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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 1
BABA PROVED HIMSELF THAT THERE WERE NO SISHYAS NO RELATIVES,
NO INCARANATIONS NO SUCCESSORS AND NO HEREDITARY TO HIM.
Shri Sal Baba, Shirdi took His Mahasamadhi on 15-10-1918. After His
Mahasamadhi, Baba's Samadhi was not looked after in a fit manner upto 1922.
Having seen the maintenance of Baba's Samadhi by the Villa¬gers, Shri Kakasaheb Dixit
came to Shirdi, settled an office with a managing committee under Public Trust Act
with the approval of the District Court, Ahmed-nagar. At that time, Shri Abdul Baba
was performing Abhishek to Baba's Samadhi and the Maha Naivedyam food was
given to him and he was allowed to take his residence in the room situated in the
left side of the Samadhi Mandir. Shri Abdul Baba was the then only local leading
devotee of Baba. He was then having about four or five thousand rupees of Baba's
dakshina amount with him offered by Baba's devotees. Some well wishers of him
induced him that he was the legal heir to Baba and that the formation of the Trust
was against justice. Thereby Abdul Baba filed a suit stating that he was the legal
heir to Baba, against the Trust Body in the District Court, Ahmednagar. The belowed
District Court by the grace of Baba passed orders that Abdul Baba has no connection
of the maintenance of the Sansthan of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi and that there was no
heir or successor to Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. On the strength of this order the
Maha Naivedyam food given to him was stopped by the Sansthan and he was made
to vacate his room in Baba's Samadhi Mandir. As Baba said, that He would be with
the same power for one thousand years and lookiog" after the welfare of His devotee?,
He himself proved that there were no Sishyas, no relatives no hereditary, no successor,
no rebirth and no reincarnation to Him
Story - 2
HOW SHRI MUKTHARAM, A STAUNCH DEVOTEE OF BASA FARED
WHEN HE WANTED TO OCCUPY BABA'S GADI.
Shri Muktharam was a staunch devotee of Baba. Baba given a Kupni, to him.
He lived in Dixit wada by keeping a Dhuni. After somedays of Baba's Samadhi,
he came and sat in Baba's Gadi in Dwarakamayee; As soon as he sat in
Baba's Gadi against the wishes of the villagers also, he began to vomit blood
and he was taken to his residence in the Dixit wada. The devotees have decided
to take him to Kopargaom Hospital. Before the decision was taken with whom
he was to be sent to Kopergaom, he died in Dixit wada itself. His Samadhi is
in Lendi Baug. This incident also go to show that Baba was not willing to allow
anybody to occupy His Gadi.
Story - 3
PROVED THAT THERE WAS NO REBIRTH TO HIM.
When Baba was in flesh and blood He told that I would take rebirth.
Having ground on this word of Baba, people in some places pose that they
were Sai and their words were Sai's words. In 1943 a boy in Amra-vathi was
directing people that he was Sai Himself and that he earned a lot of money and
began to utilise for himself. Then the people realised his deceit and found that
there was not even a bit of Sai's cult in him and ignored him afterwards.
Secondly, another person near Madras began to tell people's aim in their mind
for the present and the past (Mind reading) and began to earn in Sai's name due
to his greediness. Once he told to the people "why are you people wandering for
the dead Sai Baba. I am with life here". On hearing these words from him, people
determined that he was not the rebirth of Sai Baba as Baba Himself told that
"Saints never die".
Story - 4
HOW BABA MADE MADHAVA RAO DEHSPANDE (SHAMA) TO HAND OVER
HIS PADUKAS, PHOTOS ETC. TO BABA'S SANSTHAN WHICH HE KEPT
IN HIS HOUSE AFTER BABA'S MAHASAMADHI.
After Baba's Mahasarradhi, Madhava Rao Desh-pande alias Shama an intimate
local devotee of Baba was managing the Dixit wada. He was looking after the
welfare of the devotees and resided in Dixit wada itself. After the formation of
Baba's Sansthan Committee the Committee demanded agreement (Baada Chitti in Marathi)
from him for his residence in Dixit wada. Madhava Rao first refused. But later,
Shri S. B. Dhumal and Shri B. V. Dec intervened and Madhava Rao gave the agreement.
After some days, the committee have vacated Madhava Rao from his residence in
Dixit Wada. At the time of vacating, he had taken away Baba's silver Padukas, Baba's
Photos etc. to his house from Dixit wada. After knowing this, the Committee asked
Madhava Rao to hand over the above artilces of Baba to the Sansthan. He refused
first. But Shri S. B, Dhumal went to his house with a big procession of bhajan, band etc.
