Shri Sai Satcharitra - Part 1 Of Chapter 22

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Sai Ram. While Baba knew all the things that were going to happen, He also believed in the 'free-will' principle and did not try to rule the minds of devotees. He of course knew that people will involve in actions as per their destiny. Sai Ram.

In the meanwhile Balasaheb thought over again, and calling Shama asked him to accompany him. Then Shama going again to Baba and taking His leave started with Balasaheb in the tanga.

Sai Ram. An important principle of Sai Darbar is given here. Once Mirikar decided that Shama need not come, Sai asked Shama to stay back. Then when Mirikar asked Shama to accompany him, Shama had to take fresh permission from Sai.Sai Ram

They reached Chitali at 9 P.M. and encamped in the Maruti temple. The office-people had not come; so they sat quiet in the temple, talking and chit-chatitng. Balasaheb was sitting on a mat reading a newspaper. His Uparani (upper dhotar) was spread across his waist and on a part of it a snake was sitting unobserved. It began to move with a rustling sound which was heard by the peon. He brought a lantern, saw the snake and raised an alarm- 'serpent, serpent'. Balasaheb was frightened and began to quiver. Shama was also amazed. Then he and others moved noiselessly and took sticks and clubs in their hands. The snake got down slowly from the waist and it moved away from Balasaheb; it was immediately done to death. Thus this calamity, which was prophesied by Baba, was averted and Balasaheb's love for Baba was deeply confirmed.

Sai Ram. Many such stories of Baba's omniscience are narrated since our fickle minds tend to drift from the position of steady faith. Just as a receiver drifts from the tuned station and thus loses signal of radio or TV and needs to be periodically tuned, our sraddha needs to be tuned over and over again and the lamp of our faith needs to be rekindled once in a while. Sai Ram.