Om Sai Samarth
Nanasaheb was childless for a long time. Earlier he lost three
children due to epilepsy. His wife, therefore, tried to persuade him
to get married for a second time. He was depressed and sad. He lost
interest in family matters.
In such a frame of ming, once sai in front of Saiji's Samadhi in
Shirdi and began pleading' "Baba, bless me either with a child or
show me the path to Atma Kalyan". While appealing thus, his eyes
welled with tears. Just then he heard a faint voice from the
Samadhi - "Santati Ho Jayegi" (You shall be blessed with a child)!"
Nanasaheb's joy didi notknow any bunds. He prostrated before the
Samadhi. He was amazed and ecstatic - not because he was going to be
blessed with a child but with realisation that his Sadguru resonded
to is prayers. In 1928, he bore a son.
As Nanasaheb had only one son, his father Danusheth prayed in front
of the Samadhi and Nanasaheb was blessed with a second son in 1931.
Once, on the occasion of Guru Poornima, a coin onf on Naya Paisa
dropped from Saiji's garland into Nanasaheb's hands. He preserved it
with great devotion throught all his life. He carried it in the
button Patti of his shirt. He said, "My annual income is abut Rs.
5000. Even then no coin in the world can match this Naya Paisa. And
no value can be attached to it - it is valueless.
Nanasaheb had expressed a desire that the coin should be cremated
along with his body and so was done.
Source : Sai Leela Magazine