In a beautiful illustration of Sai Baba's divine play, a messenger arrived with a message for Madhavrao Deshpande, who is lovingly known as Shama. As recounted in Chapter 18, Baba had abruptly sent this messenger from the Masjid with specific instructions: to go to Shama, collect fifteen rupees as Dakshina, sit and talk with him for a while, and then return together. Upon hearing this, Madhavrao was deeply surprised. Instead of providing the rupees, he offered a heartfelt reply for the messenger to take back to Baba, saying that his 'namaskar' was the Dakshina. The messenger accepted this, and Madhavrao then urged him to sit and converse, eager to share in the joy of Baba's stories.
What message did Madhavrao bring to Shama from Sai Baba, and what was the outcome of this interaction?
๐ Chapter 18