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The One appears as Many
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
On Sunday, the 13th day of December, 1964, Baba
was at Venkatagiri Town. He had reached the place a few days
earlier in connection with a heavy schedule of discourses in the
Chittoor and Nellore Districts, in Andhra Pradesh. But, Baba is
not bound by the limitations of space and time. On that very
day, about 8 a.m., "Baba surprisingly appeared in front of my
house", says, U. Ram Mohan Rao, Superintendent of the Junior
Technical School, Manjeri (28 miles south of Calicut on the West
Coast, in the State of Kerala). As the crow flies, the distance
between Manjeri and Venkatagiri will be more than 600 miles!
But, distance is only a game that Baba plays to keep us, poor
mortals, apart.
We shall listen to Ram Mohan Rao describing this visit. "I and
my wife were indoors with our daughter. The maid told us that a
Sadhu had come. We went out to see who it was and we were
surprised to see Sri Sathya Sai Baba! Baba said, Hari Om,
Santhih Santhih Santhih"; we prostrated ourselves at His Feet.
We led Baba into the office room, but, on the way, He saw our
Puja room where His photo was hung, along with several holy
pictures. He said He would sit in the Puja room itself. He told
us that he had come to us that day, being very pleased with the
Bhakthi of Sailaja, my daughter. He asked me to send word to
devotees, if any were available, for Bhajan and Pravachan." "He
sent word to his neighbours and people collected immediately",
says Ramesh Rao, his cousin. He sang "Nandamukunda Sayinath",
"Om Bhagavan", "Jayaram Jayaram", along with the Bhakthas. After
Bhajan, He talked to me in Tamil, to my wife in Canarese and to
the others in the mixed dialect of Tamil-Malayalam. He Blessed
us by the gift of a Sankhamala and placed His own photograph on
it. He told me that my father had decided on a rite to
propitiate the Snake-God (Sarpasamskaram) at Bangalore on 25th
February, Thursday ('My day' He added), but he told me that he
need not perform it, since He had ahead wiped off the calamity
it was intended to avert and the sacrilege it was designed to
atone.
He took some light refreshment. Then, told the persons around
Him that all will be anxiously awaiting Him at Kalahasti. So, He
took leave of us and asking us not to follow Him, went through
the gate. He disappeared in a few seconds. We all felt happy at
this unexpected Darsan and were struck by the 'disappearing
miracle', within the twinkling of an eye.
Nor was this all. There are a few more paragraphs in the letter,
which I am quoting: "24th December, Thursday, was a holiday; we
felt lonely since our Sailaja was away at Mangalore. So we went
out in the afternoon to visit some friends and returned home at
6.30 P.M. We were shocked to see the lights burning within the
house. My wife asked me whether I had forgotten to switch off
all the lights. I first examined the lock of the main door and,
finding it intact, went round the house to see whether the other
doors were bolted from within. They were o.k. Then, both of us
came to the front door, opened the lock and walked in. We found
everything intact; all the lights were on. We saw Baba sitting
in our Prayer Room! We prostrated ourselves at His feet. He
asked us (in Kannada) whether we were afraid! We replied that we
were very lucky and that we felt very happy! Baba said that He
had come because we were lonely and sad. 'Let us sing Bhajans.
If Sailaja were here, she would have liked to sing', He said. He
sang a few Bhajans, He took food and later, we discussed some
general topics together. Then, Baba retired for the night.
Early next morning, Baba had His Bath; he had coffee with us and
then, discoursed on Bhakthi and the Basic Truth of Nature. All
of a sudden, we saw a rosary of Rudraksha beads in His Hand; He
put it on my neck with His Blessing, with the direction that I
should wear it during my Sandhya rites. After those rites, I was
to place it on Baba's photograph. We had breakfast together. The
Puja room was decorated specially with garlands and flowers.
Bhajan began. Meanwhile, devotees came to know that Baba had
come; so they too assembled for Bhajan. Baba discoursed on
Bhakthi in the Tamil-Malayalam dialect. He granted every one the
coveted interview.
At 12 noon, Baba himself waved the Sacred light of Mangalarathi
and distributed Prasadam, to every one present. The quarter
kilogram of dates that I had, sufficed for 150 persons! We had
our lunch with Baba. He rested for a couple of hours and we had
'tea' at 4.30 p.m. Then He told us that several devotees were
eagerly waiting Him at Kalahasti. He blessed us again, when we
fell at His Feet. At 5. p.m., He went out on the road through
the gate and suddenly disappeared. What a wonderful miracle! We
could not believe our own eyes!
From: Sathyam Shivam Sundaram. The
Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - Part II
Written by N. Kasturi M.A., B.L.
Source:
http://www.saibaba.ws/avatar/sss/sss2.htm
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