Samarpan For April 2010

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Table of Contents
Editorial .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Kumkum sprinkled on us ............................................................................................................. 7
Fortune brought to us by “SAI BABA” ....................................................................................... 8
My Experience .............................................................................................................................. 9
Baba’s Visit to My House .......................................................................................................... 10
Sai Baba blessed me and my friend ....................................................................................... 11
My Experience ............................................................................................................................ 13
Spiritual experience with Sai .................................................................................................... 15
Why Lord Krishna Abandoned Mathura and Settled at Dwaraka ....................................... 18
Spirituality .................................................................................................................................... 22
Baba gives me strength ............................................................................................................ 24
Baba protects his children......................................................................................................... 25
Baba’s grace ............................................................................................................................... 26
Baba is everything for me ......................................................................................................... 29
Baba who came in form of Lord Ayyappan ............................................................................ 30
Baba’s Blessings ........................................................................................................................ 31
When Baba is here, no fear ...................................................................................................... 32
Meaning of a Devotee ............................................................................................................... 34
Baba Please Help Our Family .................................................................................................. 36
Baba fulfills prayers.................................................................................................................... 39
Thoughts about Sri Sai Baba ................................................................................................... 41
Baba accepts my magenta flowers ......................................................................................... 42
Baba’s leelas in my life .............................................................................................................. 44
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Sai Baba helps me buy a house .............................................................................................. 45

Baba Blessed Me With Much More Than My Desires.......................................................... 47
My Experience ............................................................................................................................ 51
Sai - The Trustee of My Life ..................................................................................................... 53
Sri Sai Baba’s Miracles ............................................................................................................. 55
Our Father’s blessings for my Mother ..................................................................................... 58
My experience with Baba .......................................................................................................... 60
Satsang ........................................................................................................................................ 62
An experience ............................................................................................................................. 64
Life Has a Purpose .................................................................................................................... 65
Miracle of Baba’s Udhi .............................................................................................................. 66
THE USUAL MAN ...................................................................................................................... 68
Baba helps me get a new job ................................................................................................... 70
Everything is Possible With the Grace Of Baba .................................................................... 71
Baba has been with us always ................................................................................................. 73
Our Beloved Baba ...................................................................................................................... 75
One of many experiences with Baba ...................................................................................... 77
Got comfortable darshan .......................................................................................................... 79
Baba’s saying.............................................................................................................................. 80
The Miracle!................................................................................................................................. 81
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, .............................................................................. 87
Introduction of new members in the editorial team ............................................................... 88

Guidelines for submitting your article to SAMARPAN .......................................................... 89
Copyright & Disclaimer .............................................................................................................. 90


Editorial
By: Ashok Jain
Do you know what the best thing about working for this magazine is? Any
little effort made towards this magazine is a tonic to boost our own faith in
Baba. It is like we have taken one more step towards Baba. We get
opportunity to see Baba in completely new light by virtue of it and
strengthen the ties of our faith in Him. The various experiences of devotees
from various corners of globe are really humbling for all of us. Dear readers,
thanks a lot for sharing your experiences in SAMARPAN, reading this
magazine and being enthusiastic
about receiving it every quarter.
Each experience with Baba is

unique and is based on
devotee’s observation, feelings
and understanding. It is
amazing to know how much
faith people repose in Baba
during times of crisis and are
helped by Baba. As we are
bound by karmas and are bound
by the laws of the world we live
in, we should carry out all our duties with utmost faith in Baba. We should
remember that God has also made provisions for doctors, hospitals and
other facilities. We should seek their help and do our assigned duties
whenever there is any health related issue with any of our family members.
God’s intervention comes when we have done all what we could have done
still retaining faith in Him. We should never give up our duties in the name
of faith and in the belief that Baba will heal or cure our near and dear ones.
Before we expect grace from Baba; we should have done our duties. Grace
is after all “grace”, it is a limited opportunity for us and we would be
receiving it in mysterious ways and during special times. Hence explicit
grace and high hopes on Baba’s grace while we forget everything else will
not be very pleasing to Baba. Having faith in Baba will keep us on path, will
save us from many troubles, however unless we carry out our assigned

duties, even Baba will

not be pleased with us.
So, in order to please
Baba, we should do our
duties and for rest of the
time lead our life in as
correct manner as
possible according to
Baba’s wishes.
Let us talk something

about SAMARPAN now.
By Baba’s blessings our
editorial team has grown
up with addition of very
nice people who have
helped in creation of this
magazine. Mythili,
Poornima, Anisha and
Nikhil have volunteered
their help for this edition
of magazine. You will find
small introduction of
each one of them at the end of the magazine. Nikhil, Anisha, Poornima
and Mythili thank you very much and I expect your continued associations
with this magazine.
Dear all, we are always willing to hear from and you can always let us know
your thoughts by emailing us. We are aware of the fact that we have a long
way to go to make SAMARPAN one of the best spiritual magazines: the
magazine which sustains faith in the current devotees, the magazine which
is able to bring many more people into Baba’s fold, the magazine which we
eagerly look forward to and the magazine which heals us spiritually and
uplifts us. Wherever we are today, is by Baba’s grace and with the help of
Baba’s devotees. Baba will ensure that SAMARPAN will touch many more
souls, give solace to them, given hope and peace to all. We all pray that
Baba leads us, inspires us every moment and we learn all what is required
for us. Peace and love to you.

Kumkum sprinkled on us
By: Padmini Brindawaneswarie Kathiereson
Sir, I shall be very much obliged if you can please publish the following
article in the SAMARPAN magazine. Thanking you in advance.
“I am indeed very proud to say that Shirdi Baba had helped me in numerous
ways. I quote a few of Baba’s miracles below:
When my son and I went to White Field with my sister along with a group of
18 others from Kandy for the Buddha Poornima festival, I was fortunate to
buy Shirdi Baba’s Satcharita. I was even fortunate to be blessed by Sathya
Sai Baba when He walked along the pathway created by the foreign
devotees, i.e. we were asked to sit facing each other by leaving a little space
for Sai Baba to walk. When He came near my friend who was seated on my
left, while answering her question, Baba kept His hand on my head and
blessed me and the book ‘Sai Satcharita’, which I opened and held in my
hands. I felt a vibration going through my whole body at that time, and I
could not get over it for a long time.
After we got back to Sri Lanka, I was in the habit of reading Baba’s
Satcharita as and when time permits. In the year 2003, my husband and I
had to go somewhere and both of us were standing at the bus stand. Then,
all of a sudden, we both felt a few drops of water being sprayed on us. Both
of us looked up to see whether the sky was cloudy, but the sky was very,
very clear and the others who were waiting for the bus a few yards away
didn’t show any movements. Then, some kumkum appeared on me, which
made us realize that Shirdi Sai Baba was blessing us with the spraying of
holy water and kunkumam. This was the time we were undergoing
tremendous financial problems due to my husband being out of employment,
and a man in my office who knew of our problems was trying to be funny
with me. My husband and I realized that no power could separate us as
Shirdi Baba is there to guard and guide us. Following day, when I came to
office, and as I am always in the habit of worshipping Shirdi Baba prior to
starting work, I did so and kept the ‘Shri Sai Satcharita’ on my table. To my
surprise, suddenly holy ash started appearing on that book and on the other
table where Shirdi Sai Baba’s picture was kept. After a few minutes a line of
holy ash appeared on my saree to prove that Shirdi Baba is always with me
to protect me. Words fail me in expressing my gratitude to Shirdi
Baba. Wherever I go, I always carry Baba’s Satcharita with me. All praises
are to our Shirdi Sai Baba.

Fortune brought to us by “SAI

BABA”
By: Lalitha Ashok
We were financially weak in year 2005. We went to Shirdi and prayed to

Baba to shower his blessings and piece of good fortune on us. But
immediately after our return from Shirdi my husband met with an accident,
fractured his leg and was on bed rest for next 3 months. I had gone through
a very tough time. Every night I used to sit
in front of Baba’s photo crying and telling This dream occupied my mind
him all my anguish. Then one night I had a completely and I kept on sensing
dream, I saw Baba standing in front of my and thinking about it. One day I
house asking for alms. When I went to give started reading “SAI SACHARITRA”
him alms, he started running and then I – A book on Baba’s life and how he
also followed him. Then he bought himself helped his devotees. On the final
to a standstill at a place and spoke to me day of reading the Holy Scripture
this: “I will always be there beside you to i.e. Thursday, I received this call
help”. from my husband in the afternoon
informing me that he got his
After 2 months of my dream, my husband promotion letter and his salary was
began going to his work. This dream hiked by Rs 2 Lakhs per annum.
occupied my mind completely and I kept
on sensing and thinking about it. One day I
started reading “SAI SACHARITRA” – A book on Baba’s life and how he
helped his devotees. On the final day of reading the Holy Scripture i.e.
Thursday, I received this call from my husband in the afternoon informing
me that he got his promotion letter and his salary was hiked by Rs 2 Lakhs
per annum. I was tremendously overjoyed and I prayed and thanked to Sai
Baba for showering his love and blessing us.
Even today I feel that he is always beside me, guiding me and helping me
whenever I am in need of.
Jai Sai Ram

My Experience
By: Janaki
I would like to share my experience with all SAI Devotees.
When my daughter was in tenth standard, she was unable to concentrate on

her studies & kept informing me that she could not retain anything. I prayed
to Baba everyday to bless her with due concentration and attention on
studies. But as she failed in quarterly exams & scored 50% in half yearly
exams, we were anxious of how she will do
Exams started and she did well in in board exams? One of the Sai devotees
every exam. I was hastily waiting gave me Shirdi Sai Nav Guruvar Vrath
for her result. In India results were Katha copy on her udhyaapan day. I also
out but in UAE it takes 2 more days thought of keeping fasts on 9 Thursday’s
to be declared and I was unable to and I subsequently I started them. I kept
sleep. I kept praying to Baba, when praying to Baba about my daughter’s
one Friday results were out I was studies. On first Thursday of my fast I read
just so scared to see her result on a story in Vrat Katha which was exactly
internet and I called for and similar to my situation and my heart got
requested my friend to check it out. heavy and tears started rolling down my
She showed me the result and I eyes. While my daughter prepared for her
could not believe that she got exams, I sat with her till 12’0 clock in the
distinction. night. I told her to do her best and leave
the rest to Baba and he shall take care.
Exams started and she did well in every exam. I was hastily waiting for her
result. In India results were out but in UAE it takes 2 more days to be
declared and I was unable to sleep. I kept praying to Baba, when one Friday
results were out I was just so scared to see her result on internet and I
called for and requested my friend to check it out. She showed me the result
and I could not believe that she got distinction. My joy knew no bounds. I
was extremely joyful & rushed to puja room with tears. First I thanked Baba
and fell down on his padukas. I have no words to explain that with Sai’s
grace only she scored great marks. Now my daughter is studying in India.
I would say it to all that if we pray to him with 100% devotion & dedication
Baba certainly takes care of us.

Baba’s Visit to My House

By: Lakshmi Tanuja
(I am thankful to Sai SAMARPAN Magazine for giving me an opportunity to

share my experience with Baba).
In the month of June 2008 I was completely distressed due to some

personal reasons. I always pray to Baba whenever I am happy or sad. I kept
complete belief on Baba and asked him to give me peace of mind. One day I
and my mother were going to give lunch pack to my brother. Suddenly I saw
a person at the end of the street. He was in Baba’s Attire and while chanting
“SAI BABA” he was crossing the houses in
our street. By seeing him my eyes were The above is the photograph of
drenched with tears and I felt really joyful. Baba’s Attire when he visited our
I was surprised to see him and thought house. And then Baba moved
Baba came to me. I asked my Mom to forward and we turned to come
bring some food. Unfortunately there was back. I asked my mom to look back
no food available at home so we thought of where Baba was. When she turned
giving Rs. 2 to him. When Baba was about back, to our surprise nobody was
to cross our house I asked him “can you there. We are highly pleased by Sai
stay for a moment Baba”? He looked at us Deva’s darshan.
with great smile, stopped near our house
and said to me “From now onwards there
are good days coming to you. Everything will be fine. Just believe in Sai” and
he asked me “If we wanted to go to Shirdi” to this I said “Yes, Baba”, and he
replied “Go to Shirdi, everything will be fine. Good days are approaching you
and Baba’s blessings are with you”. Immediately my mom brought Rs. 2 and
offered it to him. Baba blessed her saying “Sai’s blessings are always with
you. You will be happy”. Uttering these words he looked at us with his
charming, smiling, glorious face.
The above is the photograph of Baba’s Attire when he visited our house. And
then Baba moved forward and we turned to come back. I asked my mom to
look back where Baba was. When she turned back, to our surprise nobody
was there. We are highly pleased by Sai Deva’s darshan. This is one of my
experiences with my Lord, Friend, God, Well Wisher and EVERYTHING to me.

