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

May 31, 2007

106. Later, when Baba went to ask for oil as usual, and when all refused, look what a wonder took place. 107. Baba went back without a word and put the dry wicks in the earthern lamps. What could he do without the oil? The grocers watched that fun! 108. Baba picked up a pot, which was on the parapet of the Masjid, in which there was little oil, not enough even to light the evening lamp. 109. Then he put water into the oil and Baba drank it. Thus having offered it to Brahman, he took pure water. 110. Then he poured the water in the lamp and soaked the dry wicks completely; struck the matchsticks and lit the lamps for all to

see. 111. Seeing the lamps burning with water, the grocers were dumbfounded. They felt disgusted with themselves that they had lied to Baba. 112. Even though there was not a drop of oil, the lamps burnt throughout the night. People started commenting that the shopkeepers had now lost Sai’s grace. 113. The grocers felt repentant for having harassed Baba (causing him anguish without any reason) and having committed the sin of uttering lies. They thought how great is Baba’s power! 114. Baba never thought of this. He was never angry or hated any person. He had no friends or foes, and all creatures were equal for him. 115. So be it. We will continue with the former episode – Mohideen’s victory in the wrestling

bout. Further, the life story is very interesting. Please listen attentively. 116. Five years after the wrestling bout, a fakir called Jawahar Ali of Ahmednagar came to reside in Rahata along with his disciple. 117. Finding an open place near the temple of Veerabhadra, the fakir camped there. This fakir was very fortunate. 118. If he were not fortunate how could he have acquired a delightful disciple like Sai, whose fame had already spread? 119. There were many kinds of people in the village. Amongst them were also quite a few Marathas. Out of them was one Bhagu Sadaphal, who became his servitor. 120. The fakir was a great scholar. He knew the Quran Sharif24 like the palm of his hand. Many selfish people, genuine devotees and those desirous of ‘parmartha’,25 all alike, started worshipping him. http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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