Udhi, obtained from Dhuni and lit by Shri Sai Baba in Dwarakamai at Shirdiduring His life time, is not a mere by-product of wood (ash) but a lifesaving drug. During His life time, Baba used this udhi for curing variousdiseases of His devotees. Baba once sent this udhi along with Aarati songthrough BapugirBua to Nana Saheb Chandorkar, a beloved devotee of Baba, whenhis daughter Mainatai, about to deliver, was in a critical condition,suffering from labour pains for three days at Jamner, a place 100 miles fromShirdi. After taking udhi mixed with water, she had an easy delivery.
Baba applied udhi on the affected portion of a boy (nephew of a qualifieddoctor), who was suffering from tubercular bone-abscess for a long time, andafter its constant application, the boy became quite well. Once, a doctordevotee of Baba at Shirdi suffered from guinea worms and by the applicationof udhi, by taking it with water and without taking any other medicine, thedisease was completely cured in ten days.
At another time, the wife of Bapaji (young brother of Shyam) was attackedwith Bubonic plague and high fever at Sawool, a village 3 miles from Shirdi.Baba sent udhi through Bapaji and his wife was completely cured withinhours. Similarly, an Irani gentleman's daughter suffered from fits and allmedicines were tried, which gave her no relief. Her father obtained udhifrom Baba's devotee, Kaka Saheb Dixit, and gave it to his daughter mixedwith water daily for sometime and she recovered completely afterwards.
An old gentleman of Harda (Madhya Pradesh) was suffering from a stone in hisbladder. He was too old to withstand any surgical operation. His son, on theadvise of some friends, obtained udhi from Inamdar, a devotee of Baba and aresident of the same town and mixing it with water gave it to his father fordrinking. The stone was dissolved and came out in urine and the old man wassoon relieved of the malady.
The above are only a few cases, where udhi was tried, used and applied, whenBaba was in flesh and blood at Shirdi. Even after Baba's samadhi, udhi isnow being used as a medicine in several diseases and is found out as themost effective medicine and efficacious cure.
Baba's grace is as much active during the present days as before samadhi,that udhi's power is far superior and greater and more reliable thanmedicines of any system- Allopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy etc. In anutshell, Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi is as much alive today as when he was inDwarakamai in flesh and blood.
It is still more surprising and astonishing to note that Narayana MotirarnJani of Nasik, a staunch devotee of Baba, tried a pinch of the ashes ofjoss-sticks burning in front of Baba's picture, and chanting Baba's nameapplied it on the seat of the sting, in case of a scorpion-bite of a personand the pain disappeared in no time. Jani had to resort to this course, whenhe did not have ready stock of Baba's Udhi in his house.
Nana Saheb Chandorkar, another beloved devotee of Baba, when he had no stockof udhi readily available with him, took some soil from the roadside andapplied it on the fore-head of his wife at Thana railway station; thismiraculously cured the lady. This mysterious and miraculous cure in the above two cases can also be ascribed to the genuine faith, intense devotionand earnest prayer of the two devotees.
Baba taught by His udhi that all the visible phenomena in the world are astransient as the ash. After all, our bodies are composed of five elementsand are subject to decay after death. They will be reduced to ashes afterdeath. Baba wanted to din into the ears of His devotees, the sense ofdiscrimination between the Unreal and the Real and non-attachment for theUnreal by udhi. Apart from this spiritual significance, it had alsoconferred health, prosperity, freedom from anxiety and many other worldlygains before, and even now it is yielding good results to the devotees, inmaterial and spiritual field. Undoubtedly, it is a Sanjeevani in Kaliyuga,which was tried by devotees at various places and times both before andafter Baba's samadhi and found it an omnibus cure for all maladies-physicalas well as spiritual.
By Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji
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