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

April 16, 2007

49. As I am past sixty, wisdom has fled helter-skelter; and, also, due to my

physical debility, my efforts may end up like an old man’s prattle.

50. Let my prattling be for the love of Sai. I shall be able to obtain

deliverance. Elsewhere, it will be useless. Hence this effort of mine.

51. Having received experiences day and night, I took a decision to write

the account, a study of which will set the mind at peace and rest.

52. I thought of presenting to the listeners the self-contained, and without

affectation, repeated utterances of Baba, based on his Self-Realisation.

53. Baba told many parables; set many on the path of devotion. All that

should be collected; and this collection would be Sai’s religious verses.

54. All those who tell these stories and those who listen reverentially,

both are benefitted with eternal peace and rest.

55. Listening to the stories told by Baba, they will forget their bodily

ailments. And if they concentrate and dwell upon them, liberation from

bondage will follow naturally.

56. Stories from Sree Sai’s own mouth abound more in sweetness than nectar.

Listening to them overwhelmed the listeners with heavenly bliss. How can I

describe their sweetness?

57. I feel that I would be able to attain ‘Moksha’ if I roll in the dust of

the feet of anyone, whom I find singing and praising these tales

unpretentiously.

58. The unique presentation of his stories, as also the apt choice of words,

would completely absorb the listeners in him and all would experience

perfect bliss.

59. Just as the ears are keen to listen to the stories, or the eyes are

ready to get a ‘darshan’, similarly the mind should be eager to concentrate

and get easily absorbed in divine contemplation.

60. Guru-mauli is my mother and the stories about her which are passed on,

by word of mouth, should be stored in our hearts reverentially.

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