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

July 2, 2007

1. In the previous chapter, it was narrated how Sai was neither Hindu nor Muslim. How profoundly fortunate is the fate of Shirdi, which is Baba’s abode! 2. How Baba was just an ordinary young lad in the beginning. Later on, he turned into an eccentric fakir; how he tended a beautiful garden which was originally barren. 3. How, in course of time, on that very spot a ‘wada’ was built; and Baba’s daring practices of ‘khanda-yoga’, dhoti-poti’, have also been described to you. 4. By wearying himself in the service of others, Baba endured how many afflictions! Sairaya, the refuge of all the devotees, how can I describe him? 5. Now listen to the greatness of human birth; the description of Sai’s mendicancy; Bayjabai’s service to

the Saint; the marvel of feeding Baba. 6. How Tatya, Baba and Mhalsapati – the three together – would sleep in the Masjid and how the Great One used to go to Kushalchand’s house at Rahata. 7. Everyday the sun rises and the sun sets. Thus the years roll on. Half of life is spent in sleep and the remaining is not enjoyed peacefully. 8. In the childhood a person is engrossed in play; in youth in wooing women; in the later days old age enfeebles the body and one is always suffering from infirmities. 9. To be born and to grow strong in body; to breathe and to have a prolonged life; is this the only purpose of living? 10. The goal of human life is only to reach God; otherwise what is the difference between humans and animals, such as a dog

or a pig or others? 11. The dogs too eat and survive and procreate abundantly, then what is the greatness of a human being, if both lead a similar life? 12. To eat and be merry, copulate – if these are the only ways of using the human body and only this is the goal of life, then that human life is meaningless. 13. If the whole life is spent in these four ways i.e. eating, sleeping, being constantly afraid and indulging in sex, then what would be the difference between the human and the animal? Oh, you decide, using discretion. 14. If this is the only fulfilment of a human body, then the life of a tree would not be less valuable. Even the bellows breathe and dogs maintain their body. 15. That man is independent, he is

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