Sai Leela (contd...)

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Last year, my wrist

watch had stopped dead in August and inspite of my

trying frantically. I could pot start it, so I kept it in my cupboard. In

November, when my transistor cells too were completely consumed, I did not have

any source of knowing the correct time which made me very desperate as I am in

the habit of doing my daily routine by the movement of the watch. So on one

Thursday, I wore my watch and went to Swargate Saibaba temple and prayed to Sai Baba sincerely to repair

my watch by His ways since I could not afford to give it to a watchmaker for

repairing. And what wonders ! The next day in the

evening my watch started working automatically and till this moment it is

working accurately. I really did not have any words to express my gratitude

towards Him, Who answered ay prayers in this manner.

At the beginning of this year,

my younger sister, (who got married in another caste and had arranged

everything by herself) had left her one month old baby boy, handicapped husband

and orthodox in-laws house all of a sudden in sheer frustration. When I got

this news, I was in a complete dazed condition as to how and where to search

for her. because she was at a very far off place like Dehradun and neither she had informed us in writing about

her reasons for leaving her house nor we knew her whereabouts. One can just

imagine my state of mind and the mental torture I had to undergo at that time

as I was constantly receiving trunk calls and telegrams from the other end, I

being the elder sister. When everything was beyond my capacity, reach and

imagination, finally I just left it to our great saviour

- Saikrishna, who answered my cries and one fine

morning I got the news that she had reached Pune

safely and was staying with one of our closest acquaintances after she had travelled alone to Rishikesh and

Shirdi in search of solace. Oh ! What a relief it was

to see her safe and sound although she had become very thin. It was only Sai

who had protected her and brought her in one piece to us. Later, by His

inspiration and guidance, I was successful in reaching her back to her in-laws'

place as well returning alone safely to Pune inspite of heavy rush in the trains. Here I would like to

specifically mention that on the eve of my sister's marriage in February 1981,

a burning lamp was toppled by a mouse due to which the bound edge of Sai Satchaiita got burnt which clearly indicated as a bad omen

but inspite of that she being a staunch Sai devotee

(in fact, I consider her as my Guru to show me the path of Sai Seva) she went

ahead with this marriage and when she came down to Pune

with her husband, we had gone to Shirdi to take Saibaba's

Ashirwad and somehow or the other she could not join

us in the Abhishek which we performed there the very next day of our reaching.

I presume that Saibaba did not approve of her hasty

step inspite of His warning.

If I sit to write in

detail all my experiences of Sai Krupa, I shall never

be able to conclude this

article because in my day

to day life at home,

office, during long and short journeys, I feel the presence of my Sai who is

showing His Leela even though He has left His earthly body and that reminds me

of His third saying " I shall be ever active and vigorous even after

leaving this earthly body " . This translation I had got just in time for my

article during my latest visit to Shirdi where a leaflet was being distributed

by " A devotee from Hyderabad A. P. '. Well, is it

not Sai Leela ? Truly, Sai Leela is unfathomable.

Miss Neelam B. Sanglijkar

Pune - 411006

(Source Shri

Sai Leela July 1983)