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Shri Sai Satcharitra-Chapter-40-Part IV
Hemadpant went immediately and opened the door and saw two men there: (1) Ali Mahomed and (2) Moulana Ismu Mujavar. These two persons, seeing that meals were ready and all the members were about to begin eating, apologized to Hemadpant and requested him to excuse their interference. They said - "You left your seat and came running to us, others are waiting for you, so please take this 'your Thing' and I shall relate all the wonderful tale about it later on at your convenience." So saying one of them took out from his arm-pit a packet wrapped in an old newspaper cover and placed it on the table.
Hemadpant uncovered the packet and saw, to his great wonder and surprise, a big nice picture of Sai Baba. Seeing it, he was much moved, tears ran from his eyes and hair stood on end all over his body, and he bent and placed his head on the feet of Baba in the picture. He thought that Baba had blessed him by this miracle or Leela. Out of curiosity he asked Ali Mahomed whence he got this picture. He said that he bought it from a shop and that he would give all the details about it some time afterward and wished that as all the members were waiting for him, he should go and join them.
Hemadpant thanked him, bade them good-bye and returned to the dinning-hall. The picture was placed on the central seat reserved for the guest and after the due offering of the Naivedya, the whole party commenced eating and finished it in proper time. Seeing the beautiful form in the picture everybody was extremely pleased and wondered how all this happened.This is how Sai Baba kept up and fulfilled His words uttered by Him in the dream of Hemadpant. The story of the picture with all its details, viz., how Ali Mahomed got it, why he bought it and gave it to Hemadpant, is reserved for the next chapter.
Sai Ram. Here too, Baba came as Trio, He and two others (Ali Mahomed and Moulana Ismu Mujawar) but since He did not tell in the dream that He would come with two others for lunch, Hemadpant did not think of inviting them into the house for lunch! Otherwise, Hemadpant, would have probably invited them since he was well versed with Atithi dharma and Sri Guru Gita.
Another spiritual gem that comes up is that for all his Guru Bhakti, Hemadpant was fairly orthodox and Baba allowed all His devotees to maintain their social customs at the same time encouraging them to look beyond those social boundaries when needed. It would have been difficult to Hemadpant to maintain his Atithi Dharma in this particular situation and Sai, the wire-puller knew every thing and spared all concerned any embarrassment.
In
other
chapters
of
Sri
Sai
Satcharitra,
we
come
across
stories
of
Baba
going
ahead
of
Shama
in
the
form
of
His
portrait
to
Gaya
and
how
He
affirmed
His
identity
with
His
photograph
by
assuring
another
devotee
that
He
knew
him
from
4
years
though
it
was
that
mans's
first
visit
to
Shirdi!
Later,
on
recollecting,
that
person
realised
that
he
bowed
to
a
photograph
of
Sai
Baba
in
the
streets
of
Mumbai
4
years
earlier!
Through
many
other
stories,
Baba
showed
that
He
was
beyond
all
the
limitations
of
space
and
time!
Sai
Ram.
Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all
About the author
S.V.
Swamy
Swarna.Venkateswara
Swamy,
(also
known
as
Venkateswara
Swamy
Swarna,
S.V.Swamy
or
simply
Swamy)
is
a
physicist
and
a
metallurgist
by
education.
He
considers
Sai
Baba
of
Shirdi
as
his
Sadguru
but
respects
all
Gurus.
He
is
an
avid
reader,
a
book
reviewer
and
an
editor.
He
has
an
abiding
interest
in
holistic
health
systems..
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