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Title: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:26:16 AM
Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary

5th December 1910

We reached shirdi about 4p.m. We put in the Wada built for the convenience of people by R.B.Sathe. Madhavrao Deshpande was very obliging and helped us and treated us like guests..........Start Reading

5th December 1910


We reached shirdi about 4p.m. We put in the Wada built for the convenience of people by R.B.Sathe. Madhavrao Deshpande was very obliging and helped us and treated us like guests. There are in the Wada Tatyasahib Nulkar with his family,Bapusahib Jog, and Bahasahib Sahasrabuddhe. We all went to see the Sayin Maharaj soon after our arrival. He was in the Musjid. After salutation I and my son offered the fruits brought by us and gave some money at his request. The Sayin Saheb then said that he has not been well for the last two years and more, that he used to eat only barley cake and take a little water. He showed his foot and pointed to a small sore, said it was the stringworm, that it wasextracted but string snapped and then it reaopeared and so on. He said he heard that it would not be well with him till he went to his native town. He said he kept it in view but that was all, he cared more for his people than even for his own life. It could not be helped. Then he told us to withdras which we did. Towards evening he passed by the Wada, and we went and saluted him. I and Madhavrao Deshpande were together. After we saluted, he said "Go to the Wada and sit quiet". So I and Madhavrao returned. We all Sat Talking. They have many Miracles to relate.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:27:48 AM
6th December 1910


In the morning I had a walk and after ath we all saw Sayin Maharaj going out with an embroidered big umberella held over his head. later on we went to musjid. Sai Baba appeared to be somewhat excited. Then he got up, distributed the food accumulated there, and after giving Udi-ashes, requested us to withdraw. We did so. The Midday meal was not served till nearly half past two in the afternoon. After it we sat talking, say sayin Maharaj in the evening when he came out for a walk. Lettar on we went to the Chavadi where Sayin Maharaj sleeps tonight. He was accompained by the Umbrella of state, Sliver stick, Chavaris and Fans etc,etc. The place was tastefully lighted. The lady who is known as Radhakrishna came out with lights. I saw her from distance. Madhavrao Deshpande said he would be away tomorrow and return the day after. He asked for and obtained Syain Maharaja's permission to go.



Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:34:04 AM
7th December 1910


In the morning after my Pryer, Mr. Baba Saheb Bhate, who is a retired Mamlatdar, came to the Wada and sat talking with us. He has been staying here for some time and has a peculiar kind of calm on his face. We say Sayin Maharaj as he was going out and went to him in the musjid in the afternoon. I, Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe, my son Baba, Bapushaeb Jog and children went togetherand sat there. Sayin Maharaj appeared to be in good humour. He asked Babasheb Sahasrabuddhe whether he came from Bombay. abasahen replied in the affirmative. Babasaheb was then asked wether he would return to Bombay. He again replied in the affirmative, but added that he could not be certain of remaining there as it would depend on circumstances. Sayin Maharaj remarked, "Yes. It is true, you have many things on hand and have to undertake more. You will be here, you will be hear, you should see yourself. The experiences gone through are real. They are not fanciful. I was here thousand of years ago". The Sayin Maharaj turned to me and started on apparently a new track. He said "This world is funny. All are my subjects. I look upon all equally, but some became thieves and what can I do for them? People who are themeselves very near death desire and make me great deal. They hurt me a good deal, but I said nothing. I kept quiet. God is very great and has his officers everywhere. They are all powerful. One must be content with the state in which good keeps him. But Iam very powerful. I was here eight or ten thousand years ag". My son asked him to tell a story as he told him before. Sayin Maharaj asked what story it was. My son replied that it was a story about three brothers who went to a Musjid. One of them wished to go out and beg. The others did not want him to do that, on the ground that food obatined by begging would be impured and would pollute their chowka. The third brother replied that if the food spoilt the chowka his legs should be cut off & c. Sayin Maharaj said it was a very good story. He would tell another when he was in the humour. My son said he did not know when the thing would happen, and if the hummour recurred after he left, there would not be much use. There upon Sayin Sahib told him that he should rest assured that the story would be told before he left.I ak\sked him why he was angry yesterday and he replied that it was because the Teli said something. Then I asked him why he cried out "Do not Beat. Do not beat" today at the time of the distribution of food, and he replied that he cried out because the patil family was quarrelling and divided among themselves. Sayin Sahib spoke with such a wonderful sweetness and he smilled so often and with such extraordinary grace that the conversation will remain engraved in my memory. Unfortunately other people came and the conversation was interrupted. We were so sorry for it but it could not be helped. We returned talking about it. Tatyasahib Nulkar was not present during the first part of the conversation but came later on. Balasahib Bhate came in the evening and we sat again talking about conversation.
 
 
Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:35:53 AM
8th December 1910


In the morning, after prayer, we saw Sayin Maharaj As usual when he was going out. Leter on we went to see him in the afternoon but had to turn back as he was washing his feet. Babasheb Sahasrabuddhe, myself, my son and a certain gentleman who came this morning formed the company that went and had to return. Tatyasahib Nulkar did not accompany us. Leter on we went again, but Sayin Sahib dismissed very soon. So we returned. He appeared very much engaged in thinking out something. At night Sayin Sahib slept at the Chavadi and we went to see the procession. It was very nice. The gentleman mentioned above is a Police-Officer, I believe, Head Constable. He was charged with extracting money and tried by the court of sessions. He vowed to visit Sayin Maharaj if he was acquitted. He was acquitted and so came to fulfil his vow. On seeing him Sayin Maharaj appeared affected and said "Ehy did you not stay a few days there? The poor people must have felt disappointed". He repeated this twice. We learnt afterwards that the gentleman's friends pressed him to stay and that he did not comply with their request. He had never seen Sayin Maharaj before. The wonder is how Sayin Maharaj Knew him and said what he did.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:37:20 AM
9th December 1910


I and my son intended going away today. In the morining, after prayer when we went as usual to see Sai Maharaj, he asked my son if he intended going away and added that we may go away. We thought the necessary permission had been granted and made ready to start. Baba packed all things and engaged a spring cart and another to carry our things, and in the afternoon went to formally see the Sai Maharaj before actually starting. On seeing me Sai Maharaj said, "Do you really intend going?" Ireplied "I wish to go but not if you do not permit." He said, "Then you may go tomorrow or the day after. This is our house. The Wada is our house, and why need anybody be afraid while I am here? This is our house and you should look upon it as your own house". I agreed to stay and countermanded all engagements for departure. We sat down talking. Sai Maharaj was in a very pleasant mood and said many pleasant things but I am afraid I did not understand him.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:40:05 AM
10th December 1910


In the morning after prayer I told my son Baba never to mention anything about our going away to Sayin Maharaj. He knows all and would know Saheb as he was going out, and leter on when we went to the Musjid, Sayin Saheb was very much plised and told the story of a former life of a young girl who was playing with him. He said she was an artist and died and was as usual furied. Sayin Saheb passed that way and spent a night near her tomb. So she accompanied him. He kept her in a babul tree and then brought her here. he said he was kabir before and sed to spin yarn. The conversation was exceedingly plesent. In the afternoon Mr. Shridharpant Paranjpe of wardha accompained by one Mr. Pandit, another doctr, and a third gentalman came. Mr. Patwardhan, Junior of Ahmednagar was with them. My son and he are old colleg friends. They all went to see Sayin Saheb and we all accompained them. Sayin Saheb treated them the same way as he treats everybody and talked of buldings that are being put up and added, "The world is gone mad. Every man has acquired a peculiarity of evil thinking. I never put myself on an equality with any of them. So I never listen to what they say. Nay, I never reply. What should I reply?". He tyhen distributed "Udi" and told us to return to Wada. He singled out patwardhan Junoir and told him to stay behind as usua; mentioning "tomorrow" as the day of departure. I and Babasahed Sahasrabuddhe returned to Wada. It appears Paranjpe and his companions went to lady, Radhakrishna. Bapusaheb Jog's wife has beeb ill. She benefited very much by what Sayin Saheb says and he give on medicine but apparently she lost patience today and wanted to go anway. Even Bapusahed Jog, out of Sheer helplessness agreed to let her go. Sayiun Saheb made repeated inquiries about hewr and when she was giong. When however, int the evening Bapusaheb jog proposed to go formally to Sayin Saheb fo asking permission, she said she felt better and did not wish to go-we wondered.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:43:25 AM
11th December 1910


In the morning after I finished my prayer and had a wash, Mr. Haribhaoo Dixit of Bombay with a few companions, Mr. Tarkhad, son of the late Dr. Atmarang Pandurang, and Mr. Mahajani, who is a cousin of Annasaheb Mahajani of Akola, we  went to Sayin Saheb as usual and today's conversation was both important and marked by two incidents. Sayin Maharaj said that he used to sit in a corner and desired to exchange the lower part of his body for that of a parrot. The exchange came and he did not realise for a year and lost one lakh of rupees. Then he began to sit near a  post and then a great serpent woke up and was very angry. It used to jump up and also fall from above. Then he changed the subject apparently and sai that he visited a place and the Patil there would not let him go unless he made a plantation and hard footpath through it. He said he completed both. Some people came in at this time. To the man, he said, "You have nobody but me to look after you." Looking round he added that she was a relation of his and had married the Rohillas who looted the man. Then he said, the world is bad. People were not as they were before. Formerly they used to be pious and trustful. Now they were unbelieving and disposed to contemplate the evil side, and then he added something which I could not catch. It was something about his father, grandfather and his becoming the one and the other alternatively. Now as to the incidents, Mr. Dixit brought fruits. Sayin Saheb ate some and was distributing the others. Balasaheb, Mamaledar of this taluka, was there and said that Sayin Maharaj was giving away only fruits of one kind. My son told his friends Mr. Patwardhan that Sayin Maharaj accepted or refused the fruits in proportion to the devotion with which they were offered. My, son, Baba, tried to tell this to me and wished to do the same to Patwardhan. This made a little noise and Sayin Maharaj looked at me with an eye that blazed wonderfully and sparkled with anger. He demanded what I said. I replied that I was saying nothing and that children were talking with each other. He looked at my son and Patwardhan and changed the mood immediately. Towards the close Balasaheb Mirikar remarked that Sayin maharaj was talking  all through to Haribhao Dixit. In the afternoon while we were at meals Mr. Mirikar's father who is an Inamdar and special magistrate at Ahmednagar came. He is a very respectable gentleman of the old stamp. I liked this conversation very much. In the evening we saw Sayin Saheb as usual and at night we sat talking, and Mr. Nulkar's son Vishwanath did Bhajan as he does every day.
 
Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:46:04 AM
11th December 1910


In the morning after prayer we saw Sayin Maharaj Passing out as usual and sat talking among ourselves as usual. Mr. Dixit appears to have turned a new leaf altogether and spends a good deal of his time in prayer, and his temper which was always mild appears to have acquired the peculiar sweetness which is entirely due to internal calm. Rao Bahadur Rajarampant Dixit came soon after from Pulgaon. He said he had no intention of visiting shirdi when he left Nagpur, but somehow at pulgaon he made up his mind to visit very suddenly and made the journey practically on the spur of the moment. I was very glad to see him. We all went to see Sayin Saheb later on. I was a bit late and missed a very interesting story told by him. He teaches in parables. It was about a man having a very beautiful horse, which, do what he could, would not go in pair. It was taken all round and given all the usual training, to no purpose. At last a Widwan suggested its being taken to the place from which it was originally brought. This was done and then the horse went all right in the harness and became very useful. I heard the fragment of the parable. Then he inquired when I was going. I replied that I would go when he gave me permission of his own accord to go. He replied, "You go today after talking your meals" and later on sent curds by the hands of Madhavrao Deshpande as Prasad to me. I had it at meal, and soon after it, went to Sayin Saheb. He confirmed his permission to go as soon as I went. My son did not feel sure of the permission and so asked expressly and the permission was given in clear words. The Sayin Maharaj today asked Daxana of others, but nothing of me or my son. I was very low in funds and he appeared to know it. After saying good-bye to Mr. Nulkar, Mr. Dixit, Mr. Bapusaheb Jog, Mr. Babasaheb Sahastrabuddhe, Mr. Madhavrao  Deshpande,  Balasaheb Bhate, Wasudeorao and others we left with Patwardhan, Pradhan, Kaka Mahajani, Mr. Tarkhad, and Mr. Bhide who came today. We caught the train about 6.30 p.m. at Kopargaon and traveled to Manmad. Mr. Bhide getting down at Yeola. I and my son will soon leave Manmad by the Punjab Mail.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:48:30 AM
6th December 1911


As my tonga come near the house newly built by Mr. Dixit the first person I met was Mr. Madhao Rao Despande. Before I got out of the tonga Mr. Dixit asked me to dine with him today.Then I went with Madhavrao to pay respects to Sayin Maharaj and saluted him from a distance. He was washing hands and feet at the time. As I got busy washing and praying I could not salute him when he went out. Later on we went to him in company and sat near him in the Musjid. He told a story about having been with a Fakir who was fond of good food. This Fakir was invited to dinner party and went with Sayin Maharaj. At the time of starting, the Fakir wife's asked Sayin Maharaj to bring some food from the feast and gave a pot for the purpose. The Fakir fes so well that he decided to sleep at the place. Sayin Maharaj returned with the food tying the cakes to his back and carrying the liquid in the pot placed on his head. He found the way very long, lost his way, sat near a mangwada to rest a while. The dogs began to bark and he got up and rerutned to his village and made over the cakes and liquid to the Fakir's wife. By that time the Fakir also returned and they had a very good feed together. He added, it is very difficult to find a good fakir. Mr. Sathe, who built the Wada in which I lived last year, is here, and I saw him first in the Musjid and then at dinner, Mr. Dixit fed a large number. Among them is Mr. Thosar who is the sister's son of the late Madhavrao Govind Ranade. Thoser is employed in the customs office, Bombay. He is a very nice man and we sat talking. There is a gentalman from Nasik and there are many others. Among them one Tipnis who came with his wife and the latter was brought to bed of a son. Bapusaheb Jog is here, and his wife is doing well. Mr. Nulkar is dead and I miss him very much. None of his family are here. Balasaheb Bhate is here, and his wife gave birth  to a son on Datta-jayanti-day. We are staying in Dixit's Wada which is very convenient

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:50:22 AM
7th December 1911


I slept well last night. My son and wife are doing well with Bhishma. Vishnu is also here. We fed a good many people today and I fell into the proper routine of the place. I saluted Baba Sayin Maharaj as he went out; then after he returned to the Musjid, and again in the evening, and later on again, when he went to sleep in the chawdi. The Bhajanpujan was a little less. After we returned from sheja-arti, Bhishma had his usual Bhajan and Mr. Thosar also song some verse, a few, of his own composition and others, of  Kabirs, Das Gunu, and others. Das Ganu's wife Baya who was here last year, is now at her father's house. We set talking till late at night. Madhaorao Deshpande told us at night at Dada Kelkar had a nephew by name Babu. Sayin Maharaj was very kind to him. This Babu died and Maharaj remembers him to this day. Mr. Moreshwar Vishwanath Pradhan a Pleader practicing at Bombay, came to see Sayin Maharaj. On seeing his wife, Sayin Maharaj said that she was the mother of  Babu. She got in the family way later on, and on the day of her delivery in Bombay, Sayin Maharaj here said he had pains and that twins would be born and that one of them would die. So it happened, and when Mrs. Pradhan came here on his lap and asked if he would come to the place, and the child of two months distinctly answered "Hoon".

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:52:19 AM
8th December 1911


I forgot to mention yesterday and the day before that Upasani Vaidya, that use to be at Amravati, is here and saw me soon after my arrival. We sat talking. He told me briefly his story since leaving Amravati, how he went to Gwalior state, how he purchased a village, how it became nonpaying, how he met a Mahatma, how he got ill, how he tried all remedies, applied to various sadhoos and Mahatmas, how finally Sayin Maharaj took him in hand, how he improved, and is now under order to stay here. He has composed a stotra of Sayin Maharaj in Sanskrit. We all got of early and attended the Kakad Aarti. It is very edifying. I prayed, bathed, and saw Sayin Maharaj go out, then again he returned and once more in the afternoon. Sayin Maharaj, looking at me said "Ka Sarkar" Then he gave the general advice that I should live as God keeps me and added that a man fond of his family has to bear many things & c. & c., and told the story of a rich man who starved till evening, cooked for himself and ate a very rough bread, all on account of temporary difficulty. We saw Sayin Maharaj again in the evening and sat in the verandah of the house built by Dixit. Two gentleman from Bombay brought a Satar, and playing on it, said Bhajan. Mr. Thosar, whom I call Hazarat, also sang very beautifully and Bhishma had his usual Bhajan. Time passed away pleasantly till midnight. Thosar is a very pleasant companion. I had a long talk with my son Balvant, the Bombay men and others about contemplation etc.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:53:19 AM
9th December 1911


I was late in getting up and finishing prayer. Mr. Chandorkar came today with a servant. Many others also came and some that were already here went away. Mr. Chandorkar is a very nice simple man, very pleasant in conversation, and plain in his dealings. I went to the Masjid and sat long listening to things said there. Sayin Maharaj was in a pleasant mood. I took my Hukka there and Sayin Maharaj had a smoke out of it. He looked wonderfully beautiful at Aarti-time, but dismissed every one very soon after it. He said he would come to dine with us. He calls my wife "Ajibai". On returning to our lodging we learnt that Mr. Dixit's daughter who was ill, passed away. The deceased dreamt a few days ago that Sayin Maharaj kept her under Nim tree here. Sayin Maharaj also said yesterday that the girl was dead. We sat talking about the sad event. The child was only seven years old. I went and saw her mortal remains. They were very beautiful and the expression on her face after death was peculiarly charming. It reminded me of the picture of Madona that I saw in England. The cremation took place behind our lodging.
I attended the funeral and did not breakfast till 4 p.m. Dixit bore the blow beautifully well. His wife naturally broke down under grief. Everybody sympathises with her. In the evening I went to the Chavdi to see Sayin Maharaj both at sunset, and later on at   Sheja-Aarti time. At night, I, Madhavrao Deshpande, Bhishma and others sat talking till late, all about Sayin Maharaj. Thosar got permission from Sayin Maharaj to return to Bombay. He will go tomorrow morning.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:54:19 AM
10th December 1911


In the morning before I finished my prayer Dattatraya Chitnis, Solicitor of Bombay, came. He was a freshman when I was a fellow in the college. So he is an old, old friend. He naturally sat talking of old days and so on. As usual I saw Sayin Maharaj as he went out and later again when he returned and sat in his usual place. We all returned after Aarti. The breakfast was a bit late and after it I sat talking with Upasani, later on with Mr. Nanasaheb Chandorkar. He is the chief, if not the oldest disciple of Sayin Maharaj. He is a very pleasant man, gave me his history as to how he came into contact with Sayin Maharaj and made his progress. He wished to tell me the instructions he received but people gathered, and the things could not be disclosed to the view of all. I made two attempts to see Sayin Maharaj in the afternoon, but he was not in the mood to see anybody. I saw him in the evening near the chawdi and had a long talk with Sathe saheb, Chitnis and others. There is one Gokhale come from Narsoba's Wadi. He says he was directed to see Narayan Maharaj of Kedgaum and Sayin Maharaj. He sings very nicely and at night I got him to sing a few Bhajans. Mr. Nanasaheb Chandorkar returned to Thosar today. Balasaheb Bhate, who got a son a few days ago. lost him this evening. This was very sad. Sayin Maharaj this afternoon prepared some medicine which he took.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:55:20 AM
11th December 1911


The prayer this mornings was very very pleasant and after it I felt quite elevated. Then I sat explaining the first few verses of Panchadashi to Dattatraya Chitnis. He is a very nice man. Then we visited Sayin Maharaj, both as he went out, and after he returned. He gave me the Chillam very often and grapes that Radhakrishnabai had sent. He gave the grapes twice to my son Balwant. In the afternoon I heard that he was cleaning the masjid. So I didn't attempt to go that side. All the people brought a deputation to Sayin Maharaj to get rid of the plague. He advised them to clean the roads, sweep the tombs and burning and burial ghats and to feed the poor. I spent the whole afternoon reading the daily papers and talking to Chitnis and others. Upasani is composing something. In the evening we saw Sayin Maharaj near Chawdi and again attended the Seja-Aarti after which Chitnis, his engineer friends, and another went away.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:56:24 AM
12th December 1911


I and Bhishma got up very early under the impression that the Kakadarti was about to begin, but we were early by about an hour. Later on Megha came and we attended the Arti. Then I prayed and sat waiting for Sayin Maharaj to go out. I saw him then and again after he returned. I spent the interval in listening to the songs of Gokhale. He sings well. Today the breakfast was late as Megha could not get the leaves of Bela and had to go a long distance for them. So the midday Puja was not finished till about 1-30 p.m. Sayin Maharaj was in very good mood and sat chatting and laughing. After breakfast I lay down for a few minutes and then went with my people to the Musjid. Sayin Maharaj was in a good mood and told a story. Taking up a fruit lying there he asked me how many fruits it was capable of producing. I replied as many times thousands as there were seeds in it. He smiled very pleasantly and added that it obeyed laws of its own. He also told how there was a girl very good and pious, how she served him, and prospered. We got "Udi" about sunset and then stood opposite the Chawadi to see Sayin Maharaj when he comes out for his evening stroll. We say him and returned and sat listening to the Bhajan of Bhishma, Gokhale, Bhai and one young man Dixit. Madhavrao Deshpande and Upasni were present. The evening passed very pleasantly.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:57:28 AM
13th December 1911


I got up as usual, prayed, and wished to bathe, but hot water was not ready, so I came out and sat talking. I saluted Sai Maharaj as he went out and then had my bath. I read panchadashi. Later on I went to see Sai Maharaj at the Musjid and returned after Arti. About 4p.m. I went with Balvant, Bhishma, and Bandu who grought my Hukka and Sai Maharaj had a smoke out of it. Madhavrao asked for permission for me to return to Amravati but Sai Maharaj said that he would decide about it tomorrow morning. He got all the people there out of the Musjid and advised me very very kindly in a truly fatherly way. At sunset we went again and saw him opposite the Chawadi and later on attended the Sej Aarti. Then Bhishma had his Panchapadi earlier than usual. Bhai also sang a Bhajan.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:58:37 AM
14th December 1911


Wishing to go away I got up early attended the Kakad Aarti, and praying somewhat in haste went to Sai Maharaj at the Musjid with Madhavrao Deshpande. Sai Maharaj said that I could go tomorrow or so and added that I should serve God alone and no one else. He said, "What God gives is never exhausted and what man gives never lasts". Then I returned and saw Durveshsaheb Falke of Kalyan arrives. He is a very nice gentleman of the old sort. Mr. Shingne and his wife are with him. Mr. Shingne is a high class Vakeel of Bombay and has a law class also. I attended the midday Puja and had my breakfast with Bapusaheb Jog. After it I lay down and fell asleep. I went to the Musjid a little late and then made my Namaskar near Chawadi. Then I sat talking with Durveshasaheb and Shingne. Later on Bhishma had his daily Bhajan.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 04:59:38 AM
15th December 1911


In the morning after prayer I sat talking with Mr. Shingne and Durvesh Falke. He is also called Haji Sahib. He had traveled to Baghdad, Constantinople and Mecca and all places near about. His conversation is very pleasant and instructive Sai Maharaj likes him very much, sends him food and otherwise treats him with great consideration. I saw Sai Maharaj go out and again, at the masjid, on his return. He was in a very pleasant mood and we all enjoyed his conversation. After meal I lay down for a while and then sat listening to an account of Delhi read by my son Balwant. Then we went to the masjid, received the blessings of Sai Maharaj and later on went for Shej Aarti.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:00:46 AM
16th December 1911


I find I have got a severe cold. I could not get up in time for Kakad Aarti. I got up at 3 a.m. and then overslept myself. After prayer I sat talking with Durvesh Sahib Falke whom they call Haji Saheb and Hajrat indiscriminately. He is a Karmamargi as we should call him in Hinduism and has numerous anecdotes to tell. I saw Sai Maharaj go out and later on after he returned to the Masjid. He was in a very pleasant mood and sat talking and joking. After arti I return to our lodging and had food and lay down a while but could not sleep. From Amaravati they sent me, besides the Amrit Bazar patrika, two numbers of Bombay Advocate, so there was a good deal to read. There was also a telegram offering the case at Wardha. I declined it, as Sai Maharaj did not grant permission to return. About today's telegram the result was the same. Madhavrao Deshpande asked for permission for me, and Sai Maharaj said I might go the day after or a month hence. So the matter is settled. I saluted him as usual in front of the Chawadi and after Aarti in the Wada sat listening to Bhishma's bhajan. Among the new arrival today is Mr. Hate who has appeared for L.M. and S. he is a very nice man. His father was judge at Amreli and later on Devin's of Palitana. I think I knew his uncle.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:03:32 AM
17th December 1911


After prayer I saw Sai Maharaj go out and then again after he returned. He was in very good mood and we enjoyed very much the jokes made by him. The breakfast was late as Meghraj had gone out to bring Bel leaves. He came back a little late. In the afternoon I sat talking with HajiSahib Falke, Dr. Hate, Mr. Shingne and others. Gokhale went away today. Towards evening I went to Musjid but Sai Maharaj asked me and my companions to bow from a distance. He however called by son Balvant near and told him to bring Daxina. We all saluted him opposite the Chawadi and again at night at Shej-Aarti. Tonight Sai Maharaj sleeps at chawadi

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:04:35 AM
18th December 1911


My throat is better than it was yesterday. After prayer I sat talking with Mr. Shingne, Wamanrao patil and Durvesh Sahib whose full name would appear to be Durvesh Haji Mohomad Saddik of Kalyan. I saw Sai Sahib go out and later went to the Musjid when he returned. He Sai I had filled my bucket was enjoying the cool breezes of the Nim tree and was enjoying myself while he was enduring all manner of trouble and had no sleep. He was in a very pleasant mood and many people came to worship. My wife also came. We returned after mid-day Arti and after meals sat talking with Haji Sahib, Bapusahib Jog and others. Towards evening we went to Musjid and sat near Sai Sahib but there was not much time as it was stood in front of the Chawadi and as usual saluted him there. Returning to our lodging I sat listening to Bhishma's Bhajan.


Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:05:48 AM
19th December 1911


In the morning I got up early, felt fresh, prayed and felt that I was better all round. Sai Maharaj went out while I was yet praying, so I could not see him. Later on I went to the Musjid and found him in a very pleasant mood. He said there was a rich man who had five sons and a daughter. These children effected a division of the family property. Four of the sons took their shares of moveable and immovable. The fifth son and the daughter could not take possession of their share: They wandered about hungry, came to Sai Baba. They had six carts laden with jewels. Robbers took away two of the six carts. The remaining four were kept under the Banyan tree. At this point Trimbakrao, whom Baba calls Maruti, interrupted and the story ran in a different channel. After the mid-day Aarti I returned to the lodging, had food, and sat talking with Durvesh Sahib. He is a very pleasant man. Wamanrao Patil went away today. Ram Maruti Boa came in the afternoon. He danced and jumped about a good deal during Bhajan. We saw Sai Maharaj in the evening and again at Shej-Aarti time. Ram Maruti Boa attended Bhishma's Bhajan and danced and jumped. Sai Baba this afternoon went out towards Nimgaon, visited Dengle, cut a tree and came back, many went after him with musical instruments and escorted him home. I did not go far. Radhakrishnabai came near our Wada to great Sai Saheb and I saw her for the first time without the big veil & c. & c.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:06:51 AM
20th December 1911


I got up very early in the morning and went to Kakad Aarti. Towards the close of the Aarti I noticed Waman Rao there with surprise and learnt that he, on the way near Kopargaon, sent the driver of his cart to purchase guavas and the bullocks ran away. He wandered about, and had good deal of trouble. The story was very amazing. Sai Maharaj left Chawadi without any audible remark except that Allah is the lord of all. I returned to the lodging, prayed, and saw Sai Maharaj got out and again on hi return to Masjid. He was in a very pleased mood. Durvesh Sahib told me that Sai Baba saw him at night and granted his wish. I mentioned this to Sai Maharaj and he said nothing. I today shampooed the legs of Sai Maharaj. The softness of his limbs is wonderful. Our meal was somewhat late. After it I sat reading the papers received today. Towards evening I went to Musjid received Sai Baba's blessing, saluted him in front of Chawadi and returned to my lodging. We had Bhisma's Bhajan attended by Ram Maruti Baba and Ramayan read by Dixit.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:07:55 AM
21st December 1911


I got up as usual, prayed, and sat talking with Durvesh Saheb. He said he had a vision in which he saw three girls and a blind woman knock at his door. He asked them who they were and they replied that they had come to amuse themselves. Thereupon he ordered them out on pain of being kicked and began a prayer. The girls and the old woman ran away on hearing the words of the prayer. He then blessed all in the room and in the house and the whole village. He asked me at ask Sai Saheb. When I went to see the latter on his return to the Musjid and before I was fairly seated Sai Saheb commenced a story. He said he was beaten last night by something on his private parts and hands, that he applied oil, wandered about, had a stool, and then felt better near the fire. I shampooed his legs and on my return told the story to Durvesh Sahrb. The answer was clear. After the Midday Aarti I sat reading Bhavartha Ramayan and then later on saw Sai Saheb near the Chawadi, and later on again at Shej-Aarti at Chawadi. Then we had Bhishma's Bhajan and Ram Maruti's gesticulations. Later still, Mr. Dixit read Ramayana.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:10:42 AM
22nd December 1911


I got up early in the morning to go to Kakad Arti, but in consequence of a remark made by Madhao Rao Deshpande, I thought of not going, but later on Madhao Rao himself went and I accompanied him. Sai Maharaj was particularly pleasant looking and went quietly to Musjid. We all saluted when he went out and again after he returned to Musjid. Shingne and Durvesh Saheb made an attempt to go today but Sai Maharaj did not give the necessary permission. Darvesh Saheb got ill and had fever, Dr. Hate treated him, I think I have mentioned before that there is one tipnis staying here with his wife. She is ill and Dr. Hate has been doing all he can for her. Ram Maruti Maharaj is also here for her. She had a fit in the evening but it turned out to be an obsession. Dixit, Madhao rao Deshapanade and others went to see her. She is possessed by the former owner of the house in which she lives and by two mahars. The owner declared that he would have killed her but that Sai Baba ordered him not to. The mahars are also kept away by Sai Baba. When Tipnis threatened to move his wife to this Wada the spirits prayed earnestly and asked him not to do so. The spirits said Sai Baba would beat them. There was Bhishma's Bahajan as usual and later on Ramayan by Dixit, a little before midnight.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:12:06 AM
23rd December 1911


I got up early in the morning but fell asleep again and then got up very late. On coming down, I found that Shingne, his wife and Durvesh Saheb had obtained their permission to return to their homes. So they left, the former to Bombay and the latter to Kalyan. Durvesh Saheb is obviously very much advanced spiritually as Sai Maharaj came as far as the breach in the wall to see him off. I miss him very much as we used to have long talks. Mr. Mantri, Solicitor of Bombay, came yesterday with his family, four brothers and a number of children. He is a very nice man and we sat talking. Mr. Mahajani, whom I met last year, came today and brought very good fruit and globes of glass for Sai Baba's lamps. Mr. Goverdhandas of Bhayandar is also here. He brought very good fruit, silk curtains for Sai Maharaj's improved room in the Chawadi and new dresses for volunteers who carry the umbrella, chamars and fans. He is said to be a very rich man. There was a little meaningless disagreement between Madhao Rao Deshpande and my wife and my son about living in Dixit's Wada. Sai Baba said that the Wada belonged the himself, and neither to Dixit not to Madhao Rao. So the matter settled itself. I could not see Sai Maharaj go out but paid my respects on his return to Musjid. He gave me fruit and smoke out of his chillim. In the afternoon I had a little sleep after meals and then sat reading the daily papers received today. Wamanrao patil has passed his L.L.B. I wish Dr. Hate had passed also; Sai Maharaj says he will get very good news. Tipnis has changed his lodgings and his wife is better. She is not so restless as she used to be. Ram Maruti Boa is still here. WE went to Shej-Aarti. The procession was very impressive and the new curtains and dresses looked very nice. I enjoyed it very much. What a pity I have it not in my power to make rich presents of the kind. God is great. At night Bhshma had his Bhajan and Dixit read Ramayana.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on January 18, 2006, 05:13:08 AM
24th December 1911


In the morning I got up early and went to Kakadarti. On my return I prayed and walked about. Mr. Mantri got permission to return, so he went away with all his family after saying goodbye to nearly every one. He is a very good man. Wamanrao Patil also went. Then came a large number of visitors. Among them was a lady by name Anusayabai. She appeared to be spiritually advanced and Sai Maharaj treated her with great consideration and gave her four fruits. Later on he told the story of a man having five sons. Four of them demanded and obtained partition. Two of these four decided to re-unite with the father. The latter ordered the mother to poison one of these tows and she obeyed. The other fell from a tall tree, got injured and was on the point of death, but was allowed by the father to survice about twelve years until a son and daughter were born to him and then he died. Sai Baba said nothing about the 5th son and to me the story looks incomplete. After the midday meal I lay down for a while and then sat reading the Ramayana. In the evening we went as usual to salute the Sai Saheb opposite the Chawadi and at night had Bhishma's Bhajan and Dixit's Ramayana. Dr. Hate is still here and is a very nice man. Mr. Mahajani is also here.

Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM

dipika duggal
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: Dipika on May 11, 2012, 11:42:31 AM
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Sai baba let your holy lotus feet be our sole refuge.OMSAIRAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 03, 2012, 04:06:53 PM
OM SAI RAM

25 December,1911, Monday-

Shirdi

 

In the morning after prayer I saw Sayin Maharaj go out, & sat talking with Mr Mahajani & others. Many guests came &many more came, and things are wearing a rather busy appearance. Mr Govarthandas gave a dinner and invited nearly every one here who has come to see Sayin Maharaj.

 

My son Balvant had a dream last night in which he thought he saw Sayin Maharaj & Mrs Bapusaheb Jog in our Elichpur house. He offered food to Sayin Baba. He told me about the dream & I thought it was a mere fancy, but today he called Balvant & said “I went to your house yesterday & you fed me but gave no Dakshina. You should give twenty-five Rupees now.” So Balvant returned to the lodgings and went with Madhavarao Deshpande and paid the Dakshina. At midday Arti, Sayin Maharaj gave me prasad of Peda,  fruits, & made a distinct sign to me to make a bow. I at once prostrated myself. He had some confidential talk with Madhavarao Deshpande. The latter has promised to tell me all about it. Today the breakfast was very late, & was not over till 4 P.M. I had it with Govarthandas, or rather at the Mandap near our lodging spread at his expense. After it I felt very lazy & sat talking. We all saw Sayin Maharaj in the evening both before he came out as usual for his stroll & then again when he was taken in Bhajan procession to Chavadhi. Kondaji Fakir lost his daughter tonight. She was interred near our lodging. Bhishma had his Bhajan & Dixit read Ramayan.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 03, 2012, 04:12:13 PM
OM SAI RAM

26 December, 1911, Tuesday

Shirdi

 

I got up early & attended the Kakad-Arti. Sayin Maharaj was in rather an unusual mood; took his stick & with it tapped the ground round about. By the time he descended the steps of the Chavadhi, he walked twice backward & forward & used violent language. In my return I prayed, bathed & sat in the verandah in front of my room. I saw Sayin Maharaj go out. The Injadars of Kalyan & Poona are here. I am afraid Mungi hunts with them. He is at any rate very familiar. Mungi whom I met here last year, came last night & tried to put up with me. I would not let him. He then put his coat in my room, but with the help of Rama Maruti, I told him to take it away & he did so.

 

Mr Gokhale pleader of Poona came. He had seen my wife at Shegaon before when Ganpat  Baba was working in the physical world. There was with him a seller of Indian toys & another. They saw me after the mid-day Arti & after I had taken my meals. I lay down for a while in the third quarter of the day and then sat talking with Mahajani, Dr Hate & others. We saw Sayin Maharaj in the afternoon at the Chavadhi & later on about dusk when he came out for his stroll. He was very gracious. Today he spoke with my son Balvant & got him to sit, even after he told every body else to clear out. He told him not to admit any guests in the evening & to take care of him & that in return he (Sayin Baba) would take care of him. Madhavarao Deshpande is ill. He has caught cold and is lying down a good if not actually confined to bed. In the evening there was Bhishmas’ Bhajan as usual & Dixits’ Ramayan afterwards. Mr Bhate was there to hear the Purana. We began the Sundar-Kand today.
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: SS91 on June 03, 2012, 04:14:41 PM
SaiRam Saisewika,

Baba blessings. Kindly continue your contribution in this thread eveyday. I really apprecaite your nice gesture. Baba bless you always.

JaiSaiRam

SubhaSrini
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 03, 2012, 05:24:59 PM
OM SAI RAM

Sairam Subhasriniji


By Baba's will and grace, i will try to post in this thread everyday.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 04, 2012, 12:20:59 PM
OM SAI RAM


27 December, 1911, Wednesday-

Shirdi

 

I did not sleep well last night but got up early in the morning prayed, bathed and dressed earlier than usual. The detectives here appeared to be more active than usual today. One stationed himself near Sayin Maharaj. Another followed me. To test him I went to Tipnis’ house to see his wife. The detective of Kalyan followed me there and returned with me when I returned. The chief constable of Kopargaon came with a head constable & took his seat in my room. My son Balvant happened to be there but there was no conversation between them. Later on they with-drew without doing anything, but they had a long consultation in front of Dixit’s Wada. I wonder what the whole fuss was about. Mungi was much with them. After the midday Arti, I had my breakfast about 3 P.M. & then lay down & had a good sleep. In the afternoon many people attempted to go & see Sayin Maharaj but he was not inclined to speak and dismissed them soon. So I did not go & sat reading.

 

We all saw him at dusk when he came out for his stroll & again at Shej-Arti. Bhishma’s Bhajan was very much prolonged today by many people singing at it. A young Mahomedan surprized me by his song. Then there was Ramayan by Dixit.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 04, 2012, 12:26:58 PM
OM SAI RAM


28 December, 1911, Thursday-

Shirdi-

 
In the morning after I prayed Dr Hate & Mr R.D.Moregankar got permission to return. So they went away & immediately after came Nanasaheb Chandorkar, C.V.Vaidya and Mr Natekar “Hamsa ”. I sat long speaking with the last & then went & saw the former two who are staying in a tent close by. Hamsa has travelled long in Himalaya, is an initiate and an accepted disciple. His conversation is therefore very edyfying.

C.V.Vaidya has some trouble in one of his eyes. It is very red. Mr Chandorkar is very jolly as usual. We attended the mid-day Arti. Trimbakrao known as Maruti is very angry. He did not attend the worship today and was very sulky. Madhavarao Deshpande is better today. He was on his legs nearly the whole day. Dixit is very assiduous in attending to all guests who are very numerous. Mr Chandorkar went to Kalyan today & said he would return on Sunday next.

I sat talking with Hamsa in the afternoon, nearly up to the time of going to see Sayin Maharaj as he goes out for his stroll. He did not permit any body to sit there today but dismissed every one with “Udi ”. Hamsa went to Radha Krishna & spent the evening there. She sings well & does Bhajan very excellant. We had Bhishma’s Bhajan in which many joined and then there was Dixit ’s Ramayan. The Sub-Inspector of Kalyan went away today & in going saluted me very humbly which is rather strange. Mungi is still here wandering about among people. Dada Gole has come here from Morvi. One of my clients, Ramrao is also here. He wishes me to write an appeal. There is no time for it

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 05, 2012, 03:58:08 PM
OM SAI RAM


29 December, 1911, Friday

Shirdi

 

I was a little late in getting up & then sat talking with Mr Natekar whom we call “Hamsa” & also Swami. I could not finish my prayer etc in time to go and see Sayin Maharaj as he went out. I saw him when he returned to Masjid. Hamsa was with me. Sayin Maharaj was in very good mood & began a story which was very very instructive but unfortunately Trimbakrao whom we call Maruti interrupted most foolishly and Sayin Maharaj changed the subject.

 

He said there was a young man very hungry and wanting in almost every respect. The young man after wandering about went to Sayin Saheb’s father’ house & was received very kindly & given every thing he required. The boy spent sometime there, felt fat, collected a few things, stole ornaments & making the whole into a bundle wished to return to where he had come from. He was really born in & belonged to Sayin Saheb’s fathers’ house but did not know it. The boy put the bundle into the corner of a street but was seen before he could actually start. So he had to delay. In the meantime thieves took away the ornaments from his bundle. He missed them when he was on the point of starting. So he kept at the house & collected more ornaments and actually started but people on the way arrested him on the suspicion of his having come by the things by theft. At this point the story got diverted, and ended abruptly.

 

On my return from the mid-day Arti I requested “Hamsa ” to take his food with me & he kindly accepted my invitation. He is a very nice simple man & after meals he told us about his travels in the Himalayas, how he crested Manasa Sarowar, how he heard an Upanishad being sung there, how he followed foot prints, how he reached a cave, saw a Mahatma, and the latter spoke of the conviction of Tilak that day at Bombay, how the Mahatma introduced him to his brother (elder fellow student) how he finally met his Guru and became “Kritastha ”. Later on we went to Sayin Baba & saw him at the Masjid. He sent me a word this afternoon that I have to stay here another two months. He confirmed the message in the afternoon & then said that his “Udi ” had great spiritual properties. He told my wife that the Governor came with a lance, that Sayin Maharaj had a tusall with him & drove him out, & that he finally conciliated the Governor. The language is highly figurative & therefore difficult to interpret. In the evening we attended the Shejarti & then had the Bhajan of Bhishma & Ramayan of Dixit.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 05, 2012, 04:01:33 PM
OM SAI RAM


30 December, 1911, Saturday-

Shirdi

 

In the morning after prayer, I wrote two letters one to my son Baba & the other to Bhau Durrani telling them that I am not likely to return for another two months. Mr Natekar went to Rada Krishna lady. She, it would appear was away. He sat there & felt so calm & nice that he spent the whole day there. I read Ramayan in the morning, and heard Bhagavat in the afternoon, and went to Sayin Maharaj a little before dusk. He treated me very kindly, called me by name & told a small tale calculated to impress the virtue of patience.

 

He said he went to Aurangabad on one of his wanderings & saw a Fakir sitting in a Masjid near which there was a very tall Tamarind tree. The Fakir would not let him enter the Masjid first but ultimately consented to his putting up in it. The Fakir  depended entirely on a piece of cake that an old woman used to supply him at midday. Sayin Maharaj volunteered to beg for him and kept him supplied amply with food for twelve years and then thought of leaving the place. The old Fakir shed tears at parting & had to be consoled with soft words. Sayin Maharaj visited him four years later & found him there doing well. The Fakir then came here a few years ago & lodged at the Chavadhi. Motha-Baba Fakir looked after him. From what was said I gathered that Sayin Baba stayed twelve years to instruct the Aurangabad Fakir and set him up fully in the spiritual world. At night there was Bhishmas ’ Bhajan &Dixit ’s Ramayan. Natekar who came then also read a chapter.

 

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 06, 2012, 06:58:47 PM
OM SAI RAM


31 December, 1911, Sunday-

Shirdi

 

I got up very early in the morning, prayed & was walking in the verandah when Hamsa came downstairs & said that he could not sleep well & so wandered out & went to Khandoba Temple then to the house occupied at present by RadhaKrishna Bai in the hope of hearing her pray but found that there were no signs of anybody staying in the house. So he wandered about the village gate. Later on he went again & met Radha Krishna Bai. She kindly helped him so he bathed, prayed and had breakfast out of the Prasad sent to her by Sayin Maharaj. I stood talking with him. He went to Radha Krishna Bai again to say goodbye and she gave him a dhoti & a shirt as Prasad.

 

Then he returned to Bombay with the three young men that were with him. The name of one of them was Rege. All this made me late for everything & was further delayed by the Barber. I saw Sayin Baba go out but he did not permit any body to approach him & salute at close quarters. I went to the Masjid later on & sat there to attend the midday worship. During the Arti all the males had to stand today below the platform in the open, leaving the whole Masjid for the ladies. The arrangement was very good. On my return, I sat talking with the Mamledar of Kopargaon who happened to be here. Later on came Mr Deva Mamledar of Dahanu. Nanasaheb Chandorkar came before Arti. Our breakfast was as usual about 2 P.M. After it I sat reading the newspapers received today. The Conventionist Congress does not appear to have been an unqualified success. Towards evening I went to the Masjid but Sayin Maharaj gave “Udi ” soon.. So I sat on the plinth of the new building, talking with the Gujarathi Shastri who is with Govardhandas. We saluted Sayin Maharaj when he came out for his usual stroll & again at Sheja-Arti. Then we had the Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixit’ Ramayan.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 06, 2012, 07:06:21 PM
OM SAI RAM


1 January, 1912, Sunday-

Shirdi

I got up early in the morning went to the Chavadhi for Kakad Arti. I saw Sayin Maharaja’s face as the first thing and it was full of sweet grace I was very much delighted. After we returned to the Wada, I saw Upasani ’s brother. He has come from Dhulia. I saw him at Poona & Amravati before. He went to see Sayin Maharaj & was told about people bringing ties with them from a former birth & meeting now in consequence of them. He told the story of a former birth in which he, Bapusaheb Jog, Dada Kelkar, Madhavarao Deshpande, myself & Dixit were associated and lived in a blind alley. There was his Murushad there. He has now brought us together again. I saw him go out & then sat reading Ramayan. I saw him again at mid-day Arti, & he was very kind to me. Dixit gave a “Naivedya ” today  & we had all our meals with him.


I sat with Vaidya, Nanasaheb Chandorkhar, Mr Deva Mamledar of Dahanu, & others. I sat reading again & then went to see Sayin Saheb at the Masjid. He first dismissed me along with the rest but called me again saying that I was anxious to run away. In the evening we saw him opposite the chavadhi & had at night the Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixits Ramayana. Bala Shimpi came to the Bhajan.


JAI SAI RAM


 
 
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 07, 2012, 04:04:46 PM
OM SAI RAM

2 January, 1912, Tuesday-

Shirdi

 
I got up very early in the morning. Upasani’s brother who came yesterday went away before day break. After I finished my prayer Kaka Mahajani, Atré & others went. More went later on. C.V. Vaidya went after midday Arti, with three other gentlemen Nanasaheb Chandorkar held a Dhanurmas, and all were invited. After meals it was that C.V.Vaidya went. Mankar, Mamledar of Kopargaon & Deva, Mamledar of Dahanu, also went then. Later on after sunset Nanasaheb Chandorkhar went with all his family. So the wada, which during these few days used to look full & very pleasant is comparatively empty now &  we miss company. 

We saw Sayin Maharaj when he came out for a stroll, & again at Sheja-Arti. My son Baba & Gopalrao Dole came this morning to take me to Amravati. I said my departure depended on the permission of Sayin Maharaj. They saw Sayin Maharaj  & said there was no difficulty about the permission. Bhishma is not well today  So there was no Bhajan. Ram Maruti wished to go away today but Sayin Baba detained him. There was Ramayan & Bhagavat read at night

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 07, 2012, 04:10:48 PM
OM SAI RAM

3 January, 1912, Wednesday-

Shirdi

 

In the morning I got up early, attended the Kakad Arti and finished my prayer. My son Baba & Gopalrao Dole went to Sayin Maharaj & asked for permission to return to Amravati. Sayin Maharaj replied that all my return. So my son Baba & Gopalrao Dole returned in great joy. They told me  So I went with Madhavarao Deshpande & Sayin Maharaj confirmed the permission but as we were returning he overtook us near the Khind  & said that we may start tomorrow. I saw him when he was going out & again after he returned to the Masjid. Madhavarao started the subject about my departure & Sayin Maharaj replied that I had my houses both here & at Amravati & I may stay where I like and I may never return to Amravati. That settled the matter, so it appeared to me & I told my son Baba & Gopalrao Dole to return to Amravati. So they made ready & went to say “goodbye ” & receive the blessing of Sayin Maharaj when the latter told them to go tomorrow. In the afternoon he said he would give all of my family, permission to return tomorrow.

