DEVOTEES' EXPERIENCES OF SRI SAI BABA BY H.H. NARASIMHA SWAMIJI - PART II

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AR-SA"> XII 15TH DECEMBER, 1936. dadaji gopinath joshi, Ram Maruti Road, Dadar,

says: I went to Shirdi in 1932. My son, aged 12 months, had smallpox and

fever. The illness was serious. Udhi and Tirtha were applied. Without any

medicine, the boy was re­stored to health. I vowed, I would take him to Shirdi.

Some­how, I failed to perform my vow for a long period. My boy got fits. I then

remembered my vow and the breach of my prom­ise. I vowed this time that I would

positively and quickly take him to Shirdi and perform various ceremonies if he

should be cured. He was cured. At once, i.e., in 1932, I took him to Shirdi.

There we performed Abhishek. We then started

away. When we were half way towards Kopergaon, the fits revived. R.B.Purandhare,

who was with us, asked us to go back and see what performance of the vows we

were still defaulting in. Then we learnt that only Abhishek had been done and

the rest remained unperformed. So we set about fulfilling all our vows. Then

the boy, who had been half unconscious and in fits till we reached Shirdi

climbed up the Samadhi of Baba and was clapping his hands. We had no more

trouble. Again in 1933, we went to Shirdi. On the way at Kopergaon, we got on

foot into the Godavari, as some one told us it was fordable at that time. But

when I, bearing my son in my arm, and my wife reached the middle of the stream,

the force of the current seemed very strong and it seemed that we would be

washed down by the current. I felt giddy also. I closed my eyes and began to

pray to Sai Baba for help. Within

five minutes, Bala Gurav, a servant of Sai Samsthan, came into the middle of the

river and held me and helped me through. He helped my wife also to cross the

river. We were celebrating or conducting my sons's Jayawal or tuft ceremony at

Kashi and we intended that simultane­ously with it, an Abhishek of Baba should

be performed at Shirdi. But we forgot to inform Nanu Pujari at Shirdi and no

(simultaneous) Abhishek of Baba was done. We went from Kashi to Gaya, and there

at the Gayawali's house the fits came on again. So I remembered my failure to

carry out the Abhishek and wrote at once to Nanu Pujari to

perform two Abhisheks, one by way of penalty. Then our further journey was safe

and the boy's health was alright. In 1934, my boy had some sort of fever;

none could diagnose it. Udhi and Tirtha cured it. In 1935, his toe had huge

swelling. The Doctor wanted to cut it. But Udhi effected the cure. I rely on

Baba and I am safe.

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