Sai Leela (contd...)

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Last year, my wrist watch had stopped dead in August and inspite of my

trying frantically. I could pot start it, so I kept it in my cupboard.

In November, when my transistor cells too were completely consumed, I

did not have any source of knowing the correct time which made me very

desperate as I am in the habit of doing my daily routine by the movement

of the watch. So on one Thursday, I wore my watch and went to Swargate

Saibaba temple and prayed to Sai Baba sincerely to repair my watch by

His ways since I could not afford to give it to a watchmaker for

repairing. And what wonders ! The next day in the evening my watch

started working automatically and till this moment it is working

accurately. I really did not have any words to express my gratitude

towards Him, Who answered ay prayers in this manner.

At the beginning of this year, my younger sister, (who got married in

another caste and had arranged everything by herself) had left her one

month old baby boy, handicapped husband and orthodox in-laws house all

of a sudden in sheer frustration. When I got this news, I was in a

complete dazed condition as to how and where to search for her. because

she was at a very far off place like Dehradun and neither she had

informed us in writing about her reasons for leaving her house nor we

knew her whereabouts. One can just imagine my state of mind and the

mental torture I had to undergo at that time as I was constantly

receiving trunk calls and telegrams from the other end, I being the

elder sister. When everything was beyond my capacity, reach and

imagination, finally I just left it to our great saviour - Saikrishna,

who answered my cries and one fine morning I got the news that she had

reached Pune safely and was staying with one of our closest

acquaintances after she had travelled alone to Rishikesh and Shirdi in

search of solace. Oh ! What a relief it was to see her safe and sound

although she had become very thin. It was only Sai who had protected her

and brought her in one piece to us. Later, by His inspiration and

guidance, I was successful in reaching her back to her in-laws' place as

well returning alone safely to Pune inspite of heavy rush in the trains.

Here I would like to specifically mention that on the eve of my sister's

marriage in February 1981, a burning lamp was toppled by a mouse due to

which the bound edge of Sai Satchaiita got burnt which clearly indicated

as a bad omen but inspite of that she being a staunch Sai devotee (in

fact, I consider her as my Guru to show me the path of Sai Seva) she

went ahead with this marriage and when she came down to Pune with her

husband, we had gone to Shirdi to take Saibaba's Ashirwad and somehow or

the other she could not join us in the Abhishek which we performed there

the very next day of our reaching. I presume that Saibaba did not

approve of her hasty step inspite of His warning.

If I sit to write in detail all my experiences of Sai Krupa, I shall

never be able to conclude this article because in my day to day life

at home, office, during long and short journeys, I feel the presence of

my Sai who is showing His Leela even though He has left His earthly body

and that reminds me of His third saying " I shall be ever active and

vigorous even after leaving this earthly body " . This translation I had

got just in time for my article during my latest visit to Shirdi where a

leaflet was being distributed by " A devotee from Hyderabad A. P. '.

Well, is it not Sai Leela ? Truly, Sai Leela is unfathomable.

Miss Neelam B. Sanglijkar

Pune - 411006

(Source Shri Sai Leela July 1983)