FROM LIFE OF SRI SHIRDI SAI BABA BY NARASIMHA SWAMI

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FROM " LIFE OF SRI SHIRDI SAI BABA " BY NARASIMHA SWAMI

 

Nana was under the delusion that he was the great supplier of Baba, and that

Baba had to depend upon him for money. Nana had to be disabused of that idea.

So, Baba made use of Sri M. B. Rege on one occasion, and exhausted all the funds

he had by taking them out as dakshina, and when M. B. Rege said that he had no

more money, Baba said, Borrow. From whom asked Mr. Rege. Baba sent him first to

Shama who had no money at all, and who was a very poor man. Shamas explanation

of Babas demand was that Baba wanted him and not his cash, and, therefore, he

(Baba) wanted him to feel the want of cash was nothing. So saying, he sent his

namaskars through Rege to Baba. Then Baba sent Mr. Rege to H. S. Dixit who also

had no money with him at that time. He explained Babas demand to Mr. Rege thus:

‘You must not feel begging at all to be a shame, much less begging for the

sake of your master. Then Baba sent him to Nana Chandorkar. Nana

Chandorkar then explained to M.B. Rege his policy. He used to leave one half of

his money at Kopergaon and come with the balance to Shirdi, and when this was

exhausted, he would send for the reserve at Kopergaon. When Mr. Rege reported

this, Baba sent for Nana Chandorkar and took from him (by repeatedly asking for

dakshina) all the money he had in his possession. Then he again asked him for

dakshina before the reserve from Kopergaron arrived. Nana felt humiliated His

moha received a blow. The subjects of moha and dakshia are closely connected

with daana.