Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 41 - English

Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 41

Chapter 41 of Shrirdi Sai Satcharitra (English Version)

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This chapter of the Sai Satcharitra covers the following:
Story of the Picture
And Stealing the Rags
Story of the Picture:

Nine years after the occurrence of the incident depicted in the last chapter, Ali Mahomed met Hemadpant and related the following story to him:

One day, while walking on the streets of Bombay, he bought the picture from a street vendor, framed it and hung it on a wall in his house at Bandra (a suburb of Bombay). As he loved Baba, he prayed before it daily. Three months before he gave the picture to Hemadpant, he was suffering from swelling on his leg, for which an operation was performed and he was recovering in the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Noor-Mahomed Peerbhoy in Bombay. For three months, his house in Bandra was closed and nobody was living there. Only the pictures of the famous Baba Abdul Rahiman, Moulanasaheb Mahomed Hussain, Sai Baba, Baba Tajudin and other saints were there. The wheel of time did not even spare these. It seemed that the pictures also had their ins and outs (births and deaths). All the pictures met their fate, but how Sai Baba’s picture escaped it, nobody has been able to explain. It shows the all-pervasiveness, omnipresence and inscrutable power of Sai.

Ali Mahomed had once gotten a small picture of Saint Baba Abdul Rahiman from Mahomed Hussain Thariyatopan, many years ago. He gave it to his brother-in-law, Noor-Mahomed Peerbhoy, and it had been lying on Mr. Peerbhoy’s table for eight years. Once, the latter noticed it, took it to a photographer, got it enlarged and distributed copies of the same amongst his relatives and friends, including Ali Mahomed who hung it up it in his Bandra house. Noor-Mahomed was a disciple of Saint Abdul Rahiman and when he went to present the picture to his Guru in an open darbar, the Guru got very angry, chased him away and tried to beat him. He felt very sorry and dejected. He thought that he had lost his money and also incurred his Guru’s displeasure and anger. As his Guru did not like image worship, he took the enlarged picture and drowned it at sea. He requested friends and relatives to return their copies, and after getting them all back, had them thrown by a fisherman in the sea. At this time, Ali Mahomed was at his brother-in-law’s house. He was told by his brother-in-law that his suffering would come to an end if he drowned the pictures of the saints in the sea. Hearing this, Ali Mahomed sent his Manager to his Bandra house and got all the pictures of the saints thrown into the sea.

When Ali Mahomed returned home after two months, he was surprised to find Sai Baba’s picture on the wall, exactly where he had left it. He did not understand how his Manager had taken away all the pictures except this one. He immediately took it off the wall and kept it in his cupboard, fearing that if his brother-in-law saw it, he would do away with it. While he was thinking about how it should be disposed and who would keep it well, Sai Baba providentially suggested that he should see and consult Moulana Ismu Mujavar and abide by his opinion. He met the Moulana and told him everything. After thoughtful consideration, they both decided that the picture should be presented to Annasaheb (Hemadpant) and that he would protect it well. Then they both went to Hemadpant and presented the picture in the nick of time.

This story shows how Baba knew the past, present and future and how He skillfully pulled wires and fulfilled the desires of His devotees. The following story shows that Baba liked people who took real interest in spiritual matters, very much; He eliminated all their difficulties and made them happy.

Bow to Shri Sai – Peace be to all

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