 Megha fed some Brahmans today in completion of his Anushtana of Gayatri Purashchamena. We had our meals with him. The meal was served in Sathe’s Wada. In the afternoon I saw Sayin Maharaj, both at the Masjid & when he came out for his usual stroll. He was in a very pleased mood and laughed & abused in one & the same breath. At night there was the Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixit ’s Ramayan of which two chapters were read .Tatya Patel ’s father died in the evening.


JAI SAI RAM
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OM SAI RAM


4 January, 1912, Thursday-

Shirdi

 

I got up early in the morning, prayed, and wished my son Baba & Gopalrao Dole to go to Sayin Maharaj and obtain permission to return to Amravati but my wife intervened saying it was Pausha Paurnima & therefore a day sacred to our family deity. So no endeavour was made to obtain the permission required. I saw him go out as usual, & went to the Masjid after he returned, spending the interval in read Ramayana. We returned after the mid-day Arti, and after meals I sat talking with Bapusaheb Jog & then resumed Ramayan.

After 5 P.M. I went to Sayin Maharaj in the Masjid and found him walking about in the compound. My wife also came there. After a time he took his usual seat� & we sat near him. Dixit and his wife also came. Sayin Maharaj then told a story. He said there was a Princess living in a palace. A Mang  sought shelter with her. Her sister-in-law who was there also, refused it to the Mang. So the Mang with his wife was returning disconsolate to his village when he met Alla-mirya on the way and told his story, how, stricken with poverty he sought shelter & was refused. Alla-mirya advised him to return with his wife & seek shelter once more with the same princess. He did so & was admitted & treated like a member of the family. The Mang stayed enjoying all the comforts for over six months and then coveting gold, murdered the princess with an axe. The people round about assembled in large numbers & held a panchayat. The Mang admitted the offence. When the matter went to the King in due course, Alla mirya advised him to let the Mang go. The King obeyed. The princess murdered by the Mang came to be born of him as his daughter, & he came once more to the palace and was permitted to stay there in affluence & ease for twelve years. Then Alla-minya inclined the King to avenge the murdered princess and the Mang was killed in the same way in which he had killed the princess. The Mang's widow returned to her village, accepting the Mang 's fate as just. The princess who was born as daughter to the Mang, came to the place, took possession of what belonged to her in the former reincarnation and lived happily afterwards. Thus was the work of God done and His justice vindicated.

There was Sheja- Arti at night, then Bhishmas Bhajan & Dixits Ramayan. Ram Maruti today embraced Sayin Maharaj when the latter was going in procession to the Chavadhi for the Sheja-Arti.

 
JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 08, 2012, 09:52:41 PM
OM SAI RAM

5 January, 1912, Friday-
Shirdi
 

In the morning I got up early though I did not sleep well at night.  I attended the Kakad Arti. Sayin Maharaj was in a pleased mood.  My son Baba & Gopalrao Dole went to him. On seeing them he said "go". Taking this as permission to return they hired Baba Bhau's Tonga and went away.  I prayed and saw Sayin Maharaj go out, & again after he returned.  He was in very good mood.  Many people came.

After the mid-day arti, & after the usual meal, I lay down for a while and then sat listening to Ramayan read by Dixit. Upasani Bhishma & Madhavarao were also present.  Then about 5 P.M.,  I went to see Sayin Maharaj with Bhishma & my son Balvant.  He told how he was not well and humorously discribed his ailments.  Balabhau Joshi brought parched gram. Sayin Maharaj ate a few and distributed the rest.  Then we stood near the Chavadhi when he came out for his stroll, & then we had the usual arti in the wada Bhishma's Bhajan & Dixit's Ramayan of which two chapters were read. Today some people from Dhulia came &went.

JAI SAI RAM
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OM SAI RAM


6 January, 1912, Saturday-

Shirdi

 
I got up in the morning a little before day break and finished my prayer as usual, & saw Sayin Maharaj go out.  After he passed on I went to Balasaheb Bhate and borrowed from him his copy of Ranganath Swami ’s Yogavashishta in Marathi, returned to my lodging, but resumed the reading of Ramayan. 

We all then attended the midday arti and had our meals as usual.  I did not wish to lie down, but somehow sleep overcame me  & I slept for hours nearly.  Then Dixit read Ramayan & later on I went to the Masjid & saw Sayin Maharaj.  He was in a pleased mood  & there was talk.  In the evening there was the usual Wada Arti & later on we attended the Sheja-Arti at the Chavadhi.  Sayin Maharaj was in an exceptionally pleased mood made mystic signs to Megha and did what are known as “Drishtipata ” in yog.  An astrologer has come from Dhulia and is a guest of Upasani & is staying in the Wada.  At night there Bhishmas Bhajan & the Ramayan of Dixit.


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OM SAI RAM


7 January, 1912, Sunday-

Shirdi

 

In the morning I got up early and attended the Kakad Arti. Sayin Maharaj looked exceedingly pleased and gave yogic glances.  I passed the whole day in a sort of ecstasy.  After morning, I, Bapusaheb Jog & Upasani commenced Ranganath Yogavashishta.  Then we saw Sayin Maharaj go out & in the interval sat talking with the young Mohamedans that come to the Masjid.  One of them recited some verses. The mid-day Arti was late.  Sayin Baba commenced a very good tale. 

He said he had a very good well.  The water in it was sky blue and its supply was inexhaustible.  Four mothas would not empty it, and the fruit grown with the water was inordinately pure and tasteful.  He did not continue the story beyond the point. 

In the afternoon Dixit read two chapters of Ramayana. Upasani, myself, Ram Maruti and Dixit were present.  Then we went to Sayin Baba & attended his stroll.  As it was getting dark, he got or rather showed as if, he got angry with the wood-cutter women.  At night there was Bhishma's Bhajan & Dixits Ramayan.

JAI SAI RAM
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OM SAI RAM

8 January, 1912, Monday-

Shirdi

 

I got up early in the morning and feeling it too early, went again to sleep and then overslept my usual moment of leaving bed. So things got set forward and in that way affected the routine of the whole day. After prayer I sat reading Yogavashishta of Ranganath with Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani, Rama Maruti & Madhavarao Deshpande.

We saw Sayin Maharaj go out &again saw him after he returned. During the mid-day service, after the arti Sayin Maharaj exhibited sudden & great anger and abused violently. It appears, as if, Plague is likely to reappear here & Sayin Maharaj is endeavouring to prevent its reappearance. After meals, we sat talking. I read a little of Ramayana & then arrived Mr Sané Mamaledar of Kopargaon with Mr Joshi who is a Deputy Collector of Dhulia.

 
Later on we went to Sayin Maharaj after reading a chapter of Ramayana. We waited there long enough to see him at & after his usual stroll, & then attended the Sheja Arti. At night there was the usual Bhajan & Ramayan.


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OM SAI RAM

9 January, 1912, Tuesday-

Shirdi

 
I got up early in the morning, attended the Kakad Arti and after finishing the prayer had my bath. Then with Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani & Rama Maruti, read Yogavashishta. We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & then again after he returned to Masjid. There was a gentleman named Pimple from Amalved with a companion.

 After the midday arti, we had our meals & I sat reading the letters received by today ’s mail. There are also three newspapers. So there was a good deal to read. Dixit read the Ramayana about 5 P.M. & later on we went to the Masjid and saluted him when he came out for his stroll. At night there was the usual Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixits Ramayan.

JAI SAI RAM
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OM SAI RAM

10 January, 1912, Wednesday-

Shirdi

 
I got up very early in the morning and finished my prayer &all before day break. Then I Upasani, Bhishma & Bapusaheb Jog read Ranganathi Yogavashistha and later on I went to see Sayin Maharaj both when he went out &after he returned to the Masjid. A Marwadi came there & told his dream. He said he received a lot of silver & finally got bars of gold & woke up while he was in the act of counting them. Sayin Saheb that the dream indicated the death of some great man.

 
I felt very sleepy while I was at the Masjid. I tried my utmost to keep awake but not withstanding all my efforts, my eyes kept closing every few minutes. I returned to my lodging after the mid-day arti & after food lay down for some time. Then Mr Dixit read Ramayana & we sat listening. In the evening we went to the Masjid to see Sayin Saheb stroll out as usual & later on we attended the Sheja-Arti. Bhaté, & Balakram were both absent. So the duty of holding the pea-cock fan (morchal) fell to me & I enjoyed holding it very much. At night there was the usual Bhajan of Bhishma & Ramayana of Dixit.



JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 12, 2012, 03:18:43 PM
OM SAI RAM

11 January, 1912, Thursday-

Shirdi

 

I got up very early, prayed & attended the Kakad Arti. At the usual time I Upasani & BapuSaheb Jog read Yogavashishtha of Ranganath  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned.  He was in very good mood & every thing passed off in good style.   

After the midday meal I lay down for a while & then Dixit read Ramayan. He also read a guor strotra guor strotra by Eknath. Towards evening we went as usual to see Sayin Maharaj come out for his stroll. He did so. Radha Krishna Bai had set up the phonograph. On hearing its noise Sayin Magaraj got very angry & used hard words & we returned thinking. At night there was the usual Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixits Puran. There was Rahata Bazar today & Bandu went to it but could purchase nothing beyond vegetables.

 
JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 12, 2012, 03:22:12 PM
OM SAI RAM

12 January, 1912,  Friday-

Shirdi

 

I got up early in the morning, said my prayers ,and began the usual routine of the day when Narayan Rao ’s son Gondya & brother Bhausaheb came. They arrived at Amravati from Hoshangabad sometime ago & not finding me & my wife there, came here to see us. We were naturally very glad to see each other & sat talking. We began our Yogavashistha somewhat late as Bapusaheb Jog was away.

We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned to Masjid. He was very gracious & repeatedly gave me smoke out of his pipe. It solved many of my doubts, and I felt delighted. After the midday arti we had our meals & I had a few minutes rest. Dixit was delayed longer than usual at the Masjid. So we began Ramayan later than usual & we could not finish a chapter as it was both long & difficult. Then we saw Sayin Maharaj at the Masjid. He had music.

 
There were two dancing girls we sang & danced. Later on there were the Sheja-Arti. Sayin Maharaj was very kind to Balvant, sent for him & let him spend the whole of the afternoon with him.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 13, 2012, 07:24:39 PM
OM SAI RAM

13 January, 1912, Saturday-

Shirdi

 

I got up early in the morning &attended the Kakad. Sayin Maharaj did not say a word today & did not even throw the glances which he usually does. The Tahasildar of Khandwa has come here. We saw him when we were reading Ranganathi Yogavashistha. The book does not appear to sustain the impression it makes at first.

We saw Sayin Maharaj go out and again he returned. Yesterdays singing women were there. They sang a bit got sweets-meats for their reward and then went away. The midday arti passed very pleasantly. Megha is not yet quite well. Bapaji brother of Madhavarao Deshpande was invited to breakfast with his wife. The Tahasildar of Khandwa appears to be a cultured man, has read Yogavashishta. He says he has been brought to grief by designing persons for his devotional tendencies. After a little afternoon rest, Dixit read Bhavarth Ramayan. The chapter is a summary of Yogavashistha and is very interesting.

We saw Sayin Maharaj again as he strolled out. His mood was changed and one would think that he was angry which he really was not. At night there was Bhajan & Ramayan as usual.

JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 13, 2012, 07:29:35 PM
OM SAI RAM

14 January, 1912, Sunday-

Shirdi

 
I got up early in the morning finished my prayer & sat to read Ranganathi Yogavashistha with Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani & Ram Maruti. We continued it after seeing Sayin Baba go out. I went to the Masjid after he returned & found that he was arranging for a bath. So I returned and wrote two letters & went again. He was very kind to me & gave Til gul brought for him by Bapusaheb Jog. He gave it to Balvant also.

The midday arti was a little late as Megha is not well and it being Til Sankranti the Parosas were late. By the time & we returned and had our midday meal it was 4 P.M. Then Dixit read Ramayan, but we did not make much progress. In the afternoon when I went Sayin Baba did not admit any body so I took a turn by Bapusaheb Jog ’s quarters and went in time for evening namaskar.

The Tahasildar of Khandwa is still here & gradually falling into the routine of the place. One Mr Gupte has come with his brother & family. He says he is distantly related to my friend Baba Gupte of Thana. I sat talking with him. In the evening there was Sheja Arti, Bhishma ’s Bhajan and Dixits Ramayana. We all celebrated the Sankranti on a small scale.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 14, 2012, 04:13:56 PM
OM SAI RAM

15 January, 1912, Monday-

Shirdi

 

I got up early in the morning prayed and attended the Kakad arti which was a little later than usual as Megha having been unwell could not get up in time to blow the conch-shell. Sayin Maharaj did not say a word as he got up & left the Chavadhi. The Tilgul of which I ate a little yesterday appears to have affected me injuriously.

Upasani Shastri & Bapusaheb Jog did not come soon. So I sat writing letters. When Sayin Maharaj went out he asked me how I spent the morning, which was a mild rebuke for not having read & contemplated. I went to see him again when he returned & he was very kind. He commenced a long story and kept on as if speaking to me, but I felt sleepy all the time & did not understand any thing of the story. I was told afterwards that the story was a very thinly veiled recital of the events that actually happened in the life of Gupte. So he said.

The mid-day arti was late and it was 3 P.M. by the time we returned and had our meals. I lay down a bit & then attended Dixits Puran. Later on we went to the Masjid but were told to salute from a distance, which we accordingly did. Sayin Baba came for his stroll & we saluted as usual. Dixit had an illumination of Masjid yesterday & repeated it today also. At night there was the usual Bhajan of Bhishma & Purana of Dixit.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 14, 2012, 04:20:19 PM
OM SAI RAM

16 January, 1912, Tuesday-

Shirdi

 
In the morning I got up as usual, prayed and commenced the daily routine with Puranamrit. It is a very celebrated Marathi work on Vedanta. Upasani reads I, Bapusaheb Jog, Bhishma & Rama Maruti listen. It is exceedingly nice and I give explanations whenever necessary. I was able to see Sayin Maharaj go out but was late in going to see him after he returned to Masjid. He not only showed no displeasure but treated me with positive kindness & I sat serving.

The Midday Arti was late as Megha is ill & was not ordered to come soon. He did so at last, and by the time we returned and had our meals, it was nearly 4 P.M. Dixit read a little of Ramayana, & then we went to see Sayin Saheb at the Masjid. He did not permit us to sit long & came out himself, and finished his usual stroll in a hurry and ordered us to return to the Wada. We could not understand it but on returning to the Wada learnt that Hari, a servant of Dixit, who felt indisposed the other day, died.

 
We sent for Upasani who understands medicine but he could not be found. That the man was dead,  there could be no doubt about. We did the usual arti in the Wada, & attended the Sheja-Arti. Sayin Maharaj was particularly gracious at the latter and sent out wonderful currents of joy & instruction.

 
He favoured Rama Maruti similarly. We returned very much pleased and then a little before mid-night, could perform the obsequies of the servant Hari. It was difficult to procure fuel. Bapaji managed it some how & then the body was cremated. The thing would not have been so difficult had Madhavarao Deshpande been here, but he went to Nagar in the afternoon to fetch his wife & children. The funeral took a long time. We could neither have the usual Bhajan of Bhishma ,not the Puran of Dixit.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 15, 2012, 06:18:15 PM
OM SAI RAM

17 January, 1912, Wednesday-

Shirdi

 
I got up very early saw Bapusaheb Jog go out to bathe. I finished my prayers in the meantime. Then we went to the Chavadhi for Kakad Arti. Megha was too ill to attend. So Bapusaheb Jog did the arti. Sayin Baba showed his face & smiled most benignly. It is worth while spending years here to see it even once. I was overjoyed & stood gazing like mad.

After we returned Narayan Rao’s son Govinda & brother Bhau went by a cart to Kopargaon en route to Hoshanjabad, and I commenced my daily routine. I wrote a few lines & then read Paramamrit with Upasani & Bapusaheb Jog. We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned to Masjid. He gave me silent instructions but like a fool I did not understand them. On returning to the Wada, I felt disconsolate &  melancholy without cause. Balvant also felt sad & said that he wished to leave Shirdi. I asked him to ask Sayin Baba & then decide. I lay down for a while after meals & then wished to listen to Dixit ’s Ramayan but Sayin Baba sent for him &he had to go. Somehow then we made no progress.
 
Tahasildarsaheb Prlhad Ambadas of Khandwa today asked for & obtained permission to return. There is Mr Paté of Jalgaon & LIngayat with him. They may go away tomorrow. We saw Sayin Baba during his evening stroll. He was in very good mood. At night there was the usual Bhajan of Bhishma & Dixit ’s Ramayana. During the arti in the wada, I understood the instructions given in the morning & then felt happy.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 15, 2012, 06:23:23 PM
OM SAI RAM


18 January,1912, Thursday-

Shirdi

 
There is much to record today. I got up very early, prayed & finding it yet wanting about an hour to the dawn, I lay down and got up in time to see the sunrise. I, Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog & Bhishma read Paramamrita. Tahasildarsaheb Pralhad Ambadas, Mr Paté & his companion (Lingayat) returned to their places. The latter two got permission just in time to start. We saw Sayin Baba go out & again after he returned to Masjid. He treated me very kindly & while I was serving, he told me two or three tales. He said many people came to take his money. He never resisted but let them take it way. He only noted their names & followed them. When they, got down for their meals, he killed them & brought his money back. The other story was that there was a blind man. He used to live near the Takia here. A man enticed away his wife, & eventually murded the blind man. Four hundred men assembled at the Chavadhi & condemned him. They ordered him to be decapitated. This order was carried out, by the village hangman who did the work out of some motive & not merely as a piece of duty. So the murder in the reincarnation was born as the son of the hangman.

 
He then commenced another tale. In the meantime a stranger Fakir came & touched Sayin Baba ’s feet. Sayin Baba felt very angry or rather showed that he was so and shook off the Fakir who showed great tenacity & persistence without losing his own equanimity. At last he went out & stood near the compound wall on the outside. Sayin Baba was angry & threw away the arti utensils and the dishes full of food brought by his worshippers. He lifted up Ram Maruti Bwa who declared afterwards that he felt very happy & as if sent off to higher regions. One Bhagya & a villager were also roughly handled by Sain Maharaj. Sitaram brought the arti and we finished the arti in the usual though a somewhat hurried way. Martand son of Mahalapat showed great presence of mind & prevented confusion by directing that the arti should be finished where it was begun. He did so when Sayin Baba moved out of his usual place. Before finishing Sayin Baba resumed his seat & all went much as usual, except that “Udi ” was distributed wholesale & not individually. He was not really angry of course and did the whole thing as a “Lila ”. The whole affair made us late & there was the feast given by Tatya Patil for the death of his father as a part of the obsequies  So we did not finish our meals till about 6.30 P.M. It must have been a bit later for after it there was no time to do anything and we went to see the Sayin Maharaj come out for his stroll. He did so as usual & we saluted him as usual. There was the usual Arti in the wada. Megha was too ill to stand up & Sayin Baba foretold his end during the night. We then attended the Chavadhi procession it being the evening for it. I held the morchal as usual, and everything went on smooth. Sitaram did the arti. At night there was the Bhajan of Bhishma & Ramayan of Dixit.

 

G.S.Khaparde

 

P.S.. I forgot to mention above that during the torrent of hard words that Sayin Maharaj poured out today he repeatedly said that he had saved my son Balvant, and then often repeated the phrase “Fakir wished to kill Dadasaheb (meaning me)but I would not permit it.” He mentioned one more name but I can not recall it now.
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Post by: saisewika on June 16, 2012, 05:28:33 PM
OM SAI RAM

19 January, 1912, Friday-

Shirdi
 

This was a very sad day. I got up very early &after finishing my prayers discovered that it yet wanted an hour or so to day break. So I lay down and was aroused for Kakad Arti by Bapusaheb Jog. Dixit Kaka told me that Megha died about 4 a.m. The Kakad Arti was done but Sayin Maharaj did not show his face clear & did not appear to open his eyes. He never threw any glances spreading grace.

After we returned arrangements were made for the cremation of Megha ’s body. Sayin Baba came just as the body was being brought out and loudly lamented his death. His voice was so touching that brought tears to every eye. He followed the body up to the bend in the made road near the village & then went his usual way. Megha ’s body was taken under the Bada tree & consigned to flames  there. Sayin Baba could be distinctly heard lamenting his death even at that distance & he was seen waving his hands & swaying as if in arti to say goodbye. There was a good supply of dry fuel & flames soon rose very high. Dixit Kaka, myself Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani, Dada Kelkar & all else here were there & praised the lot of Megha that his body was seen & touched by Sayin Baba on the head heart & shoulders & feet by him.

After finishing the ceremonies we ought to have sat praying but Bapusaheb Jog came & I sat talking with him. When later I went to see Sayin Baba, he asked me how I spent the afternoon I was very sorry to confess that I had wasted it in talking. This was a lesson to me. I remembered how Sayin Baba foretold his death three days ago “This is the last arti of Megha,” how Megha felt that he had completed his service and was passing away, how he shed tears to think that he could not see Sathé whom he regarded as his Guru, and how he directed that the cows of Sayin Baba should be let loose. He never expressed any other wish. We all admired his life of extreme devotion & I was sorry that I did not rest in prayer but listened to meaningless talk.

Bhishma & my son Balvant are not well. So there was no Bhajan. Dixit Kaka read Ramayan at night. Gupte his brother &their families left this morning for Bombay.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 16, 2012, 05:33:59 PM
OM SAI RAM

1912 20 January Saturday

Shirdi

 
In the morning I got up in time to say my prayers before day break and commence the routine of life here to suit every body else. The day promised to be pleasant & so it turned out. I read Paramamrit with Bapusaheb Jog Upasani & Ram Maruti. Bhishma & my son Balvant are unwell. We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned. He sat chatting pleasantly.

 Presently a Jahagirdar of a village somewhere here about, came & Sayin Baba would not let him approach much less worship. Many people interceded for him in vain. Appa Kotya came & did his utmost to secure at least the usual kind of Puja for the Jahagirdar & Sayin Baba relented so far as to let him enter the Masjid and worship the pillar near the fire-place, but he would not give Udi. I thought Sayin Baba would get angry but he did not and our mid-day Arti passed off in the usual way. Bapusaheb Jog has been ordered by Sayin Baba to do all the artis at all times. I predicted this result two days before Megha passed off. After the midday meal I sat reading the newspapers.
 
Dixit ’s younger brother who practices at Khandwa came this morning & his Bombay agent came in the afternoon. Dixit ’s brother tried to induce Dixit to return to work in vain. He applied to Sayin Baba, but Sayin Baba left the whole matter to Dixit himself. Bapusaheb Jog has also got four guests. The husband of his wife ’s sister who is the chief Treasury officer at Sangli has come here with his whole family on his way back from the Delhi Darbar  His wife wished to take Mrs Bapusaheb Jog with her but Sayin Maharaj would not permit it.

We saw Sayin Saheb as he came out for his evening stroll. Then there was the Wada Arti & later on the Shej Arti. Dixit read Ramayan as usual. There was no Bhajan as Bhishma is indisposed & my son Balvant is slightly worse. There is here Mr Moreshwar Janardas Patharé with his wife. He is the victim of paralysis & have suffered much. Joshi of Wasai has come & brought some printed copies of the prayers sung here.