Sai Baba blessed me and my

friend
By: Molly
Spirituality is relating to, or having the nature of spirit and the same I had
experienced - The power of Sai Baba.
My name is Molly, I am from Jaipur Rajasthan. I had experienced the power

of Sai Baba in last few days.
(It was Thursday. As usual I visited Sai Baba’s Temple, offered him sweets
and as I reached office I received the Sai SAMARPAN mail where everybody
shares their experiences and I too got a chance.)
I believe in Baba from past 4 years. I always try to visit temples and
remember Baba all the time. I chant Sai Baba’s name as I wake up and even
before going to sleep.
Days back I was facing lot many problems in my life. Things were dire at my
work place and even home. I was piled up with tensions and I lost my faith
in him. I had not visited Sai Baba for 15-20 days nor did I chant his name.
Even if I went to temple, I always stood outside. After some days I realized
that may be he is testing my faith and patience and I thought I will not let
my faith down on him.
There was a time when one of my dearest friends was in depression as he

was out of job. Being in depression he thought his life is a waste and he got
out of touch from all and dropped conversation. How special he is to me is
hard to explain. Only Baba knew this as our relation started from his door
when we used to visit his temple together. Seeing him in great pain, I
decided to keep Baba’s 9 fasts of Thursday. I had heard a lot that “agar
sachhe mann se Sai Baba k fast karo to wo apki manokamna zaroor puri
karte hai”. Maine puri shraddha aur bhakti se Baba k vrat kare and to my

surprise on second Thursday of my fast he got a job with a handsome

package in one of the reputed firm in Gurgaon.
We both were thankful to Shri Sai Baba for granting us this job. And this
time my faith grew stronger than earlier and I promised “Sai Deva ki abb
aapse kuch nahi mangungi”, he had blessed me with such a nice friend to
whom I met after 6 years of my school and with his grace we are again
together and maintaining a good relationship.
“Maine apna sub kuch Baba ko de diya hai, abb jo wo mujhe denge mujhe
manzoor hoga”. I read Sai chalisa
daily and also insist my friend to
visit Baba’s temple. I ask Baba to
always keep my friend happy as
there is more happiness in seeing
others happy and when that
person is so close to you, you feel
hurt when he is suffering as Baba
is in pain to see his children in
pain. I wish and pray to Baba to
make us together.
Here is my second experience I

am sharing. Whenever I am in
trouble I try to remember him.
You won’t believe that my mom
and dad never visited Baba but
when I served Baba with “Poshak”
my mother entered Sai Baba’s temple for the first time.
“Sai Baba apni kripa mere upar banaye rakhe aur mujhe jaldi Shirdi bulaye.
Mera bahut mann hai ke wo meri bhakti se khush ho aur mujhe waha aane
ka param avsar de”.
I wish you all keep your faith on him forever. Thanks to Sai SAMARPAN with
whose help I have been able to share my experience.

My Experience
By: Jayprakash Dubey
(There are lots of experiences I had with SHRI SAI BABA and today I’ve got
an opportunity of sharing some of those)
In 12th standard (2005-2006) I had a target of achieving 86% and to attain

it I studied with utmost sincerity. That was the time when I developed
interest towards spirituality. Since then I started reading ‘Shrimad Bhagwat
Gita’ and now it has become my habit of reading it even today. Studies
became my priority; I started devoting more than normal hours in it and felt
anxious even if a day was spent without it. I became blind in it and because
of this habit and other parameters I always When the results were out I was
had a confused look on my face. moved to see that I stood first
Everyone looked upon me as a mentally
position in subject-wise merit list by
sick person. I had developed immense
securing 100 marks in Information
Faith in God during this phase. The Faith
Technology. Another surprise was
multiplied when I was encountered with
that I scored 86.33% which was my
difficulties. Time passed and board exams
target.
were approaching in February 2006. With
growing anxiety and bewilderment I became a victim of depression. With
intense efforts I gave exams but was ambiguous of whether I’ll clear them or
not.
When the results were out I was moved to see that I stood first position in
subject-wise merit list by securing 100 marks in Information Technology.
Another surprise was that I scored 86.33% which was my target. Truly
speaking this miracle happened only because I had great respect towards
‘Shrimad Bhagwat Gita’. It changed my entire life.
So I request readers to read their holy books like Gita, Bible, Kuran, Guru
Granth Shaib etc. to live life truly.
I had psychological problem since childhood. My elder brother’s marriage in

November 2008 changed the entire environment of my family. My brother

and his wife had a quarrelsome relationship and because of it I was unable
to concentrate on my studies and felt that I will not be a graduate. Losing
control over situations I always thought of attempting suicide. The psychic
problem was that I was unable to visualize and imagine things. Semester IV
exams were near-by and I had not prepared for it. Due to this I had great
tension in my mind. I used to pray to Sai Baba to get me rid of these
problems. Exams started and the first exam went bad because of my
impatient attitude towards writing. I went into depression and decided to
leave studies and go to Hyderabad/Bangalore in search of work.
It was evening time when I boarded bus to Kurla station. While on the way I
experienced Sai Baba’s miracle. I saw “Sai Krupa” or “Sai Baba” written on
most of the vehicles passing by. I decided to go forward and reached
Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (L.T.T) and searched for train for out-stations. To
my surprise I didn’t find any train for out-station. After this Baba replied me
to look out for his help and I conversed with him and finally he sent me back
home.
As per Baba’s advice I appeared for exam and it was great surprise to see
that I secured second position among boys! And also the psychic problem
vanished by each passing day as I started meditating. Now, I am
psychologically perfect person with SAI’s grace.
Studies had always been a foremost priority for me. So I promised Baba that
if I secured distinction in all the semesters of graduation then I will come for
his darshan. However, I failed to get distinction in two semesters and hence
was tremendously upset. I had a great desire to be blessed by getting
Baba’s darshan but he had not allowed me. For next three years I waited for
an opportunity to go to Shirdi. I thought that Sai will never give me this
opportunity. My graduation was over and was pursuing my post-graduation
and I was eager to See Baba in Shirdi.
Suddenly my mind got stricken up that I shall visit him on my birthday when
ill have my winter break too. I had early morning darshan and was pacified
and delighted. Later on I realized that Baba had decided to call me to Shirdi
on my birthday.
!! JAI GURUDEV !! OM SAI RAM !!

Spiritual experience with Sai

By: Sachin Naidu
In 1997 after completing diploma in Mechanical Engineering, I got job in

Whirlpool Company by Baba’s grace. I worked hard, earned name and fame.
I switched to BPL Company in Nagpur and I was selected by that company
as their Franchisee.
I got married in year 2001;

however my marriage didn't
last long as I was not
capable to handle my
parents and my wife
together. I became
depressed, had silent fights
with Baba. In time I was
attracted towards a girl
named Nirmala and was in
relationship with her for four
years. However, her leaving
me put me into depression
again.
A girl named Priti who was

my colleague, noticed my
depression. She started
taking me to the nearest Sai
Baba temple. I used to pray to Baba seeking revenge on Nirmala, however
Priti advised me to pray correctly and we used to have spiritual talks and
many discussions.
My parents never stopped me for going out with Priti. Every morning I got
up and prayed to Sai and also used to recite all Mantras which Priti had
given to me. I was able to concentrate more on my business. My parents
decided to get me married once again. My parents narrowed down on a girl
from Tatanagar. However due to certain arguments with my parents after

that, I told my mother that I will not marry again as they (my parents) did
not have trust in me.
Priti and I decided to get married in time as we liked each other’s company.
However, she wanted me to move out from that town away from my
parents. I started searching for jobs through internet and through my
network of friends.
One day I got a chance to learn a software course by Baba’s grace. I was
selected for a project in the same institute where I was doing this course
from and again the problem arises
that how am I going to convince my
parents that I want to do job and
business simultaneously. I told Priti
to handle my business and keep
informing me on mobile all the
updates and problems. I was
selected by mechanical branch head
for sale of the software which I
learned. With the blessing of Sai
Baba I was able to arrange couple
of demos of the software which I
learned within short period of my
promotion. Within this short period
my name was highlighted in the
organization. I thanked Sai Baba
once again & worked hard for both
my business as well as for the sale
of software.
Sai Baba gave the promotion in my life by sending me to Mumbai through

the same organization to teach the software, to Lecturers of Mumbai
University. Everyone was happy at Mumbai with my performance and they
gave positive report to my organization. After getting this reports the
lecturer of mine who told me to do these courses tried to pull in his team
from Mechanical stream and he got success also. I was sent to Mumbai for
teaching the same courses to other students of Mumbai who wanted to learn
from our institution only of Mumbai Branch. Within Six month of time span I

got success which I never thought of. And also to my surprise my parents
used to get convinced by me for whatever I tell them and whatever I
planned to do. They never stopped me from doing all these things. And this
thing never happened in my 32years of life that my parents supported me
and didn't stop me from doing all this things or you can say ever questioned
me. All this happened because this time Baba must have thought that I was
true to him and also I was trying hard to fulfill my commitments given to Sai
Baba.
Finally I came to Mumbai and I started working for the same organization
faithfully but the payment that I was getting was not enough for me and Priti
to survive in Mumbai but within three months by Baba’s grace, I got a job in
an MNC with good salary. The software which I had learnt helped me get this
job.
Currently, I am posted at Kuwait for some time. Sai Baba arranged my

marriage in Mumbai with Priti and helped me in settling my life. Today I lead
my life happily, and I believe that this is all because of the grace from Baba.

Why Lord Krishna Abandoned

Mathura and Settled at
Dwaraka
By: S.Vinayachandran
In Bhagavad Gita, we find that the threat of King Jarasandha of Magadha to

attack Mathura prompted Lord Krishna to go away from Mathura and settle
at Dwaraka. Many feel that Krishna, despite his divinity and strength,
exhibited cowardice when faced with the threat of Jarasandha. Prima facie
this argument seems to be right! Even an ordinary mortal with no divine
powers like Krishna would have decided to fight it out with the invader or
even to fight till death instead of turning away from the challenge.
But is it possible that the Lord would have opted out of a combat with
Jarasandha instead of giving a valiant fight? The Lord had different ideas.
Let us analyze these one by one.
Jarasandha had not qualified! :
Jarasandha’s birth had a peculiarity. His father, the King of Magadha, despite
having married two wives had not been blessed with a child. They prayed to
the Gods and did penance. A divine sage gave the King a rare fruit and
assured him that if his wife consumes this fruit, she will be blessed with a
child. Since the King was not partial, he cut the fruit into two equal pieces
and gave a piece each to his two wives. Each of them gave birth as assured
by the sage. But Alas! Each gave birth to a boy with one half of a normal
body. The King and the wives did not relish the sight and they threw the half
bodies into a nearby dense forest. There was a demon named “Jara” living in
the forest. She saw these pieces of the body and with her supernatural
powers joined them together to form a single bodied, normal and strong
boy. The boy immediately cried out aloud and the powerful cries fell into the
ears of the servants of the King. Coming to know of this, the King took the

boy from Jara and gratefully honored her with gifts. The boy who was joined
together by Jara i.e. sandhi (joint) made by Jara, was therefore named
Jarasandha. Jarasandha grew up as a strong boy. However, as he grew up
he showed tendencies to join with wicked people. By the time, he ascended
the throne of Magadha, he had earned a name as a powerful and cruel King.
He was bent upon invading and conquering the other kingdoms. During the
battles he proved himself to be a successful warrior but was found to be
cruel to the defeated kings and their people. He killed many innocent people,
imprisoned the kings and destroyed/ looted a lot of valuable property and
wealth. He was rightly
named “Chakravarthy”
(King of Kings). He
married off his
daughters to Kamsa,
the Prince of Mathura
(Krishna’s Uncle).
Kamsa and
Dantavakra, two
demons like individuals
who created all sort of
problems to people
around through their
inherent cruelties were
actually the reborn
Jaya & Vijaya who
were Courtiers of Lord
Mahavishnu at
Vaikuntha. Due to their
disrespect to some
Holy Sages, they were cursed to be born in the earth over three times as
Asuras. However, they requested Mahavishnu to see that in their birth on
Earth, their lives as Asuras, their death should be only at the hands of
Mahavishnu himself so that they attain salvation in the end. Mahavishnu
granted this boon and they were thus born as Asuras on three occasions.
First they were born as Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakasipu and they were killed
by Vishnu as Varaha and Narasimha Avatars. Next they took birth as Ravana
and Kumbhakarna and were killed by Lord Shri Rama at Lanka. The third

and final birth as per the curse was as Kamsa and Dantavaktra. Both of
them were killed by Lord Krishna and they attained salvation. It is well
known that if one dies at the hands of Lord Vishnu, eventhough he was
wicked or Asura, he is bound to get salvation (Moksha) and go to heaven.
Jarasandha who had taken birth in a peculiar manner was a very cruel
person; but did not yet qualify for a death at the hands of Vishnu and
needed to take so
many rebirths to attain
salvation. If Krishna
had decided to confront
Jarasandha at Mathura
three things would
have happened. One-
Jarasandha was known
to destroy the wealth
and kill many innocent
people even if he wins
the battle; Two- The
people of Mathura, the
Yadavas were totally
unprepared to wage a
battle against such a
powerful enemy and
were sure to lose and
face the above
consequences at the
hand of Jarasandha
who was very furious
over Krishna killing his
son-in law Kamsa. And
three – once they start
fighting each other
Krishna would
necessarily have to kill Jarasandha, which would ensure that Jarasandha
gets salvation. Krishna did not want Jarasandha to get this “privilege” and
knew that he is destined to be killed by a normal human (later by
Bhimasena- the second Pandava). The future killing of Jarasandha by

Bhimasena would lead to freeing the Kings imprisoned by him and their
loyalty being assured to King Yudhishtira. This was pre decided by the Lord.
All the above factors made Lord Krishna take a decision to avoid a fight with
Jarasandha so that the people of Mathura are saved from death and
destruction. It was a well thought out decision involving politics, tact and
futuristic vision. The Yadavas willingly moved to Dwaraka on the western sea
coast and accepted the fact that they have to learn to become good warriors
also. Soon they were given good military training at Lord Krishna’s initiative
and were known as dependable warriors also. They formed a Narayaneeya
Sainya who joined the Mahabharatha War at Kurukshetra where they had to
join with Duryodhana, again thanks to the Lord’s diplomatic moves.
The Lord knows everything. He can never do anything wrong. The

Jarasandha episode explains it all.
Let us all bow to the Lord Mahavishnu and his Avatars! Hari Om!

