Lakshman K. Noolkar

[Guest guest]

Lakshman K. Noolkar, who was sub-judge at Pandharpur

in 1909, while N G Chandorkar was Deputy Collector

there, was being induced to go to Shirdi by the latter.

LKN: I cannot go

until I get a Brahmin cook, and good Nagpur

oranges for presentation. I can find neither of these.

NGC:

Baba’s grace will provide.

That night a

Brahmin cook came to NGC and wanted service and was referred to Noolkar who engaged him. In the morning Noolkar

found a parcel of excellent Nagpur

oranges and no trace could be found as to who the sender was. Any how, Noolkar, convinced of Baba’s miraculous powers of

providing the needful, started with NGC, and went to Baba.

Baba: Nana, who

is this notorious crazy person whom you have brought with you?

Next

day when Noolkar visited Masjid.

Baba was in a furious mood and seizing his head, knocked it against pillar

saying, “Your existence or truth will be lost or your unreality will be

lost”.

Noolkar was

much afraid; but NGC, gave an optimistic interpretation of these occurances.

That night Noolkar suddenly got up and asked Nana for betel, which Noolkar was not ordinarily using. Just at that time, Baba

was at Mosque far away.

Baba to someone

present: Take these four bidas i.e., rolled up betel,

and go and give them to an old man, at Chandorkar’s

who needs the betel.

The sudden

appearance of that man and the delivery of the bidas

convinced Noolkar that Baba was his Antarsakshi and thenceforward Noolkar’s

faith was greatly strengthened and he stayed on at Shirdi. Noolkar’s

death suddenly came on rapidly, sacred literature was read withing

his hearing, as he approached the end. Baba’s Pada

Theertham also was brought and given to him and died

with his attention centered on Baba.

Baba referring

to Noolkar’s death: Tatya,

(Noolkar) has gone in advance (of us). He stayed here

as I directed. His life’s goal has been reached. He will be born no more.

(Source Sai

Baba Charters and Sayings)

http://www.saileelas.org/books/babasayings