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“I had to become a milkman and run to your aid” is the 50th story in this series.
'Sai Baba's Divine Leelas' is a new audio series compiled and recited by Dr Vinny Chitluri. Repeated hearing of these Leelas will deepen one's faith and love in Baba.
Transcript
This incident took place when the suburbs of Pune were still undeveloped. Many entrepreneurs had bought land and set up their companies in such places. Shri Khandekar worked in Yerwada at that time. The area was a remote, desolate place and the roads were unlit with dense forests on either side. After work, he and his colleagues left work together and rode their bicycles back to Pune where they lived.
Once, Khandekar had to wait to collect his pay. He was unaware that his friends had left after receiving their pay. Khandekar searched for them, and finally he left alone. By then, it was dark and as he rode his bicycle, he was shivering with fear. Then he started chanting “Sai Ram, Sai Ram” loudly. Only a few trucks passed by, and the road was deserted.
Suddenly, he heard a cyclist riding behind him. Frightened, he turned around and saw a milkman. He had a long white beard, wearing a white Dhotar and coat, and was merrily singing a devotional song, which was “Ram ka naam bajle, bhaiya” (Brother, keep singing Ram’s name with devotion). He had his milk cans on the handles of his bicycle. Khandekar slowed his pace and waited for him. The milkman said, “Brother, why are you afraid? I am with you. I am going to Pune and we shall go together,” and together they rode to Shivaji Nagar. Khandekar thanked him and the milkman rode away.
Early in the morning, he dreamt of Baba, who said, “Weren’t you extremely frightened last night? Then you started chanting my name in desperation, so I had to become a milkman and run to your aid,” and there the dream ended. Khandekar woke up with tears in his eyes and thanked Baba for his compassionate caring.
Baba explicitly propagates the power of Naam Jap as Sri Lord Krishna confirms in the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna says, “The Japa Yagna is the best Yagna.” Baba also confirms that He is the Japa Yag and will take you across the worldly ocean.
This Leela is taken from Shri Sai Leela magazine, Deepavali issue, 1988.
A special podcast series by Dr. Vinny Chitluri which is on Baba's leelas and life history.