G S Khaparde Diary Dec. 07, 1910

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1910, 7 December Wednesday

Shirdi.

In the morning after my prayer Balasaheb Bhate who is a retired Mamlatdar came

to the Wada & sat talking with us. He has been staying here for sometime, & has

a peculiar kind of calm on his face.

We saw Sayin Maharaj as he was going out & went to him in the Masjid in the

afternoon. I, Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe, my son Baba, Bapusaheb Jog, & children

went together & sat there.

Sayin Maharaj appeared to be in good humour. He asked Babasaheb Sahasrabuddhe

whether he came from Bombay. Babasaheb replied in the affirmative. Babasaheb

was then asked whether he would return to Bombay. He again replied in the

affirmative, but added that he could not be certain of remaining there, as it

would depend upon circumstances. Sayin Maharaj remarked "Yes. It is true, you

have many things on hand & have to undertake more. You should remain here some

four or five days. You will be here, you should see for yourself. The

experiences gone through are real. They are not fanciful. I was here thousands

years ago. "Then Sayin Maharaj turned to me & started on apparently a new

track. He said "This world is funny. All are my subjects. I look upon all

equally, but some have become thieves and what can I do for them? People who

are themselves very near death, desire & make preparations for the death of

others. They offended me a great deal. They hurt me a good deal but I said

nothing. I kept quiet. God is very great & has his officers every where. They

are all powerful. One must be content with the state in which God keeps him.

But I am very powerful. I was here eight or ten thousand years ago." My son

asked him to tell a story as he told him before..

Sayin Maharaj asked what story it was. My son replied that it was a story about

three brothers who went to a Masjid. One of them wished to go out and beg. The

others did not want him to do that on the ground that the food obtained by

begging would be impure and would pollute their chowka. The third brother

replied that if the food spoiled the chowka, his legs should be cut off & so

on. Sayin Maharaj said it was a very good story. He would tell another when he

was in the humour. My son said he did not know when the thing would happen, &

if the humour recurred after he let, there would not be much use. Thereupon

Sayin Saheb told him that he should rest assured that the story would be told

before he left. I asked him why he was angry yesterday & he replied that it was

because the Teli said something. Then I asked why he cried out "Do not beat. Do

not beat " today at the time of the distribution of food & he replied that he

cried out because the Patil family was quarrelling & divided among themselves.

Sayin Saheb spoke with such wonderful sweetness and he smiled so often & with

such extraordinary grace, that the conversation will always remain engraved in

my memory. Unfortunately other people came & the conversation was interrupted.

We were so sorry for it but it could not be helped. We returned talking about

it. Tatyasaheb Nulkar was not present during the first part of the conversation

but came later on. Balasaheb Bate came in the evening & we sat again talking

about the conversation.

-G.S. Khaparde