Sai Descends to help Devotee in Distress

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Sai Descends to help Devotee in Distress

By Puttanna

 

Sri Sai is ever watchful. He is always with those, who constantly repeat Sai...

Sai.... Sai. Not only that, He helps them. He nourishes their devotion. He takes

care of their worldly needs. He becomes one with them.

 

Poor Swarna for she lost her husband at the age of 21 or so. Her only

daughter, Champa, was three years then. Through somebody's help, she got

employed in the Khadi Gramodyoga Bhavan and started living independently with

none to help her.

 

It was somewhere in the beginning of 1996, she started coming to Sri

Saipadananda Satsanga to participate in Sai Satcharitha Parayana on

every Thursday morning. When she was introduced to the Satsanga, her

daughter, Champa, was already 20, studying in college. Swarna's worry

then was how to find a suitable boy and to conduct the marriage without

anybody's help and money. She said Sri Sai was her only refuge and she was sure

that parayana of Sri Sai Satcharitha would fulfill her desires. She also said

she was not poor as Sai is her father. She was so strong in her faith in Baba.

 

After 2 or 3 months, she stopped coming. I wanted to know what the

problem was. When some devotee took me to her small house, I was very

much pained and moved to see her lying in bed due to severe pain in the back

bone, which had made her unable to sit or walk. Sand bags had been tied to her

legs by the Doctor. During this difficult time, some of our Satsang members were

inspired to help her by Baba's Grace. After two months treatment she recovered

and was able to attend the office too. She started again to come to Satsanga for

reading Sai Satcharitha.

 

Baba is always aware of the needs of His devotees. It so happened that she was

invited to attend a relative's marriage where she went with her daughter. When

she was witnessing the marriage, an elderly couple came to her to enquire

whether she would offer her daughter to their son who was working in ISRO.

Swarna never expected such a surprising situation. She believed that Sri Sai

only had directed the elderly couple to approach her. Then and there the boy

and the girl saw each other and consented to the marriage. When Swarna explained

about her health and financial conditions, the boy's father only said " Don't

worry. Everything will be all right by God's Grace. "

 

Now, Swarna had no money and she has to conduct the marriage. The boy's father

also fixed up the marriage hall and told Swarna to take care of the expenditure

with regard to food only on the marriage day. But Swarna's problem was how to

raise money.

 

Lo! Baba's unseen hand worked. At that time her brothers at her native place

decided to dispose of their father's house. Through this deal, Baba helped her

to get a fairly good amount as her share, just enough to meet the marriage

expenses.

 

Thus, Champa was married on 6.12.1996. Sri Sai will never let down those who

surrender and take total refuge in Him and Him alone.

 

Bow to Sri Sai - Peace be to All.

OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI

(Source Sai Padananda Magazine Special)