Look at this orthodox Brahmin eating onions today

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Baba beat him, shouting foul abuses at him, but he was

overjoyed at having got Baba's 'uchchista' as Prasad. Kushabhau had

fasted on one Ekadashi day when Baba asked him what he had eaten. He

replied, " We eat nothing on Ekadashi except Kandmul (Potatoes and Sweet

Potatoes and Tube Vegetables). " Baba jokingly said, " You ate kaanda

(onions)? " Phonetically prolonging the 'a' sound to mean onions that

orthodox Brahmins do not even touch on Ekadashi, let alone eat. Then

Baba picked up some onions and forced him to eat them. Bhausaheb would

eat them if Baba also joined him in the repast. So, both of them started

eating onions. Just then, a group of devotees arrived in the Dwarkamai.

Turning to them, Baba said, " Look at this orthodox Brahmin eating onions

today. " Kusha Bhau said, " Baba asked me to, and so did He. " At that

time, Baba regurgitated and spat out something, and instead of onions,

sweet potatoes were found. Kusha Bhau, not losing a moment, fell upon it

and ate it. It was then that Baba beat him. Then Baba blessed him and

said, " Henceforth, you just think of Me and stretch your palms and it

will be full of warm udi from My dhuni. This you should use to heal and

cure diseases and benefit people. " And so he did.

(REF: Devotees experience, Page 206)

 

Kashinath Pant hailed from Mezagaon district, Ahmednagar. He

was a learned Brahmin who spent his life in doing various social service

activities like looking after the sick and helping the poor. He was also

a spiritual person. In 1872, a son was born to him whom he named

Krishna. Krishna, like his father was a very spiritual child. Right from

early childhood, he was interested in listening to mythological stories,

visiting all the temples of his village, reading the Holy Scriptures and

reciting various mantras. There was a Maruti Mandir in the village and

Krishna went daily to that temple and did pooja there.

One day, upon going to the temple, he saw a Sadhu seated

there. The Sadhu had a bright aura around him and was clothed in

tiger-skin. After doing namaskar and pooja to Maruti, he also did

namaskar to the Sadhu. The Sadhu was Vakratunda Maharaj. He beckoned to

Krishna and asked him to sit beside him. Krishna did so and the Sadhu

told him some religious stories. The Maharaj did not eat anything but

lived on milk alone. Everyday, he would give Krishna money and ask him

to fetch the milk. Krishna happily obliged. One day, Krishna brought the

milk but did not return the change. The next day, Maharaj asked him what

he had done with the change. Pat came the reply, " I bought pedas with

the money and ate them. "

Vakratunda Maharaj smiled at him and said, " See that tree a

short distance from you? Go there, and you will find a stone, beneath

which is a pot. Open it and eat. "

Krishna did what he was told, and indeed, there was a vessel

full of pedas. He ate to his heart's content. Then he kept the vessel in

its place and covered it as before. That night, the Sadhu was leaving

Mezagaon, and Krishna accompanied him. The Sadhu and Shishya traveled

far and wide and Vakratunda Maharaj bestowed all the siddhis that he had

on Krishna. But Krishna wasn't satisfied. He wanted to learn mantras

that would create spells and break spells, exorcising devils and

invoking them. His Guru was very reluctant to teach this to Krishna who

persisted. He wore the iron bangle and did the necessary rites and

gained these negative siddhis too.

 

(to be contd..)

(Source Sai Leela Magazine)