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 FJis 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)