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'Baba Gives Him a Son Named Sai Prasad' is the 48th 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
Prabhune thought, “If only Baba would bless me with a son.” He had two daughters and yearned to have a son. “What if the next child is a daughter,” he wondered about this a lot. So he placed his problem at Baba’s feet. Once he went to a renowned saint and asked him about it. The saint told him that he would definitely get a daughter as he was not destined to have a son. At that moment, he felt that it was a challenge to his faith in Baba.
Sometime later, when his wife got pregnant, he told her he would go to Shirdi every month for the next 9 months until she gave birth. Thus, he visited Shirdi and got down at Sathe Wada and went to room number 21, where Nana Sahib Rasne resided. He then went to the Samadhi Mandir and performed Abhishek to the Samadhi and prostrated at Baba’s feet. Nana Sahib loved Prabhune like a son, so he asked him, “Why are you coming to Shirdi every month? What important work do you have with Baba?” Prabhune gave him an evasive answer.
On his next visit, he stayed overnight with Nana Sahib. He woke up early in the morning and found Nana seated on the floor smiling at him. Then Nana said, “Just a short while ago, Baba came here and sat on your cot. I asked him the reason for your regular visits to Shirdi. And he told me that you come to Shirdi every month because you want a son. Baba said, ‘I cannot grant him that as he isn’t destined to have a son.’ So I told Baba, ‘If he so desires, then can’t you fulfil his desire? Just give him a son and be done with it.’ But Baba stubbornly said ‘No’ and when I kept insisting, he finally agreed and left.”
When Prabhune returned to Pune, he was invited to a devotee’s home, as a saint named Gautam Maharaj was visiting them that evening. He went there at the scheduled time and sat in a corner of the room as it was overcrowded. The saint arrived and looked around the room and beckoned to Prabhune and said he would like to visit his home. They then went home and his wife welcomed them. Then he said, “I was searching for you as I have a message from Baba for you. He told me to tell you that you will get a son and he should be named Sai Prasad.”
A month later, Prabhune got a vivid dream wherein he saw a lit lamp outside his home. Then the light from the lamp came towards him and stopped in front of him, and he woke up. He realised that the light was an indication of the light of his descendants, i.e., a son would surely be born. And thus it came to pass that his wife delivered a healthy boy who was named Sai Prasad.
Nothing is impossible with Baba, as everything happening will occur at His command and His will.
This Leela is taken from Shri Sai Sagar magazine, Nov-Dec issue, 2003.
A special podcast series by Dr. Vinny Chitluri which is on Baba's leelas and life history.