Subject: Satsang "No harm shall befall him who sets his foot on t he soil of Shirdi

I am posting this leela on behalf of a devotee.

Mr.X (name changed at the request of the devotee) was
not a ardent devotee of Baba, he used to visit shirdi once
in a while, he sleeps like a log and no power on earth
can wake him up.

During the present visit of Shirdi (1996) he was happy and went round all
the places leisurely where Baba used to visit and then visited the Samadhi
Mandir and did some seva and he asked Baba to bless him to earn his own food
and not to depend on any one else, in the sense he wanted to set up his own
business and he wanted to help others get employment.

So this was the prayer he had for Baba during his visit. After a successful
visit, he sat in the bus bound for Hyderabad and the bus left Shirdi and was
cruising at a high speed every one was fast asleep. Mr.X was also asleep and
dreaming of the good time he had at Shirdi and he felt very happy than ever
before and he sleeps like a log and was soon asleep, He never used to get up
in the middle oh his sleep, only in the morning when his wife wakes him up
or his children wake him up he wakes up.
At around 2 in the midnight the bus was nearing Umanabad and Mr.X suddenly
woke up and wanted to attend a natures call, he could not control himself,
so he went to the bus driver and asked him to stop the bus so that he can
attend to the natures call, He saw everyone was deep asleep in the bus and
so he got down the bus and went to the back of the bus to ease himself, he
saw fumes in the back side (this was a AC bus) he immediately ran to the
driver and told the driver that fumes are coming from the rear side, the
driver brushed him aside and said it is winter and the weather is cold, and
so the fumes are coming, beliving the driver he went to attend the natures
call, before he could complete, he saw a fire in the rearside and leaping
upto 5 feet high, he immediatley ran to the driver and informed him of the
situation.

And without wasting further second both the driver and Mr.X ran into the bus
and woke up all the devotees, and most of them were in deep sleep and
immediatley they all got down from the bus, the driver and Mr.X were the
last persons to get down, and they were standing about 5 feet away from the
bus, the flames were now touching about 20 feet high and the whole bus was
ablaze, the passengers had left everything in the bus.

(to be contd....)