On one occasion in 1908, when Smt. Borkar was at Kopergaon observing Chathurmasya, a four month period of the rainy season which is considered inauspicious, a fakir came up to her and asked for rotis and onion chutney. She sent him away saying, "We do not eat onion during the Chathurmasya." However she immediately felt guilty, thinking that it may have been Baba who came to her in that form and whom she turned away. So later, when she visited Shirdi and Baba said to her, "You didn't give me the onion chutney; why did you come here then?", she said without hesitation, "I only came here to offer it to you now!"
Smt Chandrabai Borkar was a woman of heart and great presence of mind. On a Guru Poornima day Baba told her to go to the Khandoba temple and worship Upasani Baba. Upasani did not allow anybody to come near him in those days and everybody was afraid to even approach him. However, Chandrabai, armed with the courage of Baba's words, went straight up to Upasani along with her puja material and held his feet in worship. Upasani, astonished at her behaviour, shouted at her angrily, saying, "What you are doing? Why are you holding my feet? Go away at once!" She coolly went ahead with her worship, saying, "Baba told me to worship you today, and his word is the ultimate for me. I will not go away, no matter how hard you try to make me." Thus, totally ignoring his anger, she left only after completing her worship. Such was her resolve and her unflinching faith and respect in the words of Baba.
Baba forewarned her of the imminent death of her husband. Appearing in her dreams he said, "Mother! I am taking away your Ramu. Don't lose heart!" The disease-struck Ramachandra Borkar wished that he wouldn't die during the days of Chathurmasya, so she prayed to Baba to fulfill the wish of her husband, and Baba obliged her. Sri Borkar passed away one week after the period of Chathurmasya was over, in full contemplation of Baba. Even though he never visited Shirdi nor served Baba with faith, Baba granted him salvation, only because of the devotion of his wife Smt. Chandrabai Borkar.
- Source: Saipadham Magazine
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