G.S.Khaparde(1911 7 December Thursday & 1911 8 December Friday)

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G.S.Khaparde

 

1911 7 December Thursday

Shiradi.

 

I slept well last night. My son & wife are doing well with Bhishma.

Vishnu is also here. We fed a good many people today & I fell into

the proper routine of the place. I saluted Baba Sayin Maharaj as he

went out. Then after he returned to the Masjid, and again in the

evening & later on again when he went to sleep in the Chavadhi. The

Bhajanpujana was a little less, as some fools object to music. After

we returned from Sheja-Arti, Bhishma had his usual Bhajana, & Mr

Thosar also sang some verses, a few of his own composition & others

of Kabir, Das Ganu & others. Das Ganu 's wife, Bayu who was here

last year, is now at her father's house. We sat talking till late at

night. Bapusaheb jog told me in the morning, that after I went away

last year, the Commissioner & the Collector came to see Sayin

Maharaj. He would not let them into the Masjid. They waited at the

Chavadhi. Sayin Maharaj saw them as he went out & looked at them

through a sort of a telescope made by folding the fingers of his

hand. They wished to speak with him. He asked them to wait for two

hours. They did not wait, but went leaving ten Rupees for Daxina.

Sayin Maharaj did not like to keep the money & gave it away.

Madhavarao Deshpande told us at night that Dada Kelkar had a son by

name Babu. Sayin Maharaj was very kind to him. This Babu died &

Maharaj remembers him to this day. Mr Moreshwar Vishwanath Pradhan

Barrister at Law, practising at Bombay came to see Sayin Maharaj. On

seeing his wife Sayin Maharaj said that she was the mother Babu. She

got in the family way later on, & on the day of her delivery in

Bombay, Sayin Maharaj here said he had pain, & that twins would be

born, & that one of them would die. So it happened & when Mrs

Pradhan came here with her young son Sayin Maharaj took him on his

lap & asked if he would come to the place & the child of two months

distinctly answered " How. "

 

G.S.Khaparde

 

1911 8 December Friday

Shirdi.

 

I forgot to mention yesterday & the day before that Upasani Vaidya

that used to be at Amravati is here & saw me soon after my arrival.

We sat talking. He told me briefly his story since leaving Amravati,

how he went to Gwalior state, how he purchased a village, how it

became non- paying, how he met a Mahatma, how he got ill, how he

tried all remedies, applied to various Sadhus & Mahatmas, how

finally Sayin Maharaj took him in hand, how he improved & is now

under orders to stay here. He has composed a stotra of Sayin Maharaj

in Sanskrit. We all got up early and attended the Kakad-Arti. It is

very edifying. I prayed, bathed & saw Sayin Maharaj go out, then

again after he returned & once more in the afternoon. Sayin Maharaj

looking at me said " Ka Sarkar " .

 

Then he gave the general advise that I should live as God keeps me,

& added that a man fond of his family has to bear many things & so

on & told the story of a rich man who slaved till evening, cooked

for himself and ate a very rough bread, all on account of a

temporary difficulty. We saw Sayin Maharaj again the evening & then

sat in the verandah of the house built by Dixit. Two gentlemen from

Bombay brought a Satar & playing on it said Bhajan. Mr Thosar whom I

call Hazarat also sang very beautifully and Bhishma had his usual

Bhajan. Time passed very pleasantly till midnight. Thosar is a very

pleasant companion. I had a long talk with my son Balvant the Bombay

men & others about contemplation etc. Madhavarao Deshpande was here

& fell asleep. I saw with my own eyes, & heard with my own ears what

I only read about but never experienced that with every outgoing &

in drawing breath of Madhavarao Deshpande comes the clear sound

of " Sayin Nath Maharaj Sayin Nath Baba " This sound is as clear as

clear can be & when Madhavrao snores, the words can be heard even at

a distance. This is really wonderful & he is in deep sleep all the

time.