The Divine Promise: Sai Baba’s Mysterious Biksha and Unveiling of His Grace

Wonderful Sai Leelas By R. Radhakrishnan

Shirdi Sai Baba’s ways are mysterious, inscrutable inconceivable, incredible and beyond the reach of our mind and thought.

Once a devotee comes under the fold, Baba strengthens his devotion by giving him such experiences {Leelas) and he ultimately realizes that Baba is no other than God (Para Brahma) and has manifested in this world as an ‘Avathara Purusha’ (Divine incarnation) to elevate mankind by removing their ignorance (Avidya) and bestowing knowledge in them to realize the truth (Self Realization).

Now, I shall relate a recent experience (Baba’s miracle) for the benefit of devotees.

On 8th Oct. 1996 (Tuesday) early morning, while I was still in bed, in the home of a Sai bandhu at Benson Town, Bangalore, I heard a distinct voice,” I will come along with you for ‘biksha’ (food) today”.

I immediately woke up and to my surprise; there was none in the room.

I was reminded of a similar instance in Sai Satcharitra Chapter 40, in which Baba told Hemad Pant (Anna Saheb Dablokar) that he would go to his house for meals on the Full Moon day morning in 1917.

I did not reveal this to anybody. Whenever I go to Bangalore, it is my usual practice to visit Sri Sai Spiritual Centre at Thyagraja Nagar, to pay my obeisance to Lord Sai and His apostles Poojya Narasimha Swamiji and Poojya Radhakrishna Swamiji (Trinity), whose idols are installed in the Sai Mandir.

I attended the noon Arathi (Sung on Shirdi lines) and took Prasada and was about to go to the Sai Bandhu’s home at Banashankari for lunch as prearranged.

Meanwhile, Sri D.V. Krishnamurthy, staunch devotee of Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji and Chief Priest at Sri Sai Mandir, told me:

“You are Sai Blessed today. Sai devotees have been invited by a great Sai devotee at N. R. Colony to do Vishnu Sahasranama parayana and arathi to Baba and to have prasada in his house.

We are now five available and one devotee has sent word that he cannot come.

Please join us. So saying, Sri Krishnamurthy took me to the devotee’s house. We did Vishnu Sahasranama Parayana followed by chanting of Baba’s Taraka Mantra “OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI” for half an hour in the Sindhi gentleman’s house.

The hostess narrated to us Sai miracles, how Baba got back their lost business account book {credit book) in which lakhs of rupees due from creditors had been recorded.

I always carry Baba’s photos with me and Baba prompted me to give the same to them.

When I took Baba’s photo from my bag to present it to the pious lady, it turned out to be Baba’s photo in Bikshadana (begging) form came in my hand and I was overwhelmed with Sai joy and tears gushed out of my eyes.

Then I remembered Baba’s dream that morning at Benson Town, in which he had told me

“I will come along with you for Biksha (food) today.” “Let us always chant Baba’s Taraka Mantra “OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI” constantly and enjoy SAI BLISS for ever.

(Source Sai Padananda January 1977)