JAI SAI RAM
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Post by: saisewika on June 17, 2012, 08:20:12 PM
OM SAI RAM

21 January, 1912, Sunday-

Shirdi

 
I got up & attended the Kakad Arti. There were all the usual people except Bala Simpi. After the arti Sayin Baba followed the usual custom of using hard words against the internal enemies, by naming them as Appa Kotya, Telis, Waman Tatya etc. I read Parmamrit with Bapusaheb Jog Upasani, & Rama Maruti. The guest of Bapusaheb Jog from Sangali attended our class. His name is Limayé.

We saw Sayin Baba go out & again after he returned to the Masjid. While we were at the Masjid Madhavarao Deshpande returned from Nagar. There was Dadasaheb Karandikar with him, & a gentleman of Baroda. I was very much surprised to see Karandikar. It appears he came to Nagar on a case & meeting Madhavarao Deshpande there decided to see Sayin Baba. We sat talking. Since getting into the council, he is convinced of the insincerity of Gokhale & western professions. He returned to Nagar about 4.30 P.M. The Limayes also went. Permission was refused to them at first but subsequently granted by Sayin Baba. Sadashivarao Dixit wished to go only but was told to depart tomorrow morning with his family, children & Rama Maruti. We saw Sayin Baba at the evening stroll and had Dixits Ramayan after the evening arti at the Wada.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 17, 2012, 08:26:11 PM
OM SAI RAM

22 January, 1912, Monday

Shirdi

 
In the morning I got up early & prayed, & saw Sadashiva Rao Dixit, Haralal & Ram Maruti & the ladies of the first and the children Babu & Subhadra whom we call Subhi off. They got permission to return last night. Then I began the routine of the day & read Paramrita with Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani, & Bhishma who is slightly better day. My son Balvant had two motions this morning. They will do him immense good.

We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned  During the course of the worship he put two flowers in his two nostrils & put two others between his ears & the head. My attention was drawn to this by Madhavarao Deshpande. I thought this was an instruction. Sayin Baba repeated the same thing a second time & when I interpreted it a second time in my own mind, he offered the chilam to me & this confirmed me. He said something which I noted instantly & particularly wished to remember but it went clean out of my mind & no efforts made all through the day could bring it back. I am most surprized as this is the first experience of the kind. Sayin Baba also said that his order was supreme (Bala)which I understood to mean that  I need not be anxious about the health of my son.

By the time the mid-day arti was finished & we returned, I found Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi standing in front of my lodging. I was very glad to see her. She arrived at the Masjid just as I left & saluted Sayin Maharaj. The latter showed special favour by letting her worship then. After meals I lay down for a few minutes and Dixit read Ramayan & some gatha of Nath Maharaj. Upasani was present & Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi attended the class. She joined in the conversation & appeared to be well informed in Vedanta. We saw Sayin Baba at the evening stroll & again at Sheja Arti. Laxmibai sang a few songs. She is an aunt (mavasi) of RadhaKrishna Bai. At night at my request she did a little Bhajan & Dixit read Ramayan.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 18, 2012, 06:04:08 PM
OM SAI RAM

23 January, Tuesday, 1912

Shirdi

 
I got up in time for the Kakad Arti and finished my prayers a little after day break. Sayin Baba today in leaving his bed did not say even a single word, but when we saw him go out as usual, he showed a very jocose mood, noticing the absence of Kaka Dixit, said he was busy clearing his bowels. When he appeared Sayin Saheb said “you did not clear yourself but thought you would bow to me first.” We laughed all returned I read Parmamrit with Upasani & Bapusaheb Jog & Bhishma & then went to see Sayin Baba at the Masjid. He was in a reticent mood & never said a word and the midday arti passed off quietly. After it we returned & had our meals. 

Madhavarao has obtained permission to send Sayin Baba ’s photo & Udi to Hon. Mrs Russell. I wished to write to her but did not feel myself in the mood and sat talking with a school master who has come here recently with his family to see Sayin Baba. Dixit read Ramayana & then we went to see Sayin Baba at his evening stroll. He did not say much even then. At night Bhishma for the first time in this week, had his Bhajan. Some young men of the village also came to sing Bhajan & then Dixit read Ramayan.


Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi thinks of staying here always & Sayin Baba said she might do so for good. My son Balvant perspired this morning a little.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 18, 2012, 06:07:46 PM
OM SAI RAM

1912 24 January Wednesday

Shirdi

 
Somehow I overslept this morning. This made me late for everything. I had to hurry through all my usual routine. Somehow Mr Dixit was also late & every body appeared to be in the same predicament. We saw Sayin Baba go out & then read Paramamrit with Upasani, Bhishma & Bapusaheb Jog. I then went to the Masjid to see Sayin Baba.

Laxmi Bai Kaulgi attended our Paramrit class & went to the Masjid after I reached. Sayin Baba called her his mother-in-law & made a joke about her saluting him. This gave me the idea that she has been accepted by him as a disciple. The midday arti passed off in the usual way rather quietly. On my return from it I found Mr Sané  Mamledar of Kopargaon sitting in the verandah. He was doing revenue work in connection with the extension of Gasthan & removal of the cemetery & burning ghat.

After meal I tried to write a few letters but sat talking with Mr Sané. Then Mr Dixit read Ramayan and later on I went to the Masjid to see Sayinsaheb, but as all were dismissed soon, I took Udi & stood near the Chavadhi. I met there the Mahomedan Kabripauthi gentleman who came to Amravati sometime ago with Sathaye & Asnaré. In the evening there was the Arti at the Wada and then Sheja Arti at the Chavadhi. I held the Morachal as usual.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 19, 2012, 07:42:44 PM
OM SAI RAM

25 January, 1912, Thursday-

Shirdi

 
Madhavarao Deshpande woke me up in the morning & said that he had to call me more than once before I answered his call. I prayed & attended the Kakad Arti. Sayin Baba walked to the Masjid in silence  On return we held our Parmamrit class with Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog, Bhishma & Mrs Kaulgi. We finished the chapter on Mahavakya Viveka. Then we saw Sayinsaheb both when he went out & after he returned to Masjid. 

The midday arti went off as usual & Sayinsaheb gave me smoke very often. After meals I lay down for a while & then we had Ramayan. Dixit read it, & later on went to see Sayin Baba. He was in a pleased mood. At night there was the Wada Arti, Bhishma ’s Bhajan & Dixit ’s Ramayan. I may mention the fact that in the evening at strol time Sayin Baba told me nearly the whole previous history of Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi. I knew it to be correct as I knew the facts.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 19, 2012, 07:45:33 PM
OM SAI RAM

26 January, 1912,  Friday

Shirdi

 
In the morning I got up very early by myself and miscalculating the time it wanted to sun-rise, I said my prayers & walked up & down in the verandah. I found that I was before time by about an hour & a half. After sunrise I began the routine of life here & went out. Then found that Dhande Baba had arrived from Poona. I naturally sat talking with him. He showed me the latest letter of Tilak. At last the coronation has come & gone without seeing him out of jail. We sat talking about him & Dr Garde who has needlessly got up some trouble just now and wishes particularly to harm me.

We read a little of Paramamrita, saw Sayin Baba go out & again after he returned. I felt unwell so I lay down for a while. Dhande Baba went away about 4 P.M. We had our afternoon Ramayan read by Dixit and then went to see Sayin Baba & walked in front of the Chavadhi. At night there was the Wada Arti & Sheja-Arti, Bhishma ’s Bhajan & Ramayana of Dixit. I received some English letters today.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on June 20, 2012, 06:36:58 PM
OM SAI RAM


27 January, 1912,  Saturday

Shirdi

 
I got up early in the morning prayed & attended the Kakad arti. Sayin Baba did not quite go to the Masjid without a word & yet he did not say much. I, Upasni, Bhishma & Bapusaheb Jog read Paramamrit, saw Sayin Saheb go out & again after he returned.

The mid-day arti passed off easy and after it we had our meals as usual I lay down a while, then wrote a letter, and attended afternoon Ramayan read by Dixit. We saw Sayin Baba at his stroll & he spoke pleasantly though in a serious mood. Towards its end he spoke loud & angry and I am told that after dark he spoke louder still, making an occasion for the exhibition of his anger of the fact that Ibrahim, they stood near the Khind with his hands on the breach of the wall. Sayin Saheb's clothes were also washed by Radha Krishna Bai & he was angry with her for having done so.

 Balabhau Joshi went today to Poona to read for the pleaders examination. He was not present at the Wade Arti. After it Bhishma had his Bhajan in the hall & Dixit read Ramayan there. I shall sleep in the verandah. All traces of cold weather are fast disappearing here.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: marioban29 on July 27, 2012, 06:42:28 PM
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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 01, 2012, 03:19:21 PM
OM SAIRAM

28 January, 1912, Sunday

Shirdi

 

I slept very well last night & got up in time to pray before day break & commence the routine of the day. I went about 8 a.m. to the temple of Khandoba where Upasani lives & sat talking with him. It is a nice little place. We held our Parmamrit class in the quarters of Bapusaheb Jog, as talking & discussing Vendantic subjects in the verandah of my lodgings disturbs my son Balvant.

 
We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned to the Masjid. He asked me how we spent the morning & I gave him an account of what we did. He appeared to be in a pleased mood and the mid-day arti passed off easy except that Radha Krishna Bai appeared to be put out and vexed & she closed the doors.   So the arti things could not be got at soon. After the midday meal, I lay down for a while, then wrote a letter and attended the Puran of Ramayan by Dixit. Then we went & saw Sayin Maharaj at his evening stroll. Then there was Wada Arti, but no Bhajan, as Bhishma was unwell  At night Dixit read Ramayan, after we returned from Shejarti.


JAI SAI RAM

 
 
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 02, 2012, 03:21:54 PM
OM SAI RAM

29 January, 1912, Monday

Shirdi

 
I got up very early in the morning prayed & found that I was a bit too early but I kept on & attended the Kakad Arti.  On my return I began the routine of the day.  About 9 A.M. I went to Bapusaheb, with him & Upasani, began the Parmamrit, but most unaccountably I felt so sleepy that I could make no progress.  At last I returned to my lodgings & lay down and fell asleep so long that I did not get up till 12.30 or 1 P.M.  Madhavarao Deshpande & others tried to awaken me for the Arti & called me aloud but I did not respond.  At last they went to the Arti & somehow the matter reached the ears of Sayinsaheb & he said that he would awaken me. 

Somehow I got up as the arti was being finished and attended the closing portion of it. I felt ashamed of having slept so long. I felt drowsy during the rest of the day. Narayan Rao Bamangankar came today from Sholap. He is a nice young man & I sat talking with him. Then in the afternoon I attended the Purana of Dixit & saw Sayin Saheb at the evening stroll. I had seen him when he went out between 9 & 10 A.M. In the evening there was the Bhajan of Bhishma & afterwards the Puran of Dixit. He read Ramayan as usual.

 

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 02, 2012, 03:25:53 PM
OM SAI RAM

30 January, 1912, Tuesday

Shirdi

 
I got up early but did not like to leave bed & begin work for fear of becoming again overcome by sleep as I was yesterday.  I left bed before day break, finished by prayers and went to Bapusaheb Jog for our Parmamrit class.   Upasani Shastri, Mrs  Kaulgi & Bapusaheb were there & we made very good progress.  We saw Sayin Baba go out & saw him again after he returned to the Masjid.  He asked me how I spent the morning & I gave him an account of what we did.  After the mid-day arti, I returned & we had our meal.  After it I sat reading the dailies & then wrote a few letters.  Later on Mr Dixit read Ramayan.  Bhishma & Madhavarao Deshpande attended the reading.


Some two men of this village & the younger brother of Sitaram Denglé also came & sat talking after the reading was finished.  One of them recited a Chhanda on Ramayan.  Then I went to see Sayin Baba at the Masjid & he again asked how I spent the afternoon.  When I mentioned my writing letters, he smiled & said “It is better moving your hands than sitting idle.”  We saw him have his evening stroll, and at night attended the Sheja-Arti.  There was no Bhajan tonight but reading of Bhagavat took up all its time, and Dixit read Ramayana at night.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 03, 2012, 02:13:24 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 1, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

 
I was somewhat late in getting up but was able to finish my prayer &.in time to attend the Parmamrit class.  The work was finished today & we shall begin to revise it tomorrow.   I then went to the Masjid, sat with Sayin Maharaj & accompanied him out up to Sathe’s Wada.  People assembled there as usual to salute him.  I joined their group, saluted him and returning to Bapusaheb Jog’s quarters, commenced Panchadasi & explained the first ten verses which really contain the whole work in germinal form.  Then I returned to my quarters wrote a few letters & had them sent off, and went to the Masjid to attend the mid-day Arti. It passed off all right.  Mr Manekachand of Ahmednagar who has this year taken the degree of LL.B. came there & stayed here the whole day. We had our meals after we returned from the Arti.  I sat reading Jnyaneshwari edited by Sakhrebwa.
 

Unfortunately, like the other editions, it does not solve all my difficulties.  Later on Mr Dixit read Ramayan.  Mr Sané Mamledar of Shirdi, and Mr Sathé, Dy Collector & Sub-divisional officer came & sat talking for sometime.  We resumed our Ramayan after they went and in the evening went to the Masjid to meet Sayin Baba at his evening stroll.  After the Wada Arti, we attended the Sheja- Arti,  Bhishma did not have his Bhajan but read Sakharoru’s Prakrit Bagavat & at night Mr Dixit read Ramayan.  Today evening when we assembled at the Masjid before Sayin Baba started on his stroll, Sayin Saheb told Mr Dixit to give two hundred Rupees to my wife  who was there shampooing the legs of Sayinsaheb.  This order was unaccountable.  Has it come to this that I have to be maintained by charity!.  I prefer death to this. Sayin Saheb I think wishes to curb & finally destroy my pride. So he is getting me used to poverty and the charity of others.**
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** I turned up the dairy for 1st February 1912 and read the passage indicated by you. It correctly represents my feelings. Our Sadguru Sayin Maharaj gave the order. Being omniscient, he knew everything including all my innermost thoughts and never insisted on the order being carried out. Now that my attention has been drawn to the matter it appears to me that my wife then did not like the life of labour and povery. Kaka Saheb Dikshit had accepted the life and was happy. So Sayin Maharaj asked him to give two hundred rupees. i.e., povery and patience to my life.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 03, 2012, 02:17:27 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 2, 1912, friday

I got up for the Kakad Arti and after it we held our Panchadashi class but some how felt to speak of Panchadashi and commenced to read it. It is about the best work on the subject and none can take precedence of it.

I went to see Sayin Maharaj before he went out and accompained him up to Sathe’s Wada and afterwards attended the midday Arti. Today I got a letter from Amraoti asking me to return to practice. I told Madhaorao Deshpande to ask Sayin Maharaj and he promised to do so.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 04, 2012, 06:28:45 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 3, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

 
I was late in getting up and it appeared that there was a waive of laziness.  Bapusaheb Jog was late, so was Mr Dixit and nearly every body else.  After finishing my prayers I went to the Masjid but Sayin Baba told me to take Udi without entering it.  I did so & proceeding to the quarters of Bapusaheb Jog, sat reading Panchadasi with him, Upasani & Mrs Kaulgi.  We went on reading till midday & then went to Sayin Babas Arti.  After it we had our midday meal. I had a little rest and then sat reading “Dasa-Bodha ”.  Mr Dixit read Ramayan in the afternoon.  Ganoba Aba, a local devotee of Sayin Baba, came to hear it.  He knows a large number of verses & has many by heart.
 

We went & saw Sayin Baba at his stroll. Madhavarao Deshpande told me that he asked Sayin Baba about my returning to Amravati, and the latter declined the necessary permission saying he was an old man & did not like to lose his “about ”.  He said that some two hundred men went to a neighbouring town & were taken up as rioters; that Madhavarao’s name was introduced into the list of rioters, for nothing and that there was trouble about it.  At night there was the Wada Arti & the Sheja Arti and I attended both.  Bhishma had no Bhajan but read Bhagavat instead &then there was Ramayana of Dixit.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 04, 2012, 06:34:21 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 4, 1912,  Sunday

Shirdi
 

In the morning I got up early, attended the Kakad Arti and then finished my prayer.  As I was bathing two gentlemen came enquiring about Narayan Rao Bamangaonkar.  They were Lingayat Shastris. The eldest being known as Shivanand Shastri. There are two ladies with them.  These ladies are Brahmans.  The eldest of them is called Brahmanand Bai.  Some three years ago she met a Luigayat lady by name Nijanand Bai at Nasik.  She was an advanced yogini and instructed Brahmanand Bai.

We all saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned to the Masjid. Brahmanand Bai worshipped him and sang two Artis very exquisitely.  After the midday arti I had my meal & lay down for a while.  Then there was the Puran of Mr Dixit, and then we went to see Sayin Baba at his evening stroll.  After the Wada arti at night Mr Dixit had his Purana & then Bhishma had his Bhajan.  The ladies Brahmanandbai & her companion sang very beautifully & we all enjoyed the Bhajan very much. Shivanand Shastri also sang.  The Shastris & the ladies come from Nasik.  They are permanent inhabitants of the place.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 05, 2012, 07:14:01 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 5, 1912,  Monday

Shirdi

 
In the morning, just as I finished my prayers, Rajarampant Dixit came from Nagpur.  He is the elder brother of Kakasaheb Dixit.  He went to see Sayin Saheb.  I attended our class where we read Panchadasi and a verse of Amritanubhava with Bapusaheb Jog, Upasani Shastri, Shivanand Shastri, Brahmanand Bai & others. 

We saw Sayin Saheb go out & went to the Masjid after he returned. He was very king to me, said a few words & in dismissing the company after Arti, called me by name, told me to shake off my sloth and look after all the ladies & children. Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi was given today a piece of bread and told to go & eat with RadhaKrishna Bai.  This is a great food fortune.  She will be happy hereafter.   I invited Shivand Shastri, Brahmanand Bai & all with them, to have their mid-day meal with us. After it I lay down for a few minutes. Then Dixit read Ramayan & later we went to see Sayin Maharaj at his stroll. After the Wada Arti, there was the Sheja-Arti and at night Brahmananda Bai did the Bhajan very excellently. It was continued till after midnight.  The subject of my going is broached today. It may be decided tomorrow.



JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 06, 2012, 02:36:27 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 6, 1912,  Tuesday

Shirdi

 
I got up & attended the Kakad Arti. Madhavarao Deshpande said that I would get permission to return home today. So I went with him & Bamangaonkar to Sayin Saheb about 7.30 A.m. and Sayin Saheb told us to come again in the afternoon. So We returned & I began the routine of the day.  I Upasani & Bapusaheb Jog read Panchadasi saw Sayin Maharaj go out & attended the mid-day Arti.  Brahmanandi Bai sang an Arti & a few Padas there.  Bapusaheb Jog went today to Kopargaon to get his pension so the arti was finishedsoon.   After the mid-day meal I & Bamangaonkar went to the Masjid.  Kakasaheb Dixit was there.  Sayin Saheb said that we might go tomorrow.  Madhavarao Deshpande also came there.  Sayin Saheb said that he had been considering long & thinking day & night.  All were thieves, but we had to deal with them.  He said he prayed to God night & day for their improvement or removal but God delays and apparently does not approve of the attitude & grant the prayer.  He will wait for a month or two & then see but whether living of dead he will have what he has been praying for.  He will not go to Teli or Wani & never beg of them . People are not good & devoted.  They are unsettled in mind & so on.
 

He added that a few friends would gather together talk divine wisdom & sit & contemplate.  He mentioned a few thousand Rupees but I do not remember in what connection he said it.  I then returned & we had the Ramayan Puran by Dixit.  Later on we went to see him come out for his stroll    He was in a pleased mood. Mr Rajarampant Dixit went away today to Khandawa.  Upasani Shastri lost his wife.  The sad news came by letter I, Dixit & Madhavarao went to Upasani, condoled with him and brought him to the Wada.  Fakir Baba appears to have asked about my going away & Sayin Baba answered that I told him that I would go tomorrow.  When my wife spoke about my going, Sayin Baba said that I did not ask for permission personally, so he could not say.  I happened to go there soon after & Sayin Baba said that I could not go away without taking five hundred Rupees from Dada Bhat & two hundred from some one else, & making them all over to him.  At night the Wada Arti was a bit late as Bapusaheb Jog had to return from Kopargaon. Brahmanand Bai & Shivanand Shastri did Bhajan.  So did Bhishma.

 
JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 07, 2012, 06:15:33 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 7, 1912, Wednesday

Shirdi
 

I got up early, prayed, and held our Panchadasi class as usual.  I did not go to Sayin Maharaj to ask for permission.  We saw him go out & I went to the Masjid after he returned.  I found that Sayin Maharaj was sitting & in the yard a man was exhibiting tricks taught by him to a monkey.  There was also a professional singer & dancer.  She had a good voice & gave religious songs.  Later on came, Brahmananda Bai, her companion Sulubai & Shivanand Shastri.  They did the Puja & Brahmanand Bai whom they call Mazisaheb, sang very beautifully.  Sayin Saheb ordered the Sinhasan etc to be brought & when all was arranged , we stood at our posts.    Mazisaheb again rendered two songs so excellently that we stood spell-bound. I think Sayinsaheb liked them.  Then we did the usual Arti & returned for our midday meal.

Mazisaheb & her people fed at my lodgings. After the meal Bamangaonkar & Mazisaheb with all her people went to Sayinsaheb to ask for permission to return.   Mazisaheb and Salubai got the permission & went away by cart. Shivanand Shastri & Bamangaonkar were detained by Sayin Maharaj & stayed.  I lay down & had a good nap.  Then Mr Dixit read Ramayan & after it I read Dasabodha by myself.  We all saw Sayinsaheb have his evening stroll, and after the Wada Arti, We attended the Sheja-Arti. At night Bhishma read Bhagavat and Mr Dixit read Ramayana.


JAI SAI RA
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 07, 2012, 06:22:00 PM
OM SAI RAM


February 8, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

 
I got up for Kakad Arti, & after it began the routine of the day.  Narayan Rao Bamangaonkar got permission to return.  So he had some-things for delivery at Amravati from my wife, & actually left by a tonga.  Before he start, Ganpatrao, the son of the Karthari of my relation Mutalik of Satara came with the customary presents of Sesamum for Til sankrant.  They consist of very artistically made things out of sugar and sesamum.

Balvant for the first time in these three weeks, ventured out as far as the Masjid & put his head on the feet of Sayin Maharaj.  He has improved so far.  Ganpatrao wishes my son Balvant to go with him to Satara for Ranga Panchami.  I referred him to Sayin Saheb.   The midday arti went off as usual except towards the end, when Sayinsaheb exhibited anger. We spent the afternoon as usual in Dixit reading Ramayan & I reading to myself Das Bodh. We held our Panchadasi class also in the morning. 

We saw Sayin Saheb at his evening stroll.  One Mr Kulkarni has come here from Bombay.  He has a laboratory there where he tests ores etc. He said he saw me at Surat in 1907. We sat talking about old things. At Bhishma had his Bhajan & Dixit read Ramayan.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 08, 2012, 07:33:09 PM
OM SAI RAM

February 9, 1912 Friday

Shirdi
 
I got up as usual, prayed, and attended the Panchadasi class.  During it  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out.  After finishing the class I went to the Masjid. Sayin Baba was in very good mood.  The young boy Kishya whom we call Pisya came there as usual.  On seeing him Sayin Saheb that Pisya saw a Rohilla in his previous birth, that he was a very good man, that he prayed long and came as guest to Sayin Saheb’s grand father.  The latter had a sister who used to live separate.  That Sayin Saheb was a young boy himself then & playfully suggested that the Rohilla should marry her.  This was to be and she did eventually marry her.  The Rohilla lived there with his wife for a long time and ultimately went away with her, no body knew where.  He died and Sayin Saheb put him into the womb of his present mother.  Pisya, he said, would by very fortunate and the protector of thousands.


