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

April 19, 2007

85. The devotees shall get self realisation. The soul will be in tune with

Brahman. The inconceivable and the formless will be understood by them and

the Life Spirit will manifest.

86. Such is the aim of My stories. What else can one desire? This is also

the goal of the Vedas. The devotees will be enriched because of this.

87. Wherever there is the mentality of contentiousness, ignorance and

illusion will exist in abundance. There is no purification nor one’s own

benefit. There are always sceptical and ignoble thoughts.

88. Such a person is not fit for Self-knowledge. False knowledge will

overpower him. For him there is nothing in this world and in the next. For

ever and everywhere, he is miserable.

89. There is no point in establishing one’s own school of thought. And there

is no need to refute the thinking of others also. There is no need to debate

and prove someone wrong. These are baseless efforts”.

90. “There is no need to refute the thinking of others also”. That sentence

makes me recollect the promise I had given to the listeners earlier.

91. Before the end of the first chapter, I had promised all the listeners to

narrate the story of how I was named ‘Hemad’. I will tell you this first.

92. This is a digression from the main story. When you listen to it you will

judge its relevance. Your curiosity will be satisfied. This is also inspired

by Sai.

93. Later on, I will come back to the life story of Sai. Therefore,

listeners should listen with rapt attention to the story.

94. Now in this volume of Sai’s leelas, you will come across, at the end of

each chapter, a line that it is “composed by the devotee Hemadpant”. Who is

this Pant?

95. This will be a natural question that will arise in the minds of the

listeners. To quench their curiousity of how I was so named, it is necessary

to listen to it with respect.

96. From birth to death there are sixteen purificatory and essential rites18

prescribed according to the Hindu dharma. One of them is the naming rite and

this particular rite is well-known.

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