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

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7 The Narration of Various Stories 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. Let us pick up the threads of the previous chapter. Let us recollect, how much Baba loved the renovation of temples! 2. How he would strive to be benevolent to others! How he looked after and protected his devotees! How he would wear out himself! How he would suffer for the sake of his devotees! 3. He would take ‘samadhi’1 doing ‘khand-yoga’ practices. He would do ‘dhoti-poti’ and other practices. Sometimes he would separate his head, legs and arms from the body and bring them together as before. 4. If you call him a Hindu, he looked a Muslim! If a Muslim, he had all the auspicious signs of a Hindu! Such was this extraordinary avatar! Which wise person can describe

him! 5. Whether he was a Hindu or a Muslim, nobody was able to make the least conjecture! His behaviour was always the same towards both the communities. 6. Ramnavami was a Hindu festival. He would celebrate this as his own, by having the cradle tied up in the ‘Sabha-mandap’ and have ‘kathas and kirtans’ said. 7. In the square, in his presence, the cradle would be tied and he would have the ‘kirtan’ performed. And, the same night he would permit the Muslims to hold a ‘Sandal’ procession2 8. As many Muslims, as wished to come, would join the ‘Sandal’ procession with pomp and glory. He got both the functions celebrated equally happily. 9. When the Ramnavami day dawned, he was fond of arranging wrestling bouts and giving away prizes such as horses, anklets and headgears very enthusiastically. 10. When the Gokulashtami3 festival would come, he would have the Gopal Kala done; and similarly, when it was Id-day4, the Muslims were

not restricted from ‘namaz’. 11. Once, when the Muhurram festival came, some Muslims came to the Masjid and asked for permission to have the ‘Taziya’5 procession in the village. 12. According to his orders, the ‘Taziya’ was built. It was kept for four days and on the fifth day was asked to be removed. He had no feeling of either pleasure or displeasure. 13. If he was a Muslim, he had pierced ears. If he was a Hindu, he believed in circumcision. Thus – neither Hindu, nor Muslim – such was the sanctified avatar of Sai. 14. If he was a Hindu, he lived always in a Masjid. If he was a Muslim, there was the sacred fire burning day and night in the Masjid.http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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