Master of Nature

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Master of Nature


It was on a cloudy June evening that Baba was addressing an open air
meeting at Mercara. The sky was overcast and gloomy rumblings of
approaching rain could be heard, not far away. In fact, the rain
poured on the hills on the horizon, stepped nearer and nearer, and
came as far as Mahadevpet, half a mile away. Baba spoke quietly and
calmly, holding the audience spell-bound, for over an hour and a
half; at the end, He said, " Now, you can go home, for in about ten
minutes you will get the rain that ought to have drenched you by
now. " And, wonder of wonders, the rains came, as announced, ten
minutes later, to the very second !

The Chitravathi River at Puttaparthi is subject to sudden floods, for
it rises in the Nandi Hills and heavy rains in that region in Mysore
State will bring down the waters many feet deep all along the miles.
The Prasanthi Nilayam was built on an eminence away from the village
to avoid these periodical floods which in some years invade the old
Mandir, entering the prayer Shed, the kitchens and all the
surrounding area. On many such occasions , Baba has stood on the edge
of the water and said, "Ganga ! It is enough, go back." and the
waters have not risen more. Some years ago, during Navarathri, when
the (Narayana Seva) feeding of the Poor was on, it rained all round
the Nilayam, but not a drop fell in the precincts where people were
being fed.