Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha

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Shri Sai Baba's Sweet Upadesha

Thursday, the 1st November 1979, dawned as usual; but it ended

unusually. On getting up, I felt that I should meditate on Shri Sai

Baba's form. Accordingly He got meditation done through me. This pious

deed in the early morning set the tone for the full day.

 

After having gone through the morning preliminaries, I had a strong

desire to recite all prayers i.e. morning aartis. I could have slept in the

afternoon as it was a holiday; but Shri Baba wanted me to read

charters 18 and 19 from His Pothi, wherein Shri Baba blesses Shri

Dabholkar indirectly when the latter is sad that while another devotee

i.e. Shri Sathe received Shri Baba's blessings immediately he did not

get them after long service. At this, Shri Baba directs him to see Shri Shama,

who tells him a story.

 

I waded through the pure currents of Ganges, as I call the lines in

these chapters, for every line in these chapters oozes the nectar of

pure devotion and purifies the reader. I felt Shri Baba's invisible hand

cleansing my mind of impurities. Whenever I feel depressed, I bathe in the holy

waters of these chapters and emerge fresh and fragrant from here, Shri Baba, has

given out all that He wanted to say to His devotees through a story of an old

lady, who had undertaken a fast unto death to get the Guru Mantra. Shri Baba

persuaded her with gentle words to give up fast and eat heartily for He did not

get any Mantra from His Guru though He had served Him faithfully for 12 long

years. He continued further that His Guru demanded from Him only one point viz.

endless attention on the Guru's form. He gave this willingly. His Guru also

demanded two pice i.e. faith and patience. These two pice also He gave

willingly, Baba continued further that she too should do the same and He would

bless her. The story, brought horns virtue truth to Shri Dabholkar that Shri

Baba's grace was available to everyone of those devotees who could place

implicit faith in Him & patience. Shri Baba's omniscience is revealed to Shri

Dabholkar, who returns to Dwarakamayi in the blissful thought that Shri Baba has

already blessed him. Having listened to this story Shri Baba gave him a handful

of sugar candy and told him that his life would be equally sweet if he practiced

full faith in Shri Baba and have patience to reap the fruits thereof.

 

As I concluded my voyage through the Ganges, and reached the shore of

the chapters, an " inner voice " told me that " He would confirm that you

are blessed this day " . I closed the Pothi and went to balcony to have a fresh

breeze. While standing. I saw my friend Shri Karnik standing in the balcony of

his block. The latter's presence reminded me of certain work which I had with

him. I immediately rushed down to his block. We both settled down for a long

chat. As I started for home, Shri Karnik gave me a handful of sugar candy and

told me that it was his Guru's prasad which was equal to the prasad of

Pandarinath of Pandharpur. I was wonderstruck at " Shri Sai Leela " for as

promised earlier, He confirmed that He blessed me thus and ended my day with a

sweet note. Anil K. Rasal Bombay

(Source Shri Sai Leela August 1980)