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

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31. Ascetic, non-attached by nature, of moderate passions, with malice towards none, his speech flowed with vedantic philosophy (well-versed in vedanta)! Till the end none could fathom, who Baba was. 32. The rich or the poor were treated equally by him. The son of a wealthy person or of a penniless beggar would be measured by the same yardstick. 33. He would know the good and bad deeds of anyone and the inner most desires. He would tell them their confidential secrets by some hint which would astound the devotees. 34. He was the epitome of knowledge and wisdom which he kept under cover. It was a burden for him to be honoured. Such were the characteristics of Sree Sai. 35. Though he had a mortal body, his deeds were singularly uncommon like that of God. He was definitely the deity of

Shirdi. All the people believed this faithfully. 36. How many were the miracles of Baba! How much can I, an insignificant person describe! Baba had the renovation of numerous deities and temples undertaken. 37. In Shirdi itself, by the hands of Tatya Patil, he improved the temples of Shani, Ganpati, Shankar-Parvati, the village deity and Maruti. 38. The money that he collected from people as ‘dakshina’11 was spent in charity partly, and some was simply given away. 39. To some he would daily give Rupees. thirty; to some Rupees. ten, fifteen or fifty! Likewise, he would happily distribute according to his sweet will. 40. This money belonged to people

of all religions; and those who accepted it were aware of this. Baba had the wish that it should be spent in a good way. 41. May it be so! Many people prospered only because of his ‘darshan’; many wicked people turned good; many were cured of diseases (leprosy) and a lot of people achieved their welfare. 42. Without putting collyrium, or ointments or herbal juices many blind regained their sight. Those who were lame started walking just by surrendering at his feet. 43. Such was his infinite greatness that nobody was able to gauge its extent. From all four quarters, countless people started streaming in. 44. He sat at the same place near the ‘dhuni’. He eased himself there itself. He would remain at the same spot, sometimes with and at other times without a bath. He was always intent in meditation. 45. On his head he would have a special white headgear and tie a clean ‘dhoti’ to his waist, put on a shirt or a ‘pehran’ – such was his dress at the beginning.http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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