You and I Are Not Different by Sou. Shobhana T. Malvanksr

[Guest guest]

You and I Are Not Different

This is an anecdote, narrated by Late Shri Vilhalrao Marathe, former

Shirdi Sansthan Musician and Keertankar, at a Satyanarayan Puja at

Shirdi.

 

One day two pious pathans came to Dwarkamai early at dawn for Shri

Baba's darshan. They paid obeisance to Baba and sat in front of Him. As

they sat there, shivering in the piercing cold, a thought just touched

the mind of one of them, " How fine would it be if we could get a cup of

hot tea at this time! " But the very next moment he brushed it away,

saying to himself " It is foolish to expect hot tea at this remote

village particularly at this hour, where tea may not even be known to

some, "

 

Just then Sagun Naik, who ran a sort of an inn for devotees, coming to

Shirdi, came there for his morning darshan of Shri Sai Baba. After

bowing to Him, he asked Shri Baba what he should bring for His

breakfast. Shri Baba said, " Sagun go and bring quickly a kettleful of

hot tea. " Sagun was wonderstruck. He had never seen Shri Baba taking

tea; but he was a dedicated and disciplined devotee. Without asking any

question, he went home and returned soon with a kettle full of steaming

tea.

 

The pathans were baffled! They drank the tea to their hearts content.

They had never expressed their wish for tea to anyone, yet Shri Baba had

seen through their minds, they at once realised that Shri Baba was not

only an ordinary holy man but a Superman, who was one with every being!

Sou. Shobhana T. Malvanksr

Bombay

Source Shri Sai Leela Magazine Oct 1979