Sri Shirdi Sai Baba- The incarnation of the Para Brahma 4

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Sri Shirdi Sai Baba- The incarnation of the Para Brahma

Anna Saheb Dabholkar alias Hemadpant narrates a very interesting Leela (miracle)

performed by our beloved Samardha sadguru Sri Sai Baba in his Sri Sai

Satcharitra.

 

One day in the year 1910, Hemadpant went to masjid in Shirdi to have a darshan

of his beloved Guru Sri Sai Baba.  Baba after performing his ablutions began

preparations for grinding wheat. He kept a hand mill for grinding on a sack

spread on the floor. He drew up the sleeves of his Kafni, took a handful of

wheat grains and put them in the upper opening of the mill and using the wooden

peg of the hand mill started rotating it. After removing the wheat flour, He

continued the process. Hemadpant was surprised at this act of Baba and thought

Why Baba is grinding the wheat? He possesses nothing, does not do any cooking

and lives on alms. This interesting act of Baba has spread throughout the

village and soon people gathered in large numbers in front of the mosque and

watched the same. No one dared to ask Baba why He is performing such feat.

 

However four bold women went into the mosque, pushed Baba aside, force able the

peg into their hands and started grinding the remaining wheat while singing

Baba’s leelas. Even though Baba got enraged by this act, but soon gave up to

the devotion of the women. The four women while grinding the wheat thought that

Baba has possessed nothing and lived on alms, so He does not require wheat

flour. Baba being very kind will distribute the flour to us. Our food

requirement for the next week is thus taken care of. After finishing grinding,

they kept the hand mill aside and divided the flour into four parts. Without

hesitation they began to pack their quota. Sai Baba who was calm and quiet till

now got wild and started shouting on the four women. Oh Women. Have you gone

mad? Is this your fathers property that you are trying to take away or did I

borrow anything from you? Now, do one thing. Take this flour and spread it all

along the border of our village. Cholera epidemic is fast spreading towards

Shirdi and I insisted Cholera Goddess to consume wheat flour instead of human

beings.

 

Hearing to Sai Baba, the women felt ashamed for their menial thinking and

immediately went to the outskirts of the village, sprinkled the flour as advised

by Sri Sai Baba.

 

People of Shirdi were astonished to see that from that day onwards, the Cholera

epidemic has subsided very fast without loss of life. They became very happy and

realized the greatness of Baba who has cured the epidemic of cholera by his yoga

shakti and saved thousands of people.

 

Hemadpant says that he was astonished at this miracle of Baba and realized that

Baba is not an ordinary Yogi but an incarnation of the Parabrahman who has

descended to the earth for protecting Dharma and His devotees. Then and there he

has decided to collect all such miracles of Shri Sai Baba and write a complete

biography on Baba which materialized later with the grace and blessings of

Baba,The Sai Satcharitra originally written in Marathi and later translated into

all Indian languages.

 

Baba during his 60 years of stay at Shirdi did the act of grinding everyday.. He

used to say on many occasions to his disciples that Atma Sakshatkaara or self

realization is not possible unless our impulses, desires, wishes, sins and the

three gunas are ground like wheat. It is also a symbolic act of grinding of

miseries, physical and mental afflictions of his innumerable devotees whom He

protected all the time. He preached that using the Jyaana and Bhakti, we have to

grind our karmas which are responsible for the shaping of human lives.

 

Sri Samardha Sadguru Sainaatha Maharaaj ki Jai

 

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