Glory That Is Sai

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Such instances abound in almost all the famous temples. The devout

believe in them, while others dismiss them as incredible and fantastic. Lord

Sai, in his own way, has established the veracity of such a phenomenon as

detailed below.

Sri Dilip Kumarji Roy is an ardent devotee of Mahayogi Aurobindo. He

established an Ashram at Poona and has been carrying on his spiritual

activities there. A few years ago, an acquaintance of his presented an idol

of Sai Baba to him. Dilip Kumarji placed it among several other other idols

in the compound of the Ashram exposed to heat and cold. That night Baba

appeared to him in a dream and said,” I am shivering of cold. Please take me

in and provide a comfortable and snug corner in the Ashram”. Immediately Sri

Dilip Kumarji woke up and took the idol of Sai Baba into the Ashram and

placed it in a comfortable place. He realized the glory of Sainath and

undertook to construct a mandir for the idol. In a few months he got a

small mandir constructed and consecrated it at Poona. This incident took

place some fifty years after the Mahasamadhi of Sai Baba.

Myriads are the Lilas(sports or miracles) of Sainath during the

time he was in flesh and blood. Such miracles continue to happen even after

his Mahasamadhi and will continue for ever. They are intended to protect his

devotees from dangers and calamities, to infuse faith in them, to illustrate

the veracity of spiritual doctrine and spiritual phenomenon etc , and thus

enlighten his devotees and lead them on the SUBRA MARGA. Such powers of

SaiNath are as natural as the rays to the Sun. They are inseparable from Sai

as rays from the Sun. Just as the rays of the sun nourish and sustain and

give the creatures a new life, the powers of Lord Sai are a source of

spiritual vigour and strength and have sustaining and enervating influence

to the devotees. Sai radiates his influence over his devotees and makes them

whole and perfect.

In the three incidents narrated above, it is the same spiritual

phenomenon and the same divine spirit that is revealed.

Upasani Maharaj, the sage of Sakori, in his Sai Mahima Stotra, has

stated that Sai is “Ramamevaavateeranam”!.Lord Rama that has descended.

Again he adds, “Sai roopa dhana Raghavottamam” it is Lord Rama that has

descended in the form of Sai. Sai did confirm faith in the devotees towards

the God or chosen Deities they worshipped by manifesting himself as Lord

Rama or Krishna or Ganesh or Mahalakshmi or Datta or Vittal or Jesus etc.

 

It is our good, nay, unique fortune that we have become children of

such a Lord as Sai, due to Rinanubandha or prenatalities. Let us deserve to

receive his grace in abundance by having Nistha and Saburi, that is ,faith

and courageous patience, the two spiritual coins that Sai demands of us.

 

 

P.V.Satyanarayan Sastry,B.A.

KOTHAPET

GUNTUR(A.P).

 

 

(Source Sai Leela Feb 1975 this magazine can be read at

www.saileelas.org/magazines)