Message for the week

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Sairam,

 

Happy Baba's day to you all. May BABA guide us always in our day to day life and lead us not into temptations.

 

All offerings to Baba are accepted according to the will and wish of devotees. Here is the message of the week..

 

Mrs. Tarkhad

Let us now take up the case of Mrs. Tarkhad herself. She offered three things,

viz. (1) Bharit (roasted brinjal egg plant mixed curds and spice). (2) Kacharya

(circular pieces of brinjal fried in ghee), (3) Peda (sweetmeat ball). Let us

see how Baba accepted them.

Once Mr. Raghuvir Bhaskar Purandare of Bandra, a great devotee of Baba started

for Shirdi with his family. Mrs Tarkhad went to Mrs. Purandare, and gave her two

brinjals and requested her to prepare Bharit of one bringal and Kacharya of the

other, when she went to Shirdi and serve Baba with them. After reaching Shirdi,

Mrs. Purandare went with her dish of Bharit to the Masjid when Baba was just

about to start his meals. Baba found the Bharit very tasty. So He distributed it

to all and said that He wanted Kacharyas now. A word was sent to Radha

Krishna-Mai, that Baba wanted Kacharyas. She was in a fix, as that was no season

of brinjals. How to get brinjals was the question? When an enquiry was made as

to who brought the Bharit, it was found that Mrs. Purandare was also entrusted

with the duty of serving Kacharyas. Everybody then came to know the significance

of Baba's enquiry regarding Kacharyas, and was wonderstruck at Baba's

all-pervasive knowledge.

In December 1915 A.D., one Govind Balaram Mankar wanted to go to Shirdi to

perfrom the obsequies of his father. Before he left, he came to see Mr. Tarkhad.

Then Mrs. Tarkhad wanted to send something with him to Baba. She searched the

whole house but found nothing, except a Peda, which had already been offered as

naivedya. Mr. Mankar was in mourning. Still out of great devotion to Baba, she

sent the Peda with him, hoping that Baba would accept and eat it. Govind went to

Shirdi and saw Baba, but forgot to take the Peda with him. Baba simply waited.

When again he went to Baba in the afternoon, he went empty-handed without the

Peda. Baba could wait no longer and, therefore, asked him straight, "What did

you bring for me?Nothing" was the reply. Baba asked him again. The same reply

came forth again. Then Baba asked him the leading question, "Did not the mother

(Mrs. Tarkhad) give some sweetmeat to you for Me at the time of your starting?"

The boy then remembered the whole thing. He felt abashed, asked Baba's pardon,

ran to his lodging, brought the Peda and gave it to Baba. As soon as Baba got it

in His hand. He put it into His mouth and gulped it down. Thus the devotion of

Mrs. Tarkhad was recognized and accepted. "As men believe in Me, so do I accept

them" (Gita, 4-11) was proved in this case. " Chapter 9 Satcharita.

 

Humble pranams

 

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