Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

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Aare Maja Sava Rupiya!

 

Between Poona and Satara lies a small town called Sirval.

About 400 years ago there was a Satpurush named Naryan Swamiji. His

Samadhi is next to the Ram Mandir. Adjacent to his Samadhi, is the Samadhi of

another saint Baja Bua.

Legend has it that, if a devotee worshiped it with full

faith and said " Baji dole " ([Roughly Translated] " Baji sway " , that

Samadhi would sway. Madhav Rao Peshwa heard this; so he went to Shirval and

after worshiping the Samadhi with full faith said " Baji dole " . The Samadhi

started swaying. Years later Chang Devotee Maharaj went to meet Dnayshwar

Maharaj; riding on a fierce lion. Using a poisonous snake as a whip. At that

time Dnayshwar was sitting on a wall. Hearing that Chang Devotee Maharaj had

come to meet him he ordered the wall to move forward so that he could meet him.

Indeed the wall moved forth.

Years later Baba, the Parabhrama manifested in Shiladhi. He lived in

a dilapitated Masjid and looked after the welfare of His

devotees. One day while sitting in the Masjid He said " Maje Samadhi

Bole-le, Maje hard Turbut thu ne Bolethil bar ka Shama " [Roughly

Translated] " My Samadhi will speak, so will My bones talk to My devotees from My

tomb " So said Baba to Shama and so it came to pass that many wonderfull Leelas

were experienced by Baba's ankita bhaktas. Some of them are given below:-

Baba Saheb Tarkhad once attended the Ram Navami celebrations in the

year 1932. After having a bath with utter love and devotion he went to

Dwarakamai. There he took darshan of Babas Photograph and performed puja. The

puja was offering of Camphor, incense sticks, and Dakshina. After doing lotangan

and shastang namaskar, he applied Udi from Dhuni Maa. After asking Baba for

permission to leave, he went to Samadhi Mandir. There he worshiped the Samadhi

and gave his Dakshina. As the Ram Navami festival had concluded he decided to

leave for Mumbai.

He went in time to catch the 11 a.m. bus that would have

3 seats vacant for pilgrims, to go to Mumbai. But that day each and every bus

was crowded to suffocation. So he returned to Dixit Wada. In the Wada his mind

was in turmoil. Why has this happened today? Did I make any mistake in my Puja?

That night his turmoil increased with every passing hour. And he was quite

restless.

The next day he went to Dwarakamai to take darshan of Baba's

Photograph. To his utter surprise he saw Baba's Narshing Roop (Angry form) in

the photograph. Shocked he was speechless. He knew in his heart that he had

erred somewhere, But where? Then Baba Saheb went to Samadhi Mandir, and placed

his head on Baba's padukas' and no sooner he did this, he heard Baba saying

" Arre Maja Saava Rupiya " ! At once he remembered the conversation, he had with

his Daughter-in-law before leaving Mumbai.

She had given him Rs 1.25 and asked him to put it in the

Samadhi Mandhir (Hundi)Dakshina box. He had tried to dissuade her, by saying " If

you put the money in the Hundi, it will go to the Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan

general fund. But if I give it to the donation counter and get a receipt, your

name will be published in their donors' list of the Sai Leela magazine " . She had

replied, " I do not care for my name to be publicized. I am offering the money

with love and devotion. All I want is that this money be put in the Dakshina

box " Then Baba Saheb humbly put the money in the Dakshina box.

Balaji Pilaji Guruv had some wonderful experiences. He

stated that one day they were playing cards in the gallery of the

Samadhi Mandhir, when they heard the sound of the Veena. They looked

around but no one was near. So they went down and found that the music was

coming from the mosquito net over the Samadhi. They heard the most beautiful and

celestial symphony of the Veena emitting from the Samadhi. The music lasted for

about ten minutes.

On another occasion, after Ram Navami, there was water

oozing from the Samadhi. They checked the Samadhi, which was intact. The water

flowed in a thin stream, over the Samadhi. They collected the water and used it

as teerth. This lasted for about a month, and then stopped.

 

(Ref : Shiladi written by Dr.Gavankar)