Ambrosia After Mahasamadhi (Contd)

Ambrosia After Mahasamadhi (Contd)
41. BABA GAVE DARSHAN AND HELPED SRI NAVIN BHAGWANJI DESAI, JALALPUR, GUJARAT
I got my father, mother, wife and children I became a Sai devotee since 1967 and I am completely attached to His feet thinking that He is the only guide, saviour and God to me. Baba gave Darshan to me in my dream in my house. He asked me to come to His Samadhi in Shirdi. I went to His Samadhi. Baba put thilak on my forehead, spread a towel and poured on it 300 silver one rupee coins tied it, gave it to me and asked me to go away. I got down from the Samadhi. He again called me. I got up His Samadhi. He put some jaggery into my mouth by taking it from a Katturi and asked me to go away. Then I came to my place". I thought it was an auspicious symptom for me to visit Shirdi. I first went to Shirdi in 1967 and got accommodation in Baba's Gurusthan building. I requested Baba to give His darshan to prove to me that He has accepted me as His devotee. Accordingly to my wish, Baba gave me darshan as he was watering the plants behind the Samadhi Mandir".
Afterwards, I resigned my job which fetched me Rs. 1,800/- P. M. I was fully emerged in Baba's devotion. My wife was a teacher. All on a sudden she became mad and talking indifferently. I tried all sorts of medicines for her cure by spending nearly Rs. 10,000/-. The doctor told me at length that there is no use of medical treatment to her and that I have to seek her Divine aid. One day night at about 2-30 A. M. she told me that she had given her earnings of about Rs. 40,000/- to me and wanted divorce from me with Rs. 40,000/-. I was too much worried and prayed to Baba heartily, “That if you do not find solution for her status within 24 hours, you will not be considered as Baba”. Daily one singer used to come to our house in the morning at about 5 A.M. for alms. Next day morning my wife gave her alms. At that time he told her that she was not a mad woman and that somebody had done evil things to her. She will be cured shortly. I too heard this with her and ascertained Baba's dictum through Him. I took her to the adjacent village where such cases are attended to in a Maruthi Mandir. She was cured of from her evil spirits by an expense of Rs. 1-50 by the grace of Baba and she became more devoted to Shri Sai Baba than myself.
Again in 1967, I visited Shirdi for the second time with my family and I got my room in the ground floor of the Gurusthan. When I went out for shopping a well built dog gone before me and stopped in front of one shop. I purchased my required article from that shop. Again the dog directed me to follow and took me to 4 or 5 shops and I purchased from all the shops my required articles and finally took me straight away to my room in Baba's Gurusthan and entered in my room and seated in my Gadi. At that time, my mother was serving dishes for us. The dog without any haste went to one dish took onething in each variety and came back and sat in the same gadi. We took our food and we wanted to vacate our room as we wanted to go to Surat by bus at 11 A.M. Then the time was 10-30. I requested the dog in my mind, "Baba I am satisfied for your guidance and help. I want to vacate my room and proceed to Surat , please I kindly request you to enable me to vacate my room". As soon as I thought likewise, the dog suddenly got up and went away. Afterwards, we vacated and proceeded to our place.
My brother is an illiterate. His marriage was a great problem to us as no one is forthcoming to give him daughter as to an illiterate. The neighbouring village friends' son has to be married with the daughter of our village. Both of them Bride and Bridegroom came to our house for betrothal. At that time, my heart so sickened that I stood before Baba's photo and requested heartily whether Baba would perform my brother's marriage. The betrothal party has gone from my house. After one week, one old man who had attended the betrothal had seen my brother, our house, our routine, our influence and determined to give his daughter to my brother for marriage. Baba has yielded to my prayer and settled my brother's marriage. I came to Shirdi with marriage invitation and placed it in all the places of Baba and prayed heartily to come to the marriage and bless the couples. I performed the marriage of my brother in a grand scale in such a manner that the villagers are even now telling that they have not ever seen such kind of marriage in our village. At about 12 noon an unknown Fakir came very hastily, straight away to me and requested me for meals. I fed him in a fit manner. After his meals, I gave him the remaining amount in my packet i.e., Rs. 21/- as dakshina thinking that no other than Baba Himself came and satisfied my vision.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there

