Shri Sai Satcharitra [Ch. LI] - Last Chapter

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Shri Sai Satcharitra [Ch. LI] - Last Chapter

Sun, 26 May 2002 13:21:32 +0530

Om Sri Sai Ram

Shri Sai Satcharitra

Chapter LI - [Last chapter]

Sainatha Sainatha Sainatha Sadgurum

Yogiraja Yugapurusha Bhaktakoti Vanditham

Kripanidhim Tapodhanim Sainatha Pahimaam

Divyateja Bhavyamoorthi Punyacharita Poojitam

Epilogue

We are done with Chapter 51 and now we come to the last Chapter (No. 52 in the

original). In this Hemadpant gave his concluding remarks and promised to give

an index, giving the contents of all the Chapters in verse as is given in

Marathi sacred books, but unfortunately that index was not found in Hemadpant's

papers. It was therefore, composed and supplied by an able and worthy devotee of

Sai Baba, Mr. B.V. Deo (Retired Mamalatdar) of Thana. As we give in English

books an index in the beginning and contents of each Chapter at its top, we

need not consider the last index Chapter here; and so we consider this Chapter

as the Epilogue. Unfortunately Hemadpant did not survive to revise the

manuscript of this Chapter and make it ready for the press. When it was sent to

the press Mr. Deo found it to be incomplete and unintelligible in certain

places; but it had to be published as it was found. The chief topics dealt

therein are briefly given below.

Greatness of Sadguru Sai

We prostrate ourselves before and take refuge in that Sai Samarth Who besets all

animate and inanimate things in the universe-from a post to God Brahma, pots,

houses, mansions and even sky, Who pervades all creatures equally without any

differentiation, to Whom all devotees are alike; and Who knows not honour or

dishonour, like or dislike. If we remember Him and surrender to Him, He

fulfills all our desires and makes us attain the goal of life.

This ocean of mundane existence is very hard to cross. Waves of infatuation beat

high there against the bank of bad thoughts and break down trees of fortitude.

The breeze of egoism blows forcibly and makes the ocean rough and agitated.

Crocodiles in the form of anger and hatred move there fearlessly. Eddies in the

form of the ideas I and Mine and other doubts whirl there incessantly and

innumerable sharks in the form of censure, hate and jealousy play there. Though

this ocean is so fierce and terrible, Sadguru Sai is its Agasti (Destroyer) and

the devotees of Sai have not the least to fear of it. Our Sadguru is the boat,

which will safely take us across this ocean.

Prayer

Now lets fall flat before Sai Baba and holding His Feet make the following prayer for the public: -

Let not our mind wander and desire anything except Thee. Let this work

(Satcharitra) be in every house and let it be studied daily. Ward off the

calamities of those who study it regularly.

Fala-Shruti (Reward of Study)

