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

June 1, 2007

121. He started the construction of Idgah26. After some time he was charged with having defiled Veerabhadra. 122. Later the construction of the Idgah was stopped. The fakir was driven out of the village. He then came to Shirdi and stayed at the Masjid with Baba. 123. The fakir was a very sweet-tongued person. The whole village started worshipping him. The way he behaved with Baba, the people said that he had hypnotised Baba and bewitched him. 124. “Be my disciple”, so said the fakir. Baba being of a sporting nature agreed to it. The fakir was pleased and took Baba along with him. 125. He got an obedient disciple like Baba. Jawahar Ali became the Guru. Both of them together decided to stay on in

Rahata. 126. The Guru was not aware of the accomplishments of the disciple. But the disciple knew the shortcomings of the Guru. But, he never showed any disrespect and fulfilled the duties of a disciple. 127. He did not consider the propriety or impropriety of the Guru’s orders, but carried them out meticulously. He did even the menial duties for the Guru such as carrying water. 128. And so continued the service of the Guru. The visits to Shirdi became occasional. When this happened, I will tell you what followed. 129. This went on awhile. He started residing in Rahata only. People thought he had left Shirdi and had completely gone under the fakir’s control. 130. People thought that Jawahar Ali had captured Sai with his own yogic powers. But Sai’s attitude was different. He wanted to destroy the bodily

pride. 131. People will conjecture ‘Where was there any pride in Sai?’ But this behaviour was for the sake of the people, to set an example and this is exactly the purpose of his ‘avatar’. 132. There were many loving devotees of Baba in Shirdi, who were greatly attached to Baba, and they thought it improper to stay away from Baba. 133. But Sai had completely surrendered to him (Jawahar Ali); and the villagers were grieved over the situation. They began to seriously consider how to get him back. 134. As gold and its glitter or the lamp and its light, so is the state of complete unity between the Guru and his disciple. 135. The group of devotees from Shirdi went to Rahata near the Idgah to try their utmost to convince Baba to return along with themhttp://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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