Baba came to Me by G. K. Chengaiah

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Baba came to Me

 

G. K. Chengaiah

A Guru never fails his disciples and devotees. After all, human life is

full of challenges - pain and pleasure as a result of one's past

'karmas'. Steadfast faith in the Guru certainly helps the devotee

overcome obstacles in his life.

 

I have been experiencing the extrem-es - affluence, prosperity, health,

name and fame and the loss of all these. But my saviour and hope have

been Sai Baba of Shirdi and Guru Radhakrishna Swamiji, who have

unfail-ingly been coming to my rescue in times of crisis. Some years

back I ran into a bad spell, problems of health and finance together

confront-ing me.

 

I tried to help a gentleman from Andhra Pradesh with (borrowed) and to

manage a textile business in Bangalore. As ill luck would have he could

not later repay even the principle let alone the interest. I was mad to

dispose of a house site and some other distress sales also to reduce the

mounting pressure from creditors. To crown it all, I fell ill with 'slip

disc', a crippling ailment.

 

I was in bed with my head down by 400 and the legs were tied to sand

bags weighing 50 pounds. A friend, Sri Subba Rao, asked for my horoscope

to be shown to Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji for his opinion and blessings.

Though I had no belief in horo-scopes, I gave a copy to him. But the

next morning at about 9 0' clock, the Swamiji and Sri Subba Rao came

home and sat near my bed. Sri Subba Rao gave me Swamiji's viboodhi

prasad and asked me to keep some under my pillow and smear it on my

forehead when I could sit up. He also mentioned that Swamiji was saying

that I would be out of bed in 15 days. Both of them then went away.

 

I called my eldest daughter. Sow. Kusuma, and asked her, " I can

understand you not giving coffee to Subba Rao, but could you not give

some milk at least to Swamiji? " My daughter replied, " Father, don't I

know? But, Swamiji had not come here. It is all your hallucination,

perhaps due to the drugs. Before I could come, Subba Rao had gone away " .

I thought it probably was the effect of the tranquillizer. I prayed to

Baba either to 'help me or end me'. Exactly on the 15th day, I was given

a metal belt, which could keep me erect. I began attending office also.

When I started going to the Sai Mandir, Thyagarajanagar, I was surprised

to find Swamiji offering me a chair every time.

 

After some months, I asked Sri Subba Rao whether Swamiji had come to my

place along with him, when the former gave 'viboodhi'. He replied that

Swamiji had not come. When I asserted that I clearly saw Swamiji sitting

near my head, Sri Subbu said: " Baba came to you as Swamiji though he

could not be seen by others. Don't argue with your people, you would

know about it later. "

 

After some months, when I finally asked Swamiji himself about it,

laughed and said ''There is nothing in me, it was all the work of Him

(Baba) and this sort of thing that happened to many others. I am a God

man. "

 

I also informed Swamiji that a few days earlier, when I was looking

Baba's picture and praying to Krishna suddenly I saw two beautiful few

from a yellow silk dhoti. I at once raised and joined my hands in

prayer, but before I could recite sloka, the vision vanished. Swamiji

said: " That is good. Don't mention this to non-believers. Keep within

you. Have faith in God. "

 

So saying, he started another roar of Sahasranama recitation. " Om Sri

Viswaye Namaha. " I have been reciting this great gift, which I learnt

from Swamiji. I have had several experiences of Baba and Swamiji coming

to my rescue. I feel am blessed that in spite of my troubles, physical

and otherwise the Guru himself has come to his devotee.

(Sai Padananda Souviner 1981)