On seeing this procession Madhava Rao handed over all the above articles of Baba to
Shri S. B. Dhumal. These Baba's Padukas were placed before Baba's Photo in
Dwarakamayee wherein lakhs of devotees are taking darshan of the above
Baba's Padukas now.
By reading these items (1) to (4) it is clear, evident and proved beyond
all reasonable doubts by the grace of Baba that there were no sishyas,
no hereditary, no relatives, no successor, no rebirth and no reincarnation
to Him. Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi from His Mahasamadhi till date and even upto
the year 1918 as was told by Him, He Himself is effecting the welfare of His
devotees. Now let us read how Baba was effecting and is now effecting
the welfare of His devotees.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!!.
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 5
BABA SAVED SHRI G.B. MANKAR AND HIS MEN FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH.
In his letter, Shri G. B. Mankar has stated to Shri Tarkhad in 1923
during his work in his work field, it has to lift a 375 horse power
diesel engine (weight 12 tons) in a fly crane. As the fly crane was
not so strong to bear the weight of the engine, a cracking sound
came from the crane and all were afraid. Then Shri Mankar cried out
'Sai Baba" and invoked His help. After his utterance all on a sudden
smell of rose flowers and agarbathis spread over the field and Baba
has appeared on the spot and saved all the people from the jaws
of death. Mankar saw baba and again cried out "Baba".
All others meant that "Kaka*' of Mankar came there. But Mankar
has cleared their doubt and that Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi had came
to the spot and saved them from the jaws of death.
Is this incident does not show that Baba is living and lending
His helping hand to His devotees as and when they are in trouble ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 6
BABA SAVED SHRI R MOREWALA FROH FALLING DOWN FROM THE TRAIN.
Shri R. Morewala Solicitor of Bombay was not so much religious minded.
But he has got faith in Baba. In 1953 he was going to Thana by a train.
The train was over crowded and hence he could not get into the train
and was standing at the door. Then the train moved. Owing to the pushing
of the crowd from inside the train, he fell down from the door and while
falling down, he uttered the name of Shri Sai Baba. The Chain was pulled
out by one old man and the train was stopped. That old man caught the
hand of Morewala and prevented him from falling down. All the people
and tne guard came to see why the train was stopped and who pulled
the Chain ? Shri R. Morewala also wanted to pay tribute to the old man.
But the old man was not there and he had disappeared. All were surprised,
Shri Morewala has gone to his house and told this incident to all his
family members. This incident was told to his son when he went to Chalisgaon
in 1964 by a Saint "That had I not saved your father's life in 1953 ?"
Is this not mean that Baba is still living and helping His devotees when they require His help ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 7
BABA SAVED SHRI K. JAGADISH MUNSHI FROM THE HANDS OF RAZAKARS.
On 1948, Shfi Jagadish K. Munshi and his wife were travelling in first class
compartment of the train going from Bangalore to Bombay. There were six
members in the compartment including an old couple and two youngsters.
Shri J. K. Munshi and his wife were playing cards. The old man was praying
and his wife was watching the others. Before their departure from Bangalore,
they have been advised not to travel by this particular route because of
Razakars trouble then prevailing in other places of Hyderabad state. They
have not paid any heed to the advice as they were youngsters then.
The train left Hyderabad and was approa¬ching Sholapur Station in Indian
Union. All on a sudden, the train was forced to stop at Gangapur. The Razakars
who were assembled there with rifles, lathis and other lethal weapons cried out
"All Muslims get down. Kill all Hindus". The old man all along in -prayer ordered
to close all the doors of the windows. They promptly carried out his orders.
The wailing of passengers who were pulled out of the train, beaten and robbed
and field into the nearby fields. The Rasakars repeatedly tried to force to open
the doors of their com¬partment but failed to do so. Even in this calamity the
old man observed his prayer. The struggle went on nearby for five hours. Then
the train came to Sholapur with their only one compartment. All the inmates of
the compartments arrived safely untouched by the Raza¬kars. After some days
of this incident, the old man has given an article in a magazine that because of
his prayers to Shri Sai Baba Shirdi that the compartment of the train escaped
unhurt by the Razakars. As a witness, he has mentioned the name of
Shri Jagadish K. Munshi in the article. He told that it was true that the old man
was particularly praying at the time and added that he had never heard the
name of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi he forgotten to thank of him. Later on, In 1953,
when calamities came in his family, he saw a picture of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi which
was hung in a frame maker's shop on his way to his office. He looked his teachings
in the photo as "If you look to me, I shall took to you” Then he remembered the
past incident and with his wife's consent, he bought one Sai Baba's photo and
performed puja requesting Baba to solve his problems, within a few days thereafter,
all his problems have got settled at his reasonable satisfaction and the puja went
on regularly.
