First-person testimony · Part II

Mr. Kolambo alias D. V. Sambhare

Context

D. V. Sambhare (also known as Mr. Kolambo) appears at page 197 of Part II.

About the 1936 statement

One of the closing Part II witnesses.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

n Baba had been duped, as the goats were worth only 4 Rs. each. Baba then 181 got pulses etc., for about 11/2 Rs. and fed the goats with the pulses. Then he explained why he acted like this. He found he said that the goats were looking at him entreatingly. Then Baba notice them. They were in their previous birth two women that had served Baba. But they were fiercely quarrelling with each other and had killed each other. They took birth as goats. Baba then went and returned the goats to their owner. Pishya was a Rohilla. Many Rohillas came here in Baba’s time. At Neemgoan there were the landlords, Baba Saheb Dengle and his younger brother Nana Saheb Dengle. Neither of them was an offi cial. But they had much influence with officials. Nana Saheb Dengle came to Baba when I was a teacher at the school. When Nana Saheb Nimonkar was staying at Shirdi, his son and daughter-in-law at Poona were attacked by plague. Mrs. and Mr.N wanted permission to go to Poona. Baba did not grant permis sion. Mrs.N. then wept. Baba said to her “Why do you cry? In 15 days’ time your son will come here.” Accordingly the son and his wife recovered and the son came to Shirdi within the period fixed by Baba.

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: Sambhare. This is the canonical English excerpt; please consult the original PDF for context.