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The Magical Mango
Whenever we ask for anything, Baba used to answer, "O" "Right" "Why doubt about it?" "We shall see," or some such similar word or words. So, one of us said, "Swami! Give us something to eat!"
Baba laughed within Himself, and cast His glance on all of us in turn. I said, "Are you Sai Baba or not?" He replied quickly, "I am; what is it that you want? Hot Laddu? Boondi? Masaladosa?
Poli? Do you want Suggi? Ask for whatever you desire to eat!" Those were the days when mangoes could not be had anywhere.
So,
we
planned
to
ask
for
mango.
"We
want
here,
from
these
sands,
fine
mango
fruit," Baba
sang
two
lines
from
an
old
song,
"Yathna
Prayathnamul,
manavadharmamu
jayapajayamul
daivaadheenamu"
"To
try
and
struggle
is
man's
duty;
to
give
or
not
to
give
man
victory
is
God's
will." He
said,
"Try,
you
will
get
them."
So,
one
of
us
took
a
few
steps
forward
on
the
sand,
as
if
to
pick
up
the
fruit,
and
shouted
from
where
he
stood,
"Are
they
here?
Or
there?
Tell
me
where
they
are,
and
I
shall
dig
the
sand
in
that
place,
to
take
them."
Baba
replied,
from
where
He
was
sitting,
"Dig
anywhere.."
So,
he
bent
low
and
sat
on
the
sand
and
dug
into
it
about
three
feet,
in
great
earnest.
He said at last, "Swami! I do not see any mango here!" Baba said, "Boy! You can get it there! Try, reciting the name of God! Kashte phale" (Fulfilment only through tireless labour)! So,my friend dug a depth of a few more inches, saying aloud, 'Sai Ram,Sai Ram'. All of a sudden He was shocked into a strange terror when his fingers touched something soft and cold! For, it was the burial ground; it might well be a corpse! Seeing him, Baba (young Boy that He was) rolled on the sand laughing Loudly at his plight. We too laughed with Him. "My dear fellow! It is not a dead body" said Baba, and asked me to go and help my friend. "It is a fruit, a fruit," He told us.
"Go
and
see,"
He
ordered
me
and
so,
I
went
and
peeped
into
the
hole.
O,
the
fragrance
of
ripe
mango!
Baba
said,
"He
sees
a
corpse;
you
say
it
is
fragrant!
Whose
word
is
true?
Dig
a
little
more,
and
bring
me
what
you
get!"
We
made
a
wider
hole
and
dug
a
little
deeper;
we
called
out
Sai
Ram,
often.
We
got
a
nice
Mulgoa
mango,
cold
to
the
touch
as
if
it
had
been
taken
out
of
a
fridge
just
then.
We
took
it
to
Baba
and
asked,
"Swami!
How
can
this
one
fruit
suffice
for
five
of
us?"
Swami
had
a
knife
in
His
hand
(wherefrom
it
came,
we
could
not
guess).
He
started
slicing
the
fruit
and
distributing
the
pieces
to
us,
the
taste
was
unimaginably
sweet
and
lasting.
Our
stomachs
soon
became
overfull.
"Enough,
Baba!
Enough!"
we
cried.
Swami
said,
"There
is
half
the
fruit
still
with
Me.
Who
will
eat
this?"
We
prayed
to
be
excused.
"Impossible,
Swami!
We
cannot
eat
any
more,"
we
swore.
But,Baba
did
not
yield.
"Look
here!
The
cremation
ground,
the
burial
place
is
here.
I
shall
call
ghosts
to
terrorise
you.
Eat,
without
protest,"
He
commanded.
As
the
mother
feeds
the
child
persuading
it
to
swallow
each
morsel
threatening
it
with
'a
tiger'
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