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Kaka's Maid-Servant

On fully believing in Baba's words, he left Shirdi and came to Vile Parle (a

suburb of Bombay), and stayed with Kakasaheb Dixit. There the next day, when

Das Ganu was enjoying his morning nap (some say when he was engaged in

worship), he heard a poor girl singing a beautiful song in clear and melodious

tones. The subject matter of the song was a crimson coloured Sari, how nice it

was, how fine was its embroidery, how beautiful were its ends and borders etc.

He liked the song so much that he came out, and saw that it was being sung by a

young girl, the sister of Namya, who was a servant of Kakasaheb. The girl was

cleaning vessels, and had only a torn rag on her person. On seeing her

impoverished condition, and her jovial temperament, Das Ganu felt pity for her

and when Rao Bahadur M.V.Pradhan next day gave him a pair of dhotars, he

requested him to give a sari to the poor little girl also. Rao

Bahadur bought a good Chirdi (small Sari) and presented it to her. Like a

starving person getting luckily good dishes to eat, her joy knew to bounds.

Next day she wore the new Sari, and out of great joy and merriment, whirled,

danced round and played `Fugadi' with other girls and excelled them all. The

Day following, she kept the new Sari in her box at home and came with the old

and torn rags, but she looked as merry as she did the previous day. On seeing

this, Das Ganu's pity was transferred into admiration. He thought that the girl

being poor had to wear a torn rag, but now she had a new Sari which she kept in

reserve and putting on the old rag, strutted herself, showing no trace of

sorrow or dejection. Thus he realized that all our feelings of pain and

pleasure depend upon the attitude of our mind. On thinking deeply over this

incident, he realized that a man ought to enjoy whatever God has bestowed on

him in the firm conviction that He besets every thing, from behind and before,

and on all sides and that whatever is bestowed on him by God must be for his

good. In this particular case, the impoverished condition of the poor girl, her

torn rag and the new Sari, the donor, the dance and the acceptance were all

parts of the Lord and pervaded by Him. Hence, Das Ganu got a practical

demonstration of the lesson of the Upanishad - the lesson of contentment with

one's own lot in the belief that whatever happens, is ordained by God, and is

ultimately good for us.

Unique Method of Teaching

>From the above incident, the reader will see that Baba's method was unique and

varied. Though Baba never left Shirdi, He sent some to Machhindragad, some to

Kolhapur or Sholapur for practising sadhanas. To some He appeared in His usual

form, to some He appeared in waking or dreaming state, day or night and

satisfied their desires. It is impossible to describe all the methods, that

Baba used in imparting instructions to His Bhaktas. In this particular case, He

sent Das Ganu to Vile Parle, where he got his problem solved, through the

maid-servant. To those, who say that it was not necessary to sent Das Ganu

outside and that Baba could have personally taught him, we say that Baba

followed the right or best course, or how else could Das Ganu would have learnt

a great lesson, that the poor maid-servant and her Sari were pervaded by the

Lord.

Now we close the Chapter with another beautiful extract about this

Upanishad."Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat

ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always

shower His grace on us and our families and remove our problems and anxieties

by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and happiness with peace of

mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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