Sai Baba the Master

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Devotees of a Godman like Baba are easily tempted to commit one error i.e.

to think that he would do, by his omnipotence, all that the devotee wishes

him to do. It is necessary to remember, especially for a devotee, that Baba

’s superior wisdom knows how to judge a situation better. But any amount of

verbalizing over this would not do. A practical lesson is necessary.

 

In 1915, a rich old man of Harda who was suffering from tuberculosis came

to Shirdi with a lady. During the first month there was gradual improvement

in his condition, but thereafter it showed a sharp decline. His end seemed

near and Prof. Narke was sent to Baba for udi. Baba told the professor that

the man would be better for quitting the earth and said, “What can the udi

do? Any how take the udi and give it as it is wanted”. Shama was then sent

to intercede with Baba, but Baba said the same thing as he did to Prof.

Narke, but in a cryptic manner which outwardly seemed to mean the opposite!

“How can he die? In the morning he will come to life”.

 

This was taken to mean that the old man would survive and nobody noticed

the warning implied in the wording of the second sentence. The man died and

the devotees felt that Baba gave false hope. A little later, one of the

relations of the old man saw Baba in a dream with the deceased man’s head

over his own. Baba disclosed the lungs of the late old man. They were in a

rotten state and Baba said, “From the torture of all this I have saved him”.

Thereafter the relations of the old man renewed their visits to Shirdi. For

they know that many were the cures which Baba effected if he considered them

worthwhile and beneficial to the affected soul. That and not the attachment

of kinsfolk to the sick person was Baba’s criterion in deciding whether to

heal or not. We will see elsewhere how Baba knew the past of a person even

to hundreds of his previous lives and so he knew minutely the causes that

underlay his joys and sorrows; he knew the potentialities of each and he

used his superknowledge in getting the best for his devotee without

violating god’s justice too much. Many were the cases in which Baba deemed

it wiser to let a creature die, as in the case

 

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