42. BABA GAVE DARSHAN TO SHRI BALASAHEB REGE OF POONA A DEVOTEE OF SHRI MADHAVNATH
Bharat is a place of Rishi and Munis and Baba is such a great Rishi. Shri Madhavnath Chithrakot in Madhya Pradesh was also such a Saint. When once Balasaheb was on way to Poona , Shri Madhavanath gave a chit to him to be handedover to Baba in Shirdi. It was written on the chit only "DEVIDARSHAN" and nothing else. When he came to Shirdi, it was night and the Samadhi Mandir was closed. He placed the chit on the window and waited. Baba's Samadhi Mandir was covered by mosquito net and he stood on the left side of the Samadhi. On the right side of the Samadhi a tiger was standing and on the left side of Samadhi, Devi was standing. He thought whether he was in dream and that word written on the chit "DEVI DARSHAN" was then understood by him. Afterwards he saw Baba within the mosquite net and smoking chillim and Madhavnath was sitting before Baba and Baba was knee-ding front and back. These darshan last long and he himself astonished about these peculiar darshan.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there

43. BABA GAVE DARSHAN TO THE SON OF SHRI V. B. NANDWANI, MAHIM, BOMBAY IN BABA'S GURUSTHAN BUILDING
On 7-5-1973, I reached Shirdi with my son aged 17 years. Expecting heavy rush due to vacation, I had written in advance to the Sansthan for reservation of a particular room for us. Although the letter has not yet been posted on to the accommodation incharge he offered the same room I wanted. He was also kind enough to invite us for lunch that day at about 2 P.M. However, for some reasons, it was little after 3 P.M. that he came to call us for lunch in Bhojangriha. By then, my son had gone to sleep although he was hungry. I had earlier asked him to go and eat something, but he did not agree. Now when we both asked him to get up for meals, he refused to eat anything in anger. Knowing his nature and habit of eating earlier, I left him and went with that Sansthan officer. My son got up at about 4 P.M. and said angrily "I would not go to Samadhi Mandir. I will not bow before Baba. I do not want to stay here. I will go back to Bombay even if I have to go alone”. I knew all this outburst was due to his hunger and anger and so kept quiet. A little while latter he got up and went out to eat something. Instead of eating in the hotel, he brought four "Dosas" and asked me also to have one. To please him, I did. He could eat only two. The one left untouched, he gave it to a beggar.
We were in the room on ground floor touching the road inside Sansthan compound and parallel to the then Accommodation Office. In Gurupadukasthan, there is an "L" shaped passage between the two rooms. The entrance is from longer leg of "L". The shorter has the bath rooms and is closed at the other end. Thus anybody going out and coming in must be seen by us if the door of our room is open. After eating the "Dosas" my son went to wash the plate at the open tap fixed in the line of bath rooms. Suddenly he rushed back to the room and said that someone look like Baba standing in the passage outside the bath rooms with a stick in His hand and that he got frightened. He talked all this standing on the threshold of the room keeping the door open. I was sitting in such a position that anybody coming in or going out must be visible to me. I got immediately and went with him to the bath room side and found none there. I feel it was "Sai Himself who gave him darshan". I did not see anyone going out of the passage. How could someone vanish like that? None dressed like that was staying in the other rooms. On questioning, my son told me that his Kupni was torn on one arm and lower ends of it were flayed badly. He was pointing to the stick (Satka) towards the Samadhi Mandir. Then afterwards at about 6 P. M. my son quietly accompanied me to the Samadhi Mandir, Dwarakamayee and Chawdi and everywhere he bowed Baba as I did. During the rest of the seven days stay, he was extremely happy and made many friends.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there

44. BABA GIVEN DARSHAN TO MISS. SHOBNA RAO
My father is a devotee of Baba and he visits yearly His Shrine at Shirdi. Oh yes, now I recollect one small incident that took place during my school days when my Daddy has booked tickets for us to go to Baba's Shrine at Shirdi, but ill luck befalled upon me, I was down with high temperature, even then my daddy proceeded as per his plan leaving me with my sister and my mother. But lo and behold the day passed into night. I was restless, sleepless and tossing about in the bed. It was I think midnight when I saw a Sadhu clad in robe, sitting too close to my bed side with a hand raised. I was about to shout due to fear but my throat was chocked and I soon felt fast asleep. Next day my Mummy was surprised, I was well the next day. My fever came to normal. It was no other than our Baba. I was asked by my mother to light a Nandadeep to our Holy Baba. It was my daily work to stand before His photo and to ask for forgiveness for whatever I do. His eyes are my destination. I always take His permission whenever I do anything whether good or bad. I leave it to Baba He is there with me and is guiding me in all my daily routine. He smiled when I do good and gets angry when I do a wrong thing. My father used to say always:"Do your best and leave the rest to the Almighty Shri Sai Baba. He will do the rest". I am now studying in Inter Arts by His grace and hope that His blessings will always befall upon me to become a graduate very soon so that I can thank Baba one day with tears of joy, hoping to he blessed throughout my life.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there
Anant Koti Brahmand Nayak
Raja Dhi Raj Yogi Raj
Para Brahma
Shri Sachidanand Sadguru
Sai Nath Maharaj Ki Jai!!!

Hetal Patil