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

April 29, 2007

The Consent given to Write this Book

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. Now I pick up the thread of the earlier narration. Sai gives me full

assurance and tells me “I give you my full permission to narrate my life

story.

2. You perform your duty. Do not have the least doubts in your mind. Have

full faith in my words and be of resolute mind.

3. If you write about my leelas, it will wipe out the faults which have

arisen due to ignorance. And when you listen to it with faith your worldly

involvements will disappear.

4. It will cause waves of love and devotion to rise on the ocean of the

mind; and, diving into them now and then, will bring up gems of knowledge”.

5. When I heard this, I ceased to have any doubts. I bowed at the feet of

Sai and then relying on my memory, I started to write this biography.

6. No sooner than these words came from Baba’s lips, I thought that it was a

good omen. The book will complete itself. I will only be the bondsman

physically writing it.

7. See, how inscrutable are the ways of God! They are beyond perception, and

are known but to Himself. Even the Shastras and Vedas are silent and no one

is able to plumb their depth.

8. Those experts in Shastras and Vedas, those intellectuals and scholars,

the learned and the disputatious given to splitting hairs – do not follow

them.

9. God is the embodiment of His own devotees. He longs for the simple and

the guileless. He is completely indebted to those who love Him but He shuns

the hypocrites.

10. “In this only lies your well-being. This is also my avatar’s fulfilment.

This is my repeated preaching. I am always concerned about it.

11. Oh, Shama, I tell you, furthermore, that whoever takes my name with

love, I will fulfil his wishes and increase his devotion.

12. Whoever sings with feelings of my life, eulogises my powers, virtues and

excellences, I will protect him totally, by surrounding him.

13. Those devotees who have become one with me with heart and soul, they

will, naturally, be bound to be happy by listening to the story of my life.

14. Whoever sings my praises, I will bestow upon him complete happiness,

permanent pleasure and contentment. Believe this as the Truth.

15. It is my promise to redeem the one who, with faith sings my praises,

totally surrenders to me, remembers me constantly and meditates on me.

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May 10, 2007

181. Sloth, a wandering mind, attachment to sense-objects and indulgence of the palate – these are the obstacles which come in the way of listening. Steer clear of these and the listening will become a happy experience. 182. You do not need ceremonies to complete the rituals, you do not need fasting to torture the body; you do not need to visit the tirthas. It is sufficient to listen to the story. 183. Genuine love and awareness of the core of devotion will easily lead to the attainment of the highest good; and incorrect knowledge and the knowledge of the two-fold nature will be destroyed. 184. You need not make efforts for other means. Let us listen to the Saicharita. It will exhaust all karma, of the past and the present life, which results in rebirth. Not the least effect will remain of them. 185. As a miser, wherever he is, has his mind fixed on his hidden treasure, day and night, in the same easy way Sai should dwell in our minds. May there be well-being! This is the end of the third chapter named “The Consent given to Write this Book” of Sree Sai Samartha Satcharita, written by the devotee Hemadpant, impelled by the Saints and virtuous people. This is offered to Sree Sadguru Sainath. May there be auspiciousness! http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index. htm

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