Satsang The Ever-Vigilant SaiBaba By B. Sathyanarayana

The Ever-Vigilant SaiBaba
By B. Sathyanarayana

"One making proper use of existing circumstances
does not have to await success; success awaits such a
person. If you perform each action as worship of
Sai Baba then you will not have to remember Sai Baba;
Sai Baba Himself will remember you."
- Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji

It was during 1960-61. I was working as an Assistant
Engineer, Western Railway at Botad, about 100 miles
from Ahmadabad. A mail train met with an accident
at a Railway Station - 'Bhimnath' in my jurisdiction,
resulting in the loss of lives. I had to rush to the site
of accident to restore the railway line, to attend to the
transshipment of hundreds of stranded passengers,
to arrange medical aid, to face interrogation by the
local police and press reporters, and answering nerve
breaking queries of my superiors. All these happened
from 7 pm and the entire night. Though I was sure,
that I was not at fault, still people around me
including some of the railway officials, were talking
that I would be suspended the following day by the
Chief Engineer, coming from Bombay, and further
disciplinary action would be taken. There was none
to support me and at least to sympathize with me.
I was thinking of Sai Baba and mentally asking him:
“Baba, what wrong have I done? Why this torture”?

Thus praying, I was doing my duty of arranging
transshipment of stranded passengers at dead of
night from the site of accident to the relief train
which was at a distance of nearly one kilometer.
At about 1 a.m., one old gentlemen about 6 ft. tall,
well built, wearing a white long, soiled jubba and
a scarf with a knot tied round his head and
carrying a long stick and a bag hanging from his
shoulder came slowly towards me. He spoke to
me in Hindi thus: "What a big accident? How to
go?" I did not respond to him, as my mind was
totally pre-occupied. He passed a few steps, almost
brushing my shoulder. Then somehow I asked him
to wait and called one of assistants who was having
a lantern and told him to escort this old gentleman
carefully to the other train. On hearing this, this old
man came back to me and patted my shoulders and
said "Pikhir math karo, sab teek ho jayega” (Don't
worry, everything will be alright). So saying he
stared at me for a few seconds and left. Hardly few
more seconds must have passed when I shouted :
"Baba, where are you" and ran like a mad man in
search of him. But I could not find him anywhere.

I am quite sure that he was none other than Lord
Sainath and I got solace. Next day the Chief Engineer
came from Bombay and told me ‘not to worry’ and
handled the rest of the work. This in spite of other
officials insisting that I be suspended. Thereafter,
other routine enquiry was conducted and I was
appreciated in my work. The savior is none but all
merciful Sai BABA.

The mouth of man is a Temple of the Lord. Alas! We
desecrate it by indulging the tongue in useless talk
and speaking ill of others. "O my soul! Sing the
praises of the Lord, day and night, so that not a
single harsh or negative word leaves the lips!"
- J.P. Vaswani

(Source Saipadananda October 1991 Issue)