In The Vision of Sai

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In The Vision of Sai

By Shyamala A.K. Bhombore

We were at Shirdi on the 20th October 1988, to partici-pate in the

'punya thithi' festival of Sai Maharaj. We stayed on in the Samadhi

Mandir to enjoy Sai-bliss and take part in all the programmes going on.

In the early hours of 21st morning we had to leave Shirdi for Bombay. At

3 a.m. we took leave of Sai Baba and left for the bus stand to catch the

bus to Manmad, to catch the Panchavati Express for Bombay.

 

We had a dilemma as we started for the bus stand. We had five packages

to be carried and at those early hours on the main road, we could not

locate any porter too. I did not know what to do except cry for Sai's

help.

 

Sai-grace is open to all those who knock at his door. Soon we could see

a middle aged man dressed in white coming towards us. We took him for a

porter and sought his help to carry our baggages. He bluntly refused to

do so as he is not a coolly but a flower vendor.

 

I virtually pleaded with him to help us out of this predi-cament at

least by locating a porter for us and we moved towards the bus stand.

Even before we had moved a few yards, he had a change of heart and asked

us to hand him all the luggages. He carried them on his head and

shoulders and moved towards the Bus Station. We were half way through

and saw a bus coming out of the stand. Our good friend stopped the bus

and asked us to get in saying that it was bound for Manmad. He helped us

keeping the luggage inside the bus too. He refused to accept any money

for the benevolent services he rendered us.

 

He took leave of us with a smile and assured us that our journey

would be pleasant. Indeed it was Sai Baba who gave his darshan to us

and blessed us.

(Source Shri Sai Padananda April 1989)