Spirituality
By: Ritu Pareek
Spirituality is an extensive term. It is the crux of the entire world comprising

of our inner conscience affecting our deeds and shaping our future. We use it
most of the times without understanding its real meaning which we just
can’t comprehend merely by reading books or by hearing to what our elders
say about it. To understand this we need to introspect our self, what we feel
about different aspects of life, we need to analyze our own actions that why
we behave in a particular manner?
It is not about walking away from this materialistic world and attaining the
purity of soul but it is about understanding the element of purity and divinity
in each living entity while living in this acquisitive world. Our soul is chaste
but it is our deeds that are affected by the course of action each time we
analyze our self. Remember, that Lord is within each of us and one should
search that supreme power within himself. He is there inside in the form of
soul, our good deeds, honesty, kindness towards our fellow beings and those

who need us, and it is about how we approach to reach him. It is truly
quoted as “our deeds shape our destiny”. Due to our needs and greed we
become selfish and egoistic in fulfillment of our needs that we move away
from what we are to what we want. That who discovers God inside him put
his first foot forward towards spiritualism and ultimately attains it. Serve
Humanity to serve God.
Religion is based on spirituality and Vedanta is the basic philosophy of

religion taught by Vedas, the
most ancient scripture of
India. It too says real nature
of human beings is divine
and God exists in every
living entity in this cosmos.
Religion is therefore a
search for self
acknowledgement and
enlightenment, a search for
the divine within our self.
We should not think of being
saved as we are never lost.
At worst we are living in
ignorance of our true
nature. There exists
different religions but their
teaching is the same. There
are different approaches to
God but all the spiritual and
religious practices lead to
same state of self realization
and teach respect for all religion. Lord is indivisible, absolute and impersonal
beyond name and form but presents itself in various forms to reveal its self
to us. He is our soul present in three forms: “Aatma” which is common man
who has yet to discover his true self that is the element of God present in
him. “Mahatma” who has discovered their divine self n moves towards being
one with the third form of soul “Paramatma” that is God. God is the centre of
all energy - he who generates, operates n destroys and governs the human
destiny.

Baba gives me strength

By: Nidhi Sharda
I have personally experienced the presence of Shirdi Sai Baba. I loved a

person from the bottom of my heart and always thought of getting married
to him. But he always showed his helplessness owing to his family
restrictions but still we continued our relation. In March 2009 when he went
to a deputation outside the city, I was left alone. Those days were nightmare
for me. I was unable to adjust without him and the days were almost like
hell for me. I used to pray to God every single day and night to help me out
of that emotional crisis and unite me with
my love forever. Before this phase of my life I hardly
knew Shirdi Sai Baba. One day I
Before this phase of my life I hardly knew was sitting in a depressing mood
Shirdi Sai Baba. One day I was sitting in a when suddenly I switched on the
depressing mood when suddenly I switched television and it was showing a
on the television and it was showing a serial on real stories of Shirdi Sai. I
serial on real stories of Shirdi Sai. I keenly keenly saw it and somehow
saw it and somehow something in me something in me stirred and I got
stirred and I got inspired to visit Sai inspired to visit Sai temple. I visited
temple. I visited his temple and since that his temple and since that day I had
day I had belief in him. There were many belief in him
instances when I felt his presence and
found him near to me. In sad moods or in
times of trouble I did found some or the other help for myself which I
believe was sent by Baba. Today I am in a much better state of mind and
quite balanced too.
Thanks to Shirdi Sai for giving me hope and strength.

Baba protects his children

By: Surjeet Singh Chauhan
My name is Dr. Surjeet Singh Chauhan and I am working as an Assistant

Professor of Mathematics and HOD Applied Science Department in Punjab
College of Engineering and Technology, Mohali, Punjab. This all is by the
kind grace of Shri Sai Baba.
I am a firm believer of teachings of Shri Sai Baba. I am blessed by him as I

got a chance to visit Shirdi thrice along with my family, so I have a profound
impression on my heart that Sai Baba always comes to save the life of his
children. An incident that happened in my life, further strengthened my
belief in Sai and through this column of this spiritual magazine, I feel
blessed to share my experience. I have a Sai Baba temple in my house. As a
part of my daily routine one day before going to my office I was standing
and reading Shri Sai Sacharitra by holding it in my hand in my house.
Suddenly, I felt little dizzy and could see some darkness around me and
when I became conscious, I found myself lying on the floor of my temple.
My niece was weeping in grief. My wife was yelling and calling my neighbors
for help. Later, my wife told me that she heard a loud noise and thought that
the geyser in our bathroom had fallen down, and she ran towards bathroom
but found that everything was perfect there. When she stepped towards our
home temple, she saw me lying on the floor and Shri Sai Sacharitra was
under my head, which actually I was holding in my hand. I was astonished
to hear these words of her. It was the journey of Shri Sai Sacharitra from
my hand to under my head that saved my life otherwise something worst
could have happened to me. But I was saved by Sai Baba and there was not
even a single mark of injury on my body. Whenever, I recall this incident my
belief grew stronger every time. This is all about my real and true
experience.

Baba’s grace
By: Subhashis Ghosh
From a very long time I was thinking of sharing my story with you all.
I am a simple person with not much of high ambitions in life. I used to have
faith in God just as much as any other normal human being would have.
From the age of 23, I was working in different Govt. organizations and at the
age of 29, I got married and the next year of my marriage I was blessed
with a girl child. At present I am 47, my daughter is 16 and my wife is 42
years old. With my parents and almighty’s blessings we were leading a very
peaceful life and in between these years I purchased my own small flat in
Jamshedpur, a car and our life was moving at a smooth pace.
When I was in my 45th year, I got an opportunity of jumping to the next

higher rank in my service and was supposed to shift to Kolkata. It was
becoming very difficult for me to mentally accept a change in location and
that too when I was already so much established in Jamshedpur.
To my surprise just one day before shifting from Jamshedpur to Kolkata, I

got an offer from a private firm in Jamshedpur who were willing to pay me
more than double the amount of my then salary and were giving me posting
in Jamshedpur. I was as delighted as I can and accepted the offer. Here
began the most difficult phase of my life. Not knowing the culture of private
firms, that life was becoming unbearable for me. I didn’t have time for my
family, my daughter and since throughout my career of 23 years of service I
never worked with any of the private firms. It was a real wrong decision
taken up by me to join a private firm at this age. Many times I thought of
quitting that job without even having an alternative. My office had another
plant coming up in Kolkata. Thinking that I can go and adjust in Kolkata in
the new upcoming project, I proposed to the management to transfer me to
Kolkata.
The readers may note that it was only because of the reason that I have to
leave Jamshedpur made me to take the decision of leaving a Govt. job and
joining a private job, but situations forced me to leave Jamshedpur. A new

chapter began in my life. I had to start everything from ground. I searched a

school for my daughter who studied in IX standard, searched for a new
rented accommodation in Kolkata. I sold out the house in Jamshedpur at a
very less price as I had to purchase a new house in Kolkata. I shifted my
whole family with all the belongings to Kolkata in the rented house which
was too small to accommodate my belongings. So I started my search for
another flat in there. My service in Kolkata was also not too smooth. Being in
the project stage, full
fledged work was
commencing from Pune
and hence I had to
station myself in Pune
permanently leaving
aside my family all
alone in Kolkata. Like
this we spent almost
one year. Both, me and
my wife used to cry
and pray to God to help
us come out of this
trouble.
Then one evening, I

saw a program on India
TV where the love and
affection of Sai Baba for
his disciples was being
telecasted. That
program was seen by
me and my wife almost
at the same time while
I was in Pune and her in Kharagpur at that time. Both of us took the shelter
of Sai Baba right from then. We started praying to Sai Baba to help us come
out of this situation. On one Thursday, one person in Pune told me to visit
Sai Baba temple in Chinchwad, Pune (near Thermax Chowk). After visiting
that place, I started feeling as if all my pain and suffering has gone and I felt
secured. My wife too in Kharagpur started feeling relieved without any
reason. We could not explain ourselves as to why are we feeling relieved. In

the mean time, I came to

Kolkata and as my family
was living in a very small
rented room, I had to
purchase a flat in Kolkata.
Suddenly another blow to

our normal life came, i.e.,
our project was shifted to
Gujarat, and the flat we
purchased in Kolkata on a
huge loan from bank
became a heavy burden on
us. We kept praying to Shri
Sai Deva for help and he
showered us with his love.
I got a call from my parent employer (The Govt. firm) to return back and
they proposed me to join at a higher post than the one which I left in
Jamshedpur. Me, my family, my friends and everyone around were amazed
to see the love and affection Baba showered upon us. It was indeed a
miracle. Now, we were all staying peacefully in Jamshedpur in the company’s
quarter, sold out the house in Kolkata and were planning to purchase a flat
again in Jamshedpur. Then we got one, and the name of the building is “Sai
Dhaam”. My daughter is also studying pretty well.
By the grace of Sai Baba, we all are happy now.

Baba is everything for me

By: D P Mishra
From our childhood we are taught that God will take care of our issues and
our problems once we pray and surrender to him completely. Lord is our
wish fulfiller. He is kind and he always listens to what we ask for and pray to
him. When I was in extreme
distress, I went to lot many
holy places to worship and to
pray to God to help me come
out of my problems that I was
facing. At the time when I was
almost lost and finished I got
Sai Satcharitra and all the
definitions I had read and
learned about God, the
Almighty, matched to Sai Baba
of Shirdi.
And I went to Shirdi. It is since

then that all my problems are
resolved and I am very happy
and leading a comfortable life.
For me definition of God starts
with “Baba” and ends with
“Baba”. He is eternal, he is
everything.

Baba who came in form of

Lord Ayyappan
By: Kala Thiagarajan
This is the real incident that

happened for my brother.
Once, my brother went to Shirdi.

When he was standing in the crowd
to collect the Baba's ashes, an old
man stood behind him, touched his
shoulders and put rose flowers in his
hand. My brother immediately
turned back saw that the old man
disappeared after walking a few
steps. Then he realized that only
Baba had come in the form of that
old man and gave him the flowers.
My brother is a deep devotee of Lord

Ayyappan. Every year he goes to
Sabarimala. Once during his visit to
Sabarimala, when he was walking on
the path full of stones, holding the
supportive bars at the side of the
road, he suddenly slipped down but
did not fall since he was holding the
bars at his side. Immediately an old man came and gave his hand to my
brother and made him stand up. When my brother stood up and raised his
face to see straight, he couldn't find any old man in his front. All his group
people were walking. Really that was Lord Ayyappan who had come in the
form of the old man and helped my brother in getting up.

Baba’s Blessings
By: Maheswari Srinivasan
This is just to share my experience with my Sai Ram. I can go on and on in

letting you all know the experience that I had with him which brings tears in
my eyes out of happiness. But would like to share one which I feel where I
experienced him in real.
I was about to go to Mylapore Sai temple in Chennai. It was almost twelve

and the temple will be closed. I felt bad for missing this chance to see him
and drove very fast in my bike to reach the temple. It was a great pleasure
to see that the door was almost closed and they allowed only few at that
time and I was the one who was let in the last after which the door was
closed.
There I felt his presence and his blessings. I prayed well. At the same time I
had one disappointment that I was not able to buy anything for Sai like
flowers and I had fifty rupees with me. I also did not have the mind to give
fifty rupees completely to the temple instead want to buy food and give it to
someone.
Having all this in mind came out and could not find a single soul who will be
in the door step of temple. I really felt bad and came back to the parking lot
with a long face. To my surprise didn't know from where came a woman,
asking for food. I was so excited that I immediately went with her, spent
some money and got food for her and she was so happy that, the food will
be enough for two meal times.
There I saw Sai in her and was overwhelmed. Of course now too I can
visualize that scene in front of my eyes. Thanks for giving me this
opportunity to share this with you all. Let all have Sai's Blessings forever
and I pray for it.

