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

May 13, 2007

31. The sanctity of the river Godavari is renowned all over the world. Hers has been the land of saints, one nobler than the other. 32. There are many holy places on the banks of the Gomati3 whose waters wash away the sins. Drinking the water and bathing in it cures the ills of worldly existence. This is described in the Puranas. 33. That Godavari of Ahmednagar district, of Kopergaon Taluka, shows the way to Shirdi, which is near to Kopergaon. 34. As you cross over to the opposite bank of the Godavari, at a distance of about six miles, as the tonga4 enters Nimgaon, Shirdi is immediately within sight. 35. Nivritti, Dñyandeo, Muktabai, Namadeo, Janabai, Gora Kumbhar (the potter), Gorai Tukaram, Narhari, Narsibhai Mehta, Sajan Kasai (the butcher) and Savta - Mali (the

gardener).... 36. these have been the saints of yore. At present, also, there are a number of them, who regard the whole world as one family, and are the support of the sorrowing and the miserable. 37. Ramdas, the foremost of the saints, left the banks of the Godavari and appeared on the banks of the Krishna, for the deliverance of the world. 38. So also Sai, the great Yogeshwar (ascetic), by the great good fortune of Shirdi, for the sake of the deliverance of the world, appeared on the banks of the Godavari. 39. “Paris” turns iron into gold. Similar are the saints to the “Paris”. The deeds of the saints are out-of-the-ordinary.

They give their own image to the devotees. 40. Transcending all distinctions and seeing the Brahman manifested in the whole universe, they only see the glory of Brahman reflected uniformly in themselves and in the world around. 41. In this way, when there is realisation that the whole universe is one’s own self, how can the happiness be described? It will lead to the experience of the highest good. 42. When one attains such oneness, why should there be any enmity or fear of anybody? You need to resort to no one else. 43. Like Damaji at Mangalvadi, Ramdas at Sajjangad, Narsimhansaraswati at Wadi, so Sainath was at Shirdi. 44. Difficult and impassable, as the worldly existence is, he had triumphed over it. Peace was his ornament and he was the treasure-house of knowledge. 45. He was the haven5 of the Vaishnavites, the most benevolent among the benevolent. In bestowing spiritual knowledge, he was the avatar of Karna6. Sai is the quintessence of Truth. http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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