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Sai Satcharitra-Shirdi Sai-Past Life (Contd)-47
There was ancient holy place sanctified by a temple of Mahadev (Lord Siva) about 4 or 5 miles from My place. The temple was old and dilapidated. The residents of the place collected funds for its repairs. After a large amount was collected, arrangement for worship was made and plans with estimates for repairs were prepared. A rich local man was appointed the treasurer and the whole work was entrusted to him. He was to keep regular accounts, and be honest in all his dealings. He was a first class miser and spent very little for the repairs, which consequently made very little progress. He spent all the funds, swallowed some amount himself; and spent nothing from his pocket. He had a sweet tongue, and was very clever in offering plausible explanations, regarding the poor and tardy progress of the work.
The
people
again
went
to
him
and
said
that
unless
he
lent
his
helping
hand
and
tried
his
best,
the
work
would
not
be
complete.
They
requested
him
to
work
out
the
scheme
and
again
collected
subscriptions,
and
sent
the
amount
to
him.
He
received
it,
but
sat
as
quiet
as
before,
without
making
any
progress.
After
some
days,
God
(Mahadev)
appeared
in
his
wife's
dream
and
said
to
her
–
You
get
up,
build
the
dome
of
the
temple,
I
will
give
you
a
hundred
fold
of
what
you
spend.
She
told
this
vision
to
her
husband.
He
was
afraid
that
it
would
involve
him
in
some
expenses;
and
therefore,
laughed
it
out,
saying
that
it
was
a
mere
dream,
a
thing
not
to
be
relied
and
acted
upon,
or
else
why
did
not
God
appear
to
himself
in
the
dream
and
tell
him
about
it?
Was
he
far
off
from
her?
This
looks
like
a
bad
dream,
having
its
object
of
creating
ill
feeling
between
husband
and
wife.
She
had
to
remain
quiet.
Sai
Ram.
A
miser
does
not
spend
his
own
money
but
this
man
was
not
only
a
miser
but
a
thief
since
he
took
God"s
money
from
people
and
cheated
every
one
including
his
own
Self
(God,
seated
with
in).
Sai
Ram.
God does not like big subscriptions and donations collected against the wishes of the donors, but He likes even trifling amounts given with love, devotion and appreciation. Some days after, God again appeared in her dream and said- “Do not bother yourself about your husband, and the collections with him. Don't press him to spend any amount for the temple. What I want is, feeling and devotion. So give, if you like, anything of your own". She consulted her husband about this vision and decided to give God her ornaments given by her father.
The miser felt disconcerted and decided to cheat God even in this item. He undervalued the ornaments at Rs.1,000/- and bought them himself and in lieu of the amount gave a field to God, as endowment or security. The wife agreed to this. The field or land was not his own, it belonged to one poor woman named Dubaki who mortgaged it to him for Rs.200/-. She was not able to redeem it for long. So the cunning miser cheated all, his wife, Dubaki and even God. The land was sterile, uncultivated and worth nothing and yielded nothing, even in best seasons.
Thus ended this transaction and the land was given in the possession of the poor priest who was pleased with the endowment. Sometime later on, strange things happened. There was a terrific storm and heavy downpour of rain; lightning struck the house of the miser, when he, the rich miser, and his wife both died. Dubaki also breathed her last.
Sai Satcharitra
Sai Satcharitra, a spiritual text, is the reflection of the story of Shirdi Sai (baba), a noted Indian Saint and His teachings, written by Hemadpant, a direct devotee and disciple of Shirdi Sai. This article is an excerpt from Sai Satcharitra-Chapter 47 which talks Shirdi Sai narrating the past lives of the frog and the snake.
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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