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Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai are One
and the Same
By Arjan D. Bharwani
4. THE DIVINE PROCLAMATION
On 20th October 1940, Shri
Anjaneyulu (the local Excise Inspector), Sathya's sister-in-law
and Pandit Narayana Shastri witnessed a celestial event. They
beheld a Halo of supra earthly light around the face of Sathya. As
mere humans they found this brilliance difficult to withstand,
none-the-less they were encharmed. The young lad proclaimed
vociferously, "I am no longer your Sathya. I am Sai Baba. I am
going. I don't belong to you, Maya has gone: My bhaktas are
calling Me. I have My work waiting; I can't stay any longer".
Saying this, Sathya left the place.
This fact deserves special attention
on the part of dear readers that a boy of mere 14 years of age, in
whose family and entire ancestry no one ever knew anything of Sai
Baba, not even His name. The very same boy calls Himself 'Sai
Baba' and makes a Divine declaration "I am Sai Baba". Not only
this but also from the fact that he should have talked of his
bhaktas, the work of his life (clearly refers to his previous
incarnation), the philosophy of Maya and attachments, the readers
can gauge and judge for themselves, the reality of circumstances
under which this could be possible. It is even more important to
realise that at that time in South India and that too in a
secluded village in a remote corner of Andhra Pradesh, no villager
had ever heard of Shirdi Sai.
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