Guest guest Posted May 25, 2003 Report Share Posted May 25, 2003 DATTA SAI (1) Balwant Khojokar was at Shirdi in 1911 on the occasion of holy Datta Jayanthi i.e., the day of Lord Dattatreya’s first manifestation as the son of Sage Atri and his wife Anusuya. Khojokar’s son writes about the incident that took place on that day: "At about 6 p.m. or so, Baba was seated at the Mosque with devotees around him. Suddenly he said, "I am having the pangs of labour. I cannot bear it. I am about to be delivered!" Evidently he was identifying himself with Anusuya of yore, mother of Lord Dattatreya, who at that time of the day had her pains of labour and so he too was undergoing sympathetic pain. At the time of sunset, he drove out all people from the Mosque and again, after a little while, he called all people to come to him. Then he was in glee. This, according to puranas, was the time of Datta’s birth. People went in, and among them was my father. What he saw on Baba’s seat and in the place of Baba was a small child, charming three-faced figure of Datta as an infant. That vision lasted for a moment. Khojokar realized that Sai Baba was Datta." (Written by: Pujya acharya E. Bharadwaja in Sai Baba the Master) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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