Sai Darshan

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Sai Darshan

 

Everyday is a Sai Day. However, somehow, Thursday has become more important

to me since past few years. On this day, I am more conscientious of Sai and

whomsoever I meet on that day, I presume the form of Sai in him and bow to

him reverentially in my mind.

 

Sai is always with us. Whoever wants Him gets Him. Whoever takes one step

towards Him; He takes complete care of him and also visits him frequently.

Of course, we recognize Him only when He vanishes like a flash.

 

I remember very vividly, about a year and a half back, on a Thursday, when I

was at Shirdi in the early morning itself, myself and two of my Sai

brothers, Shri Jagat Advani and Ramesh Raisinghani, were going towards

Chawadi side, one crippled brother asked for milk and there was a boy, who

wanted to sell the milk. Immediately, I purchased the milk and gave it to

that crippled person.

 

At about 8’O Clock, on the same day, Shirdi Sai came in His usual human

form. He came in His usual form - yes -except the difference that He

appeared to be younger in age. He came and from out of three of us, myself,

Shri Jagat Advani presently Editor, Sansthan Sarthi (Sindhi), and Advocate

Ramesh Raisinghaui, who were near the canteen, he addressed me alone as

" Krishna, Chai Pilao " . My name is Kishin, the abbreviated word for Krishna,

commonly spoken in our community. I was wonderstruck as to how he knows my

name and out of the three of us he addressed me alone as Krishna by name. I

saw in Him the form of Sai and bowed to Him in my mind and gave him a coupon

for a cup of tea. Lord comes in His form, makes Himself known well; still we

miss Him as we are deeply engrossed in worldly life. We feel low to bow to

Him reverentially in Public. Same day at about 11.30, myself and Shri Ramesh

Raisinghani, were standing outside the Bhakt Niwas and Shri Jagat Advani had

gone to the office to pay some donation to Shirdi Sansthan. I may mention

here that Shri Jagat Advani, is a pious and noble soul. He is a man of

little means, but for a good cause he has a big heart. Wherever he goes, he

donates to his mite. He gives money to down-trodden people. He does it so

selflessly and shyly that nobody comes to know much of it. His wife, also

who was a teacher by Profession and who is now retired never lags behind him

and contributes to her mite; addition to her husband, wherever she goes. Sai

came again it the same form of Shirdi Sai Baba at about 11.30 and addresses,

to me alone as " Krishna, Khana Khilao " . I was about to give him a coupon for

Khana, when I noticed that he had a Beedi in his finger tips, I disliked

this and said in my mind that it was no good to encourage such people, who

spend money on smoking and instead, I thought of purchasing about a kilo of

guava (Peru worth Re. 1/- only and giving to four/five persons. I ah'

thought to wait for Shri Jagat Advani and then to purchase the guava,

because he may also like to purchase. I, therefore, went upstairs in the

office of Shirdi Sansthan, where Shri Jagat Advani was paying donation and

within half-a-minute I came back to see that Shri Sai had left - yes - He

had vanished. Later, whole day and until I was at Shirdi, I searched for Him

throughout, but could not find Him anywhere in the same human form. I have

gone to Shirdi thereafter also a number of times, but I have never come

across that same human form of Shirdi Sai.

 

From my little experience, I feel that we should always be alert and

vigilant. He comes in any form - at any time - at any place. We must,

therefore, pray to Him constantly, to give us Subuddhi, so that we perceive

His form. We should also cultivate the habit of seeing Him in everyone and

rever everybody as Sai in that form.

 

K. H. Bhuraney

Ulhasnagar

 

(Source Shri Sai Leela Magazine June 1978)

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