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Baba's
devotee Dr. Naval Kishore was the gynecologist at Agra Medical College
until he received a post at Ramsay Hospital in Nainital. Some time
after he arrived, Baba asked him to treat the hill women at
Hanumangarh, which he did daily from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. One day Naval
Kishore could not go to work. Baba had been away from Nainital but
returned to Hanumangarh that day. He asked the reason for the doctor's
absence, but nobody could tell him. That evening, while walking around
with some devotees, Baba stopped near the Empire Hotel and asked, "Where
does the doctor live?" When a devotee pointed to the
hotel, Baba sent someone inside to call the doctor. He came out, and
Baba said to him, "You are ill?" When
the doctor said no, he then said, "You have a cold?" The
doctor replied, "Just an ordianary cold." Baba immediately called a dandi
and
told the doctor to get himself admitted into Ramsay Hospital. The
doctor did not feel it necessary, but Baba insisted and sent him to the
hospital with some devotees. From
there Maharaj went with Devi Dutt Joshi, Pooran Chandra Joshi, and some
other devotees to a washerman's house, where the puja of
Sri Satyanarayan (Vishnu) was being performed. At about 7:30 p.m. the
doctor's brother came to see Baba to tell him that his brother's
condition was serious. He had suffered a heart attack and was having
difficulty breathing. Baba said, "What can I do? You
go." Baba sent the devotees with the doctor's brother
to the hospital.Later,
on their return from the hospital, the devotees saw Baba walking
towards Kelakhan. Baba told them that he was worried about the doctor
and his family, and he continued down the slope the Kelakhan, where he
went to Mohan Baba's hut. [Mohan Baba was a well-loved holy man of the
Kumaon hills. He was well known as Telephone Baba because although he
could truly communicate with God, at times he used gestures as if he
were talking to him on the telephone. Like many Indian saints, he did
all sorts of lila to hide his mystical powers. He
was a very
innocent, childlike being, and his prophecies proved to be true.] Mohan
Baba, who was also known as Telephone Baba, was a devotee of Lord
Vishnu, and Maharaj ji asked him to ring up the Lord and tell him about
the doctor. Mohan Baba gave an imaginary phone call to Narada, saying
that Baba wanted to talk to Vishnu. Narada replied that Lord Vishnu was
not available, for he was talking to Goddess Laxmi. After some time
Maharaj asked Mohan Baba to ring again. This time Mohan Baba did not
hear whatever Narada said clearly and went on shouting into his
mystical telephone in vain. All of a sudden Maharaj got up and picked
Mohan Baba up by the hair. He then dropped him on the ground and cried
aloud, "He is saved now! He is saved now!" and
left. The two devotees also left and returned to Nainital where they
received good news about the doctor's condition.
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