Baba’s Says on Justice and Equality
Para Number in the Book & About Justice and Equality
- “This world is funny. All are my subjects. I look upon all with equal eye, But some turn thieves. What can I do for them? People at death’s door, plot against the lives of others. These offend and hurt me much. But I am quiet, saying nothing. God is great. He has his officers everywhere, who are all powerful. One must rest content with one’s lot. I am very powerful. I was here, eight or ten thousand years ago”- Baba (G.S.K’s diary)
(a) Margosa Tree Branch
586. Baba: “You have to cut your own child, if it falls athwart the womb” (with this remark, Baba himself cut off a branch of the Gode Neem Tree, that interfered with the raising of a wall in Sathe Wada).
(b) S.B.N.’s Mother-in-law’s Revenge
587. Dada Kelkar. Where am I to get onion for my granddaughter’s eye?
B.: Get it from this Ayi (pointing to S.B.Nachne’s mother-in-law)-
M.-in-L:. Baba, this Dada abused me this morning for cutting onions. I do not care to give him anything; but if you order it, I will give him onion.
B.: Do. (N.’s Mother-in-law had the grand revenge of returning good for evil, by Baba’s just orders).
( C ) Bala Patil
588. Damia (i.e., Damodar S. Rasane) went to Baba and requested him to send Bala Patil, his attendant, who was of a low caste, to D’s house for a meal as Baba’s representative.
B.: Yes, but do not cry “Dhut Dhut” (keep away, keep away) at him. Do not give him a place far away from your own place of eating.
Damia adopted Baba’s advice and took Bala Patil as his guest and made him sit near him and not outside the house for the meal.
(d) Chakra Narayan
589. When a Christian, Chakra Narayan was appointed Police Fouzdar at Kopergaon, a devotee said to Baba : “We have got a Christian for the Fouzdar.”
B.: “What of that? He is my brother”
(e) Peston Jamas
- Peston Jamas and his brother-in-law went in about 1915 to Shirdi, to see “Sai Maharaj” there at the Dixit Wada, there was much crowding and the rich people alone were accommodated upstairs and these two Parsis were left downstairs.
“What sort of justice is here in this Darbar! Big people enjoying comforts above and poor people left downstairs to suffer inconvenience”, thought these Parsis.
When they went to Baba at the Mosque. Then, Baba (to somone present): “Take these people up. And they were given accommodation upstairs.”
(f) Tukaram Barku
- Tukaram Barku, a Mahar (Harijan) was leaving shirdi in quest of employment. Baba met him and put his arm round his neck. Baba: (to Barku) “Do not go.”
Barku: I must go and earn. Baba:Do not go.
Barku disregarded the advice, went, fell ill and had prolonged illness and returned earning nothing.
Baba and Creatures
- Nana Saheb Dengle bringing a plateful of dainties, on a silver plate gave it to Baba and begged him to eat. Baba shouted out. A black dog ran up and licked up the food. Nana Saheb was disgusted and thought, “Is it for this pariah dog that I prepared all this?”
Baba (flinging away the plate): Take this away.
See 592-Baba giving away Laxmi’s bread to a dog.
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 