Om Sai Ram
Cahpter 12:::
Sai Baba's Leelas
Unless Sai Baba Himself decided to invite a person, no one can come near Him.
The arrival, stay and departure of any one to Shirdi depended upon the wish of
Baba.
*Kaka Mahajani once came to Shirdi with the intention of staying for a week.
Baba ordered him to leave for Bombay next day. At Bombay Mahajani found his boss
anxiously waiting for him and had posted a letter to Shirdi in this regard. The
letter that came to Shirdi after Jani left was returned to Bombay.
*Once Dumal came to Shirdi on his way to attend a hearing in the court at
Nibhat. Baba detained him for over a week and then permitted him to go to
Nibhat. There he found that the case had been adjourned due to sudden illness of
the magistrate.
*When Nimonkar and his wife were in Shirdi, their son at Belapur fell sick.
Nimonkar.. declining the request of his wife to spend a week at Belapur to see
their son and relatives, wanted her to return at once. Before leaving Shirdi,
she fell at the feet of Sai standing in front of Sathe Wada. Baba. said: 'Go,
Stay comfortably at Belapur for four days and return after seeing your
relatives,' Nimonkar's command was countermanded.
*Moolay Shastri, an agnihotri Brahmin from Nasik came to Shirdi with Buty. That
morning, while on His way to Lendi garden Baba said: "Take some jeru (material
used to colour clothes to saffron). Let us wear saffron dress to day," None
could understand as Baba always wore white dress. During noon arati Baha told
Buty to go and fetch dakshina {money offering) from the Nazik Brahmin. The
annoyed Shastri, who felt that as an agnihotri he was superior enough not to
give dakshina to Baba, came to outer gate of masjid and stood with flowers in
hand, thinking that he would be polluted if he entered a Moslem's place. To his
surprise he found his guru Golap Maharaj standing in saffron dress in the masjid
and loudly shouting 'Jai. Golap Maharaj', cast the flowers at his feet and
prostrated. On getting up he saw a smiling Baba standing in white robe and
asking for dakshina. The devotees now understood why Bnba said in the morning
"Let us wear saffron dress to day'!
*A doctor came to Shirdi declaring that as he was a devotee of Rama he would not
bow before a Moslem in the masjid. But he was the first one to rush in to falll
at the feet of Baba, for, he saw Rama in the place of Sai. Then he vowed in his
mind that he would not corne to masjid unless Baba blessed him. On the third day
along with a friend he absentmindedly entered masjid. Immediately Baba remarked
"Did any one invited this man here?' The doctor was moved to tears.
By A. Govindakrishnan
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