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| Sai as Vitthal |
Sai Baba was very fond of
remembering and singing God’s name. He always uttered Allah Malik(God is Lord)
and in His presence made others sing God’s name continuously, day and night,
for 7 days. This is called Namasaptaha. Once He asked Das Ganu Maharaj to do
the Namasaptaha. He replied that he would do it, provided he was assured that
Vithal would appear at the end of the 7th day. Then Baba, placing His hand on
his chest assured him that certainly Vithal would appear, but that the devotee must
be ‘earnest and devout’. The Dankapuri (Takore) of Takurnath, the Pandhari of
Vithal, the Dwarka of Ranchhod (Krishna) is here (Shirdi). One need not go far
out to see Dwarka. Will Vithal come here from some outside place? He is here.
Only when the devotee is bursting with love and devotion, Vithal will manifest
Himself here (Shirdi).
After the Saptaha was over, Vithal did manifest Himself in the
following manner. Kakasaheb Dixit was, as usual, sitting in meditation after
the bath, and he saw Vithal in a vision. When he went at noon for Baba’s
darshana, Baba asked him point-blank - "Did Vithal Patil come? Did you see
Him? He is a very truant fellow, catch Him firmly, otherwise, he will escape,
if you be a little inattentive." This happened in the morning and at noon
there was another Vithal darshana. One hawker from outside, came there for
selling 25 or 30 pictures of Vithoba. This picture exactly tallied with the
figure, that appeared in Kakasaheb’s vision. On seeing this and remembering
Baba’s words, Kakasaheb Dixit was much surprised and delighted. He bought one
picture of Vithoba, and placed it in his shrine for worship.
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