46. BABA ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE AND SATISFIED SHRI JOSHI

[Guest guest]

Mr. Joshi son-in-law of Bahadur Thana was an angry devotee of Baba and was

not able to go to Shirdi and pay his respect to Baba as all the members of

his family and all the friends have been luckily enough to go to Shirdi and

pay their respect to Baba. He therefore became angry with Baba and declared

that if Baba was really a Saint, he would give darshan to him even without

going to Shirdi. Nothing was beyond Baba's ken. It seems that he accepted

this challenge and satisfied him. When some gentle men from Konkan gone to

Shirdi with their wife and children and were returning home, Baba asked one

of them, if he would do a piece of work for Him. When he said that he would

do it most willingly, Baba gave him a little packet of Udi and said "You go

by mail and give this holy ash (Udi) packet to him who requests you to give

a span full of space for his accommodation in the train". The gentleman

assured Baba he would discharge His trust without fail but that if he did

not meet no such gentleman, he would immediately write to him. Baba gave him

Udi packet. The gentleman started by mail, no such gentleman as described by

Baba turned up till the train left Kalyan. The gentleman thought that the

train did not stop at Thana and so taking out a post card he was preparing

to write to Baba, when to his surprise, the train stopped at Thana and just

after the while for the train to start a gentleman running drenched with

prespiration has gone in. He approached this Konkani gentleman and said to

him "Please take up this child of yours and give me a span full space to sit

as I am feeling giddy". The surprised gentlemen at once made room for him

and handed over to him the packet of Udi saying that it had been given by

Baba for being handed over to a person who called me for a spanfull space in

the train. As you fully answered to that description with great pleasure, I

give this Baba's little Udi packet of holy ashes to you. Mr. Joshi

respectfully received in his own hands wondered at Baba's wonderful

knowledge and the grace of Baba had conferred on him, angry child.

Surrender Shri Sat Completely !! Stupendous Delectation and Deliverance be

there !!

 

( Adopted from AMBROSIA IN SHIRDI by Ramalingaswamy, Life Member of Shri

Sai Baba Sansthan, Shirdi at Munja Baba Sthan, Shirdi)

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