After two years, he was once travelling by a night train left Surat to Bombay.
After the train left surat railway station he developed severe pain on account
of stone in the bladder. The pain aggravated in such a manner that he could
neither sit, stand nor lie down. He then began to pass blood through urine.
His co-passenger was sleeping. When the train came to Palghar, the pain was
so severe that he woke up his co-passenger and urge him to call the guard.
The guard came and complained the position that no doctor could be traced in
the train and advised to get down at Palghar and have a treatment from a
local doctor. The guard called the Station Master and under their joint advice,
he got down at Palghar and the train left the railway station. With the help of
Station Master, he was lifted up into a bullock cart and driven to the doctor's
residence as the doctor refused to come to the railway station in the late hours
of the night. In this critical juncture he prayed Syri Sai Baba for help. The doctor
has attended on him and given treatment and he was somehow relieved of the
pain. The doctor also sent a call to his relatives at Bombay and they arrived and
taken him to Bombay the next day. Even for this incident, he did not consider
any particular significance to Shri Sai Baba Shirdi. In 1968, his father took him to
Sri Satya Sai Baba and introduced to him Shri Satya Sai Baba Said, "I knew him.
He is a believer of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi for the last 16 years. Once he got out of
the train in severe pain and called "Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. It was Shirdi Sai Baba
who saved him. This uttarance of Shri Satya Sai Baba himself assumed significance
to Shri Sai Baba Shirdi by him.
In 1959, his one month old daughter fell ill severely and admitted to the Hospital.
The treatment went on for three weeks. Even then the child had been running high
temperature, his wife and himself were very morose. On 14-11-1959, they were
informed by two leading doctors that the surviyal of the child were remote. He decided
that if the child does not survive he would end his worship to Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi.
After this decision by him, the temperature of the child decreased gradually and became
normal by 7 P.M. within three months of this incident the child was in the pink of health.
In March, 1960, they visited Shirdi by car with the child of five months. On the way
the child uttered first words "BA-BA-BA-BA" He told that Shri Sai Baba shirdi is solving
his knotted problems of his existence and guiding him. Apart from all these, a great
problem among the devotees that Shri Satya Sai Bsba is the reincarnation of
Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi. was being solved beyond doubt by Shri Satya Sai Baba himself
in his own sayings in para 2 of this article that he is not re-incaranation of Shri Sai Baba, Shirdi.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 8
BABA SAVED A WOMAN FROM DEATH
In 1927. a husband and wife were returning home after celebrating
Ramanavami at Shirdi, The wife got down at Thana railway Station to fetch
water and just when with a water full vessel, she was boarding the train,
the train started and the woman fell down under the train. The husband
and other passen¬gers combined shouted to the guard to stop the train.
They feared, the woman must have been crushed under the wheels as the
train having started already stopped Only after it had gone some distance.
They ran up to the spot of accident; to their utter amazement they saw the
woman standing there uninjured. In reply to the enquiry to all, "the woman
said as soon as I fell I remembered Baba. He at once appeared, stood in
front of me pressed me hard against the platform till the train passed away
and saved me. Baba disappeared as soon as the train left the platform. What
sort of Body, Baba had assumed to save this woman ? One can hardly know
for usually there is no room enough to stand for two persons between the
train wheels and the platform, and yet what is not possible to a superman
like Baba ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 9
HOW BABA INSPIRED SHRI M. K. RAJAGOPALACHARY TO BUILD
BABA'S MANDIR AT NELLORE (A.P-)
Doctor M. K. Rajagopalachari of Nellore has got a photo and UDI of Shri Sai Baba,
Shirdi, through Rao Saheb Chandu Subbaiah Setty after his return from Shirdi visit,
as he is his family doctor. He put the photo on the top of his Almyrah in his
dispensary in Rajaji Street, Nellore without evincing much interest and in a
most casual way. After some days, the doctor had a dream one night. A tall Fakir
in long torn gown walked up to him and showed some wounds and eruptions on
his skin below his two knees and asked him to dress up his wounds. Seeing the
Fakir, the doctor was wonder struck with his extraordi¬nary appearance,
graceful and kind personality and the doctor immediately dressed up His
wounds in his own hands with great care and interest. Then the Fakir said that
he was very much relieved of the pain and blessed him and left. After two or
three days of this incident while the doctor cleaning the dust and debris on the
Almyrahs and he happened to look at the Baba's photo and that the portions
down below Baba's knee was eaten away by white ants and this condition
reminded the doctor of the incident in his dream, The doctor became to know
that the Fakir who blessed him in his dream was no other than Shri Sai Baba Shirdi
and his eager grew more to know about Baba. In 1939, he invi¬ted his Holiness
B. V. Narasimhaswamy to Nellore. The Swamiji gave lectures about the life and
leelas of Shri Sai Baba. In October, 1940, the doctor made a trip to Shirdi. He met
His Holiness Shri B. V. Narasimhaswamy and Shri Kesavaiah Swamiji. The doctor r
eturned from Shirdi with a firm determination to build a regular mandir immediately
after his return to Nellore. Accordingly with his tireless effort along with other
Sai devotees a pucka mandir of Shri Sai Baba Shirdi was erected at Nellore
with a Mandali by name "The Nellore Shri Sai Baba Baktha Mandali"
for its maintenance.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 10
HOW BABA SAVED THE SISTER OF SHRI BHIKAJI MOHEDJI.
