First-person testimony · Part III

Mukunda Sastri Lele

Context

Mukunda Sastri Lele's brief statement appears at page 219 of Part III. "Sastri" indicates traditional Sanskrit scholarly training.

About the 1936 statement

A learned-tradition witness.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

e and no proceedings ere taken against me or the Sabha. I do not know what has become of Mr. Sunder Rao Narayan who was the editor and soul of “Sai Nath Prabha”. It is he who signs his “apothegms” and his “vision” in part I under the Nom de plume “Ramagir” Baba and other Sants: his Antarjnana. When I was at Shirdi one day Baba was at the Mosque. The time for his moving on to Lendi had arrived and yet he was not inclined to move out. He lay stretched beside the Mosque wall. When he had thus delayed his visit to Lendi by one hour, we asked him “It is high time for you to go the Lendi, Why do you not go?” Then Baba answered "Are maia Gaianan gela" i.e. ‘Hallo! My Gajanan is 118 gone’. Someone wrote that day from Shirdi to Shegaon to ascertain how Gajanan Maharaj the famous Saint of that place was doing. The answer came that he expired on the very day when Baba apprised us of the sad event. Baba’s Prophecy. Sometime in 1917, Baba said “Tilak is coming here”. As there seemed to be nothing to induce Lokamanya to visit him, I thought Baba was referring to Tilak Maharaj i.e. Vaman Maharak Tilak. In fact, however, Lokamanya visited him soon after (i.e.

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