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

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10 The Greatness of Sree Sai Samartha 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. The one who is always engaged in doing good to all people, who is permanently established in Brahman, remember him always with devotion in your heart. 2. By merely remembering him, the riddle of life and death is resolved. This is the best ‘Sadhana’ for which one does not have to spend a single pie1. 3. With little efforts we can get substantial gains. The gain is easily attained by all. Till all the faculties are in tact, every moment should be thus utilised. 4. All other deities are an illusion. Guru is the only God. When you place your faith at his feet, he can change your destiny. 5. Where there is pure service to the Guru, the worldly bondage is completely destroyed. There is no need to learn logic and such sciences which are akin to it, and take pains over anything. 6. The ocean of three-fold difficulties2 will be crossed by the faithful devotees when the True Guru becomes the navigator of the ship. 7. When one wishes to cross the ocean, one must have faith in the navigator; similarly, to cross the “samsaric” ocean one must have faith in the Guru. 8. When he sees the faith and devotion of the devotee, he gives the wealth of happiness due to moksha in the palm of the hands, most easily. 9. By having his “darshan”, the ties of the heart to all evil tendencies are broken off, detachment

towards all the passions takes place; and the effects of the previous births disappear. Let us sing his praises. 10. In the eighth chapter, the purpose of human birth was explained and in the ninth, the deep and secret nature of mendicancy was described. 11. Bayjabai’s vegetables and ‘bhakri’ (how she fed him); Kushalchand’s well-being; the sleeping together of Tatya and Mhalsapati; and this was pleasantly described. 12. Oh, you listeners, now pay attention to the further description of Baba’s life, how he lived and where he slept and how he inconceivably pervaded everything. 13. What a life-time of being a celebrity! He was a mother to both Hindus and Muslims. He had the confidence even of natural enemies3. They could move about without fear, with a heart full of love. 14. I have told you about his daily routine. Now let us know about his ways of living and where he slept. Oh listeners, listen with respect. 15. A wooden plank, in length equal to four fore-arm lengths and a span wide, used to hang like a swing, tied to the ceiling by means of a few rags at both ends.http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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