A servant drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 36/- Bhikaji Mohedji has a sister Chhaboo.
She had been ill for about 4 months. On 5-12-51, her illness took a critical turn,
so he was very anxious to get for her the benefit of a good doctor's advice
and medicine, but within the meagre salary, it was not at all possible for him
to get there. Having sighs upon sighs, bemoaning his inability he
carried on his office duties, chanting Sai Baba's name when suddenly there
came in a doctor for some enquiry. Though Bhikaji could not recognise him,
through Sai's grace the doctor himself reminded Bhikaji of his previous connection
with him. So Bhikaji narrated to him the difficulty and requested him to examine
her and prescribed the necessary medicines. The doctor readily complied with
Bhikaji's request. Bhikaji thus got over his worries and felt assured that Baba was
ever ready to shower His grace ever on a poor man like himself.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 11
BABA MADE SHRI KAKASAHEB DIXIT TO ATTEND THE DINNER PARTY ARRANGED
BY SHRI KRISHNA RAO NARAYAN PARULKAR HARDA AND SATISFIED HIM
Shri Krishna Rao Narayan Parulkar, Honorary Magistrate of Harda has been
celebrating "Shri Datta Festival” for several years ususally falling in December
and feeding one hundred brahmins on that occasion and whenever for some
reason or other he was not able to do so in a year, he would feed double the
usual number (i. e.) two hundred brahmin) in the next year. As per that
self imposed rule, he was to feed two hundred brahmins in respect of that
celebration in the year 1925. One Saturday was fixed for dinner, only when
five days were left to it, that is on Monday. On Tuesday when Parulkar was
merged in meditation as per his daily routine, he heard a voice saying
"If you desire that on the day you are feeding the brahmins, I should come
and dine with them, you call Sri Dixit from Bombay, Parulkar however thought
to himself whether it was proper for him to request Shri Dixit to come
such a long distance simply for taking dinner while he was in the midst of
such conflict of thoughts, he again heard the voice, "why did you puzzle?
Write to Dixit, feed him with all the other brahmins and when you have
done so, know it for certain that I joined the party taking dinner at yours.”
So Parulkar wrote to Shri Dixit on Wednesday requesting him to attend the
dinner on Saturday. Failing to hear from Shri Dixit all prepa¬rations were made
for serving the dinner on Saturday, Parulkar with tearful eyes requested Baba
to set matters right and then taking his bath, so soon as he started doing
his mid-day routine prayers, he got a telegram from Shri Dixit informing him
that he and Madhavrao Deshpande were on the way to Harda. All were
gladdened to receive the news. They all went to the Station to receive
them. Accorded them a hearty welcome and gave them a sumptuous feast
in the company of the two hundred brahmins. Sri Parulkar was overy joyed
and he now felt that Baba is still there to satisfy all the Godly craving of his heart.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 12
BABA SATISFIED THE WISHES OF SMT. MANI SAHUKAR BY GIVING
MEDICINE FOR HER SUFFERINGS IN HER THROAT
Smt ManSahukar author of the book Saint of Shirdi about the year 1950
started suffering from the peculiar ailment of the throat. She is a sincere
student of vocal Hindustani classical music. Owing to the sufferings in the
throat she was not able to sing continuously for ten minutes. She consulted
many doctors but in vain. After six months, she came to Shirdi and stood
before the Samadhi of Shri Sai Baba, her heart and eyes suddenly wetted
with tears. She came out of the Samadhi Mandir and went over to visit a friend.
After discussion with her friend, she came to her room behind the Gurusthan
at about 7-30 P.M. In order to make herself comfortable, she started removing
her sari from her left shoulder. As she removed, she heard something rustling
in the sari and a small packet about 2 inches long made up in white paper
fell from her sari to the ground. She was perplexed for a moment and
looked around her wondering what had happened. There was no one.
