Om Namah Shivaya:
Om Sri Sai Jodi Adipalli Somappaya Namaha:
On 26th. November 1958, three days after Swami's birthday festival, a devotee from Bangalore, after taking leave of Baba, left Prashanti Nilayam by car. On the way, his two year old daughter was attacked by 'fits' (seizures) which became so severe that the child was asphyxiated and collapsed.
Swami omniscient, presented (manifested) Himself before them as a "villager" with two other "villagers" whom He had created. He wanted the child to be given to Him and His two comrades supported the order saying, "Give Him, He will cure the child. He has cured thousands."
The "villager Baba" told the parents, "I was busy for the last three days. I just now laid Myself to rest, but I came to know that a child was seriously ill on the road. So I ran up." He placed the child on His lap and it was revived.
"Villager Baba" gave it back to the joyful parents. Out of thankfulness, they offered Him a rupee, but it was refused. Then they tried offering Him a fruit from the many He Himself had given them at the Nilayam while they were leaving. The grateful parents asked the "villager" His name, to which He replied, "Jodi Adipalli Somappa".
When asked later at the Nilayam, why He chose that name of all others, Swami replied, "I am Somappa, Soma Appa (Shiva) Sa-Uma=Soma. The place of My residence is Adipalli ( the primeval village, Kailash). It is 'Jodi' (belonging to two) because it belongs to "Sa" & "Uma" (Shiva Shakti--the twin--Prakriti & Purusha). This is therefore Swami's most appropriate epithet, selected by Himself for that profound miracle of 'grace'. It reveals Swami's truth as being "Shiva Shakti".
by N. Kasturi
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