Chapter 39 :Sri_Sai_Sat_Charitra_Concise(Version)

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Chapter 39:::

Baba’s knowledge in Sanskrit

One fine day when Nana Chandodkar was massaging Baba’s legs, Baba told Nana that whatever he was muttering then could be uttered loudly. Nana too recited that song from Bhagawat Gita, which was: ‘Thath vidhdhi pranipadhena pari presnena sevaya/upadeshanthithe jnanam janinaha thathwa darshinaha.’ He also gave the general meaning of it. Baba told him to give him word by word meaning, with its grammatical sense. When Nana started giving meaning, word by word, Baba started His cross-examination. Especially for Baba’s queries on ‘Pranipade’, ‘Pariprasna’ and ‘Sevaya’, Nana started struggling for counter explanation. Baba said instead of ‘jnana’ (wisdom) ‘ainana’ (lack of wisdom) also would perfectly suit in the song. Then He asked why Krishna who was a wiseman Himself asked Arjun to go to wise men. Nana was dumbfounded. Then Baba explained thus, ‘Disciple should ask Guru the questions to get knowledge and not to corner the Guru. That is the difference between ‘prasna’ and

‘paripresna’. One can use the word ‘ajnana’ because ‘jnana’ is already with all. Only the ‘ajnana’ that ‘jnana is not there’ should go. He added that though Krishna was a wise man, He told Arjun to go to wise men to indicate that He and wise men are one,” On hearing this, the illusion to Nana and the rest that Baba was ignorant of Sanskrit was gone and Baba’s true Vedic wisdom shone forth to them.

Buty one day had a dream while sleeping in the Dixit wada that Baba directed him to build a wada (mansion) with temple. The same dream at the same time occurred to Shama also. When both of them came to masjid, Baba approved the proposal of Buty to build the wada. When the construction was on, Baba on His way to Lendi garden would look intently at the building and say: “After the temple work is over, we shall live there. We shall all meet together and celebrate happily.” When the main hall was under construction an order was given for the statue of Muralidhar to be installed there, but before the same came, Baba suddenly attained mahasamadhi and as per His wish He was laid to rest there and it is known to day as ‘Samadhi Mandir’.

By A. Govindakrishnan

 

 

"Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu

 

Gurur Devoh Maheshwar;

 

Gurur Shakshat Parambramha

 

Tashmai 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 H

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