When Baba is here, no fear

By: Vinaya Paramesh
I would like to share my spiritual experience with Sai Baba with all the
devotees
After my 2 years of marriage I and my husband wanted to have a child and

same was expected by all around us. One of my cousins gave me Sai Satya
Charithram book to read understanding my difficulty to face questions of
relatives and friends. I started reading the Sai Satya Charithram book with
no expectations one chapter a day. It was a Monday morning in January
2009; I completed reading the book and called up my cousin to inform her
that I have completed. Suddenly she told me to check with doctor the next
day as something (May be Baba in her mind) telling that I would be
pregnant. I told her may not be possible as every day I am going to gym
and doing exercise heavily. The next day I checked, it was neither positive
nor negative. I conveyed the same to my cousin who forced me not to go
gym till Thursday and asked me to check again on Thursday. To all out
greater surprise, I was pregnant when I checked on Thursday. All were very
happy and me very thankful to Baba.
I keep praying Baba from then on for each and everything. Then I had sugar
complaint during my pregnancy and I put on more weight. Everybody
including doctors told that normal delivery is quite impossible. But I kept
praying to Baba that I should deliver normally and few days before my
delivery I started reading Sai Satya Charithram again and I delivered baby
boy on Sep 13, 2009 normal and without much of pain. I got my water bag
broken at 1.30, admitted in hospital by 2, I had no pain till 3.30 and to
everybody's surprise with no difficulty I delivered normal just by grace of Sai
Baba
Again I faced a problem that milk secretion was very low and I had to start
formula milk. This was after a month so doctors informed that any action
that is taken before a month only will yield good result. Then I started
reading Sai Satya Charithram again and my baby is running 6th month now

and I am still feeding my friend to whom I have told about my experience

also read Sai Baba stories praying Baba for a child is blessed with twins 10
days before. My mom on seeing my experience prayed for good alliance for
my brother and started Sai Baba vrath. On third week, she got a call from a
girl’s family and nearly before 9th week, everything got finalized and my
brother is getting married in May 2010
I am very happy to share my experiences with all of you. Keep Praying

Baba. When Baba is here, there is no fear.

Meaning of a Devotee
By: Amit Gupta
Actions are not

performed by a devotee
of God, rather every
moment there is "Puja"
i.e. worship and
adoration of God taking
place through him;
because in each of his
actions there is the
sentiment of worship
and adoration.
He whose mind is ever

engaged in Bhagwan
(God), he should not be
seen as an ordinary
man; because he is a
member of Bhagwan's
(God, the Almighty's)
court.
Just as a greedy man's

eyes are fixed on
money, similarly
devotee’s eyes must be
fixed on Bhagwan (God).
You become the servant of God, and then God will make you a master.
However low a caste a devotee of God may be from, he is greater than a
learned Brahman who is without any devotion.

There is no one else in this world

that respects as much as, the
respect that is in Bhagwan's
(God's) heart for His devotees.
That devotee who sees nothing

great in himself, who has no,
pride whatsoever regarding
anything, then Bhagwan's
exceptionality and
extraordinariness permeates
within that devotee.
A devotee who has taken refuge

in Bhagwan (God), does not have
to make an effort to worship and
remember Bhagwan, rather
through him worship and
remembrance of God takes place automatically and naturally.

Baba Please Help Our Family

By: Sujatha Amarnath
I live in Charlotte, NC. I am just going to tell a couple of things that

happened in my life this year, please feel free to delete this message
because it is nothing worth your while, but I am just writing to remind
myself of SRI SAI BABA'S touch in my life. I am in a lot of confusion with so
many things in life that I just wanted to remind myself of HIS
miracles. So, I am just typing. I know it feels strange to receive a email
from a total stranger, but you being a SAI devotee I am just going to
consider you my brother.
One of my friends who are a devotee of SAI BABA gave me a Sai Charithra
book to read. This July when I went to NJ, where she lives, she took me to
SRI SAI BABA temple. This was the first time I had been to any SAI BABA
temple. When I went in that place was quiet. There were a few devotees,
but the place was totally quiet. Once in I felt like SRI SAI was angry at me
and I just sat there. Suddenly, I was not previously thinking about it, I felt
a sudden thought come over me and made me want to deposit $ 20 in the
hundi. I know you will believe me, the very same second the silence was
broken with SAI bhajan played on the sound system in the temple. I just
felt like in the book, where SAI BABA gets angry at his devotees and then
forgives them and asks for dhakshina. I just deposited the money and came
back and sat down. HE still looked angry.
Then after sometime few ladies who I saw making garland downstairs came
upstairs to the temple with their finished garland. One gentleman who was
there opened up the barrier and let them go up to SRI SAI and was allowed
to offer the garland. They fell at his feet and came down. Seeing this, I
thought devotees must be regularly allowed to touch SAI BABA'S feet I went
up front with my friend to fall at his feet. But that gentleman just closed the
barrier and said it was not allowed. We just did not know what to do. I just
stood there praying. I don't know what happened, because half a minute
later the same gentleman came back and opened the barrier and told me to
go up and fall at SRI SAI BABA'S feet. I never in my life trusted anybody
present or past as my guru, or GOD. But that second I felt like the same

thing happening in the book where devotees don’t get permission to enter
his Dwarakamai and then SRI SAI BABA gives them permission to come near
him and touch his feet. I am sure we were very blessed by SRI SAI
BABA. Then when I came back and sat down HE was smiling this time, and
there is no words I know that can explain the strange peace come over me
and the feeling of being accepted and forgiven. I had an accident just 6
weeks before visiting NJ in which my odyssey van was totaled but my son
and I walked out of it without a scratch. At that time when I was sitting on
the curb waiting for police to finish their formalities I knew my father SRI
VITTALA PANDURANGA with THAYAR with SRI SAI BABA was there with me
keeping me company. I have been to http://forum.spiritualindia.org/4-

om-pandaripura-vittale-potri-om-t1925.0.html often to find peace of
mind. When after the accident I asked for his guidance regarding the
accident by entering a number in the first website this is what I got as HIS
answer "You will survive an accident. Get letter, be happy."
As told we did receive a letter with the compensation check and

needless to say it was more than what we were expecting it to be.
I am a stay home mother. I just have B.Sc degree from India. To plainly
tell the truth I had never had the courage to go out and work for
somebody. So I tried to sell jewelry and silver articles from home and due

to the price increase from the time I started when ounce was $ 300 to
when I had to stop because price jumped to $ 900 because I could not
afford to do anything anymore. I went to NJ to sign a contract for abacus
franchise. But I am sure due to SRI SAI BABA'S grace that fell thru and I
came back. From then on I have been preparing abacus lessons on my
own. I know I can teach but somehow my confidence is broken time and
again. I am just worried that I will not have any name brand backing my
teaching and that children will not understand what I teach. So I am
worried this will turn out to be a failure too. SAI BABA PLEASE HELP.
I have been blessed with wonderful parents, loving husband a daughter that
no parent can wish for a better one, and a loving 10 yrs old
son. My daughter is applying to college and aspiring to become a doctor we
pray BABA guides her thru her life. SAI BABA PLEASE HELP.
I have bothered you enough. But thank you very much for your site. May
BABA be with you as he has been with us? Thanks to my friend who gave
me the book and took me to his temple. Please pray for her because she is
worried of a health situation, which she fears would be life threatening.

Baba fulfills prayers

By: Bindu S. Mohite
I am employed in GCC country, Sultanate of Oman. My story may not be a

very interesting one, but I wish to inform all the Sai Bhaktas that, prayers
offered to Baba with all your faith and belief will not go waste. Baba fulfills
your prayers and blesses
you.
In both, our marital and

maiden families, there are
strong believers of Baba.
This incident happened two-
three months ago. I work
for a Telecommunication
Company in Muscat, and we
have an identity card for
every employee. This
identity card is used for exit
and entry. One day, while
coming to the office early
morning in my hurry scurry,
I lost my ID card. I thought
that I must have forgotten it
back at home. I called my
husband to check if I had
left it at home. He told me that it was not at home.
I was totally dejected because we had to pay R.O. 8/- ie, Indian Rupees 80/-
for another ID card and this amount was too big for me to pay, as we have
been going through a cash crunch. So, I immediately prayed to Sai Baba,
asking his help to get back my ID card and not to shell out R.O. 8/-.
Nearly, a week had passed, I had not found my ID card and I had lost hope
of finding it, as there was no return address printed on it and even if it was

found, it could not be returned to our company. Then one fine morning, one
of our suppliers came and handed over my ID card to me, saying, have you
seen this female somewhere. Seeing the ID card I was extremely happy
because, firstly my prayers were answered and secondly Baba had stopped
me from shelling out R.O. 8/-. This supplier's friend who works in a Bank
near our office had found the card and had given it to his friend who came
and handed over my lost ID card. I thanked the supplier as well his friend
for returning my ID card. I narrated this incident to one of my colleague (Ms.
Suma Menon, who is also an ardent believer of Baba) as soon as I got my ID
card back. She and I both thought that this incident of Baba's miracle should
be written in SAMARPAN. Thank you so much Baba for your blessings and for
giving us the strength to keep going in our difficult as well as good times.
I render my heartfelt thanks to Baba for being with us always. As said by

Baba, keep your faith and belief alive - Shraddha and Saburi will be paid off
in due course of time.

Thoughts about Sri Sai Baba

By: Dr Chandrashekhar Nayak
I am a devotee of Sri Sai Baba and have been experiencing various miracles
when Sri Sai Baba has helped me and my family. I am a regular reader of
Satcharitha and pray Sri Sai Baba to bless his devotees all the time when
they need Him. Some questions came to my mind while reading Saicharitra
and I thought I should write my opinion about these thoughts.
Was Sai Baba a Hindu or Muslim?

Sai Baba was neither a Hindu nor a Muslim. He was an avatar of shakti
(power) to protect humanity against devils. Some people believe that Sai
Baba was a Yavan (Muslim) but acutely he was neither a Yavan nor a Hindu
he was a great Saint. He said, Allah Malik (God is the sole owner) and he
performed some customs of Islam religion to preach, motivate and bless
Muslims. Baba knew that Muslim community was quite orthodox and they
would not develop faith in Sai Baba and seek his blessings unless he
preached and practiced their religion and faith. Sai Baba was working for all
humans irrespective of Hindus, Muslims or Christians or any other caste. So
thinking about Sri Sai Baba as Hindu or Muslim is not justified. Sai Baba was
an avatar of God and we need to worship him to get his blessings.
Anger and abusive nature

In some Sai literature, it is mentioned that on some occasion Sai Baba would
get angry without any reason. This is not true. He always worried about his
devotees, even though the devotee was far away from Him, Sai Baba would
get angry when any of his devotees were being tortured or in grieve
situations. This anger of His was short-lived. After some time Sai Baba
himself wouldn’t know why he was angry. This was his affection and love
towards his devotees and he always thought about their well being.
Dakshina
Sai Baba used to ask dakshina only from those people who had promised or
had taken money and did not return it back. In this way Shri Sai Baba used
to remove the sins and attachments of the devotees. This dakshina he used
to distribute among needy persons.

Baba accepts my magenta

flowers
By: Kinari Patel
I would like to share a beautiful incident which I experienced recently, with

our beloved Sai Baba, I live in the UK and a beautiful Shirdi Sai Baba temple
has just opened up close by. Every Thursday as it is Baba’s day, a lovely
evening is organized. Dhoop Aarti followed by a chapter from the Sai
Satcharitra, Hanuman Chalisa, followed by bhajans then the Palki procession
then Shej Aarti followed by Preeti Bhoj. I attend this every Thursday. Last
Thursday I was feeling low and just wanted to go home, pray and sit by
Baba alone. Somehow my friend persuaded me to go with her to the temple,
as it would be nice and also because I go there every week without fail.
Before going I went to a few florists to buy some flowers for Baba. I wanted
to get nice ones so I ended up going to a few places. I came across a nice

bunch with a lovely magenta flower in the middle which I purchased. On my

way to the temple, I was hoping that Baba would like my flowers, especially
the magenta one as it was vibrant and beautiful like our Sai. At the same
time I was thinking of all sorts of seva that I could do whilst being at the
Mandir.
I reached the temple, gave my flowers to the priest, got the darshan of
Baba, and then walked round to see if any help was needed in the Mandir,
whilst I was busy helping, one of the trustees of the mandir called me over
and asked me to look at Baba. I was overwhelmed because Baba had my
Magenta flower on his topi (cloth covering the head of Baba). I was so happy
that I cannot describe my happiness in mere words. After some time, the
Chavadi procession was organized, I was amongst the devotees and I was
called to fan Baba by standing near his palki and walking with him. Yet again
I cannot describe how I felt. I was worried that Baba wouldn’t like my flower
and he did, and I wanted to do seva whilst being in the mandir - Baba heard
me and I got the privilege to fan him whilst the procession was going on and
also throughout the whole Shej aarti. I couldn’t stop smiling all night. Like
always, Baba had made my life. He is always there no matter what, he
doesn’t leave anyone out. Baba is beautiful and looks after his children all
the time. Baba’s leela’s are anmol (precious), I LOVE YOU SAI .
JAI SAI NATH

Baba’s leelas in my life

By: T V Parthasaradhi
OM SAI RAM !
There are many Sai Leelas in my life. However, I would like to share the
most recent leela with my devotee friends.
One day, my son was to appear in the court, in connection with a case and
he reached the court room a bit late. There was exchange of verbal abuses
between the court staff and my son, and that made the Hon'ble Judge to
issue an arrest warrant against my son. I was informed telephonically about
it and I just prayed to BABA. To our surprise, within a few minutes the
Hon'ble Judge had withdrawn his decision and had decided to pardon my son
and not to issue a warrant!
The second leela happened a few months ago. My son, working in the US
had visited India on business and was to return to US after completing his
work. On the day of departure, at 2.00 am, he left for airport and on the
way he realized that he had forgotten to carry his VISA papers. He informed
me to search for the same, if it was found, he would come back and collect
it. We could not trace the papers at home, by which time he came back
home and once again started to the airport leaving everything to BABA,
deciding that he would face the situation at the airport. However, by the
grace of Sai, on the way he suddenly remembered that the papers were kept
in some cup-board. He came back again and collected papers and reached
US safely without anybody asking for the papers!

