Baba and the Nasik Brahmin.

A Brahmin from Nasik came to Shirdi, probably under the invitation of Shri Buti. He was an expert palm reader and the predictions told by him in respect of shri Buti and others turned to be true. He wanted to see the palm of Saibaba but Baba had denied permission. Baba gave him some fruits instead. He went to his place, took bath and started performing his routine rituals. Meanwhile in the Masjid, Baba asked Shri Buti to go to the Nasik Brahmin and fetch Dakshina from him. Buti went there and conveyed the message to the Brahmin. But the Nasik man was perturbed at this call. He thought "Baba is not my Guru and why should i offer Dakshina to him? However he could not refuse the call since the millionaire Buti himself had come to fetch him. Hence he cut short his rituals, and accompanied Buti but resolved not to bow down before Baba nor offer any Dakshina. Before this incident, Baba asked some of his devotees, "Bring Geru(A colouring dye to colour the cloths) we will wear geru cloths. Meanwhile the Nasik Brahmin came to the Masjid alongwith Buti. Suddenly he prostrated before Baba. Everybody in the Masjid were astonished since they knew that the Nasik Brahmin is an orthodox man. When Buti asked him how he had bowed down before Baba against his own resolve, the man said, I have seen my own Guru in the place of Baba. Hence i bowed down to him. Again the Brahmin saw only Saibaba who was asking for Dakshina. The Brahmin willingly gave Dakshina. When the people gathered in the Masjid asked Baba how this Brahmin bowed before him, He said, he saw his late Guru Kolab Maharaj there. That is the reason for Baba's asking for 'geru' to colour the cloth. Saisaran, Sairam.