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

[Guest guest]

How could I thank Him for His infinite mercy on us and how could we exist

without Him!

My daughter was married in January 1972 and had come down from Delhi for her

first delivery in November 1972. She was admitted to a Nursing Home under

the care of an expert obstetrician. Ten days had passed after the expected

date of delivery and she was having continuous pain and allied indications,

but there was no sign of the baby being delivered. The doctor herself was

puzzled and advised that if she did dot deliver for another four days, she

whould have to be operated upon and the baby taken out.

She was just nineteen years old and we were very much worried whether she

would survive the surgery and even if she survived she would be alright for

the rest of her life.

Whom could we consult for advice? Naturally Sri Swamiji, who has been our

Saviour all these years. I rushed to Sri Sai Nilayam and explained the

situation. He said there was some difficulty due to certain latent forces

working against her and that if He were to touch her and apply Udhi, Sri

Baba may help her. She was not in a fit condition to be moved out of the

Nursing home. I could not think of requesting Swamiji to accompany me to the

Nursing Home. I returned with the Udhi given by Sri Swamiji and told my wife

who was also perplexed about the next course of action. Suddenly I thought

out a plan and asked permission of the doctor to take my daughter out for

half an hour. The doctor said she would not be responsible if anything

untoward happened to the would-be mother. Braving the risk involved, I went

in search of a taxi, only to learn that due to some bandh, observed in the

City no mode of transport was available. When I was about to break down,

there came a person asking what I was in search of. I told him my miserable

plight and he said he would ply his taxi and that I should pay him thrice

the normal fare. I agreed and took my wife and daughter in the taxi to Sri

Sai Nilayam. Ours was the only taxi on the road and we realised that it was

Sri Swamiji's grace which had made the driver heed to my request. Sri

Swamiji was a bit annoyed since I had taken the risk of taking my daughter,

who was in a precarious condition of health. He applied Udhi on her forehead

and gave a packet of Udhi and a generous quantity of Udhi and said she would

deliver a boy before Friday morning and she would be alright thereafter. The

Udhi had to be applied externally and '- taken orally with water. We

returned with lighter hearts to the Nursing home. After applying the Udhi

several times, my wife told me that my daughter had developed real labour It

was 10. 30. P. M. The doctor examined her and said she would deliver any

moment after 8 A. M. the next morning.

 

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