Satsang Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

Satsang Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!
Between Poona and Satara lies a small town called Sirval. About 400 years ago there was a Satpurush named Naryan Swamiji. His Samadhi is next to the Ram Mandir. His Samadhi is next to the Ram Mandir. Adjacent to his Samadhi, is the Samadhi of another saint Baja Bua.

Legend has it that, if a devotee worshiped it with full faith and said “Baji dole” ([Roughly Translated] “Baji sway”, that Samadhi would sway. Madhav Rao Peshwa heard this; so he went to Shirval. And after worshiping the Samadhi with full faith said “Baji dole”. And lo the Samadhi started swaying. Years later Chang Devotee Maharaj went to meet Dnayshwar Maharaj; riding on a fierce lion. Using a poisonous snake for a whip. At that time Dnayshwar was sitting on a wall. Hearing that Chang Devotee Maharaj had come to meet him he ordered the wall to move forward so he could meet him. Indeed the wall moved forth.

Years later Baba, the Parabhrama manifested in Shiladhi. He lived in a dilapidated Masjid and looked after the welfare of His devotees. One day while sitting in the Masjid He said “Maje Samadhi Bole-le, Maje hard Turbut thu ne Bolethil bar ka Shama”[Roughly Translated] “My Samadhi will speak, so will My bones talk to My devotees from My tomb” So said Baba to Shama

And so it came to pass that many wonder full Leelas were experienced by Baba’s ankita bhaktas. Some of them are given below.

Baba Saheb Tarkhad once attended the Ram Navami celebrations in the year 1932. After having a bath with utter love and devotion he went to Dwarakamai. There he took darshan of Babas Photograph and performed puja. The puja was offering of Camphor, incense sticks, and Dakshina. After doing lotangan and shastang namaskar he applied Udi from Dhuni Maa. After asking Baba for permission to leave, he went to Samadhi Mandir. There he worshiped the Samadhi and gave his Dakshina. As the Ram Navami festival had concluded he decided to leave for Mumbai.

He went in time to catch the 11 a.m. bus that would have 3 seats vacant for pilgrims, to go to Mumbai. But that day each and every bus was crowded to suffocation. So he returned to Dixit Wada. In the Wada his mind was in turmoil. Why has this happened today? Did I make any mistake in my Puja? That night his turmoil increased with every passing hour. And he was quite restless.

The next day he went to Dwarakamai to take darshan of Baba’s Photograph. To his utter surprise he saw Baba’s Narshing Roop (Angry form) in the photograph. Shocked he was speechless. He knew in his heart that he had erred somewhere, But where? Then Baba Saheb went to Samadhi Mandir, and placed his head on Baba’s padukas’ and no sooner had he done this he heard Baba say “Arre Maja Saava Rupiya”! At once he remembered the conversation, he had with his Daughter-in- law before leaving Mumbai.

She had given him Rs 1.25 and asked him to put it in the Samadhi Mandhir Dakshina box. He had tried to dissuade her, by saying “If you put the money in the Dakshina box, it will go to the Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan general fund. But if I give it to the donation counter and get a receipt, your name will be published in their donors list. In the Sai Leela magazine”. To which she had replied, “I do not care for my name to be publicized. I am offering thus money with love and devotion. All I want is that this money be put in the Dakshina box”

Then Baba Saheb humbly put the money in the Dakshina box.

Balaji Pilaji Guruv had some wonderful experiences. He states that one day they were playing cards in the gallery of the Samadhi Mandhir, when they heard the sound of the Veena. They looked around but no one was near. So they went down the music was coming from the mosquito net over the Samadhi. They heard the most beautiful, celestial symphony of the Veena emitting from the Samadhi. The music lasted for about ten minutes.

On another occasion, after Ram Navami, there was water oozing from the Samadhi. They checked the Samadhi, which was intact. The water flowed in a thin stream, over the Samadhi. They caught the water and used it as teerth. This lasted for about a month, and then stopped.

(Ref : Shiladi written by Dr.Gavankar)