Divine Experience
[Translated and edited section of Dr. C B Satpathy’s interview in Oriya language by famous Film Actress Aparajita Mohanty in May 2010.]
AM: Many of the devotees are curious to know about your experiences with Baba. Are there any such incidents ? If so, Can you please share with us ?
Guruji: It means you want to know about things close to my heart ! I have many experiences about Baba which may easily run into thousands. Let me share one incident to epitomize the greatness of the Master. Even after so many years I can’t believe this episode. There is a place called Sunderban in Delhi near the Qutub Minar. The forest starts from there and extends up to the Qutub Minar. I used to visit that forest ten or fifteen years ago. It’s a vast restricted forest, a serene place with deers, streams, lake – nature in its full glory. In 1987, once I had been to Sundarban to mediate on Baba amidst the natural settings, in the Maruti car I had purchased recently. There an event took place, may be one of the smallest one with Baba in my life.
The fuse was blown and my car didn’t start. There was no one in the forest. Suddenly a man walked up to me. I am not sure from where he came. I offered him Rs.100 and requested him to watch my car while I go and get a mechanic. I walked for about four kilometers and reached the road. I stood there for sometime and while I was contemplating my next steps, a taxi with a young bearded driver arrived and stopped near me. I got into the cab and after travelling some distance realized that I was not carrying sufficient cash for the cab’s fare. Both the lanes of the road were deserted. We then reached a place where there were few auto-rickshaws. I decided to drop off the cab and take an auto-rickshaw for the remainder of the journey. I got down from the cab, crossed the road and inquired with an auto-rickshaw driver if he can drop me in R K Puram. He agreed and I returned to pay the cab driver his fare. To my surprise the cab wasn’t there. The young cab driver had left without collecting his fare. Why does a cab driver in a metro like Delhi depart without collecting his fare ? And I didn’t see any cab on the way till I reach R K Puram. With Baba’s grace, I reached my destination with the cash available to me.
Like this many things have happened. I was a Police Chief, may be an Inspector General (I.G) at that time. Yet with all my worldly intellect and experiences, I couldn’t find a satisfactory answer for the sudden disappearance of the cab driver. I don’t want to call it a miracle, But I have no clue how it happened. May be as people say, it could be a wonder-work of Shri Sai Nath.