Sai Satcharitra - Ovi to Ovi english Translation - Chp-II

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The Purpose of the Narration relating

to the recounting of the Naming Ceremony

I bow down to Sree Ganesh

I bow down to Sree Saraswati

I bow down to the Guru

I bow down to the Family Deity

I bow down to Sree Sita-Ramachandra

I bow down to Sree Sadguru Sainath.

1. In the previous chapter the invocation was completed with obeisance to

the deities, elders in the family and the Guru. Having sown the seeds of the

Sai Satcharita, let us commence upon the objective of this undertaking.

 

2. We will clearly state the qualification and commitment of the author in a

very condensed form, so that the listeners would get an insight into the

book without any effort.

 

3. In the first chapter, the sequence of the grinding of the wheat, and the

suppression of the cholera to the great surprise of the villagers, was

related.

 

4. Such are Sai’s indescribable leelas, which gave me a delight to listen.

That delight has burst forth from me in a flood of love, in the form of this

poetical discourse.

 

5. Hence my gratitude to Sai. I thought of recounting, to the best of my

capacity, the experiences which would be instructive to the devotees and

will also expiate their sins.

 

6. For this purpose I have written, with reverence and piety, this series of

stories of Sai, which will bring happiness, in this world and in life

hereafter.

 

7. The life of a saint shows the path to righteousness. It is neither a

treatise on logic or law. If one has been blessed to receive the grace of

the saint, he finds nothing strange.

 

8. Therefore, I pray to the listeners to share this joy. Blessed is the

fortunate person who is in good company and who devotedly engages in the

diligent study of the stories of the lives of the saints.

 

9. I am unable to write the biography of an intimate friend of long

standing, with whom I associate day and night. Then, how can I write the

biography of a saint?

 

10. When I am unable to know my own nature completely, how then can I

faultlessly describe the thoughts of a saint?

 

11. When the four Vedas are silent in describing the Inner Self, then how

can I understand the true nature of Your Self?

 

12. One should become a saint oneself, then try to truly understand the

saints. So I already know my limitations in describing the saints.

Devotees can read this book from the Book Section of

http://www.saileelas.org/books/sss/index.htm