Now a few words about the reward you get, from a study of this work. After

bathing in the sacred Godavari and after taking the Darshan of the Samadhi in

the Samadhi-Mandir in Shirdi, you should read or hear the Satcharitra. If you

do this all your threefold afflictions will vanish. Casually thinking about the

stories of Sai, you will get unconsciously interested in spiritual life and if

you then go on through the work with love, all your sins will be destroyed. If

you wish to get rid of the cycle of births and deaths, read Sai's stories and

remember Him always; and get yourself attached (devoted) to His Feet. If you

dive into the sea of Sai's stories, and then give them out to others, you will

get an ever-new flavour of them and save the hearers from future misery. If you

go on meditating on Sai's Form, it will in course of time disappear and lead you

into self-realization. It is very hard to know or realize the nature of Self or

Brahma, but if you approach through the Surgeon Brahma (Sai's Form) your

progress will be easy. If the devotee completely surrenders himself to Him, he

will lose his individuality and be merged in Him and be one with Him, as the

river becomes in the sea. If you thus become merged with Him in any of the

three states, viz., waking, dream and sleep, you get rid of the bond of

samsara. If anybody after bathing reads this with love and faith, and completes

it within a week, his calamities will disappear; or if he hears or reads it

daily and regularly all his dangers will be warded off. By its study, a man

wishing for wealth will get it and a pure trader, success in his line. He will

get the reward according to his faith and devotion. Without these, there will

be no experience of any kind. If you read this respectfully, Sai will be

pleased, and by removing your ignorance and poverty, will give you knowledge,

wealth and prosperity. With concentrated mind, if you read a Chapter daily, it

will give you unbounded happiness. One who has his own welfare at heart, should

study it carefully and then he will ever remember Sai gratefully and joyfully in

birth after birth. This work should be read at home especially on Guru Poornima

(Ashadha full-moon day), Gokulashtami, Rama-Navami and Dasara (Baba's

anniversary day). If you study this one book carefully, all your desires will

be satisfied and if you always remember Sai's Feet in your heart, you will

easily cross the Bhava (Samsar) sagar. By its study, the diseased and sick will

get health, the poor wealth, the mean and afflicted the prosperity, and the mind

will get rid of all ideas and get steadiness.

Dear good and devoted readers and listeners, we also make our bow to you all,

and make you a special request. Never forget Him whose stories you have read

day-by-day or month-by-month. The more fervently you read or listen to these

stories, the more encouragement Sai gives us to serve you and be of use to you.

Both the author and the readers must cooperate in this work, help each other and

be happy.

Prasad-Yachana

We close this Chapter with prayer to the Almighty for the following Prasad of favour: -

May the readers and devotees get complete and whole-hearted devotion to Sai's

Feet. May His Form be ever fixed in their eyes and may they see Sai (the Lord)

in all beings. Amen!

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

Aarti

Oh Sai Baba, we have lights before you, the bestower of happiness to the Jivas.

Give us – Your servants and devotees rest under the dust of Your Feet,

Burning (destroying) desire. You remain absorbed in Your Self, and show the

Lord (God) to the aspirants. As one feels intently, You give him experiences or

realizations accordingly. Oh kind-hearted, Your power is such! Meditation on

Your name removes our fear of the samsar. Your method of word is really

unfathomable as, You always help the poor and the helpless. In this Kali age

You-the all-pervasive Datta, have really incarnated as Sagun Brahma. Ward off

the fear of samsar of the devotees who come to You every Thursday, so as to

enable them to see the Feet of the Lord. Oh God of Gods, I pray that let my

treasure be the service of Your Feet. Feed Madhav (and Gadhij* also) with

happiness as the cloud feeds the chatak bird with pure water, and thus keep up

Your Word. Amen!

Bow to Shri Sai - Peace be to all

The devotee who sings the Arti should utter his name also here.

The following is an excerpt from Dr. K.V. Raghava Rao's "Messages of Shri Sai Baba":

The birth and parentage of Sai Baba are wrapped in mystery. Many authors and

scholars conclude from various proofs that Baba was born in 1838 in a Brahmin

family at village Pathri in District Parabhani, Maharashtra State, India. The

Brahmin parents handed over the tender child to the care of a fakir who in turn

passed on the young child to a saintly person namely Gopal Rao Deshmukh--an

ardent worshipper of Lord Venkateswara. Baba used to refer to him as his Guru

"Venkusa." It is also stated that Baba practiced penance at the tomb of his

Guru in the cellar under the "Neem” tree at Shirdi.

Baba first came to Shirdi about the year 1854 and lived there for three years.

He disappeared from there for sometime and returned to Shirdi with a marriage

party in 1858 and lived there for sixty years till his Mahasamadhi in 1918. He

lived a simple life in a dilapidated mosque. He never accumulated wealth. He

advocated faith in God and tolerance towards all as the basic tenets for

religious life. His compassion towards human beings and all creatures is the

same. He is above caste, creed and religion.

Impact of the precious immortal teachings, Leelas (Divine experiences) and

miracles of Sri Sai Baba were greatly felt by numerous devotees who visited the

place. Thus Shirdi has become a veritable place of pilgrimage. To His devotees,

Baba has come to stay as the embodiment of Supreme Spirit, Primary Cause of the

Universe, Pure Consciousness and God incarnate. Few years before His

Mahasamadhi, Baba said that even after his passing away, He would speak from

the Samadhi (tomb). This assurance came out absolutely true--Baba seems to be

more active now than when He was living. His ways of blessing the devotees are

mysterious and inscrutable.

May the loving grace and blessings of Sai Baba shower in abundance upon one and

all in the universe.

 

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