In The Vision of Sai By Shyamala A.K. Bhombore

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In The Vision of Sai

By Shyamala

A.K. Bhombore

We were

at Shirdi on the

20th October 1988, to

partici­pate in the 'punya thithi'

festival of Sai Maharaj. We

stayed on in the Samadhi Mandir to enjoy Sai-bliss and take part in all the programmes

going on. In the early hours of 21st morning we had to leave Shirdi for Bombay. At 3 a.m. we took leave of Sai

Baba and left for the bus stand to catch the bus to Manmad,

to catch the Panchavati Express for Bombay.

 

We had

a dilemma as we started for the bus stand. We had five packages to be carried

and at those early hours on the main road, we could not locate any porter too.

I did not know what to do except cry for Sai's help.

 

Sai-grace

is open to all those who knock at his door. Soon we could see a middle aged man

dressed in white coming towards us. We took him for a porter and sought his

help to carry our baggages. He bluntly refused to do

so as he is not a coolly but a flower vendor.

 

I

virtually pleaded with him to help us out of this predi­cament at least by

locating a porter for us and we moved towards the bus stand. Even before we had

moved a few yards, he had a change of heart and asked us to hand him all the luggages. He carried them on his head and shoulders and

moved towards the Bus Station. We were half way through and saw a bus coming

out of the stand. Our good friend stopped the bus and asked us to get in saying

that it was bound for Manmad. He helped us keeping

the luggage inside the bus too. He refused to accept any money for the

benevolent services he rendered us.

 

He took

leave of us with a smile and

assured us that our journey would be pleasant. Indeed it was Sai

Baba who gave his darshan to us and blessed us.