The Midday Arti passed off as usual.  During it Sayinsaheb said something to Shivanand Shastri & made signs.  The Shastri unfortunately did not catch their import.  Sayin Saheb made signs to Bapusaheb Jog also.  Mr Oke pleader of  Thana is here. I asked him to remember me to Baba Gupte & other friends.  In the afternoon there was Ramayan read by Mr Dixit as usual. Then we went to see Sayin Saheb go out for his stroll and in the evening attended the Sheja Arti after the Wada Arti.  At night Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dixit read Ramayana.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 09, 2012, 02:20:07 PM
OM SAI RAM


February 10, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

 
I attended Kakad Arti in the morning. Ganpatrao obtained permission this morning to go to Satara with my son Balvant. Madhava Rao Deshpande was with them at the time.  I, Bapusaheb Jog Upasani & Mrs L Kaulgi, had our Panchadasi class & after it I went to the Masjid.  Sayin Baba was in a very pleasant mood and said that his body had been severed from his legs, that he can raise up the former but not the latter.  He said he had a fight with the Teli, that when he was young he raised money for family purposes and agreed to serve the creditor to repay the debt, but he found he could not work, so he applied marking nut to his eyes & another irritant (Shar) to his body and became ill.  He was laid up for a year, but as soon as he recovered, he worked night and day & paid off the debt.

He sat talking very pleasantly but towards the end of the mid-day Arti, began to exhibit signs of impatience. Mr Gadre pleader of Nassik is here. I met him in Dixit’s Wada & sat talking with him. I knew him before. Mr Dixit read Ramayan in the afternoon & at night. Bhishma had Bhajan in the evening. Ganpat Rao & my son Balvant went today to Amravati. From there they will proceed to Satara. We naturally miss them much.


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February 11, 1912, Sunday

Shirdi

By the time I finished my prayer this morning, I found Mr Gadre up & sat talking with him. He got permission to return & went back to Nasik.  We saw Sayin Saheb go out & held our Panchadasi class with Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog, Mrs L Kaulgi. Mr Lele who is Revenue Inspector of Nasik District also attended the class.  He appears a very nice man & Sayin Maharaj likes him much.

I went to the Masjid as usual after Sayin Baba returned & found many men sitting there.  They were mostly strangers. Among them was one of Akola Police who on seeing me, said that he had resigned his post and had taken service with Govind Rao Deshmukh Barrister of Nagpur.  After the midday Arti & meal I lay down for a while & then attended the Puran of Ramayan by Mr Dixit.  Later on we went to see Sayin Baba at his evening stroll & meeting Mr.Lelé there, stood talking with him.  In the evening there was the Wada Arti & later on the Sheja Arti,  Bhishmas recital of Bhagavat & Mr Dixit Ramayan. Shivanand Shastri did not get permission today to return.


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February 12, 1912, Monday

Shirdi

 
I got up early & attended the Kakad Arti. Later on we held our Panchadasi class, & saw Sayin Baba go out.  The midday Arti passed as usual.  I spoke to Bapusaheb Jog to ask Dada Kelkar if reading in the afternoon from 5 to 6 would suit him. Bapusaheb Jog forgot to ask him.  In the afternoon Mr Dixit read Ramayan as usual.  As I descended the stairs after it, Shivanand Shastri who is still here, drew my attention to a man who has come here &shows signs of being in a frenzy. The man moved his hands & feet, glared about, threw shoes at us. I called Mr Dixit. At one time we thought him drunk.  Later on it appeared, he only pretended to have got into a religious frenzy to gain consequence.  I took him to Sayin Baba who ordered him out.

 Mr Sané the father of the Mamledar of Kopargaon came today & sat talking with us for sometime.  He is a very nice gentleman of the old type & said that he saw me first at Dhulia during the Provincial Conference of 1908.  After the wada arti there was Bhishma ’s Bhajan.  I may mention that after the midday arti I invited two men to breakfast. One was from Pauwel & the other from Dharna Jari.  They appeared religiously inclined & poor. Before Puran at night,  we went to the Shimant Pujana ceremony in connection with the wedding of the daughter of the local school master.  Then we had Mr Dixit's Ramayan.


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February 13, 1912, Tuesday

Shirdi

I was very late in getting up this morning.  So all my usual programme was correspondingly thrown forward.  After prayer I, Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog & Mrs Laxmibai Kaulgi held our Panchadasi class and finished the second chapter.  Then we saw Sayin Saheb go out and went to the wedding of the daughter of the local school master.  His house is small and the people here would not oblige him by letting him put up a Mandap.  So we sat in the Govt Chavadhi, smoking with Fakir Baba who was very pleasant.  The wedding was celebrated later than what we thought it would be.  Thence we went to the Masjid.

Sayin Baba was in a pleased mood and the midday Arti passed off as usual.  After it we returned and had our mid-day meal. My wife, Bhishma & Bandu fasted on account of Ekadasi.  I lay down for a while &then sat reading.  Mr Dixit went as usual to the Masjid after the midday meal & Sayin Maharaj told him to rest a while.  So he returned and lay down & did not get up till about 5 P.M.  We should have begun our Parmamrit class then for the benefit of Dada Kelkar but that he had to go out on some urgent business.  So Mr Dixit read Ramayan instead & then we went to the Masjid.  Sayin Maharaj gave me Udi as soon as I step in.  So I exclaimed that it was telling me to go away.  Thereupon he said “who tells you to go? Sit down.” Then he sat talking pleasantly and said that the cow now possessed by Mr Dixit belonged originally to Mahalsapati.  Then it went to Aurangabad then to Jalna & has now come back as the property of Mr Dixit.  “God knows whose property it is.” Looking at me he said “nobody who has firm faith in god, wants for any thing.”  My wife & others were there. We all saw him at his evening stroll.   Then there was the Wada Arti & later on Sheja Arti. At night Bhishma had his Bhajan & Mr Dixit read Ramayan. Sayin Baba today both after the mid-day arti & after the Sheja Arti told me to go to Wada specially calling me by name.


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February 14, 1912, Wednesday

Shirdi


I got up early, attended the Kakad Arti & was very much struck by the fact that Sayin Baba, on leaving the Chavadhi made passes with his short stick towards the East, north & South.  Then he proceeded with hard words as usual.  We held our Panchadasi class as usual, saw Sayin Baba go out and later on went to the Masjid as usual.

Sayin Baba told two stories.  One was that there was a traveller who was accosted in the morning by a demon (Rakshasa). The traveller looked upon it as a bad omen, but on proceeding further met two wells the sweet water of which slaked his thirst.  When he felt hungry, he met a husbandman who on the suggestion of his wife, supplied food.  He saw a field ripe with corn & wished to have Hurda.  The owner of the field gave it to him.  So the traveller felt happy & proceeded merrily smoking.  In the forest through which he was passing he met a tiger, lost courage & hid himself in a cave.  The tiger was very big & wandered about him.  Sayin Baba happened to be passing that way instilled courage into the traveller, got him out & put him on his way saying “the tiger would not hurt unless you hurt him some way.  ” 

The other story was that Sayin Baba had four brothers, one of  whom used to go out, beg & bring cooked food, bread & corn.  His wife used to give out just enough for their father & mother but starved all the brothers.  Sayin Baba then got a contract, brought the money home & every one was supplied with food including the well-to-do brother.  Later on the brother got leprosy.  Every one shunned him. The father turned him out.  Then Sayin Baba used to feed him & see to his comfort.  Ultimately the brother died. The midday Arti passed off as usual & after it we had our food & I had some rest. Shivanand Shastri, & Thakur of Vijayadurga went away today.  The Vyaki of the local master invited all to a meal today.  I declined but all others went. Sayin Baba, at the evening stroll asked why I did not go & I told him the truth, that I could not manage two meals in the course of one afternoon.  Sayin Baba looked immersed in care, gazed steadily at the East & West, & Dismissed us all with the usual words “Go the Wada.” At night Bhishma had his Bhajan and Mr Dixit read Ramayan.


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February 15, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

I got up as usual prayed, and held our Panchadasi class with Upasani Shastri, Bapusaheb Jog & Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi.  We saw Sayin Saheb go out and continued our class.  After it  I went to the Masjid as usual & sat listening to what Sayin Saheb was saying.  He was in a pleased mood & said that he had laboured very hard, had gone without food for months, fed on leaves of “Kula Takala ” Nimb, and other trees.  He said God was very good to him, for, life never became extinct though all flesh got wasted & bones appeared to be in danger of crumbling away.

The midday Arti passed off as usual & after it we returned for our meals. My wife & others wished to go to Kopargaon tomorrow for Shivaratri.  Sayin Saheb thought it unnecessary, but they persisted and ultimately got a permission in a way. Today after the afternoon Puran, we held a class for Parmamrit for the benefit of Dada Kelkar.  We did not progress much as it was the first day.  We saw Sayin Maharaj at his evening stroll, and then after the Wada Arti, attended the Sheja Arti. Balasaheb Bhate attended it. He used to hold the Peacock tail before it came to me. So I tendered it back to him.  I got a fan instead. Balasaheb Bhate has made considerable progress.



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February 16 Friday

Shirdi
 

I attended the Kakad Arti. Sayin Saheb exhibited great grace accompanied by hard words.  We held our Panchadasi class in the morning after prayer.  My wife & others could not go to Kopargaon as they could not get a cart.  We saw Sayin Baba go out.  Mr Morgaonkar has come & distributed a translation of Para-Puja. 

There is a Shastri from Kalyan -Bhivandi.  He is staying with Bapusaheb Jog and is a very quiet nice man.  We fasted today on account of Shivaratri.  There was the afternoon Puran of Dixit & after it we held our Paramamrit class & made good progress.  We saw Sayin Saheb at mid-day arti & also at the evening stroll. He was in a very pleased mood.  After the Wada Arti, there was Puran & Bhajan as usual.


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February 17, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

I got up early in the morning, prayed and held our usual Panchadasi class with Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog, Kunté Shastri of Kalyan, & Moregaonkar.  We finished the third chapter today.  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & again after he returned.  He was in very pleasant mood &made jokes.

The midday arti passed off as usual & after it we had our food.  Mr Dixit is thinking of going to Nagpur for the mouj of his son.  He wishes to take with him as many from here as he can, but everything depends on the orders which Sayin Saheb gives.  In the afternoon there was Dixits Ramayan & then we held our Parmamrit class, & made good progress.  Later on we saw Sayin Maharaj at his stroll, then there was the Wada Arti & Sheja-Arti.  At the latter the big fan came to me.  On our return Kunté Shastri of Kalyan did Kirtan.   He told the story of Uttargograhana. He is an old man & considering his age which is 80 years, his powers of endurance, his energy and all else is very praiseworthy & remarkable.  Mr Dixit had his Ramayana & Bhishma read Bhagavat.



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February 18, 1912,  Sunday

Shirdi
 

Madhavarao Deshpande woke me up in the morning & after prayers attended the Kakad Arti.  Sayin Saheb took it very cooly and hard words said as usual after it, were of a very mild character.  Mr Dixit is thinking of going to Nagpur for the thread ceremony of his son.  He asked Sayin Baba to let me go with him & got an evasive reply.  I feel almost sure that I shall not be permitted to go.  My wife is very anxious to go.  While I was in our Panchadasi class with Upasani Shastri, Bapusaheb Jog, & others, Mr Nanasaheb Chandorkar came & sat with Mr Dixit. I met him when I went to see Sayin Saheb after our class.  Sayin Saheb was talking with him in the usual way, about Teli, Waman Tatya, Appa Kotya, etc.

The midday Arti passed off as usual except that towards the end of it Sayin Baba got a bit impatient and told people to clear out fast.  I had my food with Mr Dixit in company with Nanasaheb Chandodkar & I asked the latter to resume his conversation with me which was broken off when he was here on a short visit.  He said the matter was in the hands of Sayin Baba.  He has brought with him, artificial garden with a big moon, such as we have on marriage occasions.  It was ordered by Radha Krishna Bai.

 I lay down for a while. Then Nanasaheb went away about 4 P.M. & Mr Dixit read Ramayan.  Later on we held our Paramrit class & after it went to see Sayin Saheb at his evening stroll.  The “moon ” was lit  & shed very splendid light.  My wife renewed her request about returning to Amravati & was as usual given an evasive reply by Sayin Saheb.  After the Wada Arti Mr Dixit read Ramayan & Bhishma had his Bhajan. We finished early to admit Mr Dixit & Madhavarao Deshpande making preparations to depart tomorrow early in the morning.


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Post by: saisewika on August 16, 2012, 11:38:30 AM
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February 19, 1912,  Monday

Shirdi
 

Mr Dixit, his wife, Madhavarao Deshpande, Hiralal & others went away this morning.  The Dixits went to Nagpur for the ninnja of their son Babu.  Madhavarao went to Harda for a similar ceremony in a friends house.  After prayer we held our Panchadasi class.  Morgaonkar said that he lost his watch & chain. They were both valuable being of gold. They were searched for in vain.

We saw Sayin Saheb go out & again after he returned. The midday Arti passed off as usual except that there were two Chamars instead of only one.  Balasaheb Bhate worshipped & wished to stay for the Arti but Sayin Baba ordered him home. After food I lay down for a while and then We continued our Panchadasi class, with our usual members.  Later on Dada Kelkar Bala Shimpi & others came.   We saw Sayin Maharaj at his evening stroll, & after the Wada Arti attended the Sheja Arti when the artificial gardens and moon were used for the first time.  They looked very nice & attracted a large crowd. Sayin Saheb did not appear to dislike them.  I think the moon is helpful. Bhishma read Bhagavat and ten Samasa of Dasabodha tonight.  Mr Natekar alias Hamsa writes to me today to say that I ought to return to Amravati by the end of this month.


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Post by: saisewika on August 16, 2012, 11:47:18 AM
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February 20, 1912, Tuesday

Shirdi


We attended the Kakad Arti & the remarkable part of it was that Sayin Saheb left the chavadhi and entered the Masjid without saying a single word except “God is the greatest of all ”.  After prayer I, Upasani, Bapusaheb Jog, Bhishma and Mrs Laxmi Bai Kaulgi held our Panchadasi class. 

When I went to the Masjid after Sayin Saheb returned from his morning walked, he said he wished to get the Masjid rebuilt.  He said there was enough money for it & went on talking about it.   Some Baroda ladies of the Shirke family have come here. They attended the mid-day Arti.  It passed off as usual. Radha Krishna Bai had the eggs of ostrich hung up where Sayin Saheb sits and he had them pulled down & thrown away.  We continued our Panchadasi class in the afternoon & I went to the Masjid about 6 P.M. Sayin Saheb told two stories of which,  I can not recall the first.  I asked my wife & all others present & they also forget which is wonderful.

The other story was that there was an old women living with her son. He used to assist in the disposal of the dead body  of every body in the village & got remuneration for it.  There prevailed a sort of plague & many died.  So his emoluments were great.  Allah met her one day & told her not to profit by the trade of her son.  She spoke about it to her son but the latter paid no attention & eventually died.  The old woman then maintained herself by spinning cotton.  Allah told her to go to the house of the relations of her husband but she declined to do so.  One day some Brahmans came to purchase cotton from her, spied out all the details of her house and broke into it at night.  One of the burglars stood naked before her.  She told him to run away, as the townspeople would murder him for his crime.  So the man ran away. Eventually the old woman died & was born as a daughter of the burglar.  I was not quite sure that I understand the story quite right. We saw Sayin Saheb at his evening stroll & at night, after the Wada Arti Bhishma read Bhagavat & Das Bodha.


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Post by: saisewika on August 17, 2012, 03:34:48 PM
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February 21, 1912, Wednesday

Shirdi

I got up as usual but my prayers were disturbed by the noise which Devaji whom we call Sakshatkaribwa made.  I managed to control my mind and finished my prayers.  Later we saw Sayin Maharaj go out & held our Panchadasi class. After it I went to the Masjid and saw Sayin Baba being served by the Baroda ladies of the Shirke family.  A dancing woman of Bombay arrived today & sang a few songs in the Masjid.   She says she is a pupil of BalKrishna Bwa. Sayin Baba heard her songs. Then the midday Arti passed off as usual.  Sayin Baba was in a very good mood.

After midday meal I lay down for a while and then continued our Panchadasi class with our usual members.  About sunset I went to see Sayin Baba at his evening stroll, and again after Wada Arti, for the Sheja Arti. The procession & other arrangements were very grand today.  The Bhajan was with cymbals & all. The Bombay dancing girl gave a few songs in the Masjid also after the Sheja Arti. At night Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasbodh.

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February 22, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

This morning there was Kakad Arti & we all attended it.  The ladies of the Shirke family went away soon after the arti with their attendants.  The Bombay dancing girl also went away with her men.  She said she wished to go to Amravati.  We held our Panchadasi class. After it I learnt that my wife had a dream this morning that Sayin Baba sent her a message by Bandu to go away today before 9 A.M.  Sayin Baba also asked Dada Kelkar & Bala Shimpi whether I was talking of going away. There is note from Natekar (Hamsa) that I would be permitted to return to Amravati about the end of this month.  All this raised the hopes of my wife but at the mid-day Arti time there was no mention of the matter made by Sayin Baba.

Madhavarao Deshpande returned in time for the midday arti from Harda. His wife & children also came from Ahmednagar. After the midday meal I lay down for a while &then continued our Panchadasi class till nearly nightfall when I hastened to the Masjid saw Sayin Saheb & took Udi.  At night Bhishma read Das Bodh &Bhagavat & had Bhajan.  Mr Balasaheb Bhate, Mr Bapusaheb Abkari Inspector & some children of the latter came to see me at night and we sat talking for sometime on the usual subject of the wonders daily worked by Sayin Baba.  Madhavarao Deshpande was also present then.

 

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Post by: saisewika on August 21, 2012, 10:26:39 AM
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February 23, 1912,  Friday

Shirdi

 
I got up as usual, prayed & in the morning held the Panchadasi class.  Besides our usual members, a lady from Nasik by name Mrs Sundarabai was present.  We saw Sayin Baba go out & again at the Masjid after he returned to the Masjid.  He told me a story, how when he was young, he went out one morning &suddenly became a girl & continued to be so, for sometime.  He did not give many details.

The midday Arti passed off as usual. Many people came to worship today.  After the midday meal I lay down for a while & then continued our Panchadasi class.  Madharao asked Sayin Baba today about my return and got a reply to the effect that times being very unfavourable to me, I would have to remain her a few months more.  In the evening we went to see Sayin Baba at the evening stroll & then after the Wada Arti. There was Sheja Arti and later on Bhishma read Bhagavat & Das Bodh.

 
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Post by: saisewika on August 21, 2012, 10:29:39 AM
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February 24, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti & then held our Panchadasi class.  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out & later on attended the Masjid for the midday Arti.  Everything went off very much as usual, & after the midday meal I lay down for a while.  Mr Sané Mamledar of Kopargaon and Mr Nanasaheb Revenue Inspector came with Balasaheb Bhate & sat talking for sometime.  After they went away we continued our Panchadasi class but the progress was very slow.  We saw Sayin Baba at his evening stroll and in the evening the Nasik ladies assisted in the Bhajan after the Wada Arti.  They have good voices but they appear to be very weak &can make no sustained effort.

 
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February 25, 1912, Sunday

Shirdi

I got up early, prayed, & saw Mr Madhavarao Deshpande leave Shirdi for Nagpur.  From there he will go to Gwalior for the wedding of Nanasaheb Chandorkar ’s son & will return by stages, seeing Benares, Allahabad, Gaya Mathura & other holy places on the way. 

We held our Panchadasi class but Upasani was feeling unwell, so our progress was slow.  We attended the midday Arti, and after the midday meal, resumed our Panchadasi class & made some progress.  In the evening, after the Wada Arti, we attended the Sheja Arti, and after it Bhishma read Dasabodh.

 
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February 26, 1912,  Monday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti.  Sayin Baba went to the Masjid without saying much.  The Nasik ladies went away this morning.  Then we held our class & saw Sayin Baba go out, & again after he returned to the Masjid.  He told a story about his brother having misbehaved once & being out casted in consequence.  Sayin Baba looked after him & eventually had him readmitted to the caste. 

The midday Arti passed off as usual & after the midday meal I lay down for a while & then We continued our Panchadasi class.  One Mr Datar has come from Poona with his son who appears to be a pleader.  They are staying in the hall.  We attended the Masjid to see Sayin Saheb at the stroll. After the Wada Arti, there was Bhagavat & Dasbodh & Bhajan in which Mrs Kaulgi and Sonubai assisted.


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Post by: saisewika on August 22, 2012, 04:31:42 PM
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February 27 Tuesday

Shirdi

 
I got up as usual, prayed and held our Panchadasi class.  For once we missed Sayin Baba going out & were not able to see him till he was on his way back.  When I went to the Masjid about 11.15 A.m.  Sayin Baba said that he Walked through a field in which there were very big parrots.  The parrots were not scared away by his presence and he stood long admiring their size & colour.

The midday Arti passed off as usual &after meal, I lay down for a while and then resumed our Panchadasi class till nearly nightfall when we went to see Sayin Maharaj at his evening stroll.  At night there was the Wada Arti &then the Sheja-Arti.  Bhishma read Bhagavat and Dasbodh.


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Post by: saisewika on August 22, 2012, 04:38:47 PM
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February 28, 1912, Wednesday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti & was on my return praying when Dhonde Baba arrived from Poona.  He returned recently from Burmah and I sat talking with him about the health of my friend Tilak and the state of his mind.  It is as good as it can be under the circumstances.  He wishes me to return to my practice at the bar but that depends upon what Sayin Saheb orders.  We held our Panchadasi class and Mr Balasaheb Bhate attended it.

We saw Sayin Saheb go out & later on I went to the Masjid after he returned.  He asked me if Jivamuni would pay. I could not make out what Jivamuni meant but replied that Jivamuni would if ordered.  He said Jivamuni would not. 

He gave me a lot of fruits & sweets.  The midday Arti passed off as usual.  Today was Ekadasi & nobody except myself & Raghunath had a breakfast or the midday meal.  Dhonde Baba also fasted.  He returned to Poona about 4 P.M. with Bhau son of Dada Kelkar.  We then continued our Panchadasi class & in the evening went to see Sayin Maharaj at his stroll.  He was in a very pleased mood walked light, made jokes & so on.  After the Wada Arti Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasbodh.


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Post by: saisewika on August 24, 2012, 11:59:34 AM
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February 29, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

I prayed in the morning and held our usual Panchadasi class.  While we were at it Sayin Baba passed through and we saw him near the Sathé Wada.  He appeared very much tired.  I saw him again after he returned and he appeared to be in a very placid mood.  He said that Balasaheb Bhate was a Khatu, that his wife was a “Saliu ” i..e. weaver & that his son Babu was also a Sali.  Sayin Saheb said further that Wassudeo Kaka, was a Rajput in his former birth and bore the name of Jaising, that he was fond of meat & that Sayin Saheb & others used to make him very angry by asking him if he wanted the head of a goat, that this Jaising had three sons who served in the army and a daughter who turned out bad, became the keep of a Barwar, bore children by him and died thus.

The midday Arti passed off as usual except that Waman Tatya who came after it & wished to worship got a good harvest of hard words.  After the midday meal I lay down for a while & then we continued our Panchadasi class till evening when we went to see Sayin Saheb at his stroll.   

After the wada Arti I went to the Masjid to attend the procession to Chavadhi & the Sheja Arti there.  Sayin Saheb exhibited an angry mood, abused those that had got on to the roof of the Masjid for lighting lamps, and at the time when the procession started he threw his stick at Mrs Tai Jog the wife of Bapusaheb.  At the Chavadhi I thought he would beat Bapusaheb Jog for he approached the latter, held his hands and demanded why arti was done,  but after a while he beat Bala Simpi with his stick and later on TrimbakRao whom he calls Maruti.  Bala Simpi ran away but TrimbakRao receiv ed the blow standing and prostrated himself before Sayin Saheb. I think he received a full measure of favour and got ahead by atleast a stage. Sayin Saheb was talking loudly when we returned.  I sat talking with Balasaheb Bhate. Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasbodh.


