Category: Love of Devotees

Baba’s help in business

Para Number in the Book “BCS”, About Baba’s Help in Business

  (a) D.S.Rasane

548. Damodar S. Rasane had an offer for speculation in cotton at Bombay from a broker. The broker promised him lakhs of rupees by way of profit. D.S.Rasane wrote to Shama to gel Baba’s permission. Shama brought the letter to Baba. Before it was read, Baba spoke.

Baba: “Damia  wants to catch at the sky. He is not content to keep what God has given him. Damia’s is confused. Write to him that his present state is not unhappy. His present half loaf is enough. Let him not bothered about lakhs.”

Then Damia went in person and, thinking of starting that speculation and giving Baba a share in the profits, massaged Baba’s feet.

Baba, loudly: “Damia, I am not in anything (i.e. I do not wish to get entangled in any samsara, like sharing profits.)”. So, that enterprise was given up.

Again Damia had a proposal, when prices of grains were running high to buy in a lot of grain; and store it for some months or years and then sell it. Damia went to Baba and said “Shall I trade in grain ?”

B.: “No, you will be buying at five seers [weight] and selling at seven (per Rupee).”

But for weeks, the rise in prices was kept up and Baba’s prophecy seemed to be falsified. But a month or two later i.e., in Sravan, there was abundant rain on all sides; and the prices suddenly fell and remained low for a long time. The grain storers had a serious loss. Baba saved Damia from that fate.

(b) Bayyaji patel

549 (1) Baba was giving regularly Rs.4/- per diem to Bayyaji Appaji patel for years.

B.: “Do not lend these moneys, nor give them away to others, Do not eat and excrete these.”

Baba evidently wanted the money to be invested in land Purchases. Accordingly Bayyaji purchased 84 acres of land, which he is still retaining.

(2) Sugarcane was the vogue, and everybody was planting the Godavari valley with sugarcane.

Bayayaji: Baba, shall I plant sugarcane? Baba. “Don’t.”

But the example of others and the hope of large profits from sugarcane, made Bayyaji disregard Baba’s advice and go in for sugarcane planting. What was the result?.

First, a loss of Rs.300/- in the money invested and next, the going without the usual supply of dry crops, he would have got on the land.

(c) Rao Bahadur S.B.Dhurnal

550. S.B. Dhumal was offered the pubic Prosecutor-ship at Nasik. He wrote to Shama for Baba’s approval.

B. “ Why should he accept the new? The old is good enough.”

S.B.D. rejected the Public Prosecutorship and his income was still good.

Baba’s says on domestic affairs

Para Number in the Book & About Baba’s Help in Domestic Affairs

(a) Mr. and Mrs.Nimonkar

546. Nana Nimonkar (to his wife): See our boy at Belapur, and return immediately.

Mrs.N.N: How ? There are so many relations there to see.

N.N.: I cannot wait. Next day being Amavasya, you must return.

Mrs. N.N. was greatly worried and perplexed.

Baba coming up just then from the mosque said: “Mother, you are going to see your convalescent son at Belapur. Go Quickly. Go unperturbed. See all your relations there and then return to Shirdi, after 2 or 4 days of stay.”

Thus Baba’s appellate decree reversed Nana Nimonkar’s. Nana proposes and Baba disposes.

547. Mrs.H.V. Sathe had agreed to go with her husband to see a land recently purchased near Shirdi. But her father persuaded her and she resolved not to go as. If she did, Babu’s widow (relative) would give trouble by claiming rights in the land.

So when the cart came and stood in front of Sathe wada; and her husband asked her to get in, she refused. The irate husband pulled out the whip from the cart-man and raised it aloft to chastise the wife. Suddenly, Megha rushed in.

Megha: Baba wants you urgently to go to Dawaraka Mayee.

H.V.S dropped the whip and went to Baba.

Baba: “What is the matter? What is it that has happened? Your land is there. Where is the necessity to go and see it?

H.V.S felt ashamed of his attempt at whipping his wife and was glad to note the watchful eye of Baba over himself and family.