माधवराव देशपांडे ('शामा')

बाबा के अन्तरंग मध्यस्थ-शिष्य; ग्राम-शिक्षक

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शामा का पूर्ण जीवन-परिचय यहाँ उपलब्ध है। संक्षेप में: हेमाडपंत के 'बाबा का बालक'; जामनेर के चमत्कार में आरती-लिखक; बाबा के 14-वर्ष शय्या-साथी।

1936 के बयान के विषय में

शामा का अपना 1936 बयान (पृष्ठ 199, भाग 2 का समापन) सच्चरित्र की अनेक केन्द्रीय कथाओं की प्रथम-पुरुष-गवाही।

नरसिंह स्वामी से शब्दशः उद्धरण (1940 का दशक)

rst Rs.5, next Rs.2, next Rs.2, next one and did not ask me anything for two days thereafter, though I saw him all the three days of my stay there. His demand totalled Rs.10, just the amount I vowed, I would give him. II 23rd May, 1936. Ramachandra Vaman Modak, B.A., Engineer, Seth’s House (near Peru’s gate) Sadasiv pet, Poona (Sai Leela Masik, Yol III, part 9, p.399: Udhi used to drive off snakes from the house) says: I went to Sai Baba about 1909 and was impressed well enough to repeat my visits. My last visit was in 1916. The most momen tous of my visits was in 1912. My employment was that of Senior Government Auditor of Municipal and lo- 188 cal accounts of West Kandesh Division and my headquarters was nominally at Bombay. My wife and children, however, were stationed by me at Dhulia. In 1912,1 had some official troubles or foreboding of troubles especially with a particular higher officer, who was wait ing for an opportunity to sack me. They were trying to force me to appear for a departmental test, in which of course that particular officer would have an excellent opportunity to sack me and even declare me unfit to continue in service.

स्रोत: बी. वी. नरसिंह स्वामी, Devotees' Experiences of Sri Sai Baba (आल इंडिया साईं समाज, मद्रास, 1940 का दशक; पुनर्मुद्रण अखंड साईंनाम सप्ताह समिति, हैदराबाद)। इण्टरनेट आर्काइव पर PDF · पूर्ण OCR पाठ। खोज-शब्द: Madhavrao। यह अंग्रेज़ी मूल का प्रामाणिक उद्धरण है; पूर्ण-संदर्भ के लिए कृपया मूल PDF देखें।

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