Sathya Sai Baba's Early Miracle

Sathya Sai Baba

oi-Priya Devi

By Priya Devi

Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 11:51

Sathya Sai Baba's miracles are numerous. A miracle that Sathya Sai Baba performed during His early days is sure to interest those who believe in Him.

Some of the devotees, may have been familiar with the photo of Baba sitting on a tiger skin. One cannot but fancy, the interesting account of the story behind the skin of the tiger, when unravelled.

The story goes thus : Once a hunting enthusiast shot a tiger and was on his way home, when his car broke down near River Chitravathi, which winded in its course through Puttaparthi. The driver tried his level best to get the car going, however, it would not budge. The hunter was perplexed as to how he should proceed further.

The driver then mentioned about a lad in the village, who was said to be endowed with miraculous powers. The hunter, finding no other way out, brushing aside intervening rational reasoning, gave in to the driver's suggestion and asked him to fetch the strange lad.

After a while, the driver arrived with the lad, who was none other than Sathya Sai Baba, who was a teenager then. The Swamy who arrived near the car, chastised the hunter, “What did that poor tiger do to you, to shoot it down? Are you aware of the fact that you have allowed two little cubs to fend for themselves? Take care of those cubs!," saying so, the Swamy tapped the car and walked His way.

The car immediately started with the contact of the Swamy, and the hunter who was spellbound by the Swamy's power, directed the car back to the forest. He found the cubs and secured them in a zoo to be taken care of properly. He subsequently, met the Swamy later in Puttaparthi and handed over the skin to Him.

This is one of Sathya Sai Baba's early miracles, sometimes also termed as His first miracle, worked out for someone beyond the borders of Puttaparthi.