Shri Sai Baba's Grace (December 1975) by S.Thyagarajan

[Guest guest]

I became His devotee in 1952 and to relate all my experiences through which

I've had material benefits and mental solace, it would take volumes to put

them on paper. I shall narrate two of the most important occasions in my

life when Sri Swamiji had intervened and saved us to be able to write them

now.

My son aged 20 years survived a major accident which should've been fatal

but for the Grace of Sri Swamiji. The day was Thursday, the 8th of July,

1971. It was the very memorable day of the year since it was Guru Poornima

Day. My wife and I had done Padha Puja to Sri Swamiji as usual and took

Prasad and Blessings from Him and left for our house to make arrangements

for our proposed trip on 10. 7. 71 to Nagpur to finalise an alliance for my

only daughter.

My son left the house at 9-10 P. M. to Shenoy Nagar to receive

Guruji's Blessings. He was cycling at moderate speed on the main road

when a State Transport bus coming in the opposite direction hit at his cycle

and threw him off about forty feet away The cycle was twisted beyond

recognition and he was unconscious. We had the news by 9. 30 P. M. and

..my wife and I rushed to the spot with Sri Sai Baba's name on our lips

to see the boy on the road smeared all over with blood and

groaning with pain. A case was booked by the Police and he was admitted to

hospital. The blood pressure and pulse rate were going down and down

and any amount of glucose administered intravenously would not improve his

pulse The doctors were puzzled and said they could say something hopeful

only the next day. One thing was sure. Haemorrhage was somewhere in the

system but they could not locate the exact spot even after taking X-Rays of

all the possible spots of haemorrhage Next day the Chief said that an

exploratory operation had to be done and only after opening they would be

able to locate the spot from which blood was draining so fast.

I did not want to disturb Sri Swamiji early in the morning since I knew what

a great strain He should have had the previous day (Guru Poornima). I wrote

about the accident on a piece of paper and sent it to Him through my second

son about 10 A. M. seeking His blessings. The boy was asked to meet Him at 3

P M. By that time the doctors proceeded with the operation and instead of

exploring part by part, they opened up right from the chest down to the

naval and at last found his liver was ruptured very badly and about 3 litres

of blood out of the total 5 litres of blood in the human body, had been

drained. The Chief came out of the theatre, summoned me and said all that is

humanly possible would be done and that he could assure survival upto 30%

and for the rest 70% I should look upto God.

The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm