DIVINE GRACE - BABA SHARING DEVOTEE'S OFFICIAL RESPONSIBILITY

[Guest guest]

Divine Grace

Baba shared Sri S.B. Dhumal's Official Responsibility.

 

 

Dhumal was the first nominated President of the Nasik District Board

from 1917-25. As President he had to sign papers, thousands in

number, without using facsimile. This took many hours of the day and

that reduced his practice as well as the income tax he had to pay.

But he got the Sanad of Rao Bahadur in recognition of his service.

This was in 1927.

 

But one of the peculiar happenings during the time when he was the

District Board President is worthy of notice. Each night, a peon

would stand with papers, and after his signing each one, the peon

would blot each paper, so that the next one might be ready for

signature.

 

One day when these papers were with him, some visitor, for whom he

had very high regard, came and talked on till midnight. So, the

signatures had to be postponed. Early morning he had to run away for

a case and returned only at night.

 

Then, he called for the papers of the previous day and that day. The

Head Clerk came and asked him, `Why did you send for the papers of

the previous day?'. Dhumal said that he had not signed them. Then the

head Clerk showed, to the astonishment of Dhumal, that all the

previous day's papers bore his signatures. Dhumal wondered at the

miracle done by Baba.

 

(Courtesy: HH Pujyasri B V Narasimha Swamiji)