Jamner
Miracle:
Sai took care of Nana’s family like he
took care of Nana himself. Nana’s daughter, who was in labor, was in intense
pain; and from Jamner Sai Samartha was being invoked constantly. No one at
Shirdi was aware of the state of affairs at Jamner. Baba, however, knows
everything and is all pervading. There is nothing in the universe that he is unaware
of. Baba was one with his devotees. Realizing the circumstances at Nana’s home
Sai Samartha’s heart overflowed with compassion. See what he did immediately! He
thought of sending udi. At the same time Gosavi Ramgir Buva had an urge
to go to his village. His village was in Khandesh. He made all preparations to leave
and came to the Masjid to take darshan and be at Baba’s feet. For
no one left Shirdi for any work without touching Baba’s feet and obtaining his
permission, as long as he was in body. Ramgir came in accordance with it,
touched Baba’s feet and asked permission to leave.
He said: “Baba, I am going to my
village in Khandesh. Give me udi and blessings and your permission to
this servant to leave”. Baba affectionately called him by the name ‘Bapugir’.
He replied: “Go happily to your village. But rest a while on the way. Go first
to Jamner and stay at Nana’s home. After inquiring about his well-being, then
proceed further”. Then he said to
Arati
Refrain:
‘We do Arati to Sai Baba, the giver of
happiness to all.
Give refuge to the downtrodden and to
your devotees who are at your feet. We do arati to Sai Baba. Burn up the
desires. To those who are engrossed in the Self, teach them to obtain Moksha.
Let them see the Lord Shrirang4, with their own eyes. Lord Shrirang.
We do Arati...
You grant suitable experiences to
everyone in accordance with their faith and devotion. O, merciful one! such is your
own way. Your own way. We do Arati..... Meditation upon your name removes the
worldly sufferings of all. Unfathomable is your action. Show the path to the unfortunate
ones. Show the unfortunate ones. We do Arati.........
In this age of Kaliyug, you are
the true Brahma Avatar, that has
taken form and descended on this earth. You are also Swami Dutta Digambar5. Dutta
Digambar. We do Arati.........
Once a week, on Thursdays, the
devotees take a trip to have a glimpse of the Lord’s feet and to avert their
worldly fears. Avert fears. We do Arati......... The only wealth that I desire
is to serve at your feet, O Lord of Lords. We do Arati.....
Just as the Chatak bird desires to
drink pure water6 so give me Madhava, knowledge directly O Lord! And kindly
give me your assurance. Your assurance. We do Arati.......’
The Gosavi said to Baba: “I have
altogether two rupees with me. Baba, how will I reach Jamner with only this
amount?
Baba said: “Go without any care.
Everything will be arranged for you. ” Having full faith in Sai’s Words, the
Gosavi set out.
Taking these instructions from Baba,
and obeying his orders, Bapugir left for the assigned work immediately, after
taking the udi as prasad. During those days, there was no rail route to
Jamner, as it is now; and it was not easy to make the journey. So the Gosavi
was worried. Setting out in the train, the passengers had to alight at Jalgaon,
from where they had to go on foot the rest of the distance. After paying the
train fare of Rupee one and 14 annas, there remained only 2 annas.
How was he to go further? These were the thoughts causing the Gosavi worry at
Jalgaon station. When he came out, after handing over the ticket, he saw a peon
at some distance. The peon seemed to be in search of some one. He approached the
passengers and asked: “Tell me who Bapugir from Shirdi is?” Knowing that, that
peon’s inquiry was only meant for him, the Gosavi came forward and said: “Yes,
I am that person. Tell me what you want”. He said: “Chandorkar has sent me for
you. Come quickly and get into the tonga tonga
The peon looked very smart, with a
beard, twirled moustache, and side – burns, wearing a livery. The tonga tonga tongas tonga 2.48
a.m. and was halted at dawn near a stream on the way.
