Swami Speech on Janmastami - August 1962

[Guest guest]

Dear Sai Brothers and Sisters,

 

SAI RAM. Praying that Bhagawan's Love, Grace and

Blessings be with you and on all your near and dear

ones.

 

In August'1962, Bhagawan gave two wonderful Discourses

in Venkatagiri which are reproduced below. Bhagawan's

discourses at that time in Venkatagiri had 2 main

features :

 

1. They were very short, mostly for not more than 7

minutes, the main reason being that there was no

translation into any other language.

 

2. Swami's wonderful speeches were filled with many

anecdotes, more than Swami has ever given in any

Subsequent Discourses.

 

These 2 Wonderful Discourses were on the Occasion of

Krishna Janmastami and on the Subsequent day.

 

 

(I really feel that Bhagawan's talks at that time were

wonderful to read in Telugu, if some Sai Brothers and

Sisters want their Original Telugu Form , I can send

them as a seperate Attachment to them).

 

 

On the Occasion of Krishna Janmastami , Bhagawan gave

a wonderful talk on the Sacrifice of Ekalavya.

 

PRIYAMANULARA ( LOVED ONE'S )

 

Two great qualities that the Mahabarata teaches

everyone are Love and Sacrifice. Ekalavya was a very

ordinary person, who was not educated in any field,

was brought up in the Forest, but he was a great

Archer, who was greater than anyone alive, even

Arjuna. When he went to Dronacharya and asked him to

teach him Archery, Dronacharya told him that it was

meant only for kings and princes, Such was his faith

in his teacher, that he made a Statue of Clay of his

Master Dronacharya and practised before it for years

in the forest, When the Pandavas went into the forest

and came face to face with a tiger, Arrows came fying

at the Tiger not even allowing it to close its mouth,

Dronacharya immediately understood that the person who

did this was no ordinary archer, he went alone in

search of in the forest and met Ekalavya practsing

before his statue in a secluded place, Dronacharya was

a great Sanyasi, a great Warrior, but he wanted Arjuna

to be known as the greatest Archer in the World, When

the young Ekalavya saw his Guru, He Prostrated, the

Shrewd Dronacharya asked him to perform certain tests

with the bow and he then understood that this young

man was greater than anything Archer he had ever seen,

As I said before he wanted Arjuna and No one else to

be the greatest archer, So he asked for the Young

ekalavya for his Right Thumb, Which was the most

important for wilding a bow, Ekalavya gave his guru

the Dakshina without a moment's hesitation, this sis

GURU BHAKTHI, He gave away his knowledge that he had

acquired only by his own but inspired by his Guru back

to his Guru. In the Whole of the Mahabarata Ekalavya'

sacrifice is the foremost and nothing can ever rival

it. I said yesterday to Paramahamsa ( An Old Man who

Swami called Ladoo, because of his weight )that Giving

away your wealth is no sacrifice, but giving your hard

earned knowledge as Guru Dakshina is the greatest

Sacrifice. This Sacrifice made Ekalavya Immortal. When

after conquering Jayadratha, Arjuna asked Krishna

whether there was any other Archer greater than him,

Then Krishna narrated the Story of Ekalavya to Arjuna.

 

The Next discourse on the next day was on some

incidents during the Mahabarata which I shall send it

tommorow.

 

Hope you are inspired by Bhagawan's discourses and

learn from them.

 

SAI RAM

 

yours in sai service

 

MURALI KRISHNA

[Guest guest]

Dear Brother Murali Krishna,

 

Thank you Murali Krishna by disclosing Baba's conversation with Paramahamsa.

It is really a wonderful disclosure ever I read in this group. How much

faith this Ekalavya has to His guru? Ekalavya is immortal. I salute such

disciple who can sacrifice everything for His guru like Ekalavya. This

disclosure gives me lots of strength that "Your faith is not God, God is

your faith".

 

May Baba bless us with such wonderful disclosures. Hope our brothers and

sisters will learn from this Ekalavya.

 

With lots of Sai Love

 

Srimanta