Humor+Teaching-4

ఒక భక్తుడు బాబాకు దక్షిణగా శ్యామా పేరిట రూ. 2 మనియార్డరు పంపాడు. అది చేరినప్పుడు బాబా భిక్షకు వెళ్ళారు. ఆయన సర్వజ్ఞతను పరీక్షించదలచి, శ్యామా ఆ కాసులు మసీదు ముంగిట పాతిపెట్టాడు. ఆయన వాటి విషయమై ఏమీ అనలేదు. ఆరు మాసాల తర్వాత, శ్యామా ఇంట దొంగలుపడి సర్వం దోచుకుపోయారు. అతడు బాబాతో మొర పెట్టుకుంటే ఆయన నవ్వుతూ, "నీ ఇంట దొంగలు పడితే చెప్పుకోవడానికి నేనైనా ఉన్నాను. నావి రూ. 2 పోయి 6 మాసాలైంది. నేనెవరికి చెప్పుకోను!" అన్నారు. "అంతచిన్న తప్పుకు, ఇంత పెద్ద శిక్షా?" అన్నాడు శ్యామా. "నీలాంటి ఉద్యోగికి అదెంతో, నాలాంటి ఫకీరుకి రూ. 2 అంతే" అన్నారు సాయి. ఈ లీలకు భరద్వాజ మాస్టారుగారు వ్రాసిన కామెంట్: "కర్మ సూత్రమెంత సూక్ష్మమో!" 

Many devotees from far and wide would write letters to Sai Baba of Shirdi. Shama was the one who read the letters aloud to Him and wrote a reply according to Sai Baba’s narration. Well, letters where not the only thing that were sent to Sai Baba through post. Many devotees would send money through post to Saibaba. Shama used to collect this money from the post office and hand it over to Sai Baba. Once it happened that a devotee had sent two Ruppes via post. Shama collected the money, on his way back somehow his intentions where changed. He did not return the money to Sai, instead he hide it over the door of huge room adjacent to Dwarkamai, where Ratha was accommodated, in a cervice of wall. One night there was a theft in Shama’s home. He was robbed of Rs. 250/-, quite a significant amount for a man like him in those days. Search was made for the lost money, police were reported, in vain. The thief or the money were not to be discovered. The depressed and angry Shama went straight to his Deva, and said, “Deva there was a theft in my house and two hundred and fifty Rupees, were stolen. Do you feel good about it? Poor man like me lost so much money. Deva, whom can I tell the tale of woe but You?" Sai Baba, who was calmly listening to the woes replied, “Arre Shamyaa, what is the matter? Because there was a theft, and you lost your money, you came to me with your complaint. But when My two Rupees were stolen, to whom should I complain?” Shama quick to understand the pointer of Sai Baba replied, “Arre Deva, so You caused this robbery to happen. You are great, because Your two rupees were stolen You caused two hundred and fifty rupees to be stolen from a poor man like me. What kind of punishment is this? I lost two hundred and fifty rupees, while You lost only two rupees. What kind of justice is this?”

Sai Baba replied, “The value of two hundred and fifty rupees for a poor man like you, has the same value of two rupees for a Fakir like Me.”

The comment added by Sri Bharadwaja Master garu for this leela is: "How subtle is the law of Karma!" 

Sources:

http://www.saibharadwaja.org/books/saileelamruthamu/saileelamruthamu.aspx

http://forum.spiritualindia.org/