A Concrete Example of Mysterious Grace (March 1975)

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A Concrete Example of Mysterious Grace (March 1975)

 

The way of showering Lord 'Sai's blessings on His devotees is miraculous

beyond any expectations. Some times He used to say that 'I am Allah

(Mai Alla Hu), some times He used to say Alla Malik (Alla is

Almighty). "Lo! I am beside you always". The following

account will prove how the blessinss are showered by Him on His devotees.

The Bangiya Sai Sangha was established in 1940 as an inevitable sequel to

the miraculous recovery of late Himadri Bose, the thirteen year old son of

Sri J. N. Bose from a critical illness with the help of holy 'Udhi'

presented with a copy of Sri Baba's photo by Sri S. P. R. Naidu,

organiser and first President of the Calcutta Sai Bhakta Samaj, to Sri

Bose. This incident instilled firm faith in Baba in the minds of

members of the family of Sri Bose who started a small association in his

house at 15A, Rajani Gupta Row, Calcutta, with the photo presented

by Sri Naidu along with the members of the Calcutta Sai Samaj. In

accordance with the instructions of Sri Naidu, daily puja commenced in our

house in a very humble way.

 

In 1941, His Holiness B. V. Narasiruha Swami came to Calcutta

and graced Sri L N. Bose's house and formally opened the Sangha at the

above address by worshipping the coloured photo of Sri Baba (Dwarka

ayee type) presented by Sri Naidu on the "Mahasamadhi Day". This

photo is being worshipped daily in the Puja Mandir of our Sangha

for more than three decades.

 

In 1942, I got a dream one night that Sri Baba has been guiding me to

Shirdi by holding my hand up the steps of Dwarkamayee - I had no idea where

Dwarkamayee is and in my busy preoccupations in the office work during the

war years, I forgot all about it. But the dream is still vividly

remembered by me.

 

But wonder of wonders; Sri Baba did not forget it - while staying on my

long official tour in Bombay for a month the same S. P. R. Naidu, who was

transferred from Calcutta to Bombay exactly at the time, arranged for

our trip to Shirdi along with some other devotees in April 1943.

Before we started for Shirdi, I met Rao Bahadur M. W. Pradhan, one

of the most favourite personal associates of Sri Baba at his Santa Cruz

residence who embraced me and made all arrangements for our

comfortable stay at Shirdi which was at that time, a village of mud

houses with no facility for food and accommodation. We had wonderful

experience during our trip to Shirdi -

 

a) We met Sri Narayan Maharaj, an Avatar and Sri Baba's devotee who

blessed us at a roadside station;

 

b) In the night with storms and rain at Kopergaon Station we were

accommodated at the station by one Sri Naidu, the Station Master and

receptionist of Sri Baba, of course with-out any food;

 

c) In the next morning we came to Kopergaon town and met one advocate, a

friend of one (Mr. D. K. Deshpande) of the members of our party who gave us

tea and enquired about our object of Shirdi trip. He called me "a fool - for

coming all the way from Calcutta for visiting Shirdi and advised me to go

back to Calcutta".

 

J. N. Bose

(To be contd....)

 

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

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