Then the tongawallah unharnessed
the horses to water them and said: “I’ll come back soon after which we will
have refreshments at leisure. I will fetch a little water and then we will eat
mangoes, then after re-harnessing, the horses we will leave”. From his beard
and dress he looked a Muslim. Hearing his words, Ramgir had doubts about
accepting the refreshments from him. Therefore, he asked him about his caste.
He said: “Have you doubts about me? I am a Hindu from Garhwal and a Kshatriya. I
am a Rajput by caste. These refreshments have also
The Buva looked for a secluded place
in which to relieve himself. When he returned, he was surprised by the sight. No
tonga
It was a marvel that, when this udi
came, Nana’s daughter was suffering intensely, due to some obstruction in
the delivery. To ward off this difficulty, the Nava–Chandi Havan
and Saptashati recitation was in progress. The Gosavi was surprised.
Nana then felt as a hungry person
feels when a platter of delicacies is placed before him or as a thirsty chakor
feels when he gets nectar in his mouth. Nana called his wife and gave her
the udi to administer to his daughter with water and he himself began
singing the arati. Within moments, a message was received from the inner
quarters, that the girl was better as soon as the cup of udi was put to the
lips. She was freed from pain immediately and had a safe delivery.
The crisis passed away happily.
Everybody’s worries were over. Then Ramgir asked Nana: “Where did the tongawallah
go? I do not find him here also. Where is the tonga tonga tonga tonga tonga
This Sai Mauli (Mother) is the
Lord of the Universe performing various wonderful feats! At the time of
difficulty, he comes running to the devotees because of the intensity of
devotion.
Meaning
behind Jamner miracle:
Baba could have saved Minatai without
all this, but he used Udi, Gosavi ,
Tonga
We all heard about the miracles of
Udi (Sacred ash). This Udi denotes the transient nature of this world. We need
to understand that this whole universe is not permanent and one day all these
elements will be integrated into the space. In a similar way, this body vanishes
too. When the soul leaves the body, this body will collapse and proves that
this is nothing but ash. You and I will undergo the same stages. So that you
should remember this and I should also be aware of it, day and night, I give
the vibhuti. The entire universe is full of Maya. Brahman is the
only reality, while the universe is illusory. Bear this in mind that this is
what the udi teaches. No person belongs to anyone in this world – be
they wife, son, uncles or nephews. Naked you come and naked you will return.
The udi is a reminder of it”. If this udi is applied to the body, then
physical and mental sufferings are cured. But the true significance of the udi
is deep and it is meant for discriminatory detachment. Baba reiterates this fact and that’s why he
gives Udi to every one and is trying to teach us the renunciation. Giving as much as possible as ‘dakshina’
develops a tendency towards detachment. Later on one is able gradually to know
what detachment is. Even if one acquires detachment, if it is not accompanied
by discretion, it is useless. Therefore, honour the vibhuti. To bring together
discrimination and detachment both udi and dakshina are linked. Unless we have
both, at the same time, it is very difficult to cross over the river of
existence. Ashes, vibhuti and udi are three words with the same
meaning. This was the prasad distributed daily in unlimited quantity by
Baba.
Baba used to sing a song related to
Udi. “Ramate Rama ayogee; Ayogee; udiyon
ka Goniya Layogee” “O playful Ram has come! And brought sacks of Udi”
were the two lines he sang. Whenever he was in a happy and joyous mood, he sang
this refrain repeatedly, in a
Here Baba selected Ramgir Buva again
there is that sweet nectar in his name also. Lord Rama’s name resounds in his
name and what else could be perfect for this task. Along with Udi Baba gave
Aarthi Sai Baba verses. We sing this Aarthi and this itself will tread us from
the difficulties of life.
Refrain:
‘We
do Arati to Sai Baba, the giver of happiness to all. Give refuge to the downtrodden
and to your devotees who are at your feet. We do arati to Sai Baba.
Burn
up the desires. To those who are engrossed in the Self, teach them to obtain
Moksha. Let them see the Lord Shrirang, with their own eyes. Lord Shrirang.
We do Arati...
You
grant suitable experiences to everyone in accordance with their faith and
devotion. O, merciful one! Such is your own way. Your own way. We do Arati.....
