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IV.
Miracle Cures
Special
Saving Grace
How Smt. Shyamala Devi’s nephew
was saved from death
Smt. I. Shyamala Devi is the daughter of
late Sri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, the former Chief Minister
of the old Hyderabad State in 1950s and and later Governor
of Uttar Pradesh and Kerala, India.
In 1980, Baba saved the grandson of Mr. Burgula
Ramakrishna Rao from imminent death. Smt. Shyamala Devi recounts
this incident in the book, “Sathya Sai – The Avatar
of Love”:
My brother, Burgula Lakshmi Narayana Rao, was blessed with
a son on 29th May, 1980. On the very second day of his coming
into the world, he was afflicted with some illness. He started
crying incessantly from the second day afternoon onwards till
midnight.
Two child specialists examined the baby;
the baby had become pale and unconscious. Milk was given through
the nostrils with the aid of a tube. Breathing stopped in
between and doctors even had to revive the breath by artificial
means. Gradually the baby turned blue in color due to frequent
failures of breathing and the lengthy process of reviving.
Seeing this, doctors came to the conclusion that it would
be difficult for the baby to survive. They also pleaded their
inability saying "Neither you nor we doctors can do anything".
Swami's Vibhuti was kept under the baby's
head and a little of it was applied on its chest. Doctors
had come to the conclusion that there was nothing they could
do except praying to God. On that very day, we learnt that
Swami was going from Bangalore to Delhi via Hyderabad. The
plane would stop for a brief period of about 40 minutes before
leaving for Delhi. Arrangements were made and pandals erected
near airport.
Devotees gathered there to have Darshan of
Swami. Bhajans were being sung. Doctors who were attending
on the baby themselves advised us to go and have the Darshan
of Baba. Hanging between hope and despair, I along with my
brother and mother (Smt. Anantha Lakshmi) went to the place
where Swami was staying. Baba who was about to enter the room
specially arranged for Him looked at us and inquired saying
"Ananthalakshmamma, How is your grandson?"
My mother with full of tears in her eyes
full of sorrow, pleaded "Swami ma Narayana Babu ku putra
biksha pettandi. Na manuvadu mrithyu mukham lo unnadu. Bratike
avaskasam ledu. Doctorlu kuda aasa vadulu kunnaru". (Swami,
save the life of my Narayana Babu's son. My grand son is in
the throes of death; there is no hope of his survival. Even
the doctors have given up hope.)
Then Swami kept His hand on my mother's head
and blessed her saying "Your grandson has a full
life span. He will become healthy." With that assurance
Swami left for the airport.
From the mood of despondency, we came back
into this world. With anxious thoughts, we went to hospital
fearing what kind of news was awaiting us. The doctors in
the hospital reported that ever since we had gone to airport
for Swami's Darshan, the baby's frequency of the stoppage
of respiration had become lesser. Even the doctor's hope was
kindled. From then onwards the baby's health improved gradually.
Now (1992) the boy is aged twelve years,
quite healthy and is studying in the eight standard in Kendriya
Vidyalaya. Swami himself had named the boy as "Sai Rama
Krishna". Baba had saved my grand son from the jaws of
death. Later we had learnt that Swami told some of the devotees
that he had instructed for the diversion of Delhi trip enroute
Hyderabad, only to save the ailing grand son of Ramakrishana
Rao.
Reference: “Sathya
Sai - The Avatar of Love” Page: 69-70. Published by
Sai Prasanthi Society, Hyderabad under the auspices of Sri
Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, Andhra Pradesh on His 67th
Birthday, 23rd November 1992.
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