First-person testimony · Part I

Sri Narayan Asram

Context

Sri Narayan Asram's statement is the fifth witness in Part I of the HTML edition (literature.saibaba.com, page 63). His title "Asram" indicates he had taken sannyas (formal renunciation).

About the 1936 statement

The Asram statement is one of several testimonies in Part I that frame Baba within the broader Hindu monastic tradition. Like other Part I witnesses, it was collected by Narasimha Swami in 1936.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

; but her power of speech was not restored. That continued to be her condition for nine months. Then Das Ganu came to Andheri and I told him the facts. He told me to give her Baba’s Udhi again for restoring her speech. I again gave her Udhi. The next day she began to speak. The was most marvellous. She is alive now and speaks very well. Baba kindly give me opportunities of doing service to oth ers. In 1926, he appeared to me in a dream and bade me go and tell mr.K.G.Kothare (Bar-at-law) “not to do what he was propos ing to do.” Despite the vagueness of the message, I went to him and delivered the message. He thanked me for it and informed me that it referred to the step he had been intending to take. He wanted to give up his Grihastasram and become a Sanyasi. He gave up the idea, at that time. (Read over and admitted to be correct). V 23RD SEPT. 1936, DADY AGIAR ST., BOMBAY Sri Narayan Asram, Sanyasi and disciple of Vedasrama Swami (Taraka Mutt, Durgaghat, Kashi), residing at Vaman Muth, Gangapur wai, (Satara District), aged 58, says: I knew Sai Baba, i.e. heard the name and the greatness of Sai Baba in 1910 from Das Ganu Maharaj’s Kir tana.

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