She Picked and unfolded it. To her amazement in contained six or seven tiny
white tablets which may commonly used in homeopathy. When she realised
the significance of this, she draped her sari again and went to her friend
with the tablets. Her friend told her, "you understand, don't you know that
this is Baba's Prasad. What are you going to do with it ?” She replied
that she will take all these tablets.
So saying she put all these tablets in her mouth. When she returned home
from Shirdi, she found that she should sing without any hindrance and all
the congestion in her throat entirely disappeared. Her heart overflowed
gratitude to Baba.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 13
Baba Helped Doctor Mehta and Lessened the decree amount
Dr. Mehta a Parsi devotee used to come to Shirdi from 1920.
He given a promissory note to one for Rs. 300/- and has not
actually received the amount for some reason or other.
His counterpart filed a suit against Doctor Mehta to return the
amount in the promissory note. He told this fact to Shri Kakasaheb Dixit,
then Ex-solicitor of Bombay. He has given a letter to his friend Shri Maniklal
a solicitor to help doctor Mehta. Shri Maniklal read the letter and asked
Doctor about the witness who knew this fact. The doctor told Shri Maniklal
that nobody knew this fact. Then Maniklal told that as no witness was
for the coming to support your case will not stand. But Doctor Mehta
told Maniklal to file an affidavit in the Court and by the grace of
Shri Sai Baba, he may succeed. Maniklal before filing the affidavit sent
word to Mehta to meet him before two days prior of his filing of affidavit.
But owing to his admission in the Parsi Sanitorium, Doctor Mehta could
not able to meet Maniklal. Again Maniklal told Doctor Mehta to compromise
with his counterpart as he had to necessarily pay the said sum with interest
including court cost etc. Doctor Mehta told that there is no question of
compromise and that I had no money to repay the sum, which I had not
actually received. Besides, I was blessed by Baba in my dream and hence
to request you carry on with your duty in the aim of help¬ing me. As per
his request Maniklal prepared on affidavit till 8 P.M. on one Saturday and
sent word to Doctor Mehta on Sunday. When Doctor Mehta was about to
start, his friend came to him and told Doctor Mehta, your affair has been
compromised and as such you should accept for the compromise or else ?
Won't go from this place. His friend further added that on the whole of
Rs. 3000/- with interest and court cost etc. Rs. 800/-has to be paid to
your counterpart and that too not in one installment but in installments
of Rs. 50/- each. Doctor Mehta has accepted after a deep thought. Accordingly
the court has given a decree for Rs. 800/- only and Doctor paid this amount
in installments ordered by the Court. That is how doctor Mehta has got
Baba's blessings even after His Mahasamadhi.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 14
Baba Saved the Life of Shri Pyare Kishan Wall Ship Captain from death
As Baba performed many miracles and He is still continuing to do so,
I wish to add one more miracle which I have experienced. First let me
inform the readers that I came to know the name of Baba and His miracles
performed at various stages through my wife (Veena) who is a great
devotee of Sai Baba, Then, I read many books on "Sai Baba. I have made
this trip especially as I took a vow to come here personally and pay my
respects to Him. The first I came to Shirdi was about a year back and that time.
I visited all this places and found great peace at every place. It gave me
a lot of peace (Shanti) when I used to look at his Photograph and sit by
His side and pray. I can assure you that He has His own way to help the
needy people and they are at times so strange that a man of my caliber
is unable to understand them. I describe one of the most important things
which happened to me in my life.
I had many offers of jobs in various capacities and as such I was confused
as to which one I should choose. I definitely wanted to improve the status
and the fina¬ncial conditions. Hence my wife made twelve slips of paper
and only on one, she wrote the name of the ship called "M.V. Dhanalakshmi"
of which vessel I was offered to take the command and that was the highest
post (i.e.) the captain of the ship. Prior to that all happening I had just returned
from Shirdi after paying homage to "Sai Baba". My wife asked me to pick up
one slip although out of 12 slips, eleven were blank and as I said earlier that
only on one she wrote the name of the ship as mentioned above. So, I prayed
and shuffled them more and what a strange thing. I had my eyes closed and
the first one I picked was the ship on which the name of the ship "M.V. Dhanalakshmi"
was men¬tioned. That was the destiny and Shri Sai Baba wanted me to take the
command of the said vessel. I under¬took the journey to Calcutta. I used to go
on board daily since the time she arrived. It was being my first command, I was
taking special interest and precautions. The ship sailed from Calcutta to
Anandamans on 17-5-1972. After that, I met with heavy weather, rough sea
and wind force 61.1 I decided to return. I came back and anchored in
Diamond Harbour. As usual, I prayed daily and used to light two Agarbathis
before a plastic statue. A plastic ring I am still wearing which was bought
from Shirdi. I was so strange that one Agarbathi used to go on, every time.
