Baba's Help - Baba's Help for Prayer for others
Santaram Nachne was not content with praying for his own children. He prayed for others too. In 1923, as he sat upstairs in his home at Andheri, he found a car being driven fast in his narrow lane. As the car approached, there was a little girl, who could not move away. At once scenting the danger, Santaram cried out, `Baba save her'. Strangely enough, the car, which had just gone over the child, stopped. Then, when the brake was examined, it was found that it was not working, but somehow a stone had got into the gear and machine stopped. The child was immediately taken to hospital. The medical attendant was not hopeful of the child's survival. Then Santaram said, `Baba, who had stopped the car miraculously would also save the child'. After 10 or 20 days, the child recovered from its injuries and was saved.
In 1926 on two other occasions Nachne helped his official friends with prayers and advice. A friend of his, a cashier, was dismissed for misappropriation and he was helpless. Nachne advised him to place his trust in Baba, go to Shirdi and pray to Baba for his help. That cashier thought that Sai Baba was a Mohammedan and, therefore, he should not go. Nachne then told him that only hope of his deriving any help was from Baba's grace. Then that man got courage, went toShirdi, prayed to Baba, and returned with a photo of Baba and began to worship it. He was allowed 8 days time to pay up the Rs. 3,000, which he had misappropriated. There the matter closed. There was neither dismissal nor prosecution.
Another person who came to him for his help in similar circumstances was Mr. V.C. Chitnis. He was dismissed from service. Nachne told him to cast his burden on Baba and to make an appeal to the Shirdi Mandir, this is, after Baba's passing away. That man went to Baba's Samadhi Mandir and prayed for help, and later he was reinstated in service.
Santaram Nachne was not content with praying for his own children. He prayed for others too. In 1923, as he sat upstairs in his home at Andheri, he found a car being driven fast in his narrow lane. As the car approached, there was a little girl, who could not move away. At once scenting the danger, Santaram cried out, `Baba save her'. Strangely enough, the car, which had just gone over the child, stopped. Then, when the brake was examined, it was found that it was not working, but somehow a stone had got into the gear and machine stopped. The child was immediately taken to hospital. The medical attendant was not hopeful of the child's survival. Then Santaram said, `Baba, who had stopped the car miraculously would also save the child'. After 10 or 20 days, the child recovered from its injuries and was saved.
In 1926 on two other occasions Nachne helped his official friends with prayers and advice. A friend of his, a cashier, was dismissed for misappropriation and he was helpless. Nachne advised him to place his trust in Baba, go to Shirdi and pray to Baba for his help. That cashier thought that Sai Baba was a Mohammedan and, therefore, he should not go. Nachne then told him that only hope of his deriving any help was from Baba's grace. Then that man got courage, went toShirdi, prayed to Baba, and returned with a photo of Baba and began to worship it. He was allowed 8 days time to pay up the Rs. 3,000, which he had misappropriated. There the matter closed. There was neither dismissal nor prosecution.
Another person who came to him for his help in similar circumstances was Mr. V.C. Chitnis. He was dismissed from service. Nachne told him to cast his burden on Baba and to make an appeal to the Shirdi Mandir, this is, after Baba's passing away. That man went to Baba's Samadhi Mandir and prayed for help, and later he was reinstated in service.
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