|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
|| Om SaiRam ||
SaiRam Everyone-
By the grace of Shri Shirdi Sai and Shri Swami Samarth Maharaj of Akkalkot, I did Satyanarayan pooja on Aug 28, 2010.
I had invited BABA for the same, telling HIM that it is my earnest wish that HE should come and grace it.
I had invited my freind Sushil Rane and his family (he, his wife and his son Viraj, who is around 3 1/2 year old). They were supposed to reach me at around 6:30 pm that day, and just a few minutes before that, I realized that I haven't bought anything for his son and cursed myself, but then realized that I have a couple of Sunfeast Orange biscuit packs (bought sometime back to be offerred to BABA) and I could give that to Viraj.
Then I started preparing for pooja and in the excitement of it, forgot about the biscuits.
After sometime, Sushil and his family reached my place and after we had tea etc., I again prayed to BABA that I would be starting pooja and that HE should come.During the last minute preparations, I was in the kitchen and Viraj came walking to me,
directly asking me
'Kay ahe tuzyakade?' (What have you got?).
I did not realize this, I asked him, 'What do you want Viraj?', I was thinking whether he wants some toy to play etc.
Then he asked me again
'Kay ahe tuzyakade?'(What have you got?).
Now, his parents, puzzled by his question, walked in the kitchen, when they heard him saying this, and asked him, what he wants.
He said it again-
'Kay ahe tuzyakade?'(What have you got?).
Now, I thought, may be he is asking for something to eat, and thought that whether he wants biscuits or what!
Right away, he said - 'Tuzyakade biscuit ahet ka?'!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I had given him biscuit about 21/2 months back or so)
I immediately gave him those Sufeast biscuits and he ate a few of them gladly.
The way he was asking me was very similar to one of BABA's leelas from Shri Sai Satcharitra.
One staunch female BABA devotee sends a pedha through another Shirdi bound devotee to BABA. When that devotee is visiting Masjid to see BABA,he forgets to take that pedha with him. BABA asks him and indirectly tries to remind him- what have you got for me? The devotee does not realize that right away, then BABA asks him couple of times, he still doesn't get it and then BABA directly reminds him -
haven't you got khau (tasty eating stuff) from my mother (Antaryami and All pervasive BABA, referring to the pedha from HIS female devotee). He immediately realizes, apologizes to BABA, rushes back to his lodge and brings pedha with him and BABA gupls that pedha!
The sequence was very similar when Viraj was asking me
'Kay ahe tuzyakade?'.; and it happened when I was least expecting it!
BABA showed up thus, just before the pooja started!!!!
After the pooja and aarti was over, I started distributing prasad.
Viraj insisted on having sugar, and was not ready to eat prasad.
He did eat a very little after his mother insisted, but kept on insisting on having sugar.
I gave him sugar, with a spoon putting in his mouth directly.
Next day, during uttar pooja (send off to the Lord Satyanarayan), I read in the uttar pooja procedure that I have - offer sugar to Lord Satyanarayan- and that was the only offerring mentioned!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had earnestly invited Lord Satyanarayan as well and HE thus showed up - by Viraj insisting on having sugar, when the prasad was being distributed!!!!!
After the uttar pooja on Sunday, I kept two bananas (that were offered at the Pooja a day before.) in front of BABA photo on my dining table thinking that I will carry them on my way out to Gym and will eat them after finishing Gym. When I reached Gym, I realized - 'Oh, I forgot bananas- looks like Lord Satyanarayan doesn't want me to eat HIS prasad!'.
Then after Gym, I reached home, took bath, attended a telephone Satsang, and then left for Shirdi Sai mandir for Shej Aarti. I visited the next door temple, which has big Satyanarayan photo, bowed to the Lord and thanked HIM for letting the pooja go smoothly! I got up and then immediately saw that the priest in the temple, with pitambar on him, was distributing bananas as prasad to around 7-8 devotees there and I got one from him!!!!!!!!!
The Lord Satyanarayan thus conveyed to me that HE does want me to eat it!!!!
To give this prachiti or proof, he made me forget to take it while I was going to Gym and everything after that happened so naturally, and when I was least expecting it to happen!!!
Also, on the even of the pooja, I got the dream.
I am walking on the banks of Godavari river in Nashik, casually enters a home, the lady there asks me- Have you been to Shegaon? I told her - yes, in 2008 (I had actually visited it in March 2008). Then she gives me a small, about 8-9 inches tall, wooden throne type thing, on the front of which is a photo of Shri Gajanan Maharaj with HIS usual familiar pose, where HE is smoking chilim. At the foot, were two small idols of Lord Ganesh, one brown and one white in color!
Thank you for reading.
regds,
avinash
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