I used to light it again. But again it used to go off. I used to place
Sai Baba's plastic statue on my chair and I used to ask him to guide me protect
the ship and men aboard. But the significance of Agarbathi going off could
not be understood by me. Hence, I used to put my hand to my head and ask
Shri "Sai Bapa" guide me or given me any indication as to what is ahead of me.
But "No". Anyway, I took out the ship, out again but met still the game whether
and I could not proceed out Hooghly river. The pilot was on board. She was a
small vessal and after consultation with the pilot the second time, we decided to
go back to Diamond Harbour. As usual I used to pray, but at the time I started
feeling very much depressed in my heart the causes of which was still hidden
from me, at the third attempt, the pilot was cha¬rged and out. Other pilot
Anand boarded, I asked him about weather condition and accordingly ;o him
weather outside Hoogly was not abnormal, but I told the second pilot that
I already returned twice and that I felt not right to go out and
I shall have to come back. But this time, all things had to happen and
Shri Sai Baba was to perform another miracle. After I had al¬ready passed
lower Gasper Light vessel, she started listing to star board. I wanted to
ascertain the cause. I called the pilot who was collecting some papers
in the room and the Chief Engineer to check up if any engine room valves
were open. I and pilot were still trying to find the cause of the list and in
meantime, she was taking heavy list to starboard. I told the pilot to
return to Calcutta as I did not wish to proceed out, so that we could confirm
the reason of her list. The pilot turned the ship back to Calcutta and the
Chief Engineer told me that there was nothing wrong in the engine room.
There was no water entering into the Engine room. The list was becoming
dangerous so I called the people on board's deck with life Jackets. Just then
somebody informed me that my cabin was flooded with sea water as the port
holes of my cabin were broke open which was confirmed by my writer and deck
sarang and hence my life jacket could not be brought. All persons on board had
their life Jackets except me. In the meantime, I was calling S. O. S. (Save our Soul)
on the whistle. Although we were in the intermediate light vessal, no help was
received. I had lost all hopes of saving my ship. My duty was to save the lives
on board the vessal. I ordered the Chief Engineer to stop the engine and all hands
including the pilot to abandon the ship. The ship was stopped and all abandoned.
As the sea fared tradition goes, that master of the ship is to be the last I complied
with it and I jumped without life jacket. As I jumped into the sea, the time then
was about 0.1000 on 21-5-1972. It was pitch dark, the swell was about 10/12 feet
high and wind force was over 8. I felt I was being sucked in any way. I pulled myself
out of it. Then I caught the chicken crate to which I clung after thrusting my fingers
inside it as there was no place to hold. Then I met more people of my ship (crew)
who were also cling to that crate and in this way we were tossed over more than
30 hours in water, during which period I prayed to Sai Baba, I said "Sai Baba you
have put me into this and now you must give cou¬rage to go through this body".
It might have taken a minute or so to say all that, I had very little fear in my heart.
I was consciously alert, but ray body was eaten away by salt water and there was
neither food nor water for over 30 hours, I was getting exhausted. Death was facing
me very closely. But now Shri Sai Baba gave me the courage to go through this.
After 30 hours, our cries were heard by a ship called "M. V. Jalakhanda". My other
two members were picked up by that ship, but how I could be as I was falling into
waters from a height of 15/20 feet as I was totally exhausted. Later after making
three attempts, I became unconscious and when I woke up, I found myself in pilot
vessel. I was running a temparature of 130° and my body was full of bandages
all over. Later I was put in a hospital. After that the Government case started
(the fact finding of this mishap). Now dear readers although the court of enquiry
was equally treacherous, Shri Sai Baba helped me to go through this by His leela.
NOW I am a free man. As I said before Shri Sal Baba has His own ways of helping.
So He helped me to save my life and others lives. The He helped me to go through
the court of enquiry successfully and now I am sitting in Shirdi and writing His leela.
I am proud to say that it is He who has granted me the privilege to do so, otherwise
I could have been gone dead long. My request to the dear reader is that they should
not lose trust and faith in Him and when you are in trouble, seek His guidance. I am
hundred percent sure that He will show you the way but this prayer has to be from
your inner self "Say Shri Sai Ram".
