LOST & FOUND

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LOST AND FOUND

"The Fakir asked him about the saddle. Chand Patil replied that it was of his

mare, which was lost. The queer fellow or Fakir asked him to make a search in

the Nala close by. He went and the wonder of wonders! He found out the mare. He

thought that this Fakir was not an ordinary man, but an Avalia (a great saint).

He returned to the Fakir with the mare" Sri Sai Satcharitra, Ch.V

Sri R. Radhakrishnan, Vidyaranyanagar Railway Station Quarters, Gadag Road

Hubli, had in the year 1980 gone to Erachakulam which is about 4 miles from

Nagercoil, South India. There is a Vishnu Temple in that place. A poor devotee

by name Mahadevan Pillai, was a constant visitor to the temple. He was friendly

with everyone including Sri Radhakrishnan. On a particular day Mahadevan Pillai

failed to turn up. On enquiry it was learnt that the pair of buffaloes on which

the family depended for livelihood was lost and had not returned home. The

family had been roaming all over the place miles together, in search of the

buffaloes. They had taken a loan of Rs. 2000/- from a co-operative bank on the

security of the buffaloes. The family was apprehensive that the buffaloes might

have been sold to the butchers across the border of Kerala. Sri Radhakrishnan

who had become quite friendly with Mahadevan Pillai, prayed to Sai Baba in the

night with tears in his eyes. "Baba, this

fellow Mahadevan Pillai, is a poor man and a sincere devotee of Vishnu, who is

no different from you. Please save him by helping him to get back his lost

animals." Sri Radhakrishnan had a dream about 4 a.m. in the early morning in

which he clearly saw the pair of buffaloes grazing in the field near

Thazhakkudi, which is 2 miles from Erachakulam." Immediately on getting up, he

sent for Mahadevan Pillai and told him of the dream and further told him that

Vishnu whom he worships is no different from Baba. His son who had come along

told, "we have already searched all the fields in and near Thazhakuddi several

times." Mahadevan Pillai told his son not to argue but to follow what was said.

About 3 p.m. the father and son came in a joyful mood and told Sri Radhakrishnan

that the buffaloes were found in the same place as pointed out by Baba in the

dream.

(Taken from the book ‘The Eternal Sai’)

Thought for the day

Are there any marks by which we may know that we are making progress on the

spiritual path? As a man makes progress on the spiritual path, his feelings

become more tender, his thoughts purer, his words sweeter and his silence

deeper