A Surprise Gift from Sadguru Sainath Maharaj

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A Surprise Gift from Sadguru Sainath Maharaj

It was the year 1952 when one of my well-wisher subordinate employee

named Shri NERURKAR of Bandra

(West) advised me to go in SHARNAGAT of SHRI SAI BABA OF SHIRDI, Who will, as

per his belief, definitely redress any and every of my grievance, solve our all

difficulties, give us what we deserve and above all give us peace of mind,

provided we surrendered to Him in full heart and soul.

 

Those days we were very badly in need of residential accommodation

I along with my wife, Shama Tikoo,

made up our mind to go to SHIRDI and fall at the lotus feet of SAI BABA. One

fine day HE seems to have felt our heart-throbs and called us to SHIRDI as it

was a known fact that without HIS wish nothing can happen in spite of any and

every effort is put in. An invisible verbal order came and we set out for

SHIRDI. Though this was our first experience; we had some difficulty in

reaching Shirdi which we took to be His test of our endurance and belief in

HIM. We reached there safely, passed some days in Shirdi attended the Palki procession as well, on Thursday night. We saw what we

had never seen till that day, that the Samadhi Mandir,

Gurusthan, Dwarkamai and Chawdi are open to one and all without caste and creed

which is allowed in no other temple, church, masjid

or gurudwara. Above all we were rather surprised to

see that each person, a child, young or old, a male or female, can go up to the

SINGHASAN OF MAHARAJA ADHIRAJ SHRI SAINATH and touch His feet, garland Him, put

on any offering to Him. This direct access to the Sai Murti,

of any one, rich or poor, sick or healthy, is unique, we could see. Above this

all, we felt as if Baba is talking to us and He gave us peace of mind when we

used to sit before Him in the Samadhi Mandir hall, at

Dwarkamai, at Chawdi, at Gurusthan or even in the Lendibag.

 

After about a week's stay there we returned to Bombay and " LO

WHAT A SUPRISE SAI BABA HAD FOR US ON OUR RETURN " He gave it to us,

as one of my another subordinate Shri Bhogilal Lolania informed me that

there was a double room vacant in the Building he was residing in and I should

immediately see the rent collector Shri Dubejee before any one else meets him for it. I accordingly

met Shri Dubejee same

evening and the problem of our accommodation which could not be solved since

1948, was solved at a minutes meeting with the said rent collector, but only

when we returned from Shirdi with the grace and blessings of SAI BABA, on Whose

feet we had fallen at Shirdi and had completely surrendered our heart and soul

to HIM, the SADGURU SAIBABA.

 

This leela of providing us surprise gift in the form of accommodation

increased our faith in Him and His Bhakti and as such

I along with my wife Shama Tikoo,

took HIM to be our Father, Mother and Guru as well as every thing in our life.

We have entrusted ourselves to HIM to HIS Grace and His mercies. We are His and

only His and He has every right to do with us what is so destined and in store

for us that we deserve. It is because of this all, I have been writing,

composing and singing Bhajans of His grace and BHAKTI

BHAVS which He and only He creates in my mind, brain and thought. It is He only

who gives me inspiration and power to write, compose and sing these Bhavs in the form of the Bhajans.

HIS LEELA is very UPRUMPAR (endless). We have full faith in Him and in all

gods, saints, avatars, fakeers, and sannyasees but all through HIM AND IN HIM ONLY, as we see

every one of them in HIM only.

K. T. Tikoo

Bombay

(Source Shri Sai Leela Jan 1979)