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Post by: saisewika on August 24, 2012, 12:03:50 PM
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March 1, 1912, Friday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti &then after prayer held our Panchadasi class but both Bapusaheb Jog & Upasani delayed as they got themselves shaved & we could not actually begin until Sayin Baba went out & we saw him near the Sathe Wada.  When we did actually begin we made progress.  I went to Masjid about 11 A.m. and Sayin Baba seemed to be in a very good mood but looked very much tired.  Trimbak Rao came very much near to abusing Fakir Baba for what appeared to me to be a very trifling matter.

The midday arti passed off as usual. Sayin Baba remembered Mr Dixit, Nanasaheb Chandorkar & Sathe. After meals we continued our Panchadasi class & made good progress. We saw Sayin Baba at his evening stroll & at night there was Bhagavat & Dasabodha read by Bhishma. He also did the Bhajan and Bala Saheb Bhaté attended. A Teli living opposite to us died in the evening. His wife Sattrabai & daughter Gopi used to work as our domestic servants.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 27, 2012, 12:07:46 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 2, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

I prayed & held our Panchadasi class in the morning.  During it we saw Sayin Maharaj go out. When I went to the Masjid about 11 A.m. he said he was ill & complained of pain in the abdomen. There was a band which played today before the Masjid. It was engaged by a Marwadi for a wedding in his house  The midday Arti passed off as usual. Today was Holi. So I invited Bhai, Keshava & Devaji to the midday meal. We had it in a sumptuous style. After it I lay down for a while & then continuing our Panchadasi class we finished  'Tripti Deep' and commenced 'Kutastha deep'.

We saw Sayin Maharaj at the evening stroll & after the Wada Arti, again at the Sheja Arti which passed off with great ease, Sayin Baba being in very good humour.  Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasabodh at night.  Balasaheb Bhate came for Dasbodh.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 27, 2012, 12:10:53 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 3, 1912,  Sunday

Shirdi


I attended the Kakad Arti & Sayin Baba looked pleased and passed into the Masjid without any hard words. Abdulla in trying to remove a hanging lamp by accident, left it so as to drop to the ground & get shattered.  I thought this might anger Sayin Baba but it did not.  He took no notice of it.

We held our Panchadasi class & sat in my room as it was very windy in the verandah.  We saw Sayin Baba go out & again after he returned.  He said that in a former birth I was with him for two or three years, and went into royal service though there was enough at home to live in comfort.  I wished to learn further particulars but Sayin Saheb would not communicate them. The midday Arti passed off as usual and after the midday meal I lay down for sometime & then continued our Panchadasi class. 

In the evening we saw Sayin Saheb go out for his stroll and at night Bhishma had his Bhajan after the Wada Arti. Today one Dr.Ranadé practising at Dhulia has come. He says he is related to the Ranade who used to live opposite to Baba Maharaj. He adds that he met me at Sinhagad. There is also a Bombay gentleman Palsé by caste who says he visited me at Amravati, some years ago.

 
JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 28, 2012, 03:22:09 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 4, 1912, Monday

Shirdi


I got up early in the morning, prayed and held our Panchadasi class.  We saw Sayin Baba go out and about 11 A.m. I went to the Masjid as usual.  Sayin Baba was in a very good mood & sat talking, but he told no story worth recording.


The midday Arti passed off as usual.  My wife was late in going to worship Sayin Saheb, but he very kindly desisted from his meal & let her worship him.  In the afternoon we continued our Panchadasi class till dark when we went to see Sayin Baba at his stroll.  After the Wada Arti there was the Sheja Arti.  There was more music than usual & Sayin Baba was very quiet all through.  At night Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasabodh.  Mr Balasaheb Bhaté was present during the reading of the latter.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 28, 2012, 03:25:08 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 5, 1912, Tuesday

Shirdi


I got up so early that I was able to finish my prayer attend to my morning calls & lie down for about an hour before it was time for Kakad Arti.  I attended it & then held our Panchadasi class but I felt unwell & we could make no progress. My stomach would appear to be out of order & I had two motions.

We saw Sayin Saheb go out & then went to the Masjid when he returned. He did not talk much & the Midday Arti passed off without any incident.  After meal I lay down & slept long. Mr Bapusaheb Jog went with Balasaheb Bhaté to Kopargaon to get their pensions & there was therefore no class in the afternoon.  I was also not well & had motions. I went to see Sayin Maharaj at his evening stroll & on my return felt so sleepy that I lay down, while yet Bhishma was reading Dasbodh.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 28, 2012, 03:31:46 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 6, 1912,  Wednesday

Shirdi


I slept very sound last night & felt correspondingly better in the morning.  After finishing my prayer, we held our Panchadasi class & during it saw Sayin Saheb go out.  We finished the Kutashtha deep & began the Dhyanasdipa. After the class I went to the Masjid as usual and Sayin Baba happened to be in a very good mood.  So I sat serving him.  He said he felt as if tied at the waist, chest & near the neck, that he thought Nagavely leaves were put on his eyes, and  on opening them to find out what the matter was, he was surprised to see something which he could not understand.  He caught a leg of it & then it lay down.  He tried to light his fire but the fuel being not quite dry would not ignite.  He thought he saw four dead bodies removed and could not understand whose they were.  Sayin Saheb kept on speaking in the same strain saying that his left upper & lower jaws were very painful and that he could not even drink water.

The midday Arti passed off as usual & after the meal I lay down for a while and then sat reading Vakyavritti.  Later on we continued our Panchadasi class, till dark & then Saw Sayin Saheb at his stroll.  After the Wada Arti there was the Sheja Arti. The circle of lamp-jets could not be carried in the procession as usual & as placed in the little room where Sayin Saheb sleeps. It caused considerable inconvenience & I do not think Sayin Saheb liked it.  At night Bhishma read Bhagavat & Dasabodha. Balasaheb Bhaté attended the reading of the latter.



JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 29, 2012, 07:26:15 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 7, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti.  Sayin Maharaj was in a very pleased mood & danced as he left the Chavadhi & went towards the Masjid.  We held our Panchadasi class & saw Sayin Baba going our during it.  I went to the Masjid after the class. There was a large crowd.  It gradually thinned.

The midday Arti passed off as usual & after the meal  I lay down for a while. Bandoa want to Rahata for the weekly Bazar. In the afternoon we continued our Panchadasi class.  I did the reading and finished the Dhyanadeepa. Then I went to see the Sayin Saheb at his stroll. He was in a pleased mood.  I returned at Sunset.  At night there was the Wada Arti, & Bhishma read Bhagavat, Dasbodh and then did Bhajan during which he sang some verses from Geeta & Panchadasi of Baba Garde.  Mr Balasaheb Bhate was present during the recital of the latter.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 29, 2012, 07:31:21 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 8, 1912, Friday

Shirdi

In the morning Bhishma & Bandu got up early & had a musical prayer.  It was very helpful.  I prayed & then we had our Panchadasi class.  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out and later on I went to the Masjid.  Sayin Maharaj very kindly called me by name and as soon as I sat down, he commenced a tale of his having had four brothers.  He said he was very young and very intelligent. He used to play at his house which was very big and also at the Ashid Khana which was close by.  Near it used to sit a very old man who would not go into either the Masjid or the Ashuskhana, saying that the place where he lay was his.  His people did not wish it but Sayin Baba used to go to the Asher Khana also & approved of the programme carried out there.  The old man turned out to be his mother’s father & Sayin Baba always carried to him a bread & something to eat it with.  The old man was a leper, lost his fingers & toes and daily grew worse, until at last he refused food & died.  Sayin Baba played near him, did not suspect that death was so near, & talked about it to his mother who went to see her father.  When Sayin Baba went, he found the old man gone & his body converted into rice.  Nobody would take charge of the clothes of the old man.  Later on the rice disappeared, & the old man was born again but associated with mangs.  Sayin Baba gave him food & then the old man was born a third time as the son of Kondaji.  The boy played with Sayin Baba & died a few months ago. 

At the midday Arti Sayin Baba approached me & touched my left arm, and held his hand waist high, just as we do to indicate a young man.  With the other hand he made a sign as we do to indicate a man passing away. He made a sign with his eyes.  I did not understand the whole & puzzled over it all day.  In the afternoon we continued our Panchadasi class, finished Natyadeepa & began Brahmanand. We saw Sayin Baba at his stroll & after the Wada Arti, attended the Sheja Arti. Bhishma finished Bhagavat at night & read Dasbodh. Balasaheb Bhaté came to it.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 31, 2012, 02:49:08 PM
OM SAI RAM


March 9, 1912, Saturday

Shirdi

In the morning I attended the Kakad Arti.  Sayin Saheb appeared to be in very good mood.  He blessed as usual by saying that God was higher than all.  Then he passed away into the Masjid.  I returned, prayed and was making ready for the Panchadasi class when Dhanjisha arrived from Bombay.  He brought very good fruit for Sayin Saheb.  We sat talking, saw Sayin Saheb as he went out.  We held our class, but did not make much progress.

I went to Masjid as usual. Sayin Saheb told the history of two sparrows that were sitting in the niche on the southern side of the “Nimbar ”.  He said the sparrows built their nest there & used to sit as they were sitting at the moment.  Death overtook them.  It came in the form of a serpent which crawled round the “nimbara ” & swallowed them up.  The sparrows are born again now & have built their nest again exactly where it was before & are sitting once more as they used to do. He said he never touched them, nor ever speak to them. 

He accepted Dhanjisha ’s Puja & allowed the garland to remain on him much longer than he ever does. He liked the flowers & ate a few grapes.  Dhanjisha is of course staying with me.  After meals I lay down for a while and then we held our class or rather continued it.  We enjoyed the portion very much.  At sunset we went & saw Sayin Maharaj at his stroll. He was in a pleased mood but said that he did not care for buntings, but he wanted men.  At night Bhishma read “Swamibhava Dinkar ” & Dasbodh. Balasaheb Bhaté also came.  There was also Bhajan.

 

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on August 31, 2012, 02:54:12 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 10, 1912, Sunday

Shirdi
 

I got up early in the morning, prayed and held our Panchadasi class as usual.  Mr Waman Rao Pitale whose father served at Baroda, went away today with his wife, after a stay of a day & requested me particularly to be mentioned to Mr Dixit on the return of the latter.

We saw Sayin Baba go out & I went to the Masjid on his return. He addressed me by name &said that his father was very rich, had money buried in all imaginable places.  Once he had a little difference with his father when he was very young &went away to a place.  It was a broad & thick cactus hedge and he found a large treasure underground there.  Sayin Saheb sat on it & became converted into a big cobra.  He sat on for sometime & then felt inclined to go away.  So he moved away to a neighbouring village and on the way regained his human form.  Then he went to a lane where they killed men. He wandered there but was left unhurt.  Then he went about begging and brought all the treasure trove in.

The midday Arti passed off as usual and when I was returning he said “Look here, be careful.  Some guests will come; do not admit them ” all which meant that I shall have some disturbing influences & I should withstand them.  After the midday meal I lay down for a while & then got a letter from Annasaheb Mutalik saying that Uma has become a lady. There is the religious and the social ceremony to be performed which means expense.  Narayan Kamaukar writes from Amravati to say that they are all very hard pressed for money on all sides. So I understood the necessity of the warning given by Sayin Saheb. 

In the afternoon we continued our class and towards evening went to see Sayin Saheb at his stroll. At night there was the Wada Arti &then Sheja Arti. The circle of fire fell & broke today. Balasaheb Bhaté came at night as usual.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 03, 2012, 04:48:19 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 11, 1912, Monday

Shirdi


The Kakad Arti is done in a musical way and the lamps are waived by all.  This morning the Kakad Arti was done in this way.  Sayin Baba appeared very much pleased, used no hard words & said that his father & mother were there.  He also told us to go to Wada.

On my return I prayed & held our Panchadasi class. The midday Arti passed off as usual & I lay down after meal and in the afternoon continued our Panchadasi class. Towards evening we saw Sayin Saheb at his stroll. He was in a pleased mood. There was the Wada Arti & Bhishma read Swamjibhava Dirkai & Dasbodha and there was Bhajan afterwards.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 03, 2012, 04:54:40 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 12, 1912,  Tuesday

Shirdi

As I finished my prayer in the morning, news came that Nanasaheb Chandorkar was to arrive today.  We held our Panchadasi class & finished the work today.  We had two pomogranades in honour of finishing the book.  We saw Sayin Maharaj go out. 

I went to see him after he returned to the Masjid. As I sat down Sayin Saheb said “People are very ignorant.  When they do not see my physical body they think I am absent.”  He then said that he thought of Pimpalgaon this morning  then met four men from it & they followed him to the Masjid.  The conversation somehow turned to tokens connected with weddings & Sayin Saheb pointing to the new wall that is being built said that there used to be a passage there & a nim tree.  An old man sat there & he was very pious.  He had come from Jalna & did not care to return for over twelve years though his brother & family suffered very much during his absence.  At last he was prevailed upon to return.  He did so on horse-back & Sayin Saheb accompanied him in a  cart.  Arrived at Jalna, the old man stayed with his wife & four grown up sons that he had, & then suddenly decided to marry the daughter of his brother. The wedding took place, though every one laughed it to scorn.  The bride was very young.  At last she grew up, & the old man had a son by her.  Then the old man died when his son grew to six years of age.  The boy was poisoned by Biradars.  The young widow & bereaved mother spent a chaste life,  never remarried & eventually died.  The boy was born again as Babu & died and is now born again in Bombay. Such is the artistic work of God.

 During the midday arti, Nanasaheb Chandorkar ’s family arrived & he followed soon after.  He had a feast & all in the two Wadas were invited.  It was nearly 5 P.M. when we finished.  Baba Palekar came with Nanasaheb.  He came from Amravati & is staying with me. I naturally sat talking with him. My people are very badly off. I attended the evening stroll of Sayin Saheb.  Mr Nanasaheb Chandorkar went with his family after the Wada Arti. After seeing him off I &Balasaheb Bhaté attended the Sheja Arti at the Chavadhi. We at night a Haridas who happened to be here did kirtan telling a tale of telling a tale. The Haridas is from Bhusaval.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 04, 2012, 03:09:56 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 13, 1912, Wednesday

Shirdi

I attended the Kakad Arti & Sayin Saheb appeared very much pleased.  Mr Dixit returned about 9 A.m.  He has come alone leaving his wife behind.  We sat talking & could not hold our Panchadasi class.  Strangely enough I felt sleepy & lay down.

We saw Sayin Maharaj go out and saw him later at the Masjid.  He told a long story which in substance was that an old Patil used to visit him, that four and afterwards as many as twelve Govindas (detectives)used to watch him , that the old man & the Govindas had hard words, and once had a serious scuffle.  Sayin Saheb favoured the old man, visited him in his field & on one occasion hit the Govindas when they attacked him.  At last the old man was moved to a large town for being dealt with, that Sayin Saheb intervened & got him released.  Baba Palekar got permission to take me away, tomorrow or Nu day after.  We held our class in the afternoon & saw Sayin Saheb at his evening stroll. At night there was Ramayan, Swamibhave Dinkar,& Bhajan.

JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 04, 2012, 03:12:43 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 14, 1912, Thursday

Shirdi

 
I got up early, prayed and held our Panchadasi class.  We revised a few of the earlier verses of the first Viveka.  We saw Sayin Saheb go out and I went later to the Masjid on his return.  Baba Palekar went before & obtained permission for me to return to Amravati, tomorrow.  The exact hour of starting appears unsettled.

The midday Arti passed off as usual and after the midday meal I lay down for sometime.  From Satara has come a Shastri to formally announce the news of the puberty of L.Sanshagyavati Uma.  He also Saw Sayin Saheb. In the afternoon we continued our class and towards evening saw Sayin Maharaj at his stroll.  At night there was the Wada Arti & later on the  Shej Arti.  I attended both. Then Bhishma read a little of Swanubhava Dinakar & Dasabodh.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 04, 2012, 03:22:10 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 15, 1912, Friday

Shirdi-Bhusaval

 
I got up early in the morning, prayed and attended the Kakad Arti.  Sayin Baba got up pleased & passed to the Masjid with good words .The Rohila was today in a belicose mood & I heard afterwards that he beat Butya. I went to Masjid with Baba Palekar & Mr Dixit.  Sayin Baba was pacifying the Rohilla & Butya.  After he sat in his usual place Dixit moved about my permission to return to Amravati & it was granted.  So I returned & told my wife to make ready for my departure. She will stay on with Bhishma & Bandu a few days longer at Shirdi.

I held the Panchadasi class & finished the first chapter of it.  Then I attended the midday Arti which passed off as usual.  Mr Chandodkar arrived before it & naturally attended.  I had my meals in company with Dixit, Chandodkar &others.  After the meal I went with Palekar and met Sayin Saheb near the gate of the village.  At his bidding we ran & brought the Udi and took it from him.  He told us to start at once blessing our journey with the words “Allah Bhala Karega ”.  So I hastily said goodbye to Bhate, Joshi, Dada Kelkar, Mr Chandodkar, Upasani, Durgabau. Mrs Kaulgi, & Bapusaheb caught me up soon.  Balaram & young Dixit as well as Ramchandra were there.  Bhai & Keshava could not be found.

We i.e. I & Palekar left by tonga, reached Kopargaon at about 4 P.M. or a little later & sat on the platform till 7 P.M. Many visitors of Shirdi including Navalkar & Dr Ujinky turned up there & we sat talking.  We left by the train which leaves about 7 P.M. & reached Manmad.  There the N.W. passenger was waiting.  So I got into it telling Palekar to take tickets & get in.  The train started soon & I discovered afterwards that he did not get in There was a Traffic Inspector in my  compartment. I told him all. He advised me to go on to Bhushaval & wait for Palekar there. So I did. I am now waiting & have neither a ticket nor a single pie. The Traffic Inspector is a good man but he got down at Jalgaon.  I met Mr Devalé who is a ticket collector here. He advised me to wait either on the platform or in the train for Nagpur which is ready formed.  I decided to do the latter.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 05, 2012, 03:52:25 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 16, 1912,  Sunday

Bhusaval –Amravati


The porter got me up at 5 A.m. & on going to the platform I saw Baba Palekar come in.  He told me that last night after my train left he saw the Manmad station master &explained the situation to him & pointed out how it arose through the remissness of his coaching clerk.  The Station Master was a reasonable man, & at once wired at Company ’s expense to all the inspecting stations viz Bhusaval, Badnera & Amravat to pass me without any trouble. That is how every thing passed off well.  Mr Devalé also came.  Baba Palekar & I left by Nagpur passenger.

 At Shegaon I met Mr Govind Raj ’s son Baba.  He is the Sub Registrar.  I was sorry to learn that Mr Govind Raj is not doing well.  At Akola old Mr Mahajani came into my compartment and travelled to Amravati with me.  We sat talking all the way, about general matters.  He was on his way to attend some committee for moral & religious instruction.  At Amravati Narayan Dhamarkar & Mahadeva were at the station.

On reaching home I met Durge Shastri. He is very weak & nearly blind. Then I bathed & had something to eat.  I tried to lie down but felt it very hot.  So I sat reading the daily papers & wrote.  Kurandikar, Raghunath Rao Tikekar, Ranade, Asnare, Bhau Durani, Kaka Tarubé, Shriram Khatre, GopalRao Dole, V.K.Kalé, & others came to see me during the day & early in the evening and I sat talking with them about my stay at Shiradi, the mode of life there and the spiritual greatness of Sayin Saheb who is constantly present to my mind.  We sat on the terrace for sometime. Gokhalé also came to see me.  I feel tired and will retire early.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 05, 2012, 03:55:25 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 17, 1912, Sunday

Amravati
 

I got up rather late in the morning and after prayer tried to resume my old life.  Some clients turned up and many came to see me.  I sat talking with them.  I wrote a few letters.  Dr. Shahani came and at my suggestion agreed to perform an operation on the left eye of Durge Joshi on Wednesday next.  There is a heavy case offered at Akola. Goré also came with a Brahman from Konkan.  Soon after our midday meal Mr Natekar known as Hamsa came from Akola, with Purohit.  It was very kind of him to do so. He is a holy man, has practised yogic austerties and acquired higher powers.

We sat talking with him. His experiences in Himalaya are unique and I never appear to tire of hearing about them. V.K.Kale and Karandikar came to go to our Theosophic lodge but having Hamsa with me I did not go.  Towards evening Hamsa went out for a little airing. He had fever & colic yesterday & the day before. ,He had a little of it even today.  I sat upstairs talking with Bamangaonkar, Waman Rao Joshi, Bhow Durrani, Baba Palekar Shriram & others. Hamsa intends going away tomorrow.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 06, 2012, 06:59:39 PM
OM SAI RAM

March 18, 1912, Monday

Amravati
 
The spiritual surroundings of Shirdi are not here and I find myself considerably inconvenienced though Hamsa is under the roof & he has a good powerful aura.  I wished to get up as I used to do at Shirdi but could not and it was with great effort that I could finish my prayers before sunrise.  Then I looked into today ’s appeal and dressing early & eating something went to court.  I met Mr Browne near his court and going into it got time in a case to put in our written statement.  Then I went to the Court of Mr Price &found him busy with a session ’s case.  He could not hear the appeals so my work was finished. I went to the Bar Room & found Palekar who accompanied me to Court, there sitting.  I sat talking & gave him three rupees to be made over to the secretary of the complimentary dinner to Major Morris. Tambe, Darule, & Bhide came there, also Mr Narayan Rao Ketkar. After talking with them, I returned home with Gopalrao Dole & Darule. Dole went to court with me in the earlier part of the day.   

On returning home I sat talking with Hamsa & the people who came to see him.  He was feeling slightly unwell.  Later on he felt better.  Then we went to Baba Palekar ’s house where Hamsa had some milk and fruits. Thence we went to the Railway station where I saw Nabob of Deolghat, old Mr Mahajani & a number of others. Hamsa went by the evening mail to Mortugapur with Purohit. My son Baba & a few others went to Badura with Hamsa, and I returned home.  I sat upstairs, talking with such as came. Kurandikar, V.K.Kale, Waman Rao Joshi, Jayarum Patil & others. Later on I received a letter from W.V.Joshi asking me to absent myself from Morris ’ party on the ground that Mr Sly & others would not like it.  I do not understand the situation.  It is a party by the Bar & Bench & I have every right to attend it. And does it matter if Mr Sly & others do not like it. We sat talking for a long time. Durrani, Palekar, Gokhale, Wamanrao Joshi, Jaram Patil & others.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 06, 2012, 07:03:29 PM
OM SAI RAM

June 4, 1912, Tuesday

Amravati

In the morning I got up early, prayed &sitting in the hall hunted up authorities from the Registration Act.  Mr Asga Hussain came later on & I drafted a petition for him to present at Yeotwal.  After the midday meal I lay down but could not rest So I got up & sat reading. Kelkar has put in a very good protest in the Maharalta against the action of the Bombay government in demanding security from Kesari. He has given translations of the alleged offending articles. The translations admit of improvement & I thought of making the necessary amendments but for want of reference books &on account of the excessive heat of the day I put off the work to tomorrow.  I had my constitutional with V.K.Kale & then sat talking with Buruangaonkar, Kesarisa and Bwaji.

I have received today a letter written by Madhavarao Deshpande of Shirdi at the request of Sayin Maharaj ordering me to try and get Mr Karkhanis to take his wife back and treat her well. Sayin Maharaj says she is a very fortunate woman and her presence will do him (Karkhanis)& me good. Karkhanis not here. I shall speak to him & do my best when he returns at the end of the present vacation.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 10, 2012, 02:58:30 PM
OM SAI RAM

June 5, 1912, Wednesday

Amravati

I got up somewhat earlier than usual, prayed and after spending sometime in walking in the verandah, sat in the hall. There were many letters to write in connection with the orders of Sayin Baba about Mrs Karkhanis.  I wrote to Madhavarao Deshpandé, & Gopal Rao Joshi at Shirdi & also to Sayin Baba himself.  Then I wrote to the father of Mrs Karkhanis.

