In plain words
is what He says. So he doubted a little. The One who gave the order will Himself see the task through. He gave me this task so that this task should be done in me. He did not give it to anyone else. Trusting that the God who gave the order would Himself see to everything in this task, he went with courage. Pure faith. Unshaken faith. Bāvū too questioned Bābā in doubt. I have two rupees; how am I to go so far? From Jalgaon one has to go thirty miles. In those days there were only tongas. One had to go the thirty miles by tonga. Or else go on foot. As he was doubting whether he could walk thirty miles, Bābā gave him courage. Believe My word; take My order on your head. You go, He said. Without a word in reply, he went by train as far as Jalgaon. He got down at Jalgaon at half past one in the night. Where am I to go? How am I to pass the time in this darkness? So there too he closed his eyes and prayed to Bābā. A peon with a badge came. In the old days a peon wearing a badge used to go about with the tahsildar. That peon was tall, his arms reaching to his knees. Who is Bāvū, who got down from the train from Shirdi? he came calling out. ‘Bābā sent me, so I have come. My name is Bāvū,’ he said. ‘Come, come, a tonga is waiting for you,’ he said. Where has it come from? he said. ‘Nānā Sāhib sent it.’ He sat in the tonga. As he went, it did not feel as if the tonga were moving at all. It went at such speed. He was thinking to himself: how fast it is going! As he was musing like this, the village came. There it is, that is Nānā's house, he pointed out. He got down and walked on; meaning to speak to the tonga man, he turned back. There was no tonga. The man who drove the tonga was not there. Well, he came and reached the house. Nānā Sāhib! Here, Bābā has sent vibhūti. When did He send it? He sent it only yesterday evening; I reached the station at half past one in the night. How you came to know of it I do not know, but because you sent a tonga I could reach the house quickly. Nānā was amazed. I have no tonga! I did not send anyone! I did not know you were coming. Why do you talk like this? Tell me, where is that tonga? he said. ‘Sir, the moment I got down, I saw no tonga. He said so: he said you had sent it,’ he said. This was no time for talk; thinking it must first be given to the patient, he went inside and gave her the prasād. He went to Bābā's picture and prayed. He cried out Bābā, Bābā, Bābā, and within that very cry the cries of a baby were heard. A son was born.
Full of joy, he came back to Bāvū: Bāvū, tell me all that happened; Bābā,