Sai Baba helps me buy a

house
By: A.S.
I am a software engineer working in Bangalore for the past 9 years. I stay

with my parents. I have one elder sister who is married and stays very close
by. Everybody in our family has been a staunch devotee of Sai Baba for
many years. Almost 5 years ago I had a strong desire to buy an apartment
in Bangalore. I found a very good 2-bedroom apartment very near to my

house. The builder was good and I wanted to finalize it. A 2-bedroom
apartment in the area I live would cost not less than Rs. 25 lakhs, out of
which at least 8 – 9 lakhs would be in cash – down payment (not part of the
home loan). At that time I did not have enough savings to pay this amount
by cash. I was running short of at least 5 lakhs.
My father and elder sister volunteered to help me by giving their money

which I could repay later. But I did not want to take any help from them
because it would become a burden on them. I wanted to manage the

complete expense on my own. I almost lost all hopes of buying this

apartment and I had given up. That night all of a sudden I saw Sai Baba in
my dreams. This was the first time I saw Him and heard Him in a dream. He
very clearly told me, “Do not worry about money. Go ahead and buy the
apartment. I am there to take care of all expenses”.
The next morning I was elated remembering the dream. I discussed this
with my parents and immediately decided to buy this apartment. Needless to
say, as Baba promised, He made sure that I did not take even a rupee from
anyone to manage the expenses of the apartment. Normally the sale price of
an apartment would be much lesser than the original price as sellers would
want lot of money in black. But in my case, the seller agreed to register the
apartment at a higher value only for me which he never did for any other
buyer. With this I could get a higher home loan amount. Fortunately for me,
the registration of the house also got postponed by 6 months due to a new
rule by the Government. And in the mean time I could save enough from my
salary to pay for all the expenses. Today after 4 years, I have already closed
my home loan and I own the house completely. I can just thank Baba for
taking care of me and guiding me in the right way at the right time. Jai Sai
Ram.

Baba Blessed Me With Much

More Than My Desires
By: Purnima Dhonk
It was pursuing my degree and I was 21 when my father started his search
for a suitable match for me. The only reason I could seek behind this rapidity
was that I was a Manglik (Manglik Dosh causes delays and hurdles in
marriage). Before actually going ahead with meeting with anyone, he asked
me whether I have anyone in mind, who could be my life partner. A name
was there in my mind, but, as a quick response to his question I could only
say that I was not capable of taking such a big decision of my life - I would
go with the one of his choice. Of course, I realized that my answer was very
right because the name in my mind was physically not present in my life. It
was my illusion that he was the one Baba had chosen for me but my
friendship could not change his thoughts to a relationship. If I could change
his thoughts, my family would have welcomed my choice which according to
me was God’s choice. In the circumstances, I had no other choice but to
think about the one my parents would choose for me.
The search started but my mind was in a restless condition with only one
question as to, why Baba introduced him in my life when we could not be
together - why did I dream about my future with him when he was nowhere
in my present? These questions were too hard to suppress. In the
meantime, my father found a match and our Kundlis also matched, but my
mother was not willing to go for it, maybe it was Baba’s will. In between, I
got a lot of proposals, some were not pleasing and many were denied due to
my Manglik Dosh. Every time I got an offer, it created stress in my mind
which affected my studies and all these were happening during my exams.
Though I was left with no interest in marriage, I prayed to Baba to please let
this come to an end, and I could not bear this mystery any more by putting
my studies at stake - If it had to be decided by my parents then, let them
not hassle anymore and help them find a match, I was ready to go with their
choice without any regrets. I remember the lines of Baba in a serial on the

television - Baba gave a beautiful definition for marriage-“Shaadi yani shubh

aadi” (the beginning of all good / auspicious)
This definition created further more queries in my mind that if Baba had
given this definition how could it provide unhappiness to me, maybe it’ll
prove to be a good beginning to my life as well. But somewhere now I was
losing all my patience. Two years had passed and still the search was on
and what was disturbing me the most was that I was not able to settle my
mind to stop thinking about him and make a place for someone else; it was
really tough to follow my own strategy of marrying the person of my
parent’s choice. I wanted that man to come in my life now because, it was
my belief that if not he then let anyone come and then maybe it will be easy
for me to forget him.
He was the person I glanced once when all my friends were teasing me for
not having any special person in my life. I asked God whether there was no
one for me, who is my kind – when my eyes stopped at him. I thought, not
a bad one. Gradually I forgot all this and was involved in my studies. Then
again I saw him, and again, and this was found to be a beautiful
coincidence. I felt as if Baba did not want me to forget him and that’s why
every time my memory got faded he was brought in front of me. I couldn’t
gather the courage to approach him, but as time passed he had captured my
mind and heart also. Before it was too late I dared to approach him through
his classmate and a very good friend of mine. We became good friends but I
guess that was not the right time to think deeply to indulge in a relationship
with each other, more so when his feelings were not more than a friend for
me. I thought that was also Baba’s will that he came in my life and this is
also Baba’s will that we were not in touch.
This made me believe that Baba is the one who works for our best and we
are not capable to even think for our better. So I was waiting to welcome
the one who was actually chosen for me by Baba. I was working with all
these thoughts in my mind and I got his call. It was impossible for me to
believe that he could be back in my life. His voice sounded different; from
my past experiences I was hesitant to understand anything. I never thought
this would happen. When I was struggling to forget him, he was there and
now it was very difficult to think about another person when he was present.
I kept on praying Baba - either make it clear what’s on his mind or settle

this issue forever. I wanted Baba to be with me always and to feel His
presence all the time, I even put His picture with a blessing hand on the
wallpaper of my cell phone and pledged that I would not change it till I got
ultimate peace.
Just after half an hour I came to know that he is the one Baba has chosen
for me. For me it was a big miracle that Baba’s grace had showered on me
like this. It was beyond my
thinking. Now I could also
realize that Baba made His
definition for marriage true
for me. But everything was
not settled yet; I had to
inform my parents who were
still busy in finding a match
for me. This task was also
fulfilled with Baba’s grace,
He guided me in such a way
that both our parents
agreed. His parents were
willing to go for any girl of
his choice but on one
condition, this was also in
my favour all because of Sai
Nath - that the girl should be
manglik, and I was. Even the
kundli’s matched well. Again
to my surprise my parents
agreed with a pleasing
condition of being together
for life long. Among all these
happenings, I was worried about my result too for which I also kept fast for
9 Thursdays as I would complete my graduation if I could pass in the
examination. Here also Baba’s blessings were with me and spared me from
being inferior in my education.
Baba blessed me with more than I desired and from all these happenings my
belief has come to a point that in spite of being circled with worries we

should concentrate more on worshipping Sai Nath. He has lot more to give
us than what we desire; He is the supreme and knows what will work best
for us. He only expects a helping hand for all His creatures and respect for
His creation.

My Experience
By: Poornima S
This happened a year ago – sometime in January 2009. I was facing a lot of
problems on my job front. I am an ardent believer of Baba and go to Baba
Mandir every morning and chant Vishnu Sahasranama. Also, sometimes, I
used to visit a temple near my office, after finishing my work.
It so happened that one day, in the evening, after visiting the temple near
my office, I was sitting on a bench within the temple premises and
was engrossed in deep thoughts. I was praying to Baba to help me come out
of the problems.
One elderly gentleman – a devotee, who happened to be sitting in the

temple, started walking towards me. He came near me and asked me
whether I had visited the Baba Temple near Bangalore International Airport.
When I told him that I was not aware of this temple, he gave me the
directions and told me to go there and that all my problems will be solved.
He also took out a small photograph of Baba from his wallet and a packet of
Udi and gave it to me. I accepted it happily and left that place.
I narrated the incident to my friend. She, being a fervent devotee of Baba

was very happy to hear this and readily agreed to take me with her to the
temple. From whatever the gentleman had mentioned to me, the temple
was very far from the city and was approachable by a private vehicle only,
i.e., own car. Although my friend had agreed to take me to the temple, she
being a very busy person, it was doubtful if she could actually make it. But
when Baba graces you, nothing is impossible. It so happened that during the
next week, my friend called on her own and said that she would pick me up
the next day to go to the temple. This was nothing but Baba’s miracle.
Without any difficulty, we reached the temple the next day at around 6 pm.
What an awesome sight it was. It was a huge temple with the statue of Baba
in the centre, visible from a very far distance. It was so calm and so serene
– I feel short of words to express the feeling that me and my friend

experienced upon reaching that place. We sat there for some time, had
Prasad and very reluctantly left that place. I and my friend did not speak to
each other for quite some time on the way back, because we were still in a
trance.
I wanted to thank that gentleman who had helped me to get this divine
experience. So, I went to the same temple where he met me, but could not
find that gentleman. I went everyday for almost a week, but could not find
that gentleman anywhere. It was then obvious to me that the gentleman
was none other than Baba himself who had come in this form and gave me
darshan.
Though my problems have not been solved completely, this experience gave
me a lot of strength and confidence to deal with the problems and I am sure
that whatever plans Baba has in store for me, it will definitely be for my
good. I have surrendered to him completely and know for sure that he will
take care.
Sai Ram !

Sai - The Trustee of My Life

BY - K.K.DIXIT
I am one of those fortunate people, who could get the association and
blessings of one of those devotees who had been very close to Sai Baba, at
SHIRDI during His life time. His original name was Vamanrao Patel, but on
the instance of Sai Baba, he accepted sanyas, and his name turned into
‘SWAMI SAI SHARNANANDJI'. He was a philosopher, principal of a college in
Gujarat, who was in search of a person who could say that he has seen God.
He found this man in Sai Baba, and dedicated himself to the service of Baba.
Baba in turn loved him too much.
In 1968, I happened to visit Sai Sharnanandji, as his only neighbour in a

solitude bungalow at Ahmedabad. Since then I was regularly visiting him. I
called him as BAPUJI. He made me acquainted with the life and teachings of
Sai Baba. It was he, who had sown the seeds of faith within my heart for
Baba. I was experiencing the miraculous powers of Baba, as and when I was
in trouble or even otherwise. I
would narrate one of them here,
in short.
In 1980, I had lost all the money

in my export business of Indian
books, as the party in Malaysia
had failed. I was under heavy
debt of Bank of India.
Whenever I asked Bapuji as to
when I would be out of these
crises, he always said that ‘’ Sai
Baba says that it would soon be
over ‘’. That was the day of
Thursday, when I lost my
patience to hear the same
answer all the time. I told Bapuji
that I had lost now all the faith

in you as well in Sai Baba. He consoled me, and said that the coming
Monday is the dead line, but I did not believe him. I was so disappointed
that I started thinking of suicide.
Anyway, the same evening, the Manager of Bank of Baroda (where I had my
accounts) came to my house and asked me with all the affection of a father,
the reason of all the checks were being bounced. I explained him the
circumstances. He asked me not to worry about, and see him next morning
in the bank. All the night I was thinking, the reason of his visit and his
attitude of helping me out, as I had no intimacy with him. I was just an
ordinary customer like others.
However, I visited him, and in my presence, he phoned to the Manager of

Foreign Exchange Department, in Bank of India and said ‘’ Bank of Baroda
stands as a guarantor for Mr. Dixit, for whatever amount he owes you. 'Call
me whenever you need the payment’. He just smiled at me and asked me
not to worry. I was just extremely surprised, as this was out of the usual
banking procedures. I could not find the words to thank him. Just the tears
rolled out of my eyes, to express my gratitude, and the miracle, Baba has
done. Later, Bank of India was regularly in contact with the President, and
the government of Malaysia, and ultimately they got cleared my debt
completely, and intimated me accordingly.
Sai Sharnanandji took mahasamadhi on 26th August, 1982, leaving me with

the memories of his kindness and love, entrusting me to Sai Baba, who
inspired me to write a book ‘’ SAI BABA – A PRACTICAL GOD ‘’
Jai Sai Ram

Sri Sai Baba’s Miracles

By: Balaji Hariharan
My humble pranams at the LOTUS FEET of SAI BABA.
I would like to share a wonderful experience I had recently and what makes
me to write my experience here at this time.
I used to read the SAMARPAN e-magazine during the past few months and
happened to read the special Anniversary/Diwali issue released in
September 2009. I read an article written by Mrs. Anita Srivastava in page
no. 19 of the said issue in which she had elaborated her experience and the
website which provides the devotees answer to their questions,
i.e. www.shirdi-sai-Baba.com.
Since then I started to seek reply for my queries on the said site.
Immediately having seen the information I tried my first question for an
issue which disturbed me for quite long time. I was trying to establish my
own business with the help of some others and it was deferred indefinitely.
Even today my objective is not materialized.
In my first question (on 5th November 2009), I was replied by the website
that I have to feed a black dog to fulfill my wish. I asked my father and he
informed me that there are no stray dogs here in our area and they have not
seen any black dog even though we are staying here for long period. I also
took a vow that if my issue is solved I will write my experience in the
SAMARPAN magazine.
So I decided to go in search of a black dog and finally gone to a temple

which is quite far away from my house where there is a huge open yard in
front and to see the possibility of finding one. It was happened on 06th
November 2009. But when I reached, I could not find and when I enquired
with the local people, they said there is no black dog and I could find only a
brown one.

