Shri Sai Blesses Those Who Surrender to Him - D.L- Kanta Rao,

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Shri Sai Blesses Those Who Surrender to Him

 

In the present days, when the people are being more materialistic in nature

and are having little or no faith in the existence of God, Shri Sai Leela

Magazine is doing the best of the service for the propagation of Shri Shirdi

Sai Baba's divinity to various people of different mentalities. Though Shri

Sai Baba had left the body in 1918, His devotees are experiencing His leelas

even now in times of need and necessity. My entire family is devoted to Shri

Sai Baba for more than three decades. With confidence that this simple

experience would intensify the existing faith in Sai devotees, I am

narrating this in the name of Shri Sai Baba.

 

My daughter Kum. Niveditha after passing her X Class, discontinued her

studies. After a lapse of two years, I got her admitted in Intermediate

course. She appeared for the first year Inter Annual examination in March,

1980 along with her dear friend Kum. Sri Devi. The results were published

and Lo ! Kum. Niveditha failed in all the five subjects while her friend

passed in all the subjects. My daughter with grief and disappointment asked

me to allow her to discontinue her studies as she could not face her friends

with such a total failure in all subjects.

 

I consoled her and convinced her not to give up studies on the cause of her

failure. I encouraged her to go ahead with immense devoted faith in Shri Sai

Baba. I assured her of her success in the ensuing examination in September,

1980, in case she cast her burden on the shoulders of Shri Sai Baba with

complete surrender coupled with Nishtha and Saburi, I also advised her to

do parayana for seven days as prescribed in the sacred book "Shri Sai Babas,

Jeevitha Charitha" in Telugu, readily available in our house. I also assured

her that Baba is there to look after the needs and comforts of those who

surrender even now.

 

Kum. Niveditha too is an ardent and sincere devotee of Shri Sai. She made a

vow to visit Shirdi in case she passed in the ensuing examinations in

September, 1980. Completely surrendering herself to Baba, and with firm

belief and confidence in Him, she completed the parayana of the sacred book

in seven days as prescribed. She was regularly studying the lessons of all

the five subjects in which she failed, in addition to the regular class

lessons of the current year.

In September, 1980 on the first day of the examination, casting her burden

on Shri Sai, and with sacred Udhi on forehead, she answered the question

paper to her satisfaction. This gave her enough of courage to answer the

papers on other days.

 

In was a surprise for her to know that she passed in all the five subjects

when the results were published, while many of her friends passed in one or

two subjects only, After the Marks list was received, it was noticed that

Kum. Niveditha got appreciable marks and in fact more marks than her friend

Kum. Sri Devi, who passed in March itself. Our joy knew no bounds and our

faith in Baba created abundantly.

 

To fulfil the promised vow of Kum. Nivedetha, we all the family members

made pilgrimage to Shirdi and offered our humble pranaras to Shri Sai Baba

for His kindness. Eversince that dayKum. Nivedithas faith in Shri Sai has

been boundlessly increased. She is observing a complete fast on Thursdays to

her own satisfaction and she is not experiencing any weariness on that day

though she is attending the college for a continuous period of five to six

hours. Has not Shri Sai come to her rescue and blessed her with a complete

success? The consequences of her disappointed failure would have been fatal

and quite unexpected. But Baba did not wish that. He never deserts the one

who surrenders to Him. He with His ever blessing hands favoured her with a

complete success and not only intensified her deep devotion and faith in Him

but also made many a devotee of Him to be assured of safe and sure success

if one ever casts his entire burden on Him with complete surrender.

 

Shri Sai is ready to shower His blessings on the trusted even now

without any discrimination provided the appeal is sincere and

faithful.

 

D.L- Kanta Rao,

Nandyal Taluk

Kurnool District.(Andhra Pradesh)

 

 

(The experiences of Devotees as published in Shri Sai Leela Magazine, can be

read at www.saileelas.org/magazines/SAILEELA/exp.htm)