First-person testimony · Part II

W. Pradhan

Context

W. Pradhan's statement opens Part II at page 97 of the HTML edition. The Pradhan name appears repeatedly in the Satcharitra: M. G. Pradhan (page 201, closing Part II) and Rao Bahadur M. V. Pradhan (the donor of the Chirdi-sari to the unnamed Vile Parle girl in Chapter 20 of the Satcharitra) are likely relatives.

About the 1936 statement

W. Pradhan's 1936 statement opens Part II of Narasimha Swami's collection (page 97 onward).

Verbatim excerpt from Narasimha Swami (1940s)

le of the stream, the force of the current seemed very strong and it seemed that we would be washed down by the current. I felt giddy also. I closed my eyes and began to pray to Sai Baba for help. Within five minutes, Bala Gurav, a servant of Sai Sansthan, came into the middle of the river and held me and helped me through. He held and helped my wife also to cross the river. We were celebrating or conducting my sons’s Jayawal or tuft ceremony at Kashi and we intended that simultaneously with it, an Abhisbek of Baba should be performed at Shirdi. But we forgot to inform Nanu Pujari at Shirdi and no simultaneous Abhisbek of Baba was done. We went from Kashi to Gaya, and there at the Gayawali’s house the fits came on again. So I remembered my failure to carry out th e. Abhisbek and wrote at once to Nanu Pujari to perform two Abhisbeks, one by way of penalty. Then our further journey was safe and the boy’s health was alright. In 1934, my boy had some sort of fever; none could diagnose it. Udhi andTirtha cured it. In 1935, his toe had huge swelling. The Doctor wanted to cut it. But Udhi effected the cure. I rely on Baba and I am safe. PART II I 18th October, 1936 4p.m W.Pradhan, B.A.

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