SWEET MEMORIES OF TATYA

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SWEET MEMORIES OF TATYA

When one dozes in the presence of God!

Baba used to make fun of me. Sometimes. when I was fast asleep he would take me

out of the mosque and hide himself. When I woke up and started crying out and

asking who it was who had thrown me out, he would come out mischievously

smiling at me.

During the hot summer days it was sweltering hot specially near the dhuni. When

I overslept near the dhuni,. Baba, ever on the lookout to tease me, used to

cover me with a blanket, stealthily getting up late in the night . Sweating

badly, I would wake up, unable to bear the sultriness and sit on the steps of

mosque. Baba, pretending to be anxious, would shout for me loudly and when I

come out into his view he would say with a sigh, "Thank heavens! So you are

here." Many a time when I was asleep he would press my head hard and would move

my legs somewhere else and put me back to sleep.

"Experiences of Tatya" in the Marathi magazine Sri Sai Leela Masik"