Devotees Experiences by HH Pujyasri B V Narasimha Swamiji, Dt: 6-12-1036

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Devotees Experiences by HH Pujyasri B V Narasimha Swamiji,

Dt: 6th December 1936

Raghuji Ganpat Schinde Patel, age 65, Landowner and retired Revenue Patel, Shirdi, says:

As soon as Baba came to Shirdi, one Amanbhai, a Moslem, gave him food. That

Amanbhai was visiting occasionally my Mavsi’s house. Her son Ganpat Hari

Kanade, aged 35, had leprosy and fever. Amanbhai told her that a holy man had

come to his house and could treat her son. Then Baba came in and saw the

patient and administered medicine. That medicine was made out of cobra poison.

Baba asked Ganpat courageously to catch a cobra, as the cobra would not sting a

leper. Ganpat caught a cobra and it did not sting him. Out of its poison,

medicine was prepared and gives to Ganpat. He began to improve in a few days.

But he did not observe the medical instruction to avoid sex pleasures. Baba

stopped giving the further treatment. The disease developed and Ganpat died.

Baba came to this very house to treat my younger brother Baguji, who was

suffering from fever – at a very critical period when death was imminent. Baba

gave him some medicine and further had him branded with red-hot irons (one on

each temple and one on the back), Baguji recovered his health (i.e.) escaped

death and fever. Baguji had leprosy. That was arrested by Baba’s grace but not

cured. Baguji served Baba personally. I also served Baba personally.

There had been faction at Shirdi I belonged to one of the factions. The hatred

between the factions did not affect Baba. He was not hated by either faction.

One Birjichand’s wife was carried naked and brought here, and there was a case

against others and me before the Kopergaon Magistrate Appa Saheb. When the case

was under trial, one day Baba was requested by H.S. Dixit that Baba should see

that I was not acquitted. "No, that cannot be done," said Baba, "Who am I to do

it?"

At the trial, all of us accused except one were convicted and given terms of

four months imprisonment. From Kopergaon lockup, we were taken to Ahmednagar

jail and kept there. I then prayed to Baba for release. The third night Baba

came, in my dream, into the jail and said, "Do not be afraid. I will get you

all acquitted, "I wept at the time in my sleep. The jailer or sepoy rather came

and woke me. Next morning, Mr. Dhumal came and that day we were all acquitted.

For expenses of the trial, I contributed Rs.70 by sale of a buffalo. Once, I

was splitting a log for fuel. Baba stopped me saying that I would dry wood and

not green. I gave up further splitting.

 

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