Guest guest Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 How Baba Redeems His Pledge " Cast all your burdens on me and I shall bear them " was the pledge given by Shri SAIBABA, for the benefit of humanity. The devotee has to do his part in a spirit of complete surrender, and BABA had never failed HIS devotees. Since nearly four decades, I and the members of my family have been experiencing the redemption of this pledge by BABA. There was never a problem in our lives, which could not be solved by HIS grace. There were innumerable instances when we turned to Him for succor and guidance and we were never disappointed. I would crave the indulgence of the kind readers, to mention two or three of several such instances, In 1959 my only son had appeared for his B. E. mechanical, final examination and came home to spend his summer vacation with us. I found him unusually brooding. When pressed, he revealed the cause. He was worried because he did not fare well in his examination. He was expecting his first ever failure in his academic career. Since childhood he was a very sensitive child. I prayed to BABA to come to his help and vowed to send a certain amount to Shirdi Sansthan, for poor feeding. A few days later, I had a dream in which BABA was sitting on the branch of a huge tree, the top of which was in the clouds. HE stretched HIS hand towards me from the sky demanding HIS money. After I woke up the daily paper came in the morning and I was happy to find my boy's number in the list of successful candidates. I immediately sent the amount to Shirdi. A few years back all the members of our family went to Tirupati in our car for the tonsure ceremony of my grand-son. One night, prior to our departure, I had a dream. In the dream, we were traveling in our car along a very narrow forest road. Our journey was obstructed by a big tree which fell right across the narrow road. There was no way of by passing the road block. We tried to remove the tree; but it did not budge. While we were waiting in despair, a villager wearing soiled and torn clothes came there. He laughed at us, coming to know about our predicament and questioned me " You are so many and why don't you all make an effort to remove the tree " . I told him that we have tried and failed. He said he would assist us and we all tried again. Our contribution was of no consequence, as he pulled the tree from the road with ease. I felt grateful to him and thanked him profusely and offered him some of the eatables which we had in the car. He ate them with relish and wanted some more. We gave him some more. He again wanted some more and thus he ate all, that was available in the car. After that he again asked for something more and I told him that nothing was left with us. He laughed at me and accuses me of telling a falsehood. I was shocked by this rudeness. Then he said " Search your grandson's pocket " . When I did so found two or three paper wrapped sweets, which the boy always carried in his pocket. I took them and gave them to him. He ate them and drank water. From this I could know that he was no ordinary man. The child folded his hands before him and he blessed the boy and advised us to start at once as we had a long distance to cover. We all felt very hungry; but there was nothing available, which we could eat. After a journey of 30 or 40 miles in hot sun we reached a small wayside village where there was a small tea-stall and we stopped in front of it. We expected to get in it only tea and some crude bread. It was a pleasant surprise to us, when the stall keeper informed us, that he had prepared food for us as per the instructions of a villager, who came to his shop and informed him of our arrival a few hours thence. That was the dream I had. While we were returning from Tirupati on our way back to Hyderabad, a few miles this side of Kurnool, the tiered end suddenly broke and the car began to travel down a ghat slope. We felt helpless as the steering wheel had no control. I knew that it was going to be our end. In desperation I lifted both my hands in an earnest prayer to BABA and requested HIM to spare at least the child. To my surprise the momentum slackened and the car headed towards a tree standing there. The front bumper touched the trunk of the tree and the vehicle came to a stop. I was surprised to note that, the tree was none other than the one which I saw in my dream, in a fallen state across the forest road. Even the front bumper had not been damaged. With the help of the driver of a car, that was passing that way, a wrench was improvised for the broken tierod end and we managed to reach Kurnool, where the necessary replacement was got done and we could reach Hyderabad 4 or 5 hours late. This was BABA'S grace. That villager was no other than BABA. According to an astrological prediction I should have had a fatal illness in my 62nd year. I was ready for the event, but did not reveal this to any one of my family. Some days before the completion of my 62nd year, one night my wife had a dream. A Rishi appeared in her dream and directed her to tell me, that I should chant MRITYUNJAYA MANTRAM 108 times every morning. My wife does not know how to pronounce the name of that MANTRAM even now. When she had that dream, she immediately woke up and noted on a small piece of paper the name of that Mantram, with incorrect spelling. Next morning she told me about it and I could know that it was the hand of BABA guiding my destiny. As a matter of fact it was my wife who had brought SAI BABA POOJA into our house in 1940. I am now sixty eight. I am reconciled to any eventuality, but I am grateful to BABA for HIS grace showered on me and my family members. There was and is never a moment in my life, when BABA is not in my thoughts. I feel HE pervades our home. I feel HIM and breathe HIM. To my knowledge He had never let any one down. Devata Subba Rao Hyderabad (Source Shri Sai Leela Feb 1979) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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