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AVATAR VANIand if they attack you, you will fall down andget injured.” He would say very boldly,“Swami! When You are protecting me andconstantly standing by my side, which animalcould attack me?” One day, he toldEaswaramma to prepare Obbattu (a sweetdish like pancake). Meanwhile, he lay downon his bed. At that time, I went there to fulfilMy promise. Easwaramma put it in a plateand placed it before Me. Bit by bit, I fed alittle to Kondama Raju. He relished it muchand said to Easwaramma, “This Obbattu isexcellent. You never prepared such adelicious one earlier.” She said, “You arerelishing it much because Swami is feedingyou.” After this, I poured water into hismouth. Kondama Raju closed his eyes andpassed away peacefully. With this incidentof Kondama Raju, it was once again revealedto the whole world that Sathya Sai Babaalways keeps His promise, come what may!True to My Name, I always adhere to Sathya(truth). Kondama Raju always called Me bythe name Sathya. Easwaramma, however,called Me Sathyam. Others called Me byother names like Sathyanarayana, Raju, etc.The lives of Subbamma and Kondama Rajuwere thus redeemed. I manifest My Leelas(divine play) in many ways to fulfil My word.I go to any extent to fulfil My promise.However, many people make promises anddo not fulfil them. When I say to somedevotee, “I am with you”, then I am alwayswith him. He may forget this with the passageof time, but I never forget it.My Days at KamalapuramThe elder brother of this body,Seshama Raju, wanted Me to acquirehigher education. So, he took Mealong with him to Kamalapuram andadmitted Me in a school. In Kamalapuram,there was a businessman by name KotteSubbanna. He brought a new medicine tohis shop. Having come to know of My poetictalent, Kotte Subbanna requested Me tocompose a poem to advertise this newmedicine. I agreed to his request, but askedfor some more information about themedicine. Then, I composed a song aboutthe efficacy of the medicine and trained afew small children to sing it. They went roundthe streets with placards in their hands andsang the song composed by Me. The songran thus:There it is! There it is! Oh, children! come,come!There is the medicine Bala Bhaskara;Be it an upset stomach or a swollen leg;Be it a joint pain or flatulence;Be it any ailment, known or unknown;Take this Bala Bhaskara for an instantcure!If you wish to know where it is available:There is the shop of Kotte Subbanna;It is in that shop that you can pick it up.Come here boys! come here!It is an excellent tonicPrepared by the famous physicianGopalacharya himself,Come here boys! come here!(Telugu Song)By the time the task of advertising themedicine was completed, all its stock inSubbanna’s shop had been sold out. He feltvery happy. Then he called Me andoffered a pair of knickers and a shirtto Me. But I flatly refused saying,147 May 2005