About 1904 A.D., Nanasaheb Chandorkar was Collector at Jamner, in the
Khandesh district, which is more that 100 miles away from Shirdi. His
daughter Mainatai was in a difficult confinement. The pains were so very
severe and prolonged that her condition was quite serious. Further more
there was no medical help available nearby. Nanasaheb remembered words of
Baba "wherever you are and what
ever you do, I am always with
you" and hoped that by His grace the crisis would be tided over.
There in Shirdi, one Ramgirbuva,
wanted at this time to go to his native place in Khandesh. Baba
knowing the predicament in which the daughter of his devotee was involved,
called him and told him to stop at Jamner on his way home, and give the Udi
(sacred ash) to Nanasaheb. Ramgirbuva said that he had only two rupees
with him; and this amount was barely sufficient for the railway fare up to
Jalgaon, and it was not possible for him to go from Jalgaon to Jamner, a
distance of about 30 miles. Baba assured him that he need not care, as
everything would be provided for . Then Baba asked Shama to write a
well-known Aarti composed by Madhav Adkar and give a copy of it
with Udi (sacred ash) to Ramgirbuva, to be delivered to Nanasaheb.
Then relying on Baba's words
Ramgirbuva left Shirdi and reached Jalgaon at about 2-45 A.M. To his great
relief he heard somebody calling out `Who is Ramgirbuva of Shirdi?' He
went to him and told him, that he was the person Ramgirbuva. Then the
peon, professing to be sent by Nanasaheb, took him out to an excellent
Tonga with a good pair of horses. They both drove in it and they reached
Jamner at dawn. Ramgirbuva alighted to attend a call of nature, and
returned within a few minutes, but found that there was no Tonga, no
driver. He was dumbfounded. Then he went to Nanasaheb's house, and gave
Baba's Udi (sacred ash) and Aarti. At this time, Mainatai's case was in
the most serious condition, and all were in deep anxiety about her.
Nanasaheb called out his wife and asked her to give the Udi,
mixed with water, to their daughter to drink. He thought that Baba's help
was most opportune. In a few minutes came the news that the delivery was
safe and that the crisis had passed off.
When Ramgirbuva thanked
Nanasaheb, for the peon, tonga and the refreshments etc., the
latter
was greatly surprised as he had
sent none to the station, and was not even aware of any person coming from
Shirdi.
