Take the Key from Sai!

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Hazrat Babajan is one of the greatest women saints of India. It is probably sad

that not much mention is made about this great soul who lived about the time

Sainath shone in Shirdi. Meher Baba, another realized soul of our times,

reveres Sai Baba as the perfect master. Shakthi Path is the transfer of power

from Guru to the disciple. Scriptures say that this transfer is manifested by a

remarkable physical, emotional, and spiritual experience that changes the life

of the disciple once and for all. Let us see one such experience that Meher

Baba had with Sadguru Sainath of Shirdi;

Babajan (Hazrat Babajan) often repeated to Merwan (Meher Baba) "My son, the

treasure which you seek and the key to that treasure are not with me! I am not

the one to give it to you. The treasure is yours -- it is for you alone --

there is no doubt about that, the treasure is yours! But my son, you must have

the key ... You must take the key!" Babajan would always speak about this in a

cryptic fashion -- it seemed unclear what she meant. Then one night she spoke

in a very clear manner, "the treasure is yours to have now! The key is there,

go to Shirdi, my son. There is a Sai -- a holy one there ... Go and see the

Sai. See if he will give you the key now ... Take the key from Sai!"

After a difficult journey to Shirdi, the villagers there refused to allow Merwan

to see Sai Baba. Merwan spent the night under a tree and the following day Sai

Baba sent for Merwan. Sai Baba was then seventy-seven years old, white-bearded

with a head of snow-white hair, dressed in a white kafni gown. Khodu, an

accomplice that was with Merwan, nervously walked up and bowed at Sai Baba's

feet and when he did, the old fakir slapped him on the back so hard that it

knocked the breath out of him! Khodu was startled, and then Sai Baba inquired,

"Who is your friend? What does he want?". Khodu replied, "His name is Merwan

.... Merwan Sheriar Irani; he is very devotional and eagerly desires your

darshan, holy one. Babajan, in Poona, has told us about you, Sai". The old

fakir's eyes were aflame. "Oh, no!" Sai Baba suddenly cried. "No, I won't ... I

won't allow him to see me! I won't let him come!" The old fakir's eyes then

gazed upon Khodu and he said, "Give me all

your money, all of it!" Khodu did, then Sai Baba said, "Now go and tell your

friend I won't see him, he cannot come to me!" Khodu left and reported to

Merwan, who shook his head and said, "No!" Let us just wait. I must see him and

I will." Later, Sai Baba was on his way after performing his lendi in a field

with a large procession following, a band playing and the atmosphere very

joyful though at the same time solemn with reverence. Contrary to what Khodu

had said, Sai Baba now appeared to be in very good mood. As Sai Baba was about

to pass him, Merwan stretched himself full length on the ground in front of his

feet. Seeing him in the shashtang namaskar -- bowing at full length to the

Master's feet -- in a deep, deep voice as if rising from the very depths of the

ocean, Sai Baba uttered one majestic word, the Mohammedan name for Lord Vishnu,

"PARVARDIGAR!" -- meaning GOD-THE-ALMIGHTY-SUSTAINER! Sai Baba's eyes were

lustrous with universes shining out of them as he conveyed this holy

word! The old fakir's lustrous eyes were sending a message to Merwan but to the

ignorant, his word was inexplicable. For at the instant when Sai Baba had

spoken, Merwan had become all-powerful -- Sai Baba had given him infinite

power!

(The contents of the above passage were taken from the stories from the life of Avatar Meher Baba)

Arun Reddy Nukala

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