{"id":1230,"date":"2026-09-20T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/?page_id=1230"},"modified":"2026-09-20T16:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:25:13","slug":"life-of-sai-baba-volume-3-chapter-13-sri-rao-bahadur-moreswar-w-pradhan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/life-of-sai-baba-volume-3-chapter-13-sri-rao-bahadur-moreswar-w-pradhan\/","title":{"rendered":"Life of Sai Baba \u2014 Volume 3, Chapter 13: Sri Rao Bahadur Moreswar W. Pradhan"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.ap-story-page{--ap-ink:#17324d;--ap-muted:#49657e;--ap-teal:#08736e;--ap-line:#dde7ea;--ap-soft:#eef8f6;color:var(--ap-ink);font-family:Inter,system-ui,sans-serif;line-height:1.7}.ap-story-wrap{max-width:1060px;margin:0 auto;padding:8px 0 54px}.ap-story-kicker{color:var(--ap-teal);font-size:.78rem;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase}.ap-story-dek{max-width:780px;color:var(--ap-muted);font-size:1.2rem;margin:.45rem 0 1rem}.ap-story-subtitle{font-size:1.05rem;color:var(--ap-muted);margin:0 0 18px}.ap-story-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 300px;gap:34px;margin-top:28px}.ap-story-main,.ap-story-card{background:#fff;border:1px solid var(--ap-line);border-radius:12px}.ap-story-main{padding:clamp(22px,4vw,46px);box-shadow:0 12px 28px rgba(16,52,80,.05)}.ap-story-main h2{font-size:1.8rem;margin-top:0}.ap-story-main h3{font-size:1.25rem;margin-top:2rem}.ap-story-main p{margin:0 0 1rem}.ap-story-main p:first-of-type:first-letter{float:left;font-size:4rem;line-height:.8;padding:.1rem .5rem 0 0;color:var(--ap-teal)}.ap-story-aside{display:grid;gap:16px}.ap-story-card{padding:20px}.ap-story-card h2{font-size:.8rem;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--ap-teal);margin:0 0 .7rem}.ap-story-card p{margin:.45rem 0}.ap-story-card a{color:var(--ap-teal);font-weight:700}.ap-story-source{background:#fbfcfc}.ap-story-teaching{background:var(--ap-soft);border-left:4px solid var(--ap-teal)}.ap-story-tag{display:inline-block;border-radius:999px;padding:4px 10px;margin:4px 4px 0 0;background:#e8f4f2;color:var(--ap-teal);font-size:.82rem}.ap-story-note{border-top:1px solid var(--ap-line);margin-top:24px;padding-top:16px;color:var(--ap-muted);font-size:.86rem}.ap-story-nav{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:12px;margin-top:24px;padding-top:18px;border-top:1px solid var(--ap-line)}@media(max-width:760px){.ap-story-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}.ap-story-nav{display:grid}}<\/style>\n<section class=\"ap-story-page\">\n<div class=\"ap-story-wrap\">\n<div class=\"ap-story-kicker\">Chapter 13 \u00b7 Life of Sai Baba \u00b7 Volume 3<\/div>\n<p class=\"ap-story-dek\">Sri Rao Bahadur Moreswar W. Pradhan<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-subtitle\">How Baba tested Pradhan\u2019s faith, revived his family mantra and guided the work of the Sansthan.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Sai Baba<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Devotee experience<\/span><span class=\"ap-story-tag\">Volume 3<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-story-grid\">\n<article class=\"ap-story-main\">\n<h2>The chapter<\/h2>\n<p>Moreswar W. Pradhan first heard of Sai Baba in May 1910 through N. G. Chandorkar. After reading Das Ganu\u2019s <em>Bhakta Lilamrita<\/em> with his wife, his doubts disappeared, and he travelled to Shirdi with Chandorkar\u2019s sons carrying a gold sovereign and currency notes.<\/p>\n<p>Baba appeared to be waiting near the Lendi. In the Mosque, Pradhan offered the sovereign, but Baba returned it and asked for its value in rupees. When Pradhan gave fifteen rupees, Baba counted only ten and demanded five more. Pradhan remembered that he had intended to offer twenty rupees and understood that Baba had tested whether he would argue over the account.<\/p>\n<p>On another visit Baba said that everything would be all right in two or four days and gave him udhi. During an eight-day stay Pradhan arranged a bhiksha. Baba named pooran poli and the guests; when a crow carried away a pooran poli, the devotees said that Baba himself had accepted it. Baba also spoke of pain on one side of his body, which Pradhan understood only after returning to Bombay when news came of an illness in his family.<\/p>\n<p>While preparing food in the hundi, Baba sang \u201cSri Ram, Jaya Ram, Jaya Jaya Ram\u201d\u2014the mantra Pradhan had received from his family Guru and neglected. Baba then placed his hand in the boiling food without injury. At the Lendi he made Pradhan sow corn seeds, an act later understood when Pradhan purchased the Lendi garden for the Sai Sansthan. The chapter records these incidents alongside Pradhan\u2019s later service as a leader of the Sansthan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-note\"><strong>Editorial note:<\/strong> This page is a concise paraphrase for web presentation and does not reproduce the complete chapter. Please consult the original PDF for the full account and wording.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ap-story-nav\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/life-of-sai-baba-volume-3-chapter-12-rao-sahib-yeshwant-janardhan-galwankar\/\">\u2190 Previous chapter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/life-of-sai-baba-volume-3-chapter-14-baba-s-contact-with-muslims\/\">Next chapter \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<aside class=\"ap-story-aside\">\n<section class=\"ap-story-card ap-story-source\">\n<h2>Referenced source<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Life of Sai Baba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By <em>Sh. B. V. Narasimha Swami<\/em><br \/>Volume 3, Chapter 13: <em>Sri Rao Bahadur Moreswar W. Pradhan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/life-of-sai-baba-volume-3-13-sri-rao-bahadur-moreswar-w-pradhan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View original chapter PDF \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/life-of-sai-baba-by-sh-b-v-narasimha-swami\/\">View the complete book \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ap-story-card\">\n<h2>People and places<\/h2>\n<p><strong>People:<\/strong> Sai Baba \u00b7 Devotees<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places:<\/strong> Shirdi<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"ap-story-card ap-story-teaching\">\n<h2>Related teaching<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Love, compassion and equality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This account may be read alongside Sai Baba\u2019s teachings on faith, patience, equality, love and compassion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akshayapeeth.org\/index.php\/teachings-and-parables-of-sai-baba\/\">Explore teachings and parables \u2192<\/a><\/section>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 13 \u00b7 Life of Sai Baba \u00b7 Volume 3 Sri Rao Bahadur Moreswar W. 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