Then I decided to go further to another temple which has huge yard in front.
I went inside the compound and could see only a white dog inside the entire
compound. I came out and look for outside and finally prayed to BABA and
decided to go inside the compound once
again. I said to myself that if I could find a
black dog now I shall come inside the
By: Swarna
temple and make my worship even though
it was not the right way. To my surprise
This is Swarna. As I promised to
this time when I went inside, I could see a
Baba, I am sharing my
beautiful black dog, which is not just a experiences with you all. I am
stray dog, which is visible from the tag on experiencing Baba in many
its neck. This time it was playing with the ways for the last 7 years. I love
white dog which I saw earlier. him like anything, he is
everything to me. I saw many
Finally the dog went towards the temple miracles; I believe that Baba is
entrance where there are lots of steps. I with me always.
waited there and tried to attract it by the
My recent experience is, on
bread which I took with me. The dog came
Thursday Baba spoke to me in
near to me and took four pieces and gone
my dream, I was worried about
away continued playing with the white dog
my family problems, so he said
and finally it went towards the exit of the "Why you are all worrying, you
temple. are doing nothing, all you do
will be waste, don’t worry, I m
I went inside, had my prayer and came out here, tell me your problem, I
and looked for the dog again because all will solve., do not go on your
the things happened were like a dream for own, believe me and tell me
me. But I could not find the black dog your problem."
again inside the compound and only saw
the white dog alone. This is really a wonderful
experience to me, of course
Baba told all these words in my
After that there was some talks and
native language. I am very
developments in my business and in fact
thankful to him throughout my
one buyer was serious and almost finalizing life. I love you Baba.
their order. I continued seeking advice in
the website and it gave different replies
every time.

During the beginning of December 2009, one day I asked my question in the
website and I was replied that you visit Shirdi and your work will be done
before Christmas, but due to some reason I was not able to make my visit
till today.
After that I continued seeking advice and got different replies. But I got one
same reply for three times in different days that “you have failed to fulfill
your promise to Baba”.
Since I was of the impression that I should write my experience only after
materializing the sale, I did not write to SAMARPAN magazine. Since I could
not find myself where I failed, I asked the question to Baba himself and
asked him to give me a hint. Finally I thought that I failed in my promise to
visit Shirdi. The particular business which had given a good momentum was
finally withdrawn by the buyer himself by the end of December 2009 saying
that they could not proceed with the order.
Later in January 2010, I got an email from the SAMARPAN magazine inviting
devotee’s experiences which shall be published in the January 2010 issue.
Since I have the least impression that I failed in giving my experience I
neglected that email. On 3rd February 2010, I received the latest January
2010 issue of SAMARPAN magazine.
To my surprise, I saw a few experience letters written by devotees which

started by saying that “As promised to BABA”, which I have not seen in the
earlier issues, I took itself as a clue to my promise to BABA and decided to
write my experience immediately as I have described.
While going through the experiences written by devotees it is understood

that BABA’s miracles work in his devotees beyond their imaginations and
boundaries.

Our Father’s blessings for my

Mother
By: Prasanna Raja J
My mother had a throat operation on Sri Rama Navami Day. Doctors have
operated and removed a thyroid and a swelling in her neck. She was scared
before the operation since all tests and scans done before the operation has
had no implications yet symptoms as something dangerous. Everyone in my
family believed only in our Father Sai and he can only save my mother.
A day before the operation, I was talking with my mother to give her some
confidence to face the operation through Sai stories. I remembered the
words from Sai Satcharitra where Baba said to a devotee Gowri, “I will cross
all the 7 seas to save you”
A miracle happened at that time. Moments after, my mother opened Sai

Charita to read a chapter and she exactly opened Chapter 47 and the page
where those same words are present. Yes, Baba showed her that He is with
her. And it gave me the complete confidence that this is going to be a
successful operation. From Day 1 till Wednesday (for about 4 Days) my
mother’s bp has not come down. Doctors said that they could
operate only if the bp is normal. But it kept fluctuating and they could not
decide. Yet still, on Wednesday Doctors said they would go ahead and the
operation is fixed on Thursday. This again proved to us Baba wants to give
us the confidence to face the operation.
Operation started in the morning at around 9 AM. It took more than two
hours for the operation to complete and she came back to the room safely.
Later next day, early in the morning, slowly she opened her eyes and
spoke a few words. She told me that an old person came in her dream and
said, “Daughter, I was with you for the whole day, now I will go and
come back” and he is Baba himself.
The same day, Baba again appeared before her at around 5:30 PM in the
evening and said, “I have just averted the biggest danger that was
about to cause you”.
She was taking rest in the evening. My grandfather who was passed away
(before 20 years) appeared before her with another old person. They both

were sitting near her. She could hear my Grandfather telling her, “There is
nothing to worry ma”.
The other old person, who was sitting near

him with a white beard, said my
mother. “I
By: Rajesh M. have just averted the biggest
danger for you”.
My son Pratik, 3 years old was admitted to
a hospital in Ramdaspeth, Nagpur. He was Yes, it is our Sai Baba, who again
suffering from high fever due to blood appeared before my mother and
blessed her. He gave all the
infection. His TLC/DLC report was quite
promising words to her and stayed
abnormal and the doctors were trying
with her till the operation. Call him
their best. Heavy antibiotic doses were
with faith he would come for you
being administered.
where ever you are. Trust him for
he is living with us. Only Love and
On the third day, I went to Sai Baba Faith are the two things does he
temple at Wardha Road, Nagpur and I expect from us. Thank you Baba, I
begged for my son’s health. When I know you are with us. Behold us in
returned to the hospital, my wife Meera all our actions and stay with us
told me that a boy came to my son’s room every time. We love you Baba. You
in the hospital, aged 12-13 years, wore are our Savior.
dirty clothes and asked to my son what
happened to him. He told nothing to that
boy. The boy told him, don’t worry you
will be ok very soon.
The wonder is that, the hospital was so

posh and had full time security at the
gate; how could that boy enter the
hospital, only to visit to my son and wife.
Also, the time was matching, when I was
praying for my son at the Sai temple at
Wardha road. After three days, my son
was discharged from the hospital. We are
very sure that the boy who visited the
hospital was none other than Sai Baba.

My experience with Baba

By: Prathusha
As Promised to Baba, here I am sharing my experiences with Baba with you

all. Strange is the way how Baba responds to our prayers or protects us.
At times, we keep yearning and praying Sai to fulfill our desires, Sai makes
us wait but helping us build up more Faith and Patience on him and finally
helps us out of our troubles. At times, we don’t ask him anything and
He helps us mysteriously and we finally realize “It was Sai who helped me
out ".
'Appa ' (father) as how I call Him , no matter what kind of difficulty it is he
says " Don’t worry and pats on my head " I know you all should also be
experiencing how wonderful it is when Sai talks to us and comforts us.
2009 , the year has been very hard for me but looking at all that happened I
should only say Baba was always there watching me and taking care of me
and my family. I feel pathetic when I think I seldom realized how I was
protected by Baba during troubled times. My family was facing a lot of
financial problems, with great efforts and will power; my father educated me
and my brother. Now it was our turn to hold the responsibility and support

our parents. Sai helped me get a job in one of the biggest IT companies
in India and within a year I was also sent onsite. During this period I got into
lots of troubles which I don’t wish to share but I had always asked Sai why
does he let me face these much troubles without making me realize my
mistakes quite for some period of time. As how all of us face problems
with Love, I did too. One of my problems was, I failed to realize true love
and started doubting my Guy whom I thought was God's gift to
me. Loneliness was too much into me that though I had faith on Sai, I failed
to realize Sai is my first companion, my best friend. Things were totally
against me that my boy friend went to an extent of breaking the
relationship. I could find no hopes at all, but all these days my Faith on Sai
was increasing every day. I started feeling Sai every day. I always yearned
for Baba to come in my dreams but all this while I got strange dreams on
which I couldn’t find Sai but confusion. I then read in one of
SAMARPANs magazine that Sai has numerous ways to reach us. So Sai is
always near me but dreams were not the only source for me to reach Him
and speak to Him. I started practicing Sai vrutham, I have completed
my vrutham, so merciful is our Sai, He did bring my love back. We are
together now but few happenings in the past are always creating some
hurdles in our path which only Sai knows what to do and how to make us
cross it. All the financial troubles my family had is over now and only few
days left to go back to India, by Sai's Grace , everything will settle
peacefully.
Sai, I will come along with him to your temple the day I reach India as how I
prayed to you. We seek your blessings to be together and be
happily married. I wish to bring my parents and brother to Shirdi this year,
Please help us and bring us to Shirdi.
There are many people who pray to you with full Faith and Patience, Please
be with us in every moment of our lives. We don’t wish to come to you only
with troubles but share our happiness too. We cannot also see you carry
only our burdens and troubles. We Love you a lot. Many a times, I wonder
how selfish we all are. We only care for our family, love and friends. Sai does
help us but what do we do in return to His endless love. Devotion and Faith
is not the only offering we can give to Him. Let’s keep our Sai happy too by
keeping our fellow people happy. I gave up my anger, ego and pride for Sai
is everywhere and keeping all these will only make us move away from our
devotion to Sai though He still remains by our side. I have started keeping
10% of my salary every month for the cause of helping needy people. What
if all of us start doing this and Money is not the only tool to help people but
Love too. Let’s show our love to distressed people, for Sai acts from
within us, we are mere tools for Him. We Love you Appa!

Satsang
By: Revathy Ramkumar
SATSANG is a Sanskrit word meaning, the coming together (the SANGA) of

those who are seeking (SAT), i.e. Being, Truth, God. So a SATSANG is
a term used to describe a fellowship or companionship of Seekers after
Truth. Satsangh in the common man's language means a group of
likeminded people sitting together singing bajhans or reading scriptures or

discussing the scriptures and so on. The greatness or the importance of
satsangh is manifold. Satsangh purifies the mind and takes one closer to the
Divine.
There is a very interesting story which comes to my mind at this point of

time. Once the great sage Narada asks Maha Vishnu what is the greatness of
Satsangh? Vishnu in reply points out to a worm and says, “Ask that worm
and he will tell you"!!

Narada is of course a bit confused, but still he goes to the worm and with
some hesitation asks the worm," Oh worm tell me what is the greatness
of Satsangh?"The worm looks at sage Narada and drops down dead. The
sage is shocked and runs to Vishnu and tells him what happened. Sage
Narad questions the Lord, "Lord why did you send me to the worm and
then have him killed"?
In reply to this Lord Vishnu tells the sage just now a parrot has taken birth
in a house nearby, go to him and asks your question. Very obediently Sage
Narada went to the parrot and after a few minutes of hesitation and with
some fear in his mind asks the parrot "Oh parrot tell me the importance of
Satsangh?" The parrot just as Narada feared looks at him and drops down
dead. The sage is now pained and so goes to Lord Vishnu and pleads that he
should himself explain him the greatness of satsangh. The lord in return
points out to a newly born calf and tells Narada to ask the calf. The sage is
now full of anxiety but still goes to the calf and asks the same question to
the calf, and as it happened on earlier occasions the calf too looked at
Narada and dropped down dead. Sage Narada feels really miserable now
because his question had caused three deaths. He again rushes to the Lord
and says "Oh Baghwan....do kindly explain this to me I am deeply pained by
all these deaths".....
Lord Vishnu replies, "Narada do not worry, just now a prince has been born,
go to him and ask this question and you will find the answer. Trust me; this
will be your final visit". Sage Narada went to the king's palace and with
some fear asks the prince "Oh little one do tell me the importance and the
fruits of Satsangh"?
The little prince laughed at the question and replied "Oh wise one have
you not understood the greatness of Satsangh even now? When you first
asked me, I was a worm, and because of your darshan I was born a parrot,
then you asked me again and I was given the body of a calf. There again I
had your darshan and now I have been given the highest birth, as a Human
Being. Just by the darshan of a great saint like you I have gained so much.
Sage Narada now fully understood the greatness of satsangh and bowing to
Lord Vishnu, admitted "Oh Lord!,Oh MahaPrabhu!,Your Divine ways
are certainly difficult to understand". Jai gurudev. Om Sairam.

An experience
By: Usha Hari
I am mother of two sons, we wanted to buy a car, I suggested going for a

used car, but my boys were for a new one. Then my elder son got convinced
and said: finalize the deal, so I said yes to my brother. Just after half an
hour, my son called up again to say let’s go for a new one. I kept quiet, so
he could make out that I have
already accepted the deal.
He said not to feel bad and that a

new car can be planned after a year.
I was so confused I asked my
husband he said not to worry and
leave to Baba. I prayed to Baba not
to materialize the deal if it is not good
for us. I was not myself the whole
day.
I went to the site "Baba will answer

your question". I typed my question"
Is it good to go for a car, if not please
cancel it" The answer did not match a
bit to my question. I read it again still
I couldn't infer any meaning. The
answer was" An auspicious event will
take place on Thursday and you will
meet a saint --believe Baba" All this
happened on Monday. My brother
called up on Tuesday to say that the
vehicle will be delivered the next day.
I requested him to send it in such a way that it should reach us on Thursday.
He checked all the documents and the condition of the car and came back to
me, told me that the condition of the vehicle is excellent /all the documents
are clear. But above all he said your Shirdi Baba is already there in the car. I
felt so happy all my confusion got cleared.
Now I understand the meaning of the answer to my question. Baba guides

us always.