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 15
Baba fulfilled the desire of Shri M. M. Amingad Gulanche
Shri Sai Baba came to my house, to the surprise of all just seventeen years
before in the year 1956, in the form of a calendar, through a student of mine
by name Kumar Gowri Mathur, when I was working as an Assistant master
at Shri M. V. Pathare High School, Rabkari District Bijapur, Mysore State now
known as Karnataka. Since that day, I have been an ardent devotee of
Shri Sai Baba. I had a great desire to visit His Shrine at Shirdi, but I neither
hand an opportunity nor die permission of Shri Sai Baba till October, 1968
in conformity with the belief that nothing on the earth happens without
His will With the blessings of Shri Sai Baba, I used to get money whenever
I was in need. Even when I was badly in a need of a big sum, I started from
home in the morning simply uttering his name and by evening before I returned
home, I had the amount that I needed and cleared off my dues. I never knew
how, but somehow somebody came forward to offer the money and helped me
to get out of the difficulties that I was in trouble.
In the year 1959, I took the M.Ed. Examinations of Karnataka University, Dharwar.
Just before the examinations for about 15 or 20 days, I strained every nerve
and left no stone unturned by burning mid-night oil during the course of studying.
But as ill luck would have it, on the day of examination, a severe half headache
began to trouble me from the very morning. I was in a fix. I did not know what
to do. I was on the hours of dilemma. All through the morning till 10.00 clock,
I was vaccillating whether to go to the examination hall and whether to take
or not to take the examination. But 10-00 clock for about 5 minutes, I kept
quiet and began to see the inward mind through the inward eye. This five minutes
meditation spared me on to offer prayers to Shri Sai Baba and to go to the
examination hall with his unseen blessings. This inspiration made me burn the
incense in the form of Agarbathi before the photo of Shri Sai Baba presented
to me by a class mate of mine during one of the sessions of M.Ed., classes.
After burning the incence, I smeared the UDI to my forhead with a prayer to
Shri Sai Baba to help me in my venture. Thus throwing all the responsibility
and faith in Baba. I entered the examination hall. When the question papers
and answer books were distributed, I uttered Baba's name and began to answer
the paper. I finished the paper within a two and quarter hours. I never knew
what I wrote. So all my friends asked me with surprise whether I had really
finished the paper or not. They were also in doubt regarding my success.
The only answer I gave them was that I had done my job with full faith in Baba
and then it was left to Him to bring me success or failure. My headache continued
till the last paper and when I completed it my headache suddenly stopped. If this
is not a miracle, then what it is? To the surprise of all, I was declared successful
at the M Ed. examination no doubt due to the miracle wrought by Shri Sai Baba.
In the year 1960, when I was in the central institute of Engineering, for the course
in the teaching of Engineering, one co-trainee persuaded me to switch over to
Maharashtta as Head Master and promised that he would try for that. He kept up
his promise and in 1961, I switched over to Maharashtra as Head Master of a
secondary school from Karnataka. Since June, 1961, till this day, I have been in
the services of Maharashtra State. Thus Baba dragged me to Maharashtra the
province of His shrine. Very recently when I was at Poona, to take the M.A. Examination
in November 1972, Shri Sai Baba visited my residence in my absence at Gulunche in
the form of a Fakir. On enquiry, he told that he had come from Shirdi. He was offered
groundnuts but He demanded rice in lieu of groundnut. He accepted the little bit of
rice that was offered to Him and blessed all the members of my family saying
"Allah Bala Karega" and within in a moment he disappeared. On my return from
examination, I started reading Sai Satcharitra in English with a request to Baba to
make my result known to me before I completed the Satcharitra. To my great surprise
that 10 to 12 days before the date of result I received a message invitation card
bearing the words M.A.,M.Ed. after my name. This suggested to me that I was going
to be successful in the M.A, Examination. And so it happened. Twice in the year 1968,
I had the good luck to pay homage to His Shrine at Shirdi. During my stay there, my
inner voice suggested to me to become a Life Member and to be in the service of
Shri Sai Baba till last breath. A peculiar experience that I had was that the Fakirs
of Shirdi never demanded anything from anybody and were satisfied with what
they got. This sort of complete satisfaction and surrender to the will of Shri Sai Baba
is not found in any other place. I have still some ambition to be filled and I hope
that a firm faith in Him will help me towards the attainment of my goal. I pray for
His choicest blessing to all His devotees.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 16
Baba Saved the Family of Shri Raghunath Babu Rao Sandbhor Gondeswala of Poona
He was Baba's devotee from 10 years age. Once Panshet and Khadakvasla
dams in Mula river were broken and water flown furiously and filled Poona.
As usual he has gone to his office in Khadak. He came to know of the floods
in this city. He worried about his children aged 3, 6, 9 years and about his
wife who were alone in his house. As the water in the river did not lessen
he was not able to go to his house upto 7-30 P.M. Afterwards he has gone
to his house. He saw his house was with full of water. He saw Baba's photo
was drenched with water up to his leg, but was not spoiled like other articles.
