First-person testimony · Part III

Dattatreya Vithal Vaidya

Context

Dattatreya Vithal Vaidya appears at page 240 of Part III. "Vaidya" indicates the Ayurvedic / traditional physician profession.

About the 1936 statement

A Part III witness from the medical-tradition community.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

ent Baba and we had a satisfactory meal. At the time when Baba was sending that official to us at his place to feed us, he said to him “This youngman (Referring to me) has needless anxiety. His business is akeady accomplished.” That gentleman came to us and reported Babas words and asked what for we had gone to Shirdi. The fact was that I was anxious to get upadesh and hoped that Baba would given me some upadesh. 218 In the afternoon, the tonga man was hurrying us up to go back to Kopergaon. Some people told us that Baba did not usually permit people to get back the same day they visited him, but we had to go for two reasons. First, the cartman had to be paid his return fare even if we did not start that day. Secondly, I had got away from my office by reporting myself sick and had to present myself before the Railway Medical Officer at Dadar on the following morning. Any how, we told the tongawalla to wait and sat before Baba. Even there the tongawalla came. Baba looked at his face and asked him to go away saying “Where is the hurry?” Then, anyway he knew my other difficulty and so gave us leave. He told me to take udhi. I took it and we came away.

Source: B. V. Narasimha Swami, Devotees' Experiences of Sri Sai Baba (All India Sai Samaj, Madras, 1940s; reprint Akhanda Sainama Sapthaha Samithi, Hyderabad). PDF on Internet Archive · OCR full text. Excerpt matched on the term: Dattatreya Vithal. This is the canonical English excerpt; please consult the original PDF for context.