The wedding went off without any hitch and the party returned to Dhoop. The Fakir also accompanied the marriage-party. So Patil made preparations to leave for Shirdi to attend the wedding. Patil was a village-officer in Dhoop His wife’s brother’s son was to be married and the bride was from Shirdi. The next day, the Fakir went to Patil’s house and stayed there for some time. On seeing all this, Chand Patil was wonder-struck He requested the Fakir to come to his house and accept his hospitality. Once everything was complete, the Fakir smoked His pipe and then gave it to Chand Patil. The cloth was moistened with the water, the water was squeezed out and it was wrapped around the pipe. Then He dashed His stick on the ground and water began to ooze from that spot on the ground.
The Fakir took His prong and thrust it forcibly into the ground and out came a live burning coal, which He put on the pipe. The Chilim (clay pipe) was ready to be smoked, but two things were missing- a fire to light the pipe and water to wet the piece of cloth through which smoke is drawn. He then realized that this Fakir was not an ordinary man, but a great saint and He returned to the Fakir with the mare. To Patil’s astonishment, he found the mare by the stream. The Fakir asked him look for the horse at a stream nearby. The Fakir then asked him about the saddle Chand Patil replied that it belonged to his horse and that the horse was lost. On seeing Chand Patil pass by, He called out to him and asked him to have a smoke and to rest a little. He had a cap on His head, wore a long robe and had a short stick under His armpit and was preparing to smoke a pipe. After travelling about 12 miles, he came to a mango tree, under the foot of which sat a rather strange-looking fellow. Very disappointed, he returned from Aurangabad with the saddle on his back. While he was on a trip to Aurangabad, he lost his mare For two long months he diligently searched, but could not find the lost mare. In a village called Dhoop, there lived a wealthy Muslim gentleman named Chand Patil. Wrestling Bout with Mohdin and Change in His Way of LifeĪs I alluded to in the last Chapter, I shall now describe how Sai Baba returned to Shirdi after His disappearance.Baba’s Return with Chand Patil’s Marriage-party.You can also listen to the free audiobook version of this Chapter on Youtube: Chapter 5
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