After the midday meal I lay down for a short while and then sat reading. I also wrote a few letters in the afternoon. V.K.Kale came earlier on purpose to read chapters of the Upanishad but Mr Bhowjee Peshvé father of the pleader Peshavé of Yeotwal came & we sat talking.  Poor Peshwe has his brain affected.  He does no work and what is the worst of all, hates his own people & relations.  The old father naturally feels very anxious.  I had my evening constitutional with him and V.K.Kale.  Bamangaonkar also came.  We read a part of the essay written by V.K.Kale & also Mandukya.  There were many clients.  I told them to come tomorrow morning.  At night Bwaji & Jayavantrao came & we sat talking.



JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 10, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
OM SAI RAM

June 17. 1912,  Monday

Amravati

I got up early, prayed, & sitting in the hall,  drafted two appeal memos and later on with the help of Mr Asgar Hussain a petition for the Yeotwal client.  This took up the whole of the morning.  After the midday meal I lay down but found it too close and warm to rest.  So I got up & sat reading.  It came on to rain in the afternoon &continued to rain till night fall.  A man from Karanja came & told a long story,  how there was a small association of young men to help the blind, lame & poor, how it expanded collected small funds & deposited them first with Bapusaheb Ghude, then with Jodha & how finally one Paloskar got hold of it and never satisfactorily accounted for it.  The police have got trace of it and they are making enquiries.

Later on V.K.Kale, Asnare, Godbole & our usual people came and we sat talking.  The suit against Mudholkar has been filed.  It is said to be for accounts. Then Mr Karkhanis came.  I gave him Madhavarao Deshpande ’s letter written at Sayin Maharaja ’s request to read.  He said he had great reverence for Sayin Maharaj & would obey him in every thing except the matter of his wife.  I asked him to go &see Sayin Maharaj.  He replied he would not do so now. At last I asked him to daily adore Sayin Maharaj & he agreed to do so.  After he went Bwaji came &we sat talking.  He brought a shoe-maker who measured my foot & said he would make a slipper for me.  Though it did not rain much, we feel pleased & cool.



JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 13, 2012, 01:14:26 PM
OM SAI RAM

June 18, 1912, Tuesday

Amravati
 

In the morning I got up early, prayed, and noted the authorities in Mutsui Bhushan Kuisha ’s case.  I also looked into the papers of the evidence case before Mr Paranjape today.  After an early breakfast I went to court with my son Baba & Bhaw Durrani.  The case before Mr Price was adjourned.  I appeared before Mr Paranjapé.  The other side had only two witnesses of whom they examined only one &the case was adjourned. I then went to the Bar Room, looked for Kanga who could not be found and proceeded to the Small cause court.  I had to wait there for about two hours & more.  Mr Kanga turned up after 3 P.M. Then the case was argued & he had to admit one of our points.  The case was adjourned and I returned home.

 Asnare was there but he appears for the other side.  In the evening V.K.Kale, Asnare, Shamrao Deshpande, Karandikar & others came & we sat talking.  I forgot to mention above that my third son Balvant returned this morning from Satara.  He stayed a few days at Poona on the way and saw the Tilak family.  He lived at Poona with Mr Bhusari. I wrote a letter to Madhavarao Deshpande of Shirdi giving full account of my interview with Karkhanis yesterday.



JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 13, 2012, 01:18:05 PM
OM SAI RAM

July 27, 1912, Saturday

Nagpur

I got up early in the morning &said my prayers walking in the garden.  It used to rain a bit off & on, and I had to seek shelter either under a tree or in a verandah.  While I was bathing Mr Nilkanth Rao Uddhavaji came with Mr Pandit and his adopted son Bhaiya & we sat talking.

 He was much interested in my visit to & stay at Shirdi & the talk was naturally about Sayin Maharaj.  He invited me, Gopalrao Bootee & Dorle to the midday meal at his house tomorrow & we accepted the invitation on condition of his staying for breakfast with us which he did.  The meal was late & after it I lay down and was awakened by the arrival of Bhagirath Prasad, Ballal and Narayan Rao Alekar. We sat talking. Mr Nilkanthrao went away with Alekar. Later on I went with Dorle and Bhairulal who had come, to Dr Moonje ’s house. We sat talking there with a number of friends & then went to the Kirtan in Ramamandir. It was by one Ghule but was a poor performance. We slept with Dr Moorjé.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 14, 2012, 02:32:20 PM
OM SAI RAM

July 4, 1913, Friday

Amravati

In the morning I got up as usual prayed and wrote a few letters.  Godbole came.  After food I went to court with Godbole and appeared before Mr Morris.  There was only one appeal that I had and it was soon finished as it was purely on evidence.   Deshpande appeared on the other side.  After it I signed a few papers and returned home & sat reading.  The Guruashta of Shiralal Motilal of Hyderabad came to see me and sat talking.  He is fond of Vedanta.  While he was sitting Asnaré came and read out to me the story of King Avikshet. He wishes to dramatize it for being acted at the ensuing Ganpati Festival at Elichpur. It is a beautiful story and will be very interesting. We sat talking about it. Durrani came but went away very soon. The managing committee has revised the rules of the Berar Education Society. They would have to be submitted to and passed by the general body. I had my constitutional with Mirza Yad ali Beg. Appasaheb Watave came later on & I sat talking with him. It being Friday there was no class today.

Trimbak Rao who used to serve Sayin Maharaj when I was at Shirdi came today in the after noon. He says he is going to Jagannath, & has completely changed his usual dress. He puts on now the kind of long shirt that Sayin Maharaj does and eats with it on.

 
JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 14, 2012, 02:37:19 PM
OM SAI RAM

July 14, 1914, Tuesday

Nagpur –Amravati

We reached Nagpur about 7 A.m.  L.C.Bupat was in the train joined it at Wardha.  He, I & Dorle drove in Bootees carriage.  He got down near Bootees Mahal & I with Gopal Rao Dorle proceeded to the Wada.  I sat looking into today ’s second appeal. The clients came & paid.  After food I & Dorle went to court &our case was soon called. Sir B.K.Bhose was engaged on our side. Dillon, Joshi and Abhyankar appeared on the other side.  Sir B addressed the court and argued the case very ably. Mr Dillon replied & Joshi also added, as he said, a few words but they got lengthened into a speech.  All this took the whole and it was nearly 5 P.M. when we finished.

We drove to Bootee ’s Wada. L.C.Bapat again went away somewhere near the Rajaram Library. Mr Abhyaonkar came to see me & we sat talking for a long time.  It came on to rain also.  Dr.Moonja came later & sat talking about election matters. Savat Ram Rampratip ’s agent came to see us & we sat talking.  Ganpat Rao Narké is here.  So are all the children.  Gopal Rao Bootee is at Shirdi.  I had a long talk with Ganpat Rao Narké about Sayin Maharaj of Shirdi.  He is a great living saint. I & Dorle drove to the Railway station at 9 P.M. & got into the 9.50 P.M. We reached here about daybreak. At Badera I met Bedorkar Kanga & others going to Nagpur.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 17, 2012, 03:46:06 PM
OM SAI RAM

December 29, 1915, Wednesday

Shirdi
 

I was awakened about 3.30 A.m. at Manmad and put into the train for Kopargaon.  I prayed in the train & on getting down at Kopergaon before day break,  met Dr Deshpande who is in charge at the Dispensary at Kopergaon.  I did not know him before.  I gave him & his son a lift up to his Dispensary and he gave me a hot cup of tea & something to eat. There was a great mist & I drove in it to Kopargaon reaching it about 9 A.m.  My wife and children were there.

I went to the Masjid with Madhavarao Deshpande and made my Namaskar to Sayin Maharaj.  His health is very poor. He is much bothered by cough.  I got the Morchal at Puja.  The day here passes very easy.  G.M.Bootee alias Bapusaheb is here with his master & Gurashta.  Kakasaheb Dixit, Bapusaheb Jog,  Balasaheb Bhate & all old friends are here, & I am exceedingly happy.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 17, 2012, 03:49:21 PM
OM SAI RAM

December 30, 1915, Thursday

Shirdi

I got up as usual in the morning, prayed and sat talking with one Karnik who turned out to be related to the late Amrit Rao Abaji.  I sat talking with Fakir Baba who has advanced wonderfully and appears to be on the point of being permanently admitted to the spiritual hierarchy.  I sat talking with him. Sayin Maharaj is getting slightly better. I did the Naivedya and Puja today.  There were about a hundred people invited to breakfast which was very late.  In fact we finished about 4 P.M.  MadhavaRao Deshpande was as usual very useful. 

Bapu Saheb Bootee ’s Wada is progressing beautifully.  It is a stone building & very strong & very convenient for occupation.  There was Chavadhi today & I attended it with Morchal.  Ayisaheb is also unwell.  Mr P.Haté went today to Kalyana as his son in law is said to be unwell.  Sayin Baba gave him a full coconut.  So I think the young man will recover.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 17, 2012, 03:53:06 PM
OM SAI RAM


December 31, 1915, Friday

Shirdi –Bhusaval

I wished to go to Masjid for Kakad Arti but felt disinclined at the last moment &did not go.  After morning prayer when I was going to the Masjid Rao Bahadur Sathé got hold of me & took me to his Madi.  There some eight gentlemen assembled & told me that the arrangements they wished to make for the Samsthana of Sayin Baba.  They have a good scheme &  I made the suggestion that they should make no endeavour to collect monies from those whom Sayin Baba gave them.  They approved of my advise.  All this took time & we were late for Arti, but we went in time and I had the chavar or rather mayur piccha. 

After food I went with Madhava Rao Deshpande and got permission without any difficulty for returning.  My wife, Manu Tai, Uma & children will remain behind.  In the compound of the Masjid I met Wassudeorao Dada Piriplekar of Malkapur & Mr Bhagavat Executive Enquirer of Kopargaon.  I made ready and left by Balabhau ’s Tonga, reached Kopargaon had a talk with the station master.  His assistant was at one time at Amravati.  I got into 6.30 P.M. train reached Manmad & got into the passenger that leaves at 8.30 P.M.  I had a compartment all the way to myself and reached Bhusaval about 4 a.m. & put up in the waiting room.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 19, 2012, 04:08:20 PM
OM SAI RAM
 

LOKMANYA TILAK’S VISIT TO SHIRDI FROM SANGAMNER 19-5-17

Shirdi-

I got up early in the morning, but so many people gathered that I could not pray.  There was a movement to keep us here and not let us go till after noon and Kelkar appeared to throw his weight on the side of the movement, but most unaccountably I felt angry and insisted upon starting.  So after a Pansupari in the house of Mr. Sant, a leading pleader of Sangamner, we started about 8-30 a.m. 

We reached Shirdi, about 10 a.m., after a puncture of the way.  We put up in Dixit’s Wada.  Bapu Sahib Bootee, Narayan Rao Pandit, and the establishment of Bootee were there.  My old friends Madhawrao Deshpande, Balasahib Bhate, Bapusahib Jog, and others gathered.  We went to Musjid and paid our respects to Sayin Maharaj.  I never saw him so much pleased before. 

He asked for Daxina as usual and we all paid. Looking at Lokamanya he said, “People are bad, keep yourself to yourself.” I made my bow and he took some rupees from me. Kelkar and Paregonkar also paid. Madhavrao Deshpande asked permission for us to proceed to Yeola.  Sain Sahib said “Why do you want to go in the heat to die on the way? Have your food here and then go in the cool of the afternoon. Shama, feed these people”.  So we stayed, had our food with Madhavrao Deshpande, lay down for a few minutes and then again went to the Musjid and found Sayin Maharaj lying down as if sleeping. People gave Lokmanya a Pansupari in the Chawadi there and we returned to the Musjid again.  Sayin Maharaj was sitting up and gave us udi and permission to go, so we started by the motor.


JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 21, 2012, 04:36:48 PM
OM SAI RAM


APPENDIX 1 more about “SHIRDI DIARY” OF DADASAHEB KHAPARDE by V.B.Kher


Since August 1985, the “Shirdi Diary” of the Hon’ble Mr.Ganesh Shrikrishna Khaparde is being featured in the issues of Shri Sai Leela month after month.  The “extracts” of Shirdi Diary reproduced therein first appeared in Shri Sai Leela in 1924-25.  I deliberately refer to what was published as “extracts” for I am not sure that the whole of Shirdi Diary has yet seen the light of the day.  When the Shirdi Diary was first serialized in Shri Sai Leela, G.S.Khaparde the right hand man of the late Lokamanya Tilak had retired from the center of political activity to its periphery, with the rise on the political firmament of Mahatma Gandhi who had cast a spell on the Indian National Congress and the masses.  Sai Baba the Sadguru and spiritual mentor of Khaparde had also passed away and Khaparde was in semi-retirement.  He had ample time to look back on his life and think of his interests which he could not pursue in the midst of his hectic political life as an activist and a leader.  So it was with his permission and knowledge that the Shirdi Diary made its appearance in the issues of earlier years of Shirdi Sai Leela i.e. 1924-25.  The reader may rightly raise the question on what basis I make this assertion. And he would be justified in doing so. I have to answer this query and place material available at my disposal before the reader.

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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 21, 2012, 04:42:14 PM
OM SAI RAM


Fortunately for all of us Balkrishna alias Babasaheb Khaparde, the eldest son of G.S.Khaparde authored a biography of his father. The biography is written in Marathi and was first published in 1962*. In the preface, the author has stated candidly at the outset that the book is “not a biography but edited material gathered from Dadasaheb Khaparde’s diaries for the purpose of the biography”.

The hero of the biography was born on 27th August, 1854 on the day of Ganesh Chaturthi and was therefore named after the Lord of the Ganas. We shall now touch upon the early life of Ganesh only in passing. His father Shrikrishna Narhar alias Bapusaheb who had experienced poverty in his childhood had by his enterprise and dint of hard work risen to the position of a Tahasildar (Mamledar) in the Brithish Raj in the Province of C.P. & Berar. Ganesh had his primary and secondary education in Nagpur and Amraoti. He failed twice in Matriculation because he was more interested in study of subjects and books other than those prescribed in the curriculum. Besides, he was weak in mathematics. After matriculating in 1872, he joined the Elphinstone College in Bombay. He was a favourite student of Dr. Ramakrishna Bhandarkar who was the Professor of Sanskrit. Ganesh had studied Sanskrit extensively in a traditional manner under a shastri during his childhood at Akola and had, therefore, an excellent grounding in the subject. Moreover, he was a voracious reader of the Sanskrit literature, and before joining the Elphinstone College had already poured over Bana’s Kadambari and Bhavabhuti’s Uttararama Charita. So found the Sanskrit taught in the College a child’s play. He also enjoyed reading English literature. Professor Wordsworth who taught him English was the grandson of Willliam Wordsworth, the famous nature-poet of the English language. Under these two professors he acquired a sound knowledge of these two languages. In fact his knowledge of Sanskrit was so good that he was selected unanimously to debate in Sanskrit with Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj, when the latter visited the Elphinstone College. No wonder that Ganesh was complimented by the Swami himself on his high standard of performance.


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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 24, 2012, 12:52:33 PM
OM SAI RAM

Dadasaheb as Ganesh came to be known in his later life became first a junior fellow and then a senior fellow in the Elphinstone College and in these capacities assisted in teaching Sanskrit and English. It may be stated here that Dadasaheb was a born linguist for he was at home in other languages like Gujarathi and was an orator of no mean order in all these languages. Following graduation, Dadasaheb majored in law in 1884 and soon commenced his legal practice. After an early stint commenced as a munsiff between 1885 and 1889, he returned to the bar and soon eastablished a name as a leading lawyer. From 1890, he started participating in public life and became the President of the District Council in 1890.


By 1897, when the annual session of the Indian National Congress was held in Amraoti, he had become a prominent figure in the national life and was elected as the Chairman of the Reception Committee. We will now go back a little in time and see how and when Dadasaheb started maintaining his diary of daily events and how many such diaries of his are available.


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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 24, 2012, 12:54:55 PM
OM SAI RAM


A pocket diary of 1879 of Dadasaheb has been found. Though there are some important entries in it, many of its pages are blank and there are only stray sentences on some pages. However from the year 1894 upto 1938 fortyfive diaries maintained by Dadasaheb Khaparde in his own hand are available. Thus in all forty-six diaries are extant which are lodged in the National Archives. It appears that no diary prior to 1879 or between 1880 to 1893 was kept by him. Of the diaries of 1894 to 1938, excepting the one of 1938 which is a “National Diary” of Indian make, four are “Collins Diaries” and the remaining “Lates Diaries” made abroad. During the first world war “Lates diaries” were not to be had and so those of another make were pressed into service. Each diary is 12.5″ long and 8″ broad with one page for each day and weighs 4 lbs. and 26 tolas.


Dadasaheb carried his diary with him in travel. It was his regular habit to record entries pertaining to the day in the diary before retiring to sleep at night and he observed this rule meticulously. There are many entries which show that he wrote the record of the day at midnight, or even after midnight at 1 a.m or 2 a.m. in the waiting room of railway stations before going to bed. As he found it inconvenient in later years to record the day’s events before lying down to rest at night, he began to record the previous day’s events the next morning. So references to his dreams , visions and sound sleep are found in these diaries. Whether the event was trivial or important, an entry about it is to be found in his daily record. The names of his visitors, the gist of their conversation and dialogues with important entries, in question and answer with form, in details, are faithfully entered in bold, neat and legible hand writing without any erasing or overwriting page after page. Even when he was indisposed, he did not fail to write his diary. Only on the day of his demise i.e 1st July 1938 and the day before he did not make any entries, the last entry being of 29th June, 1938.

Dadasaheb Khaparde visited Shirdi in all five times during Sai Baba’s life time. The chronological dates of his visit to Shirdi and the period of his stay there are as given below:

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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 25, 2012, 09:40:18 AM
OM SAI RAM


First Visit – From 5th December, 1910 to 12th December 1910.

Second Visit – From 6th December, 1911to 15th March, 1912.

Third Visit – From 29th December, 1915 to 31st December, 1915.

Fourth Visit – On 19th May, 1917 in the company of Lokamanya Tilak.

Fifth Visit – A short cisit of unspecified number of days in March, 1918.

Let us now consider each visit separately and see what information is available in the biography of Dadasaheb Khaparde in addition to what is already published so far in earlier volumes of Shri Sai Leela in 1924-25.

First visit in December, 1910

Dadasaheb Khaparde arrived in Bombay from Pune and with his eldest son Balakrishna went to Shirdi on 5th December. He stayed there for seven days and on getting permission from Sai Baba to depart on 12th December, arrived in Akola on 13th December. Normally, he travelled by the first class in days when there were three to four classes of railway travel. However, on this occasion as he did not have sufficient money on his person, he travelled by the second class and reached Amraoti on 19th December via Akot. It is recorded that he walked down from Amraoti railway station to his residence! That a person of Dadasaheb’s standing should even have no money to hire a vehicle to go to his residence may cause great surprise. Dadasaheb’s annual income by way of legal practice at one time was of the order of rupees 90,000 to 95,000 when there was no income-tax legislation and living was cheap. Yet the state of affairs described above was inevitable in the circumstances as Dadasaheb lived beyond his means.

At one time, he had seven horses including two Australian-bred; two carriages, one state and the other ordinary, with staff to look after them. He was generous to a fault and gave shelter to a number of families. He kept an open house and his house was always full of guests on whom he spent lavishly for their comfort and entertainment including nautch parties! Now the reader can appreciate why he had to foot the distance from the railway station to his residence. The account of this visit as reported in Shri Sai Leela appears to be complete on comparison with the narration in the biography.

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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 25, 2012, 09:44:07 AM
OM SAI RAM


Second visit in December, 1911

The second visit of Dadasaheb Khaparde to Shirdi was the longest, his stay extending to hundred days. This is significant and needs examination in some details for inspite of the desire of Dadasaheb and his wife to return to Amraoti time and again, Sai Baba detained them in Shirdi and would not let them go. And since Dadasaheb had implicit faith in his Sadguru, Dadasaheb dutifully obeyed the orders of Sai Baba believing and knowing full well that Baba’s decision was in his interest.

Now what could have been the reason for Sai baba keeping Dadasaheb for such a long time in Shirdi? The readers are aware that Dadasaheb Khaparde was a prominent aide and supporter of Lokamanya Tilak. Tilak had been arrested on 24th June, 1908 and tried on the charge of sedition. His trial began on 13th July, 1908, and he was convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment on 22nd July, 1908. Within a few days thereafter, i.e on 15th August 1908, Dadasaheb sailed for England to prefer an appeal to the Privy Council against the judgment of the Bombay High Court convicting Lokamanya. He reached Dover on 31st August, 1908 and immediately proceeded to London. As planned he filed a petition in the Privy Council but the Privy Council refused leave to appeal against the Bombay High Court’s judgment. The next move of Khaparde to appeal to the House of Lords failed for lack of support. A memorial sent to Lord Morley, the Secretary of State for India also proved futile, Khaparde sailed for India via Rangoon on 15th September 1910 after a stay of over two years in England. He had left no stone unturned to get the judgment against Tilak reversed. He had gone at his own expense to England to campaign for leader’s release. His Herculean labour in England brings out not only his qualities of loyalty and devotion to his leader but also selflessness and the price he was prepared to pay in terms of energy, time and expense for a cause he believed to be just. Dadasaheb’s mother passed away on 27th September, 1910 while he was on the high seas. Khaparde reached Rangoon on 16.10.1910 and met Tilak in Mandalay Jail on 22.10.1910. Having reached Calcutta on 27.10.1910, he returned home on 5.1.1910 after an absence of two years, two months and twenty two days.

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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 27, 2012, 11:21:28 AM
OM SAI RAM



We have already seen that Dadasaheb paid his first visit to Shirdi within a month of his return from England. That visit lasted only for a week. However, the political situation had deteriorated within months thereof and the Government was accelerating its policy of repression to supress the national movement. An indication of this was the arrest on 7th October, 1911 of Bipin Chandra Pal as soon as the steamer by which he was travelling from England to Bombay, touched Bombay, and his prosecution for sedition.

Since Khaparde had been agitating for the release of Lokmanya, he was on the black list of the Government and his arrest was imminent. In fact, Khaparde’s eldest son had been to Simla at this time to gather, if possible, first hand information about the Government’s intention.

All this must have been seen by Sai Baba with his clairovoyant vision for nothing in this world was either unkown to him or escaped his attention.  That in fact Sai Baba hinted in his symbolical language about this is clear from the following excerpt dated 29th December, 1911 from the Shirdi Diary:  ”He (Sayin Baba) sent me a word this afternoon that I have to stay another two months.  He confirmed this message in the afternoon and said that his ‘Udi’ had great spiritual properties.  He told my wife that Government came with a lance, that Sayin Baba had a trishul with him and drove him out and that he finally conciliated the Governor. The language is highly figurative and thereafter difficult to interpret.”


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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 27, 2012, 11:26:08 AM
OM SAI RAM


Babasaheb Khaparde, in the biography of his father interpretes “Udi” as the grace of Sai Baba, “Lance” of the “Governor” as “arrest warrants” and “trishul” as Baba’s divine power.

There is also a reference in the entry of 29.12.1911 of Shirdi diary to “Mr. Natekar”, also called “Hamsa” and also “Swami”.  Hamsa was slight and fair and had sharp features, a sweet voice and a gift of the gab as well.  He had ingratiated himself into the favour of Khapardes by impressing them with his professed holiness and tales of his travels and wandering in the Himalayas and Manas Sarovar.  While Dadasaheb was away in England, he enjoyed the hospitality of Khaparde family for a month.  Some time in 1913,  it was discovered that nine diaries of Dadasaheb were found stolen from a wooden box which was locked but they were later returned by the Government as they did not find any incriminating material therein.

 Long after this incidient Khapardes learnt that “Hamsa” was a CID detective planted by the Government in their household who had followed Dadasaheb to Shirdi to gather information about his activities there. In his entry of 14th June, 1913 Dadasaheb records, “Hamsa” appears to have taken in many on the pretext of being a sadhu”. It is not without significance that the above quoted remarks about “Udi” and repelling the Governor with “trishul” appear in the entry of 29.12.1911 while “Hamsa” was in Shirdi. No wonder Sai Baba must have known about the machinations of Hamsa and used his powers to ward off any danger to his faithful devotee.



