First-person testimony · Part III

Sankar Balwant Kohojkar

Context

Sankar Balwant Kohojkar's statement appears at page 242 of Part III.

About the 1936 statement

A Part III witness.

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

anted to go to Bombay was 5 hours late and had not arrived. It came soon after he went and he reached Bom bay in due time. My father fell ill at Thana in 1933-1934, severe type of pneumonia it was. Dr. Chipkar was despairing of his recovery. He had fever for 21 days and the temperature was yet high. My father was, however, even during his illness, pray ing to Sai Baba. On the 21st day at 9p.m. my father had 220 actual vision of Baba -though none of us at his bedside could see Baba. My father cried “Baba has come and wants bread and onions”. As we did not see Baba, we thought our father delirious and that really there was no reason to fetch bread and onions. Then my father was angry with us and asked us all to clear out. We left the sick room and stood outside, but quite near to hear what passed in the room. We could hear Baba talking with my father. Then we heard Baba addressing some 2 persons present there and asked them to go away. They however, protested and wanted to take away my father with them. Baba objected and asked them to clear away and forcibly struck the earth with his little staff. And evidently these two persons went away. We heard no more of their voices.

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