When Baba was in Satara in August (1950), this incident took place on Meherabad Hill. Mansari was lying on her bed one night thinking of Baba. Suddenly a cobra slithered in and crawled on to her chest. Mansari felt it, and with a sweep of her hand brushed the snake away. Hearing it fall, she leapt up and saw it on the floor, hissing menacingly with its hood spread wide. She was alone in the room. Jamadar, the night watchman, was some distance away. The cobra was blocking the door, so she could not go outside and call for help. Somehow she gathered courage, and with a rod killed the snake. But the episode did not end there. Cobras abide in pairs. The next night, when she was praying in front of Baba’s photograph, another cobra appeared. With courage, she bravely beat this cobra to death too.
But the amazing coincidence was that before all this had happened, Baba had one night come in her dream and asked her, “What would you do if a cobra came into your room?”
Mansari had replied, “I would kill it.”
In the dream Baba had encouraged her, “Yes, do not be afraid. Kill it; I am with you.”
After she killed both snakes, Baba appeared again in her dream and told her, “I am quite pleased with your courage. Now no snakes will bother you.” And truly, henceforth no snake entered Mansari’s room.
Lord Meher, Original Publication, Bhau Kalchuri, Vol. 10, p. 3641.