented the written

statement of Motilal Champalal. Then I went to additional Session 's

Judges Court and inspected the misl of the appeal to be argued

tomorrow. Gopalrao Dole and Durrani helped me. It is an appeal

purely on evidence. Then we returned home & I lay down for a while

and wrote an English letter. Later on I sat reading. Asnari came & I

sat talking with him about his recent trip in company with Palekar,

Brahman & Ganorkar. He said the last tried to help the Palkhi at

Alandi, by putting one of his shoulders to it. Then he thought he

would give the other shoulder a chance & made the change but found

the Palkhi very heavy and tiring. So he reproached himself & begged

to be forgiven whereupon the Palkhi at once became light & he could

carry it easily. Annasaheb Patwardhan was there & told the story of

a Brahman who had Bramhastra taught to him by his guru.

 

A man encroached on his land and he could get no redress though he

carried the matter to the Madras High Court. So the Brahman, one

day, in reciting & giving oblations to the sun, by accident

remembered the injustice. Therefrom the trespasser felt a burning

sensation, fell ill, and reached the point of death. At last a Swami

came & cured him and got the Brahman to renounce the Brahmastra at

the root of a Shani tree. We sat talking a long time. V.K.Kale,

Godbole, Braji Gokhale & others came & joined the conversation. I

told them about Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe's conviction " inspite of

himself " as he says. He wrote to my son Baba and sent the letter

with Baba Palekar who delivered it this morning. Sayin Maharaj won

as he was bound to do. The case is wonderful as Babasaheb

Sahasrabuddhe is a tough customer