On enquiry he was told by the adjacent house owners that his wife and
children were safely gone to the house of Shri Barakada (His son-in-law).
His daughter on knowing that his house may be flooded with water and
her father also would not be in his house as he might have gone to his
office, came in time and taken all his children and his wife to her house.
All were saved by Baba's grace.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 17
Baba fulfilled the Wishes of Shri Anil Kesava Rao Rasal
and made Him to Appear for B.A., Examination.
Four years preceding 1976 much though I wished to appear for
B.A., Examination, I could not do so. For some reason or other urgent
domestic problems invariably cropped up at the time of Examination.
Finally, I resolved that, come what may, I would do it in October, 1976.
Accordingly I saw my officer and spoke to him of my plans. He bluntly
told me that he would not sanction my leave and advised me to
appear for it in 1977. In spite of my officer's "NO" I made my application
for leave and sincerely prayed Shri Sai Baba to sanction it. On the day,
I wrote my application, the Chairman of our Bombay Port Trust visited
our office and was pleased with the work diary maintained by me.
The officer who had declined to sanction my leave has accompanied the
Chairman with our head of department. He too was pleased. Next day,
I was informed that my leave was sanctioned by the officer who had
earlier refused to -do so. I thanked Shri Sai Baba for converting
"NO" into "YES". Is not this the leela of Baba ?
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 18
Baba fulfilled the desire of Miss V. Lalita to get over her S. S. L. C. Examination.
I have great desire of the devotion and much regard for Baba. I worship His picture.
I pray Him often. When I left behind geography book one day at home, I feared
my teacher would severely scold me and prayed to Baba for help. When the
geography hour came, the geography teacher was absent. I was so glad.
But suddenly a L. T. Teacher came and wanted to hold the geography class.
Then I frankly told the L. T. Lady Teacher that I have left the geography practice
book behind. The lady merely told me to bring it the next day and had took
no further notice of my omission. Another day when the periodical Examination
was near, my English Text Book which I left at the school was missing.
I was very much upset and prayed to Baba. In half an hour my friend Miss Priscilla
who had by mistake taken it away returned it. When I went up for the last SSLC
Examination,! was diffident about the result. A relation of mine went up
and looked at the marks before the publication of the results and informed
me that I got 1 or 2 marks below the necessary minimum in one or two subjects
and that there would be hope for me if there was a moderation. I intensely
prayed day after day to Baba to get me a pass. Though no moderation was allowed,
grace marks were added or allowances made in some cases. When the results
were published, my name was in the pass list. This is surely by Baba's grace and
nothing else.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 19
Baba Helped Miss M V Meenakshi (aged 11) Reading in IV Standard Chenab Park Convent,
Mount Road, Madras.
I had been worshipping Shri Sai Baba for 2 years. I prayed him.
I asked him by chits the date on which my examination would be held.
My teacher kept the date secret. I cast chits with various chits
before Sai Baba. I prayed and my sister took up one chit.
That was 1-12-1938. In fact, the examination was suddenly held on
that date. Baba often helped me like this. I used His UDI when I am ill.
The UDI cures the ill.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy
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OM SAI RAM !!!
Story - 19
Baba helped Smt. K. Arundati Amma and brought out the Nail from the stomach of her son.
Her son aged about ten, when playfully keeping a small iron nail in his mouth,
suddenly drew it inside his mouth. The nail instead of going into the bowels
went through the wind pipe into the lungs. There was great trouble and
consternation in the house. Doctor was called in. The day after this, the boy
was taken to the general Hospital. X-Ray Photos were taken and then the doctors
gave the boy chloroform and then passed a magnet wire through his mouth
into his lungs and tried to draw out the nail. That attempt was a failure. Five days
passed. The boy was getting light temperature and could take no nutrition. He was
getting weaker and was sinking. Pus had formed in the lungs. The doctor feared
the worst would happen, unless drastic remedies be adopted to reduce the
temperature. For that purpose, the patient must have the nail extricated, which
meant chloroform very risky. When doctors were hesitating, she declared that Baba
would save the boy and the risk must be taken. Chloroform was given and the
insertion of magnetic wire on this occasion brought out the iron nail and the boy
gradually recovered his health. Baba helped her family and saved the life of her son.
Surrender Shri Sai Completely ! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be there !!! .
OM SAI RAM, SRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!
Source: Ambrosia in SHIRDI - Stories after BABA's Mahasamadhi on 15.10.1918 by Ramalingaswamy