Meditation
upon your name removes the worldly sufferings of all. Unfathomable is your
action. Show the path to the unfortunate ones. Show the unfortunate ones. We do
Arati.........
In
this age of Kaliyug, you are the true Brahma Avatar, that has
taken form and descended on this earth. You are also Swami Dutta Digambar5. Dutta Digambar. We do Arati.........
Once
a week, on Thursdays, the devotees take a trip to have a glimpse of the Lord’s
feet and to avert their worldly fears. Avert fears. We do Arati.........
The
only wealth that I desire is to serve at your feet, O Lord of Lords. We do
Arati.....
Just
as the Chatak bird desires to drink pure water6 so give me Madhava, knowledge
directly O Lord! And kindly give me your assurance. Your assurance. We do
Arati.......’
There is so
much Vedanta and detachment in this. Here we sing “ATTA DIVASE GURUVARE, BHAKTHA
KARETE VARE”. Regular meaning could be on Thursdays devotees take a trip to
have a glimpse of your feet. What is this ATTA divase? There are only 7 days in
a week. Everyone has to die in these seven days only. If we take that next step
towards Guru, then we do not have to experience the birth and death cycle.
Ramgiri Buva
had only 2 rupees when he started at Shirdi. This is nothing but Shradda and
Sabhuri (Faith and Patience). After he bought the ticket up to Jalgaon, he was
left with 2 Annas (Change). This faith and patience showed him the way at
Jalgoan station. When ever we keep trust in Baba, he will definitely take care
of us. The Aarthi we talked about earlier is usually sung as Sandhya aarthi.
Here Sandhya means the state between two situations or times. This attributes
to the time between life and death. We all need to be aware of this time period
and we have to remind ourselves about God. We call 11th hour when we
are at the last minutes of any task. In a similar way Ramgir Buva reaches Jalgaon
at 11 PM . Baba showed him
the way in this 11th hour only where he had no other options.
Sai
strengthened Nana’s faith by saving Minatai. By giving Udi and Aarthi song Sai
wanted to show Nana the transient nature of life and hidden meaning behind the
Aarthi. He wanted to teach Nana the Vairagya (Detachment). After few months of
this happy situation, Minatai’s baby dies. Her husband already died prior to
her delivery. Nana experienced most difficult time of his life. Baba knew about
future and the sadness that is forthcoming. In this way Baba showed so many
aspects to his Jamner miracle.
In this way, Minatai lost her husband
at age 17 and later lost her child too. She became despondent and this threw
Nana in to some kind of melancholy. After few days whole family went to Shirdi
to see Baba. Nana sits in front of Sai with out talking. Then Baba observes his
depressed state and asks him why he was like that. Then
Nana said, 'Baba, you know everything. While we are under your care, these
calamities have befallen us. We are bereft of child and son-in-law'.
Baba answered, "If
you care for child and son-in-law and come to me for that, you are mistaken.
You should not come to me for these. These are not in my power. The birth of a
child and the death of relatives are dependent on poorva karma. Even
Parameswar, the Great God, who has created this world, cannot alter this. Do
you think he can tell the Sun or the Moon, 'Rise some two yards farther away
from your usual or appointed place?' No, He cannot and will not do that. That
would produce disorder and chaos". Nana asked 'if that is so, Baba, how is
it that you tell someone, "You will have a son" and he gets a son,
and you tell another "You will get employment" and he gets it? Are
these not chamatkars of yours?' Baba answered, 'No, Nana. I do not do any
chamatkars. You have your village astrologers. They work at three or four days
ahead and give out their predictions, some of which come true. I look just
further ahead. What I say happens. My art also is a sort of astrology.
But you do not understand
this. To you, my words look like chamatkars, because you do not know the
future. So, you regard events as proofs of my miracle working power, and you
turn your reverence on to me. I in return, turn your reverence on to God and
see that you are really benefited'. Baba thus weakened his moha or
unconditional and excessive attachment to relations.
OM SAI RAM!
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