Sent by Sai Brother Shri.Udayakumar :
The Planetarium at Prasanthi Nilayam was under construction and the firm
in Delhi, India for which I was working at that time, received the order for
Acoustic Treatment on the inner surface of the Planetarium. The firms Senior
Construction Manager who has actually desigend and fabricated the machine for
such an application along with the machine and labourers were sent to carry out
the job as it was to be completed within a short period of seven days so that
Swamy can Inaugurate the Planetarium on His Birthday.
After two days received a message from the site that the machine would
not work. As the General Manager Technical of the firm, and as my Managing
Director knew that I am a Sai Devotee, I was deputed to do the needful. Flew
from Delhi to Bangalore, took a car and reached Prasanthi Nilayam almost 15
mins prior to the usual evening Dharshan time. Went directly to the site
(though I knew that it is Dharshan time), considering the fact that the work
has to be finished in five days time. Struggled till 2AM next morning but the
machine would not work at all.
Next day when the Construction Manager went to the site around 6AM I told
him that I will have Dharshan and then reach the site. HIS Grace, got a place
in the front row. ( Those days Kulwant Hall was not there and the devotees sat
in the open in front of the Mandir and Swamy stayed inside the Mandir). Swamy
came out for Dharshan, went on the ladies side, went inside the Mandir, went
again to the ladies side. After three such visits to the ladies side, he came
straingt to the place where I was seated and started talking to the person next
to me for more than five minutes without even looking at me. When HE was about
to turn away,
I went on my knees and said " Swamy, I have come for Auditorium work ".
Swamy turned to face me and said " Very happy ". I said " Swamy, the machine is
not working ". Swamy immediately said " Oh, I was waiting for you here
yesterday evening and you went staright to the work. Still the machine is not
working ? Very bad ".
Realising that with HIS Pure Love Swamy has corrected my ego " I am the
person to set right the machine" even while being at The Lords Abode, I went in
to silence. Swamy then created Vibuthi, applied it on my forehead Himself and
said " Don't worry. I have set it alright. Work will be over well in time and
you all will be rewarded " and walked away. Some thing made me look in to my
watch and it was 8:23AM. Later when I reached the site the Construction Manager
confirmed the fact that the machine started working exactly at 8:20AM though
none of them could make out how it happened.
After starting the work and satisfying ourselves that everything is fine,
self and the Construction Manager came out of the Planetarium and sat on the
culvert and started talking about Swamy's Leelas. Suddenly we heard some thing
crashing down and before we could react, Swamy's car braked in front of us.
Swamy put down the window glass, called the Construction Manager by name (
wonder of wonders ) and said " you people are enjoying the sunshine and Swamy
had to save all your labourers ". Before we could even have a wink Swamy's car
drove away.
We then ran inside the Planetarium to see that the whole scaffolding has
come down with the eight labourers who were working at a height of almost 13
metres and ....... not a single one of them had even a scratch !! Next day
onwards, the entire team first went for Dharshan and then for work. And the
entire work got over well in time.
On the eve of Swamy's Birthday, the entire team,including the labourers,
was given passes to attend the Inauguration of the Planetarium by Swamy next
day. And I got a seat just behind where Swamy sat, and the Construction Manager
and the labourers were next to me.
Though I was in total bliss, thinking the way Swamy Has rewarded us, the
Construction Manager was repeatedly asking what the "reward" would be. Swamy
came, and after the Inaugration and the very first show, Swamy turned His head
back and told my collegue " Past Karmas of your entire team has brought all of
you together today here to be seated close to the Lord of All the Planets you
have just seen, and the entire Universe. Any other reward ? ".
Can any one ask for any other reward than His Grace and Love ?
Source: http://www.geocities.com/saicenter_us/snl/snl_102701.html
Om Sai Ram
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