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Madhusudhan Noori
 
I want to share my recent experience. My wife, my recently married elder daughter of ours and I were to travel by train to New Delhi. The purpose was to for see off our elder daughter on her much awaited journey to US to join her husband and start the new phase of their lives. Unluckily my father-in-law fell ill and was hospitalised, resulting in my wife canceling her journey. On the day of journey, my daughter with all her baggage and myself boarded the 2 tier AC compartment of the train at Hyderabad.
   
 
As our berths were not together, I got down from the compartment seeking the Supervisor for exchange of berth, whereas my wife remained inside spending her last moments with our daughter before her departure. We didn't realise that time for departure of the train had come, the train started moving slowly, I looked and saw that my wife was not on the platform, ran towards the compartment and saw that my wife being scared of getting off from moving train sat on the steps. In my anxiety that she should get down and I should get in, I told her to hold on to me and pulled her on to the platform. We both fell down, I was closer to the platform edge and my legs from knees downwards entered the space between the platform and moving train. I froze realising that any movement may result in very serious injury. In that state of shock I did not even call out to GOD or any one else for help. In the meanwhile our daughter attempted to stop the train by pulling chain but without any success. Now a miracle occurred.
   
 
It was not possible for me to even shake my limbs - My wife was watching me stuck with awe and not knowing what to do and what is going to happen the next millisecond… there was a small crowd gathering to see what is happening or rather how I am going to go to the next state… a great moment of suspense was waiting for them! No one could approach even near me out of the fear of getting pulled in to the moving train. I can not explain it further, other than saying that I cannot stay in that condition for just a second more, I cannot pull myself out on my own nor there was anyone to help me ….it was a just second in all to the end!
   
 
I felt a pair of hands on my legs - gently trying to take out my legs from the small gap between the speed gaining train and the platform…the hands were so gentle on my limbs but strong enough to sustain the speed of the wind caused by the huge momentum of the train and with out those hands getting pulled in inside, with all the courage and willingness to help me.
   
 
And it could not have happened better! My legs were taken out by those hands and I was swiftly lifted up on my legs and I don't know how I gained the strength back to run and catch the same running train! I did not see or rather could not see the person who gave me life again. I did not realize him to appear from the gathered crowd, nor did he walk back after saving me.
   
 
Then I realized that, Sathya Saibaba, whom I firmly believe to be incarnation of Shirdi Saibaba, in the form of an unknown person, appeared in no time and pulled me back simultaneously lifting my legs from the gap between the platform and moving train thus saving not only my life but also ensuring that I was not injured. I got up immediately and shakily jumped into the compartment passing in front of me where safe hands of Railway staff caught hold of me.
   
 
When I reached my compartment I found my daughter crying not knowing how her parents were. Luckily my wife had the presence of mind to take an autorikshaw and come to Secunderabad station. Our daughter calmed down after seeing both of us uninjured and safe. My wife narrated that she saw an old man taking me out of the end of my life. But she could not trace him just after the next moment; she searched him on the platform to thank him but he had vanished!
   
 
THIS INCIDENT PROVES THAT GOD IS ALWAYS WITH HIS DEVOTEES AND COMES TO THEIR RESCUE UNASKED. WHAT IS NEEDED IS TOTAL FAITH AND SURRENDER.
   
 
I THANK SADGURU SAINATH FOR HIS GRACE AND PRAY THAT HE USES ME AS A TOOL TO SERVE ALL.
   
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