BABA IS KEEPING A WATCH OVER YOU

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+ADw-P+AD4-About Sathe+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s other benefits from contact with Sai

Baba, we may first mention that by Baba+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s direction and guidance,

he had success in some of his official efforts. He had applied for pension, and

the pension granted in the first instance was less by Rs. 50 than what it ought

to have been. Then Sathe sent up petition to the Government protesting against

the reduction. Baba asked Dhumal, who came to him for Rs. 50 dakshina. Dhumal

pleaded that he did not have the money. Then Baba told him +ACY-quot+ADs-Go to

Saheb and ask for it.+ACY-quot+ADs- Dhumal went and asked, and Sathe was very

glad at the demand for that was an indication to him that his petition then

pending with government was successful. He gave the dakshina, and as he learnt

subsequently it was on that very day the order on his petition was passed, for

the grant of the extra Rs. 50 pension.+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-As for Sathe+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s religious position, there was nothing

special in his attainment or attention to religious or spiritual matters, and

he did not go to Baba for religious development. But Baba of his own kindness

wanted to correct his errors and train him alright. For instance, on one

occasion when he was at Shirdi, his thoughts got loose and he went to visit the

house of a lady who had a very doubtful reputation. Before going there, he paid

his respects to Baba. Baba asked him, +ACY-quot+ADs-Have you been to

Sala?+ACY-quot+ADs- (Meaning that lady+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s residence) Then Sathe

answered, +ACY-quot+ADs-You have made me Deputy Collector. Would I have become

that unless I went to school?+ACY-quot+ADs- Baba, finding that he mistook his

meaning, kept quiet. Later in the day, he visited that lady. There behind a

close door or partly closed door, he was carrying on a conversation which would

soon have hurled him into spiritual ruin. But suddenly the door was flung open,

and at the threshold stood Baba, who waved his arms and made gestures to Sathe

telling him, +ACY-quot+ADs-What? You have come all the way to your Guru and you

are descending to hell.+ACY-quot+ADs- Well, at once, like a thief caught in the

act, Sathe repented. Baba disappeared and Sathe left that Sala and never

visited her again. Thus, his purity was saved by Baba.+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-On another occasion, he had similar help. He had purchased a land

near about Shirdi and wanted to go and see it. He had ordered a cart, and his

wife promised to go with him to see the land. But unfortunately his agnatic

cousin, Babu, had lived there and died recently. Dada Kelkar thinking that if

Baba+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s widow should come to know about the purchase of the land,

there might be claims and trouble and so told his daughter who was

Sathe+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s wife not to go and see the land. So, the lady when asked

to get into the cart declined. Sathe was full of wrath. He pulled out the stick

from the cart man, and was going to belabour his wife when lo+ACE- Megha came

rushing in and told him, +ACY-quot+ADs-Baba wants you+ACY-quot+ADs-. Down came

the stick and he went to Baba. Baba told him, +ACY-quot+ADs-What has happened?

Your land is there. Why should you go and see it? He found that Baba was

keeping a watch over him, whether he was in the act of cruelty to his wife or

in danger of immoral relations with some woman. But Baba did not carry his

spiritual instruction in the case of Sathe very far, because though he was

fairly orthodox and moral, was hardly competent to take any serious steps in

the purely spiritual line. He was very worldly-minded and what he was thinking

of most was his position with the Government and later his financial

position.+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-Written by: HH Pujyasri B. V. Narasimha Swamiji+ADw-/P+AD4-

+ADw-P+AD4-(Vasuki Mahal Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Trust, Coimbatore-641025,

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