A similar is the case of Lakshmanrao Mahajani who had constant
stomach-ache and discharges.
Baba was not informed about it.
One day arati was going on when Mahajani withdrew from it to answer
a call Of Nature.
But Baba ordered him to stop and called him near him.
A man from Bombay had come to see him.
Baba ordered a few articles from the grocers, boiled them together
and gave the decoction to Madharao.
He drank it off and was quite well.
Two or three years later, he had the same ailment.
As he knew the medicine Baba had given he prepared it and took it,
but his suffering grew instead of diminishing.
Madhaorao came to the mosque to see Baba who knew what he had done.
He merely caressed Madhaorao's shoulders and the pain was no more,
Baba only jocularly asked him. "You are a great medical man.
How is your stomach-ache?"
Once Madhaorao was bitten by a venomous snake.
The poison began to spread all over the body.
Some people suggested that he should be removed to Vithoda's
temple when Kaka Nimonkar went there and suggested that ha should be
taken to Dwarkamai and the holy ash from there should be applied to
his forehead.
As soon as Madhaorao reached there, Baba shouted at him and ordered
him to clear away from there.
Madhaorao was frightened, because Baba was his last resort, and
he was not giving him shelter.
When Baba Cooled down, Madhaorao made bold to go near Baba.
Baba spread his hand on his back and said, "Don't be afraid.
You will soon be quite well.
Go home — Don't wander about and keep awake all the
night," Baba also asked Tatya Patil and Kakasaheb Dik**** to see to
it that Madhaorao did not go to sleep.
Madhaorao was saved and realised that Baba had angrily addressed hot
words to the venomous snake and not to him,
Dr. Rustomji had an attack on pneumonia.
All medical opinion held that his ailment was incurable
Dr. Rustomji was lying senseless, but at night a saintly person was
seen by him in his dream who blessed him and said he would soon be
well. Dr. Rustomji was soon restored to health, but he was anxious
to see the person in his dream in actual life.
He happened to see Sai Baba's picture somewhere and he realised that
it was the Sai Baba of Shirdi who had met him in his dream.
He found out Baba and began to work in the charitable dispensary at
Shirdi and became Baba's great devotee.
One of Baba's devotees, Rao-ji Balkrishna Upasani lived at Dhuiia.
His five years old son fell! ill. He had high fever and it would not
come down. Everybody lost hope. Upasani was keeping awake all the
night by the side of his son. He was overtaken by sleep for a few
minutes when Baba went there applied holy ash to the forehead of the
son and told Upasani that all will soon be well. This was all in a
dream. But within two hours he was found to have completely
recovered. The holy ash on his forehead was also noticed. Upasani
realised that it was all Baba's doing. A few days afterwards,
Upasani, his wife and the boy started for meeting Baba. They got
down at Kopargoan, bathed is Godavari and planned to go to Shirdi at
the time of the arati. The tonga that he had hired came rather late
but he started for Shirdi at once. It was a strict rule to perform
the arati in time at Dwarkamai, but Baba ordered that it should be
delayed because their Dhuiia friend was coming. Upasani came but
somewhat late. Then are arati began. Afterwards Baba took Upasani
near him and told him that he had gone to see the boy when he was
ill and asked him if he remembered it. Then only Upasani and others
made out that the holy ash placed on the forehead of the boy was
placed by Baba himself.
A grocer from Dadar known as Hansraj was a devotee of Baba. He
suffered from chronic asthama. Once he went to see Baba with his
wife, Baba advised him not to take any medicine but strictly abstain
from taking curds, Hansaraj agreed but only orally. He went on
taking medicine and eatings curds which he required daily in his
food while at Shirdi he used to ta«e his meal after arati when every
night he found his pot of curds was empty. This went on tor two
months. One day Hansraj decided to find out who ate away his curds
and so sent his wife for arati and kept a vigil. He found that a cat
accustomed to eat his curds came and began its usual process.
Hansraj tried to beat with a stick but instead of hitting the cat,
he hit himself and he was hurt. As usual, Hansraj went to see Baba
at 4 P.M. in the afternoon. He was seated among a number of people.
But pointing his finger at Hansraj Baba said. "I went at the house
of this heartless person but he beat me with a stick and my thigh is
injured." Baba showed it to everybody. Hansraj felt extremely
humiliated, fell at Baba's feet and begged to be forgiven. Baba of
course forgave him and from that day his asthama ended.
Baba often prescribed strange remedies to cure various ailments to
his devotee, but those who acted according to his instructions,
always benefited and faith in his divine powers always kept on
growing.
One Yeshvant Vithal Deshpande lived at Thana. He was an ardent
devotee of Baba. His father had lost his eyesight all of a sudden
and he became helpless and dependent on others for everything. He
was very keen on going to Shirdi and did so accompanied by his
grandson. Addressing Baba he said "I am so unlucky, I cannot see
you". Baba said, "You will soon be able to do so". His grandson had
forgotten to bring grandfather's purse. So he went to where they had
stopped and brought the purse. In the meantime Baba caressed
Deshpande's eyes and his eyesight returned The grandson of Deshpande
came and asked where his grandfather was Baba said he had gone home.
The grandson was surprised because his grandfather was unable to
move at all without some body's help but found him hale and hearty
at their place of stopping and was convinced about Baba's amazing
divine powers.
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.
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