Life Has a Purpose

By: Lekha Pandarinathan
This article is for the people who believe that their life has no meaning. If
you feel your life to be a burden, I will share my experiences with you which
will change your opinion.
I was 13 when I had lost my father in a road accident. My father being in

private sector did not have any provision for pension. Also we did not own
any house to live in. My father was like all the three legs of the furniture of
our life. All of a sudden, we became burden on all the relatives close to us.
We had to borrow money for food, shelter & even clothes and education too.
It was very difficult to ask money from our own relatives. Our main
guardians were our maternal grandparents & uncles.
However, their condition was not that good to support a family of 12 on a

single shop. When I saw their difficulties I too become more depressed I felt
I should end my life in order to lessen their burden. I also felt useless as I
thought I was nothing. My life had nothing to give me.
It was then one fine day that I got vision of Sai Baba. I was able to feel him,
hear him what he is saying. Gradually I got closer to Sai. He gave me inner
strength to fight against my odds. When once I asked why did this things
happen to me? What I could hear was “Everything in life happens for a
purpose". I have lot of belief in Sai.
I don’t believe in rituals to please god I just believe that if you do good to
others good things will happen to you also. There are many such incidents in
my life that really made me feel that Sai is with me always.
I always remember one thing that Sai has given me purpose He had asked
me to use this life for welfare of the people like me who do not have means
to fulfill basic needs. "Believe in Sai he will be with you always. Even if you
forget him he will not forget you"

Miracle of Baba’s Udhi

By: Amudha Narendran
I was waiting at the Delhi airport lounge on 24 February 2010 to board flight
to Luckhnow on an official tour. I had travelled from Chennai to Delhi by the
morning flight and was feeling very tired. I felt sleepy and partly doused off
in the Chair. In front of my row few foreigners were sitting and
talking. There was an old lady, a middle aged man and a middle aged lady
in the group. Suddenly I heard somebody shouting “Help, Help”!! I noticed
the middle aged lady screaming for help. The old lady became unconscious
and was falling from the chair. I along with two other passengers rushed to
hold her and made her lie down on the floor. Some people asked the airport
staff to call the emergency doctor on duty at airport.
Usually, I carry Sai Satcharitra and Baba’s udhi packet with me in my

handbag during my travel. That day I had packed it in my suitcase and was
carrying Mystic Musings of Satguru Jaggi Vasudev. Before dousing off in the
chair, I was reading to an answer by Satguru to a seeker who asks him
about Gurus and he had answered that all Gurus are form of one and called
my different names. You call profoundly any Guru whom you surrender and
he will be there in a moment to help you by your side. This reminded
me Sai’s 11 vachans, “If you seek my advice and help it shall be given
to you at once”. I immediately prayed to Baba to help that lady.
I squatted and took out the Udhi from my bag and applied it on her forehead
closed my eyes, chanted his name and sought his help for the old lady. I did
like this twice. The middle aged lady asked me as to what is that I am
applying on the old lady’s forehead? I said it is Shirdi Sai Baba’s Udhi which
is a medicine. Suddenly to everyone's surprise the old lady opened her
eyes. She looked at me and pulled out her tongue. I could not understand
anything. Then, I presumed as if she is asking Udhi from me. So I took
some Udhi again and put it inside her mouth. She just closed her eyes and
looked ecstatic. She extended her arms to me. I kept the Udhi packet in
her palms. In a few seconds, she asked the people around her to make her
sit. I thanked Baba profusely.

By this time, the announcement for

boarding of our flight came. I had to
leave. She waved at me. I was By: Yuvraj R. Chavan
worried as I had only one udhi packet
with me in my handbag and what will In the month of January, my wife was
I do without any udhi for the next ill. One day, she felt heavy cold at 4
three days in Lucknow. To my
p.m. She covered herself with warm
surprise, when I reached Lucknow
blankets. After some time paralysis
and opened my handbag, I got one
attack started. She tried to call me to
more udhi packet. That is Baba’s
grace. my mobile from landline telephone,
but she couldn’t speak. The attack
started from her left side, making her
This incident brought a realization in left side unconscious. She remembered
me that mostly I pray for my family, Shri Sai and she could speak some
friends, more particularly the known words that I heard on my mobile. I
circle and seek Baba’s guidance in immediately ran to home and saw that
every matter. This is the first time I paralysis attack had started at her left
had prayed for someone whom I was side head, face and mouth. I used to go
not acquainted also, even today I do Sai Temple every day. I remembered
not know who she was, but I believe I Shri Sai and took some Raksha in front
was a tool for Baba to save that lady. of Shri Sai photo from our Pooja place
and applied to her head and face. She
also remembered Shri Sai and we both
prayed Lord Sai to cure fast. After few
seconds the entire situation started
becoming normal. She rescued from
paralysis attack! She could speak
normal. After two hours, we went to
Sai temple and thanked him for his
kindness to his children!

THE USUAL MAN

By: DEEPAK BELLUR
I sat in the room of a colleague of mine at my former office one day, and
some time later, a person I knew well entered. He asked me if I had
continued in the job whether I would have got NFSG. I asked him what that
meant. But before he could give me an answer I just said ‘Not forsaken by
God’ as a bad joke. Later he informed me that it was ‘Non-Functional
Selection Grade Director’, and that those who were lucky to get it would get
a much higher pension of over Rs18000/- and that Mr X and Mr Y would get
it.
I realized that the purpose of the query, and in fact, the whole interaction
was only to make me feel jealous. He wanted to rub it in that I had retired
too prematurely and stood to lose out a great financial windfall. For
whatever reasons, we go about performing such interactions,
and inducing others to eagerly interact in similar ways. We are never
conscious that we are doing such things, and after five minutes, we would
have forgotten that we had ever done it.
If I were now to view the aspect of my financial condition in a narrow way, I

would feel that a terrible injustice has been done to me by the
universe. However, if by sheer luck I were to have the insight and the
wisdom to realize that the same universe was kind enough to make me
inherit a 60’x40’ house in Jayanagar, one of the more attractive suburbs of
Bangalore – something not given freely to all people, and have similarly
been given many such blessings (which we overlook when impacted by
interactions such as I had above) we feel thwarted. A lack of such
understanding makes me to interact in very similar ways spreading ill-feeling
among many. On giving one such example, perhaps people may get
to understand my need to withdraw from the Office, even if it means
losing about forty five thousand rupees each month over three years. I very
rarely come across such deleterious interactions and can see very clearly the
motives of the actors, which in turn gives me a good understanding of
things.
This is not to judge that person in particular, but each and every one of us
goes about interacting with the same ignorance. I give below a note I had
written out to myself many days ago:

THE DISTRIBUTION OF LARGESSE
Let’s say four others and I am living in a house. And a man telephones to
say that he would be visiting us to distribute his largesse among all of us.
I recognize that I have a strong desire to be treated preferentially.
Let’s say he has a thousand rupees to be distributed among the five of us. I
desire that I be given a slightly larger portion, even if it means that I be
given only one rupee extra. Instead of each one of us being given Rs.200, I
would intensely desire all the others being given Rs199.75 and I be given
Rs201.
When in the course of my life it worked out that the other four were given
Rs200.25 and I ONLY Rs199 because of such an attitude, I fell into a
depression.
Having realized by grace this aspect in me, I am now being compensated by

also being given, at the present stage of my life, an extra Rs1.20 and the
largesse being distributed among all has been augmented by Rs.1.00 and a
sum of Rs1001/- is being distributed.
In my prayers, I later asked that I be instilled with such a character that I

intensely and sincerely desire that I be happy and contented with all the
others being given Rs200.25 and I be given Rs199. I now realize that even
such a prayer is being ambitious - I desire to be spiritually
superior. Contrariwise, I should strongly desire that each of us get Rs200 -
nothing more, nothing less. That would be true justice and the truth. In
fact, it is really true that when carefully studied, one realizes that all are
being given the largesse equally, even if at a particular stage one feels that
it is not so.

Baba helps me get a new job

By: Yashaswini Kamate
I am pleased to get an invitation to send article to Baba's forum. Baba is

great. He knows what to give and when to give. I am a software engineer
and working in a software company. I worked for a company for three years
and the work place started becoming an irritating place because of my boss.
Day by day it was become unbearable for me and I decided to change my
workplace. I tried a lot to change the job, I failed. There is a Sai temple near
my office which I used to visit every Thursday and asked Baba to help me
get a job.
It happened that one Thursday evening A month later, there were recruitments
one girl gave 9 Thursday Vrat book to going on near my office. I went there
me. I was happy and I vowed to take
and finished the first round of selection
the vrat. I asked Sai to give me job.
On the 1st Thursday I got an interview process, frustrated and tired, I came to
call. But I could not clear it. 9 Sai temple in the afternoon. Usually the
Thursdays were over but still I didn’t temple is closed during 12 to 5 in the
get the job. afternoon. However, on that day it was
open and was vacant. I cried in front of
A month later, there were recruitments
Baba and asked Him to help me get me
going on near my office. I went there
a new job.
and finished the first round of selection
process, frustrated and tired, I came to
Sai temple in the afternoon. Usually
the temple is closed during 12 to 5 in the afternoon. However, on that day it
was open and was vacant. I cried in front of Baba and asked Him to help me
get me a new job.
After being there for an hour I went back to know the results. I cleared all
the rounds of the selection process and got job offer from the same
company with attractive package. I am really thankful to Sai who showered
his mercy on me. I am blessed and I feel happy. Let Sai bless every one.

Everything is Possible With

the Grace Of Baba
By: Jayasri ramesh
I fall short of words in describing the miracles of Baba towards me and my

family. I feel blessed to have Baba’s grace showered on us. I would like to
narrate one such Shirdi Baba’s biggest miracle which happened to our
family.
Me my husband and my son (now 7 years old) came to USA in the year
2007, when I was seven months pregnant with my daughter, which I felt
was sheer Baba’s miracle .After that, my daughter was born and we got so
much used to the place that we started feeling, as if we were living there for
generations - as if our souls originated there.
Since my husband’s deputation was going to end by May 2009 we were all
disheartened. My son’s education was at a toss because he had got so much
used to that school and the kind of education. We tried to stay back, but
could not get any positive reply. I approached all my friends and relatives
but in vain. However, since we had staunch belief on Baba, I prayed to Baba
to please make us stay in USA. I said, Baba I will leave coffee (my favorite
drink).Then one morning (just 4 days before going to India), Baba in the
guise of one of our friends came to our rescue and my husband’s H1 petition
was filed. Before filing we took Baba’s permission and to our surprise it
turned positive and we left to India with a hope to come back to USA.
Our life was very miserable in India because my son’s education was at
stake. I tried his admission in all schools but in vain. My son started asking
me as to when will we go back USA. I used to tell him to pray every day
whole heartedly to Baba and he will definitely listen our prayers. Finally we
got our petition approved with his grace. Meanwhile, my husband got a job
elsewhere in India. We were in a dilemma whether to go USA or to take up
the job. But then, we thought since we prayed wholeheartedly to go back to
USA we should first attend the Visa interview. We went for the Visa interview

but our Visa was put on hold for about a month. Meanwhile my husband
joined the job leaving us at our
parents place.
By: Revathy Ramkumar

We got the Visa after a month and
then again, I and my husband felt that A village woman was earning her lively
it was Baba’s blessing. My husband hood by selling the milk. One day when
resigned his job in India and booked she was carrying the milk in a pot. A
tickets to USA to take up the job given kite (garuda) had caught hold of his
by Baba, with a belief that things food, a snake, and was flying in the air.
given by Baba are like a boon and are The snake was trying to escape by
permanent. Now after six months, biting the kite. In the process few drops
(i.e., June 2009 to Jan 2010) me, my of poison fell in the open milk pot of
son and daughter also joined my the old village woman who was
carrying the milk for selling. After
husband in the same city where we
consuming this milk many people died.
lived earlier - furthermore, the same
apartment where we used to stay.
This act of killing had resulted in a sin
After six months my son started going and somebody had to bear the fruit of
to the same school with the grace of this sin. Chitragupta was in a confusion
Baba. Above all, we landed in USA on that who should be responsible for this
my son’s birthday co-incidentally. Last sin. Old lady can’t be responsible for
year we had celebrated his birthday is this sin since she was unaware of the
USA and at that time I had prayed to poison which had fallen in her milk pot.
Baba that we would like to celebrate The kite can’t be responsible since the
our children’s birthday in USA every God has given snakes as his food. The
snake can’t be responsible because it
year. I had coffee after going to Baba
has right to protect himself.
temple in USA after nearly six months.
I can just say one thing. EVERYTHING
Chitragupta went to Yama for his
IS POSSIBLE WITH THE GRACE OF decision. Yama after thinking while
BABA. SURRENDER TO HIM HE WILL gave decision all the three can’t be
TAKE US TO OUR DESTINATION. responsible for this sin. The sin has to
be divided among the people who talks
Baba, please shower your grace on us and gives their decision on this
always. Thank you so much Baba for incident. The moral of this story is that
giving me an opportunity to write an "Just be talking about someone's sinful
article about your miracles. activity we can become a party to it. So
better not talk about it". Jai Gurudev.

