Sai Satcharitra-Let us all read it together, a little everyday

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Sai Satchritra - Chapter XXVII

Favour Shown by Giving Bhagwat and Vishnu-Sahasra Nam - Dixit's Vitthal Vision -

Gita Rahasya - Khapardes. This Chapter describes, how Sai Baba favoured His

devotees by granting them religious books after he had touched and consecrated

them, for parayana (reading regularly) and certain other matters.

Preliminary When a man takes a plunge into the sea, he gets the merit of bathing

in all the Tirthas and sacred rivers. Similarly when a man takes refuge at the

feet of the Sad-guru, he gets the merit of bowing to the Trinity, i.e. Brahma,

Vishnu and Mahesh and also Para-Brahma. Victory be unto Shri Sai the

wish-fulfilling tree and the ocean of knolwedge, who gives us self-realisation.

Oh Sai, create in us regard for Your stories. Let the readers and audience

devour them with the same relish with which the chatak bird drinks the water

from the clouds and becomes happy. While listening to Your stories, let them

and their families get all the sattwik emotions, viz. let their bodies

perspire, let their eyes be full of tears, let their prana be steady, let their

minds be composed, let their hair stand on end, let them cry, sob and shake, let

their hostilities and their distinctions, great and small vanish. If these

things happen, that is a sign of the

grace of the Guru dawning upon them. When these emotions develop in you, the

Guru is most pleased and will certainly lead you on to the goal of

self-realisation. The best way, therefore, to get free from the shackles of

Maya is our complete and whole-hearted surrender to Baba. The Vedas cannot take

you across the ocean of Maya. It is only the Sad-guru, who can do so and make

you, see the Lord in all creatures.

Granting Consecrated Book The variety of imparting instructions followed by Baba

has already been noticed in the previous Chapters. In this, we shall deal with

one aspect of it. It was the habit of some devotees to take some religious

books, of which they wanted to make a special study, to Baba and to receive the

same back from Him, after they were touched and consecrated by Him. While

reading daily such books, they felt that Baba was with them. Once, Kaka

Mahajani came to Shirdi with a copy of Ekanathi Bhagwat. Shama took that book

to read and taking it with him went to the Masjid. There Baba took it from him,

touched it and turning some pages here and there gave it back to Shama and asked

him to keep it with him. When Shama said that it belonged to Kaka and had to be

returned to him. "No, no", said Baba. "As I have given it to you, better keep

it with you for safe custody; it will be of use to you." In this way many books

were entrusted to

Shama. Kaka Mahajani after a some days came again with another copy of the same

Bhagwat and gave it in Baba's hand. Then Baba gave it back as Prasad and asked

him to preserve it well and assured him that it would stand him in good stead.

Kaka accepted it with a bow. "Gurur Brahma Gurur VishnuGurur Devoh

Maheshwar;Gurur Shakshat ParambramhaTashmai Shri Gurur Veh Namah"May the

Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families and remove

our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck, success and

happiness with peace of mind.Sai bhakt,Deepa Hdebu7366

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