Sai Satcharitra - Ovi to Ovi english Translation - Chp-1

March 29, 2007

1 The Invocation 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. At the beginning of any undertaking, wise persons praise tutelar1 deities and invoke their grace for its completion without impediments. 2. They do the invocation to avert all impediments and for the fulfilment of their desires. I do obeisance to all. 3. First of all I worship Ganapati, Vakratund, Heramb image, Lord of the fourteen schools of knowledge2, auspicious figure who is Elephant-visaged. 4. Fourteen universes3 are contained in your belly; that is why you are known as immense-bodied; holding the lustrous axe in your hands with a desire to cut the difficulties of the

devotees. 5. O, Lord Gananatha, Gajanana, the destroyer of obstacles and assuager of pain, grant me the grace to complete my vows. I prostrate4 myself before you. 6. You are the helper of the devotees. Impediments roll down and are subdued at your feet. If you directly face them, all deficiencies will

vanish. 7. You are the ship in the ocean of life; the flame of light in the darkness of ignorance. Look after me joyfully with prosperity and perfection5. 8. Hail, hail to thee whose vehicle is the mouse, destroyer of the forest of impediments. You are the son of Girija6

who has an auspicious visage. I do obeisance to you. 9. May I attain the completion of this work without difficulties. Therefore, I have followed this custom of offering obeisance to the beloved deities with respect, for the attainment of all good and auspiciousness. 10. Sai himself is Gajanan Ganapati; Sai himself has the axe7 in

his hand. Completely annihilate my difficulties. I now begin my sacred work. 11. Sai himself is Bhalachandra; himself is Gajanan, with a single tusk and elephant-like ears. He is the formidable one with a broken tusk, the destroyer of the forest of difficulties.

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