About 1904 A.D., Nanasaheb Chandorkar was Collector at
Jamner, in the Khandesh
district, which is more that 100 miles away from Shirdi. His daughter Mainatai
was in a difficult confinement. The pains were so very severe and prolonged
that her condition was quite serious. Further more there was no medical
help available nearby. Nanasaheb remembered words of Baba "wherever
you are and whatever you do, I am always with you" and hoped that by
His grace the crisis would be tide over.
There in Shirdi, one Ramgirbuva,
wanted at this time to go to his native place in Khandesh. Baba knowing
the predicament in which the daughter of his devotee was involved, called
him and told him to stop at Jamner on his way home, and give the Udi
(sacred ash) to Nanasaheb. Ramgirbuva said that he had only two rupees
with him; and this amount was barely sufficient for the railway fare up
to Jalgaon, and it was not possible for him to go from Jalgaon to Jamner,
a distance of about 30 miles. Baba assured him that he need not care, as
everything would be provided for . Then Baba asked Shama to write a well-known
Aarti
composed by Madhav Adkar and give a copy of it with Udi
(sacred
ash) to Ramgirbuva, to be delivered to Nanasaheb.
Then relying on Baba's words
Ramgirbuva left Shirdi and reached Jalgaon at about 2-45 A.M. To his great
relief he heard somebody calling out `Who is Ramgirbuva of Shirdi?'
He
went to him and told him, that he was the person Ramgirbuva. Then the peon,
professing to be sent by Nanasaheb, took him out to an excellent Tonga
with a good pair of horses. They both drove in it and they reached Jamner
at dawn. Ramgirbuva alighted to attend a call of nature, and returned within
a few minutes, but found that there was no Tonga, no driver. He was dumbfounded.
Then he went to Nanasaheb's house, and gave Baba's Udi (sacred ash) and Aarti. At this time, Mainatai's case was in the most serious condition,
and all were in deep anxiety about her. Nanasaheb called out his wife and
asked her to give the Udi,
mixed with water, to their daughter to drink. He thought that Baba's help
was most opportune. In a few minutes came the news that the delivery was
safe and that the crisis had passed off.
When Ramgirbuva thanked Nanasaheb,
for the peon, tonga and the refreshments etc., the latter was greatly surprised as
he had sent none to the station, and was not even aware of any person coming
from Shirdi.
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