Baba has been with us always

By: Umakumar Kumar
This happened about 3 years back. My office was in Adyar and very often,
whenever I got time, I used to visit Ganesh temple, Mookambika temple and
Padmanabha swamy temple. One day when I had been to Mookambika
temple in Adyar, there was an idol of Baba installed inside the small temple
in a platform. My visit to the temple continued. One day, as usual when I
touched the feet of Baba, I experienced some kind of a movement which I
am unable to explain. First, I thought that it was an earthquake. But then,
the other devotees there were very normal without any sign of panic. It was
then, that I realized that Baba was living there.
My husband was a devotee of Baba. Due to heavy loss in his business we

were under debt. Since we are from a religious family, we continued our
prayers. One day, again I felt the same feeling when I went to see Baba.
But something inside me was telling that all problems would be solved.
Later on, the same day I visited Padmanabaswamy temple where Lord
Lakshmi Narasimha is also there. To my surprise, when I was praying, a
bunch of flowers fell from the idol. Very pleased I was. Added to this, Lord
Anjaneya also blessed me by making the butter on him fall, when I was
praying. Slowly our problems were solved. I still think of Baba who first
made me feel his presence and then blessed me - only to say that he was
with us throughout.
Another time, when my husband and I were at Baba's temple at Mylapore,

my husband wanted to donate something for Annadanam. However as we
did not have cash that day, we left the place and thought that we shall
definitely do something later. In 2007, my husband fell ill. He received his
salary in the hospital. I was continuously praying to Baba and all other
Gods. My sister also came to Chennai to help me. Before she could leave
she wanted to visit my relatives place at Mylapore. My husband, from the
bed, requested my sister to donate towards Annadanam at Sai Baba's
temple. This was also done. The next day, when she came, I paid her the
money from my husband's salary.

After 4 days, my husband passed away. Though my husband is no more, I

am sure Baba has relieved him from suffering further. Because Baba is
everywhere and knows everything that is happening, he even fulfilled my
husband's wish. I am also very happy that, he wanted to do something to
Baba, though he was on his death bed. Baba had arranged things to happen
in such a way that my husband's
wish was fulfilled.
By: Vijaya Bharathi Namboori
I'm a devotee of Sri Shirdi Sai since my If we sincerely pray to Baba he will
childhood. Whether it is happiness or definitely grant our wish.
distress Sai is always with me. I put my
complete faith in him and strongly
believe that he is always with me.
Recently my husband had health
problem and the test results indicated a
mild problem with heart. I turned to
Baba and asked him this cannot be true
Baba, he replied, "do not believe in false
news and different people have different
opinions but put your faith in me" and
later we went for more tests and it found
that everything is Normal and my
husband had no problems. This period
was the most difficult part in our lives
and my faith in Baba proved very true.
He gave me courage and energy to go
through this phase. This is not that the
first time that we experienced Baba's
blessings on us, many a times Baba
helped us to overcome our difficulties.
Truly Shraddha and Saburi in Baba will
help you in all aspects of life. Baba will
always be with us. By the grace of Baba,
everyday is a blessed day for us.

Our Beloved Baba

By: Dr. Jyothi
No one can describe the ways of our beloved Baba. He always loves his
devotees and will get them out of any difficulty by taking away their sorrows
and sufferings, also wearing away His body for their cause. Baba was fond of
renovating old temples. He would exert himself for the benefit of others. He
practiced KHANDA - YOGA, DHOTI - POTHI along with SAMADHI -
sometimes severing from His body, hands, legs and the head, sometimes
joining them together, as before.
If considered a Hindu, He looked like a Muslim; and if a Muslim, He exhibited

all the qualities of a good Hindu. Who, even with all His proficiency and
learning, can describe such an extraordinary AVATAR? No one could trace in
the least, whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, for His conduct towards both
of them were the same. So people wondered in their minds. Those who
came to find out themselves, behaved in the same manner, too! And after
His darshan fell silent!
Everybody’s deeds - good or bad, their innermost secrets were all known to
Him and He used to astonish devotees by giving a sign or indication of them.
He was a reservoir of knowledge and wisdom under the guise of feigned
ignorance. To exert Himself for honor and recognition in the world was too
irksome for Him. Such was the disposition of Sai!
Though His physical frame was human, his deeds matched those of the
Gods, being unexcelled. The money that Baba got from people under the
guise of dakshina, were given away in parts for charitable works and some
parts were just given to people.
Many became healthy & robust by His mere Darshan. Some changed their
wicked ways & became good, many were cured of their leprosy and enjoyed
health. He would always sit in meditation near the DHUNI, absorbed in
meditation after His morning ablutions, sometimes without having one. A
nice WHITE TURBAN on the head, he would wear a clean dhoti round His
waist and would don a long shirt. Such was his dress in the beginning.

He is our Beloved Baba, always blesses His

children with the best things in life, forgives
our gravest mistakes, makes us walk on the
right path of life towards the goal of self- Be a Believer
realization which is the birth right of every
human being. He punishes us also for the By: Vandana Chauhan
mistakes done so that we can learn from them
To believe is defined as
and never ever repeat them in our lives. He
wants our path to be towards perfection to be confident about
always.......... something or to “accept
something as true” in
Blessed are the people who know about Baba, many dictionaries. It is a
chant His name always, and think of Him in drive to think and carry
every mode of life........... out actions with faith.
Belief is SAI. Belief is a
bridge between doubt
and truth. If you are a
believer then you can see
the truth or else you are
beneath the clouds of
mystification,
apprehension and grief.
Belief is not just staying
happy with all the desires
fulfilled. Belief is leading
our life under HIS
leadership, decisions and
care. Doubt can arise
many times but they will
never be stronger than
belief. Believe in justice
from God. Believe in
yourself.

One of many experiences with

Baba
By: Janakeesubramanian
I would like to congratulate your website for releasing the magazine

regularly with spiritual, religious, personal experiences ...... et al. I am
happy that there are umpteen who have surrendered to Baba like me for
each and everything that takes place in our lives. I have hundreds of
experiences where Baba has come in front of me in some form or the other,
guided me and asked me not to weep, and ensuring that he is always there
for me. I would like to just put forth my latest experience.
My husband has six sisters and three brothers (10 of them). The eldest
daughter of the family who is 70 years is not blessed with children. Last
year she lost her husband. Now, she is left alone to fend herself. Financially
we have been supporting them for quite some time but, physically and
mentally we could not, due to our various commitments. During 1st week of
Feb 2010 we finished the annual ceremony at Chennai and then a decision
was taken by all of us to leave her in an old age home, as we did not want to
take the risk of her staying alone.
On several occasions my husband and me discussed this issue and

questioned ourselves "How can we leave her in a HOME" and just walk out.
We both thought we will carry a sin with us in case we do this. Heart of
hearts, she may also think that God has not given me children, so, I am
dependant on my brothers and sisters, and, they do not want to take care
of me and hence dumping me in an old-age home. The very thought of
leaving her in a HOME and just walking out made me CRY. During the
ceremony, all of us discussed and because of BABA’S BLESSINGS we
decided to make alternate arrangements, i.e. one of her own sister offered a
small flat in her house for rent. Very soon she will be moving to that house,
where her other brother, sister and cousins are residing. Financially we will
be supporting her, but physically and mentally her other brothers, sisters,
their children, her cousins will stand by her. We both apologize to her as we

are not able to be with her always because of our jobs at Hyderabad. Ours
is a huge family and at the time of crisis all of us are united.
My husband's sister and her husband (after my engagement) had asked me

to put it in writing that I will take care of them till their end and also perform
their last rites. It is more than two decades since I put that in writing and I
have kept my word till today and will do so later also. My husband did
perform the last rites of his brother-in-
law and I stood by him. I thank BABA
for giving me so much strength to keep
up to my commitments. By: Yuvraj R. Chavan
In the month of January, my wife

My husband and I are thankful to BABA, was ill. One day, she felt heavy cold
without whose blessings, this could not at 4 p.m. She covered herself with
have happened. I would also like to warm blankets. After some time
mention here that we both are blessed paralysis attack started. She tried to
with an excellent male child who call me to my mobile from landline
understands all our problems and is a telephone, but she couldn’t speak.
pillar of strength to both of us. By The attack started from her left side,
making her left side unconscious.
Baba's blessings he topped in his 10th
She remembered Shri Sai and she
standard and secured highest score in
could speak some words that I
12th and is now doing his Medicine
heard on my mobile. I immediately
(MBBS 1st year). It is only because of ran to home and saw that paralysis
Baba's blessings he got a seat in attack had started at her left side
Hyderabad and is staying with us. head, face and mouth. I used to go
Sai Temple every day. I remembered
Shri Sai and took some Raksha in
front of Shri Sai photo from our
Pooja place and applied to her head
and face. She also remembered Shri
Sai and we both prayed Lord Sai to
cure fast. After few seconds the
entire situation started becoming
normal. She rescued from paralysis
attack! She could speak normal.
After two hours, we went to Sai
temple and thanked him for his
kindness to his children!

Got comfortable darshan

By: Niranjan Hatri
Though Baba has graced me to visit Shirdi since1976 onwards, this time I
was in tension on account of my limitation of standing in the queue for
hours, on account of old age. I went to the PRO counter after reaching Shirdi
on 19th Feb 10 at @ 6-30 PM. The office was closed and I learned from the
security guard that the counter would open by 7-30 PM to collect the paid
pass for VIP darshan.
With the grace of Baba, a staff member around the office overheard me and
guided me that it was not necessary to purchase a pass and I being a senior
citizen, gate No.3 would allow for darshan. After getting to Gate No.3, I
inquired about the possibility of the darshan, based on the information given
to me by PRO’s office staff, to which the guard told me to be at the nearby
gate and would allow entry at @ 7-30PM. I showed my apprehension
carrying no proof for senior citizen, which he graced as it was confirmed with
the visible look at us and thanks to Sansthan Administration for allowing us
to have darshan without any problem. This is for the information of all senior
citizens.
I take this opportunity to thank the management and administration of

Shirdi Sansthan for maintaining the decorum.

Baba’s saying
From: Veena & Ashok Gupta
Baba's sayings -- Do not be idle, work, utter God’s name and read
scriptures.

The Miracle!
By: K.S. Vishnu
I am an ardent follower of Shirdi Sai Nath Maharaj. Like any other person I
too had my share of worries, tensions and hard times in life. In the
beginning I used to brood over the issues and waste my time. Although I
knew, Sai always advises not to worry over the problems, instead, submit
them at his feet and lead a happy and peaceful life chanting his name or
concentrate our thoughts on him always. But I failed to realize this simple
preaching of Sai. Usually I keep reading about Sai and pray to him every
day except when I am on tours. Most of the times I do remember him.
However since a couple of weeks I had a strange feeling within me that has
been prompting me to concentrate even more on Sai, simply forget about all
worldly issues and keep thinking about Sai all the while. I started following
the promptings to the extent I could. To my surprise I found peace within
myself and started feeling very happy. Suddenly I was caught in an
accident and felt like I will be penalized for the offence. The problem was, I
was still using Indian driving license and yet to get Australian license.
Immediately my thoughts went to Sai and I started praying to him.
The accident site was a long term car parking lot that was newly built and
was opened only a couple of months ago. Everything was laid new - the
gates, the cameras, the steel barrier posts etc and I crashed into one of the
steel barriers damaging it badly. The crash left my car color markings on the
steel barrier. The event would have been recorded on the site cameras. I
was sure that I would be definitely caught. Whatever it would be, I had no
options but to face the consequences. I was in a hurry to catch the flight
and was rushing towards the airport with my luggage. Suddenly I
remembered Sai and I prayed to him and requested to show some miracle
and bail me out of this predicament and I promised I would write this
incidence in SAMARPAN if everything ends up well. And really to my
surprise when I returned back to Perth after completing my job I found
everything normal. I took my car out and came home happily without any
problems. Koti Koti Pranamams Sai for the mercy you have showered on
me.

By: Arun Saxena
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Introduction of new members

in the editorial team
Dear readers, you will find below brief introduction of the newly associated
people with SAMARPAN editorial team. Some members were very humble
and wanted to be introduced just as SAI devotee; however I have managed
to put some more details about them.
Poornima S.: She is a humble Sai devotee from Bangalore and she enjoys
helping in editing our SAMARPAN magazine. She is associated with a herbal
pharmaceutical company.
K. Mythili: She is a humble Sai devotee too. Let me introduce her to you all.
She teaches Mathematics and Computers at Jain Heritage School, Bangalore.
(She holds B.Sc degree in Computer Science, M.Sc in Mathematics, B.Ed and
has done some computer programs).
Nikhil Dugar: He holds B.com and MBA degree. Currently he is helping his
father in their family business. He loves reading novels, watching movies
and surfing internet. He lives in Bikaner, Rajasthan.
Anisha Saluja: She is holding a B.Com degree and a diploma in

Journalism. She is associated with Real Estate Group. Besides being an avid
reader, she loves writing and above all is a servant of God.

Guidelines for submitting your

article to SAMARPAN
Please follow below guidelines for submitting your articles for next edition of
SAMARPAN.
1. Please give a suitable title and write your name or the name of the
author (if you are not the author).
2. Please do not copy someone else’s article.
3. Please keep your articles in the range of 100 to 1500 words.
4. Please do not type everything in capital (upper case).
5. Please do not use font size greater than 12.
6. Please use basic fonts like “Arial”, “Times new roman” etc.
7. Please do not use short forms (SMS style of writing)
• Write “you” and not “u”
• Write “because” and not “becoz”
• Write “and” and not “n”
• Please use full stop “.” and not “….”
8. Please do spell checks before you submit the article and correct all
spelling mistakes.

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