Sri Guru Kripa S. Syama Rao

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Sri

Guru Kripa

S. Syama Rao

We are indeed blessed to have the privi­lege of moving with and

listening to the teachings of our Sadguru Sri Saipadananda Radhakrishna Swamiji. He has come to the rescue of many devotees

whenever they are in troubles. I only feel it is my 'purvajanma

sukrita' that I have been drawn to the feet of our Sadguru, and taking a little part in the activities of Sri

Sai Spiritual Centre.

 

At the very thought of our Swamiji and

Sri Baba, I have overcome many difficulties and troubles. I would like to

narrate here a very recent incident, which shows the abundant love and

compassion our Swamiji has for his children.

 

I was transferred from Bangalore to Trivandrum in May 1978

and from Trivandrum to Calicut in 1979. I

have been trying for a transfer to Bangalore ever since

April 1979. On June 1981, I received a transfer order from Madras, our

regional office, transferring me to Bangalore. However,

due to my own folly in not getting relieved on the same day and proceeded to Banga­lore, I had to

stay for more than four months.

 

I had been patiently waiting for relief from Calicut. As no

candidate was forthcoming to relieve me at Calicut, I was not

relieved. I was very much worried about my transfer and even feared that my

transfer might not come through in the near future. One day when I was in

prayer, it struck me that I should go to Madras and meet our Regional Manager and explain my difficulties. So I

decided to go to Madras immediately

on a Saturday night, meet our Manager and come back on Sunday night.

 

Accordingly I left for Madras. As soon as

I reached Madras, I straight

proceeded to Mylapore, took a room in a hotel and

after my bath, I proceeded to Sri Sai Mandir. I

prayed at the feet of our Swamiji and Baba, and was

then going round (doing 'Pradakshina') in the prayer

hall of Sri Narasimha Swamiji, where a photo of our Swamiji is also hung on a wall. While I was doing the third

pradakshina, I was prostrating at the photo of our Swamiji, and when I opened my eyes, I saw to my great

surprise a white flower on the floor, to the right side of our Swamiji's photo. It was a great surprise to me because,

there was no garland on the photo, and I did not remember to have seen any

flowers near the photo, during my earlier two 'pradakshinas'.

 

I took it as blessings from our Swamiji

and then proceeded to the residence of our Manager. Our Manager was available

when I went there and before I could open the topic, he introduced me to his

wife saying 'this is Syama Rao, from Calicut on his way

to Bangalore. I took

this oppor­tunity to explain to him of my troubles and requested him to

transfer me to Bangalore. He

appreciated the situation and readily agreed to transfer me and asked me to

tell the local Manager, that he could manage the work without me for some time

till a permanent substitute was posted.

 

I went back to Calicut, met our

Manager and apprised him of my discussions at Madras. He also

readily agreed to relieve me and immediately telephoned our Regio­nal Manager

of his willingness. After two days I received my transfer orders and I joined

duty in Bangalore. I am more

than convinced that it is entirely due

to the love and compassion our Swamiji

showered on me, that I got my transfer to Bangalore.

 

He not only blessed me with a transfer to Bangalore, but also

indicated the same in advance during my 'pradakshina'

in the prayer hall of Sri Narasimha Swamiji. My

family and myself are ever grateful to our Swamiji and Sri Baba and pray to Him daily to lead us in

the righteous path. Jai Sri Swamiji

and Jai Sri Baba.

(Sai Padananda Souviner

1981)