Guest guest Posted April 6, 2003 Report Share Posted April 6, 2003 DIVINE GRACE TO GADGE MAHARAJ D.D. Nanasaheb Rasane who served Baba for nearly tow decades has told the author of a remarkable incident in this period of Baba’s life as recounted to him by Saint Gadge Maharaj himself. Sri Gadge Maharaj (alias Sri Guzadi Maharaj) a famous saint of Maharashtra, was serving in a provision store at Sivagaon Pathadi. One day Sai Baba came there from Selu Manvat and begged for roti. When no one gave him any, he picked an ear of Jawar from a ripe farm and went away, munching it. Gadge went home on leave, picked up roti and proceeded in search of the fakir. At last, he found the latter sitting under a tree in a jungle. The fakir demanded, "Why have you come here?" "I noticed that they hadn’t offered you roti, and so I got it for you." "Will you give me whatever I demand?" "You may ask anything except money which I don’t have." "I need your life. Give it." "How can I take it out and offer you? Take it by your hand, I am ready." The fakir then kept his hand on Gadge’s head in blessing. The latter, instantly galvanized with intense renunciation, at once went back, bade goodbye to his family and rushed to his guru who, in the meanwhile, went ahead. When Baba saw him he was wild and roared, "Rogue, why have you come to trouble me further?" "I cannot part from you!", Gadge submitted. Baba then led him to the nearby tomb of a Moslem saint, commanded Gadge to dig a small pit nearby and fill it with two pots-full of water. Getting down into that, Baba sipped a little of the water and directed the other to do the same. Gadge obeyed and at once grew oblivious of everything in a deep yogic trance. By the time he regained his sense, Baba had left. Subsequently, Gadge reached Shirdi. Baba was at the mosque and the curtains within were lowered. Gadge lifted a curtain up and peeped in. Baba grew wild and cried, "Bastard, have you come to eat my bones, having already eaten by flesh? Why trouble me even after I gave you what I have?" When Gadge said that he would not leave him. Baba flung a brick at him. It struck the former on his brow, leaving a permanent crescent mark. Baba then calmed down and said, "You are fully blessed and will henceforth be a Sadguru. God will bless you." Gadge instantly attained perfect Enlightenment. Long after, on the eve of his mahasamadhi, Sadguru Gadge Maharaj visited Shirdi singing, "Ham Jato Amche Gaona" (I am going to my original abode) He swept the village clean, sang Bhajans and told his devotees, "We shall never meet again. I am going away!" Then he proceeded, singing, to the banks of river Narmada and attained mahasamadhi. (Written by: Sri Pujya Acharya E. Bharadwaja in ‘Sai Baba The Master") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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