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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 28, 2012, 04:50:28 PM
OM SAI RAM


The diary of this period had been published in Shri Sai leela in 1924-25. However the published extracts are incomplete in some respects and suffer from some omissions altogether. Let us see what these deficiencies are.

Entry of 8th December, 1911:The following lines are missing from the entry of this date.

“Madhavrao Deshpande was here and fell asleep. I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears what I only read about but never experienced. With every outgoing and indrawing breath of Madhavrao Deshpande comes the clear sound of ‘Sayin Nath Maharaj, Sayin Nath Baba’. This sound is as clear as can be and when Madhavrao snores the words can be heard at a distance. This is really wonderful.”

Entries of 12th to 15th March,1912:-

The following sentences are missing from the entries of 12th and 13th March, 1912 and have been rendered into English from the biography in Mararhi.

12th March-

“We finished reading Panchadashi in the class to-day. So we celebrated the occasion with two pomegranates.

“Baba Palekar* came from Amraoti and said that my family members there are in bad straits.”

13th March-

“Baba Palekar has obtained permission from Sayin Baba to take me away either to-morrow or the dayafter.”

Entries of 14th and 15th March, 1912 are totally omitted from the Diary published in Shri Sai Leela. The entries reproduced below are taken from the biography in Marathi and rendered into English.

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JAI SAI RAM
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on September 28, 2012, 04:53:31 PM
OM SAI RAM


14th March-

“Baba Palekar went before me and obtained permission to take me.”

15th March-

“I, Baba Palekar and Dikshit went to the Musjid. Dikshit broached the topic of my returning to Amraoti and after Sayin Baba gave permission I returned and asked my wife to do my packing. She will however stay back along with Bhishma and Bandu. After lunch I and Palekar went to see Sayin Baba. We met him near the village gate and on his orders went back, brought some “Udi” and accepted it from his hands. He asked us to leave immediately and blessed us with the words “God will bless you.” We left by 7 p.m. train and reached Manmad. The passenger was standing on the adjoining platform. We got into it. I sent Palekar for buying our tickets. In the mean time the train started and Palekar missed the train. The traffic Inspector was in my compartment. I explained to him the whole situation. He suggested that I should go to Bhusaval and wait for Palekar there. I did accordingly. Now I am here (on Bhusaval station) waiting for Palekar; I have neither a ticket not any money”.

Palekar joined Khaparde at Bhusaval and both travelled by the train bound for Nagpur. Khaparde reached Amraoti on 16th March. He had left his heart behind in Shirdi as can be seen in his entry of 18th March, 1912 taken from the biography in marathi and rendered into English.

“The spiritual atmosphere of Shirdi is lacking here. And I feel the loss greatly. I desired to rise early as I used to do in Shirdi but could not do so. And I had to strain myself for reciting the morning Stotras."

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 01, 2012, 10:24:08 AM
OM SAI RAM


Third visit in December 1915: Dadasaheb Khaparde went to Thane to meet his friend Baba Gupte and from there reached Shirdi via Manmad on 29th December. Mrs. Khaparde and other members of his family had also arrived directly in Shirdi. Dadasaheb obtained permission on 31.12.1915 to return to Amraoti. So he left but Mrs. Khaparde and others remained behind. Khaparde was very happy to have visited Shirdi as will be seen from some excerpts reproduced in the biography in Marathi which are rendered here into English.

Entry of 29th December:

“I went to Shirdi from Kopargaon by tonga and reached there at 9 a.m. There were many dangers on the way. My wife and the children were already in Shirdi. I went to the Musjid and saluted Sayin Baba. His health has greatly deteriorated. I held the Morchel during the puja. The day passes off here easily. Gopalrao alias Bapusaheb Buti is here. Kakasaheb Dixit, Balasaheb Bhate and all other old friends too are here. I am extremely happy.”

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 01, 2012, 10:27:13 AM
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Entry of 30 December:

“Today I performed puja and offered Naivedya. About 100 persons were present for the prasad. The meal was excellent and was somewhat late around 4 p.m. The construction work of Buti’s wada is progressing well. There was chavadi procession to-day and I stood with the Morchel in my hand.”

Entry of 31st December

After meals I went with Madhavrao Deshpande and obtained permission to depart without any difficulty. My wife, Manutai, Uma and the Children will be staying back.

Fourth visit on 19th May, 1917

This brief visit of half a day to Shirdi by Dadasaheb in the company of Lokamanya Tilak was designed with a view to taking Lokamanya to Sayin Baba and obtain his blessings, for his own leader. The account which appeared in Shri Sai Leela is nearly complete.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 02, 2012, 11:46:01 AM
OM SAI RAM


No dates of this unscheduled visit of Dadasaheb to Shirdi are indicated in the biography in Marathi.  However, this visit of an unspecified number of days was with a purpose.  Dadasaheb was to proceed to England with the Congress deputation for pressing the demand for Home Rule and has come to Delhi in this connection.  Before leaving Delhi, he called on Sir Sankaran Nair, who had presided over the annual session of the Congress held at Amraoti in 1897 when Dadasaheb Khaparde was the Chairman of the Reception commitee.  On or about 1918 Sir Sankaran Nair had joined the Executive Council of the Viceroy of India and he had some doubts about the prudence of the step he had taken. So he requested Khaparde to seek the opinion and guidance of Sayin Maharaj about his own action as will be seen from the following undated excerpt given in the biography.

“Saw Shankaran Nair. He was very glad to see me and sat talking for a long time.  He asked me to put the following questions to Sayin Maharaj of Shirdi on his behalf.  Whether it would be well for him to continue in service. Whether he is going spiritually wrong. If so, would Sayin Maharaj put him right. I promised to put the questions and write to him what Sayin Maharaj says.”

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 02, 2012, 11:50:49 AM
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The biographer of Dadasaheb Khaparde adds that Dadasaheb returned to Amraoti, via Shirdi after Sayin Baba’s darshan and blessings.  The biographer further comments that there is no mention in the diary of what transpired in the talk with Sayin Baba about Sir Sankaran Nair’s** queries.  Posibly it was decided to maintain secrecy about this and Dadasaheb must have hnoured the commitment.  This is an example of deliberate omission of secrets from the diary.  Now that the original diaries of Dadasaheb Khaparde are with the National Archives, any further research into these diaries must await a search and inspection of these diaries.
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** Mr. K.P.S. Menon, I.C.S. the son-in-law of Sir Sankaran Nair in the biography of his father-in-law published by Publications Division of Government of India in November 1967 states that Sir Sankaran was appointed Member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council in the middle of 1915 (p.55) but resigned in protest against the massacre of Jallianwala Baug in 1919 (pp. 104-105). Sir Sankaran was a confirmed believer in Yoga (p.133) and his mind turned more and more to religion (p.137).He passed away on 24-4-1934 after a car accident in which he sustained a head injury (p.138
Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 03, 2012, 04:21:51 PM
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APPENDIX 2-

SHIRDI DIARY AND MRS.LAXMIBAI GANESH KHAPARDE

by V.B.Kher



Mrs. Laxmibai Ganesh Khaparde was a devotee favoured by Shri Baba and initiated by him. The story of her rinanubandha with Sai and her initiation at his hands is narrated in verses 139-69 of twenty-seventh canto of Shri Sai-Sat-Charita. Similarly in verses 100 to 110 of seventh canto the story of how Baba took upon himself the karmic suffering of her son’s infection of plague and relieved her of all anxiety is told. We shall first narrate the stories and then examine the references in the Shirdi Diary to these and other incidents not touched upon in Shri Sai-Sat-Charita. Then we shall trace an outline of her life story till her end which the reader will find very moving. Her end was not only peaceful but she was blessed with darshan by her Sadguru Saibaba. What higher joy can a devotee of Sai expect ? So now let us begin with her story of rinanubandha and initiation.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 03, 2012, 04:25:36 PM
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“Once Dadasaheb came to Shirdi with his family and was absorbed in the love of Baba.  Khaparde was no ordinary person.  He was very learned, yet before Baba he bowed in veneration.  Well versed in English education, he enjoyed a high reputation in the Supreme Legislative Council and the Council of State as a debater and moved the Legislature with his eloquence.  However, before Sai he assumed silence.  Baba had many devotees but no devotees except Khaparde, Gopalrao Buti and Laxman Krishna Nulkar remained silent before Baba. Others spoke to Baba, some engaged in controversies, spoke whatever came to their maind. But these three observed total restarint. Leave aside speaking, they always assented to what Baba said. Indescribable was their humility and their courtesy in listening. Khaparde who expounded on the subject matter of Vidyaranya’s Panchadashi with great mastery fell silent as soon as he came to the Musjid.  Whatever may be the splendour of speech, before pure and radiant Brahman incarnate Sai, it would just be eclipsed.  Khaparde stayed in Shirdi for four months and his wife for seven months and both of them became increasingly happy.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 05, 2012, 04:45:14 PM
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His wife had great faith in Sai and she herself would bring Naivedya in the Musjid.  She would not touch food until Baba accepted the Naivedya and partook of it.   Only thereafrer she would have her meal.   It so happened once that seeing her firm devotion Baba who loved His bhaktas dearly showed her the way. Various are the ways of gurus for imparting instruction, but Baba’s was quite distinct.  He showered grace so effortlessly that it would sink into the innermost recesses.


Once Mrs. Khaparde brought the Naivedya of a dishful of Shira-puri, rice, dal, payasam, sandge, papad and koshimbir.  As soon as her Naivedya came, Baba eagerly got up from his seat and rolled up his sleeves.  He took his seat at the usual place of meals, pulled the dish towards him and removed the covering with a view to commence eating.  Many were the naivedyas, and some more sumptuous than the present one, which used to be received from other devotees but they would remain untouched by Baba for a long time.  Then why was this lady’s favoured? This is the behaviour of a worldly person but how could such considerations even touch a saint’s mind? Therefore, Madhavrao Deshpande looked askance at Baba and wanted to know how He could make such distinctions. Madhavrao said, ‘You ignore all naivedyas, even hurl away naivedya in silver dishes but it is strange that as soon as this lady’s naivedya came you started eating. Why does her naivedya taste so sweet to you is the great puzzle for us. Oh Gurudeva! What is this mystery of your favouring some?’

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 05, 2012, 04:48:34 PM
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Baba replied, “How shall I describe the excellence of this food?  In one of her previous births she was a very fat cow yielding much milk and belong to a merchant.  Thereafter I lost sight of her (for some time) and in birth which followed she was born to a gardener, then to a Kshatriya and thereafter became the wife of a merchant.  Later she was born to a Brahmin family and has been sighted after a long time.  Let me partake of the food served with love happily and give her satisfaction’.  So saying, he ate heartily, washed his hands and mouth, belched contentedly and resumed his seat. The lady then bowed to Sai and began his charan-seva. Taking this opportunity Baba talked to her of her welfare. Baba pressed her hands with which she was doing charan seva. Shama then observing the service of each other by God and His devotee, said humorously, “What a leela we witness, oh God! Seeing mutuality of faith we are filled with wonder.’Seeing her spirit of service Baba was pleased and whispered to her softly, ‘Say Rajaram, Rajaram.  Do this japa regularly and constantly and you will find self-fulfilment. Your mind will be calmed and you will derive immense benfit’. So power-packed were those words that they pierced the heart and in a moment imparted spiritual strength.  Thus merciful Shri Samarth Sainath, the protector of the humble, satisfied the desires of his devotees and ensured their welfare.”

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 08, 2012, 01:44:47 PM
OM SAI RAM


The reference in Shirdi Diary to the above incident is found in the entry dated 4-3-1912 and is briefly worded as follows: ” My wife was late in going to worship Sayin Saheb but he very kindly desisted from his meal and let her worship him.”


In his articles in the early issues of Shri Sai Leela Swami Sai-Sharananand referring to this incident observed as follows:  “Baba’s touch was experienced by devotees when He gave Udi or allowed them to touch His feet or press His legs.  Even here, he did not touch or allow every one to touch in the some way.  When He desired to instruct anyone, He allowed the devotee to touch according to his faith or feeling (bhawa) and some times even objected. When He wanted to instruct the wife of the Hon’ble Mr. G.S.Khaparde to do japa of the mantra, ‘Rajaram’ notwithstanding the rule prohibiting the entry of women into the Musjid in the afternoon,  He not only permitted her to come up but accepted and took the naivedya (offering) brought by her and stretched out his legs for her to press and simultaneously pressed her hands and whispered to her,  ‘go on repeating Rajaram, Rajaram’.  Swami Sai Sharanand’s comment on the above incident shows in what high esteem Baba held Mrs. Laxmibai Ganesh Khaparde.


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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 08, 2012, 01:50:44 PM
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Now let us turn to the account in canto seven of Shri Sai-Sat-Charita as to how Sai Baba relieved Laxmibai Khaparde’s anxiety on account of her son’s illness.


“How many wonderful leelas of Bababa shall I narate to the reader! Once there was an outbreak of plague and now listen asto what miracle happened.  Dadasaheb Khaparde’s lad was staying (in Shirdi) along with his mother and both were enjoying bliss in the company of Shri Sai.  The lad developed high fever and his mother became restless with anxiety.  She wanted to return to her hometown Amraoti and came to take Baba’s permission to leave.  During His evening stroll when Baba came near the Wada,  the lady held Baba’s feet and narrated her woe.  Women are known to be soft hearted.  The boy was struck down with plague and was shivering. Baba said to her softly. The sky is overcast.  The clouds will burst and pour down rain and the sky will be clear.  Why fear?’ So saying, he raised his kafni upto the waist, showed all the four buboes each of the size of an egg on his body and added,  “Look, I have to take upon myself your suffering.’  Seeing this divine and strange spectacle the people were dump-founded to witness how saints have to suffer sorrows for the sake of their devotees.  Their minds are softer than wax and outwardly like butter.  They love their devotees without any expectation and regard them as their kith and kin.”

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 09, 2012, 05:05:45 PM
OM SAI RAM


Reference to this incident occurs in Shirdi Diary in entries dated 8-1-1912,  17-1-1912,  18-1-1912,  20-1-1912  ,6-2-1912  and 8-2-1912 which have been collected to-gether below:

8-1-1912 –

"During the mid-day service after the Arti, Sayin Maharaj exhibited sudden and great anger and abused violently. It appears as if plague is likely to reappear here and Sayin Maharaj is endeavouring to prevent its reappearance."

17-1-1912 –

 "Balwant* also felt sad and said that he wished to leave Shirdi."

18-1-1912 –

P.S. "I forgot to mention that during the torrent of hard words that Sayin Baba poured out to-day he said that he had saved my son Balwant and then often repeated the phrase ‘Fakir wishes to kill Dadasaheb (meaning me) but I would not permit it."

20-1-1912 –

"Bhishma and my son are unwell….There was no Bhajan as Bhishma is indisposed and my son Balwant is slightly worse."

6-2-1912 –

"When my wife spoke about going, Sayin Maharaj said that I did not ask for the permission personally."

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 09, 2012, 05:08:41 PM
OM SAI RAM


8-2-1912 –

"Balvant for the first time in these three weeks ventured out as far as the Musjid and put his head on the feet of Sayin Maharaj. He has improved so far.”

It appears from the entry dated 9-12-1911 in the Shirdi Diary that Sayin Baba called Mrs. Khaparde by the name of “Ajibai”. There is also a curious entry dated 1-2-1912 the meaning of which G.S.Khaparde clarified in the form of a foot note in or about 1924 at the time of the publication of the Shirdi Diary in Shri Sai Leela. The said entry and its subsequent clarification are as under:-

1-2-1912 –

"To-day evening when we assembled at the Musjid before Sayin Baba started on his stroll, Sayin Baba told Mr. Dixit to give two hundred rupees to my wife who was then shampooing the legs of Sayin Saheb. This order was unaccountable. Has it come to this that I have to be maintained by charity!!! I prefer death to this. Sayin Sahib I think wished to curb and finally destroy my pride so he is getting me used to poverty and the charity of others”.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 11, 2012, 11:55:01 AM
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Footnote in clarification of the above entry –

“I turned up the Diary for 1st February, 1912 and read the passage indicated by you. It correctly represents my feelings. Our Sadguru Sayin Maharaj gave the order. Being omniscient, he knew everything including all my innemost thoughts and never insisted on the order being carried out. Now that my attention has been drawn to the matter, it appears to me that my wife then did not like the life of labour and poverty. Kakasaheb Dikshit had accpeted the life and was happy. So Sain Maharaj asked him to give two hundread rupees i.e povery and patience to my wife."

We will have occation to refer to this hindsight of Dadasaheb Khaparde as we proceed to trace an outline of the story of Mrs. Laxmibai Khaparde.   The source of this outline is the biography in Marathi of Shri G.S.Khaparde authored by his son  B.G. alias Babasaheb Khaparde and published in 1962.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 11, 2012, 12:05:25 PM
OM SAI RAM


No details about about the early life of Laxmibai Khaparde are given in the biography of Dadasaheb.  We only get to know something about her only as a wife, mother and mistress of the household of Khapardes.  There is no doubt that Laxmibai was semi-literate in the sense that she knew how to read but not how to write.  This however does not mean she was uneducated.   In fact she was highly cultured. She had read and also heard from Keertankars the stories from Ramayana, Mahabharat, Pandav-Pratap, Shiva Lilamrit etc.

The household of Dadasaheb Khaparde was a large one and at one time it consisted of fifty persons excluding children and comprised Dadasaheb and his wife, three sons and their wives, three families who were given shelter, about 12-15 students pursuing their studies, two cooks and their wives, two clerks, a watchman, eight grooms or syces (servants in charge of horses), two bullock cart drivers, one cowherd, two maids and three guests on an average.  Now while presiding over such a household Laxmibai’s roving eye gave equal attention to all.  She made no distiction between the big and the small.  She cooked for all the children of the household including her own and fed them.  If any child fell ill she nursed him herself.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 11, 2012, 12:09:23 PM
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Once a pupil called Nilkari who got a boil on his thigh and developed high fever was hospitalized.  Laxmibai would carry his food for him to the hospital and would herself feed him.  His sickness extended over a period of two months. He was grateful to Laxmibai all his life and would say, “Laxmibai did all for me what my own mother would not have done and but for her kindness I would have died.” There are a number of such examples. Similarly she personally arranged for the wife of one Balakrishna Nene to whom Khapardes had given shelter “Dohale jevan” – a meal consisting of the dishes for which a pregnat woman has longing, dressed her up in a sari and have her a present. There was nothing unusual in this. It was in keeping with Laxmibai’s character.

There is a noting dated 8th August in G.S.Khaparde’s diary that because of this ‘dohale jevan’ the luncheon was delayed. While exercising her authority over the household she would seldom get angry, yet she was feared and if ever she was provoked no body in the family had the courage to oppose her.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 13, 2012, 01:15:04 PM
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Laxmibai had also knowledge of country medicines.  Particularly for jaundice she had a sure remedy which had been passed on to her by her mother-in-law as per family tradition.  One dose of the medicine could cure jaundice.  This fact was know in the surrounding countryside and three to four persons per day would come to her for that medicine and it would be given gratis.  The remedy has been handed down in the family by Laxmibai to her daughter-in-law.

Laxmibai obviously must have married Dadasaheb at a very young age according to the custom of her times when her father-in-law who was a mamledar in the British regime enjoyed both position and prosperity.  Later when Dadasaheb became a lawyer and started practising, he soon made his mark and had a large practice.  So it may be safely stated that she grew up in an atmosphere of plenty and prosperity in her husband’s house.  Moreover she was generous by nature and as such she spent money with a free hand.  Let us now see how this worked.  The cooking in the household was done on a lareg scale to suffice for the establishment of fifty persons and food for four to five persons was always left over.  Her children were turned out smartly according to the fashon of the times.  She did not allow her children to wear cottons or torn garments.  They always dressed in dhotis with 9-10″ silk border and upper garments made of silk. If a new garment was torn even a little it was immediately discarded.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 13, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
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Milk was measured by pots and its supply was plentiful. Ghee was never served separately with any item of food for members of the family down to the lowest servant but three vatis (saucer-form vessel of metal) were served for each as a part of every meal.  The food for the whole household even ordinarily was of the same high quality including savouries and sweet dishes.

Having enjoyed such prosperity,  when the fortunes of Dadasaheb declined temporarily for a few years after Lokamanya Tillak’s arrest she could not adjust to the changed conditions.  As we have seen in the article entitled “More About Shirdi Diary” published earlier in Shri Sai Leela, Lokamanya was convicted and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for sedition on 22-7-1908 and Dadasaheb suddenly decided on 13th August, 1908 to leave for England to secure the release of Lokamanya, and sailed on 15th August.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 16, 2012, 07:43:34 PM
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Thereafter Dadasaheb’s eldest son who was studying law in Government Law College in Bombay could not inform his mother in time about Dadasaheb’s sudden departure, and his mother blamed him for this.  She did not realize that the times had changed. Dadasaheb was in England for over two years and even after his return home was under the surveillance of the Government.  Hence Sai Baba had detained him in Shirdi for a period of about three and half months in 1911-12.  Laxmibai was also at Shirdi with Dadasaheb and we learn from Shri Sai Sat-Charita that though Khaparde stayed at that time for four months in Shirdi, his spouse stayed back in Shirdi after Dadasaheb was given permission by Baba to leave and in all spent seven months in Shirdi.  So it took a long time for her to understand and appreciate the new situation and she was naturally unhappy at that time.  The hindsight of Dadasaheb in relation to Baba’s order on 1-2-1912 to Dikshit to give two hundred rupees to Mrs. Khaparde which Khaparde interpreted in 1923-24 to mean a life of poverty and patience can be understood and appreaciated only in this context.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 16, 2012, 07:47:01 PM
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Laxmibai was robust and healthy but her health began declining from the begining of the year 1928. Periodic attacks of fever and asthama harassed her and she was affected by inflammation of the knees with the result that she could not walk.  There is an entry in Dadasaheb’s diary of 30-4-1928 that she had headache and high fever.  The deterioration in her health thereafter was fast and medicines ceased to act.  She must have had a premonition of events to come.  She suggested that a group photograph of the family should be taken.  This was done on 11th July, 1928.  Thereafter a touching scene took place which is best described in Dadasaheb’s words.  The following is a translation of the extract from Dadasaheb’s biography in Marathi.

“While I was doing my Sandhaya just before lunchon, my wife came and worshipped me in the same way in which an idol is worshipped. I was puzzled and asked her why she was doing this today when she had not done anything of the kind all these years. She said, ‘I wish to depart from the world with a peaceful mind.’ I think she has been unwell for the last few days and has given up all hope of survival. I asked her to trust in God and to submit to His will.”

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 18, 2012, 02:11:08 PM
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The above incident did not become known to the sons and their wives until they had read the description in the diary. After the above incident Laxmibai was confirmed to bed and within eight days thereof i.e. on 20th July 1928 she passed away quietly and happily after having the darshan of her Sadguru Sai Baba.  The description of her end is best given in the words of Dadasaheb recorded in the diary for that day.

“Went downstairs to see my wife.  She apparently had a bad night, but appeared calm and collected.  At the suggestion of my eldest son all the family bathed early and had something to eat which they could and we all watched by her bedside.  I spent the whole time practically near her bed. We removed her from the room in which she was to the chowk and lay her in front of the room alloted to our family deities. Her breathing became harder and harder but she was cool and calm and passed on at about 3-15 p.m.

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Title: Re: Shri G. S. Khaparde Diary
Post by: saisewika on October 18, 2012, 02:14:06 PM
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I felt overcome and could not control myself for some time. At last I got over it…… Everybody said she was very fortunate in passing away during my life time…… After we returned from the funeral I heard from my sons that my wife distributed her ornaments, clothes among her daughters-in-law and their children a few weeks ago and told that she had discharged all her assets and blessed them to be happy…. She had the darshan of her Guru…. So I think she had a fairly correct idea of passing on. She never asked for medicine and showed no anxiety to be cured. She passed away very happily and I have no doubt she is very very happy now.”


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