Chapter 7 (Part 16) - Scribblings of A Shirdi Sai Devotee

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Chapter 7 (Part 16) - Scribblings of A Shirdi Sai Devotee

 

 

 

 

 

 

With about 30 poems posted till date, we are heading towards last part i.e. part 16 of Chapter 7 of the divine book " Scribblings of A Shirdi Sai Devotee " written by an ardent and staunch devotee Shri Suresh Chandra Gupta ji from New Delhi.

 

 

 

 

 

Devotee readers who have missed earlier chapters can read from the links below. Already Posted :

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Introduction - Scribblings of A Shirdi Sai Devotee

 

 

Chapter 1 Part 1

 

Chapter 1 Part 2

 

 

Chapter 2

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 1

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 2

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 3

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 4

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 5

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 6

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 7

 

 

Chapter 3 - Part 8

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 1

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 2

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 3

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 4

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 5

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 6

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 7

 

 

Chapter 4 - Part 8

 

 

Chapter 5 - Part 1

 

 

Chapter 5 - Part 2

 

 

Chapter 5 - Part 3

 

 

Chapter 5 - Part 4

 

 

Chapter 5 - Part 5

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 1

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 2

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 3

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 4

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 5

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 6

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 7

 

 

Chapter 6 - Part 8

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 1

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 2

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 3

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 4

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 5

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 6

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 7

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 8

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 9

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 10

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 11

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 12

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 13

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 14

 

 

Chapter 7 - Part 15

 

 

 

 

 

31. Sai You are Naughty Indeed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sai! You are naughty indeed

 

 

You keep on playing pranks on your devotees

 

 

And enjoy the fun out of it,

 

 

This was your habit

 

 

While you moved on earth in flesh and blood

 

 

Haven’t you given up yet?

 

 

 

 

 

Your first provide to your devotees

 

 

Beautiful toys to play with.

 

By fulfilling their worldly demands

 

 

You fill their hearts with gratitude

 

 

And when they feel attracted towards you

 

 

You inspire them to build a temple of your

 

 

Make them move heaven and earth

 

To achieve their aim.

 

 

 

 

 

When the temple gets ready

 

 

The bhakta feels extremely blissful

 

 

Looking at your idol installed in the temple

 

 

And then witin no time

 

 

You create a situation for him

 

 

When he is forced to quit the temple.

 

 

 

 

 

You do not want your true bhaktas

 

To remain involved in the affair of the temple

 

 

And making him to leave the temple

 

 

Inspire him to proceed ahead

 

On the path of bhakti

 

Of love, of sacrifice, of faith and renuniciation

 

 

But leave within him pangs

 

Of being forced to leave the temple

 

 

 

 

 

Slowly but steadily

 

He treads the path of bhakti

 

In an endeavour

 

To become your ‘ankita’ child

 

 

 

 

 

What is this game you play?

 

 

And what do you gain by it?

 

 

Sai! You are naughty indeed.

 

 

 

 

 

32. The Straying Mind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sai! Why do you keep on peeping

 

 

Into my inner self every moment

 

 

And control the process of my thinking.

 

 

 

 

I came into your ‘Sharan’

 

To enjoy the pleasure of life

 

 

Shouldn’t you sometimes leave me alone

 

To act according to my wishes.

 

 

All the while you keep on putting checks on me

 

Is this any life?

 

 

 

 

 

Sai! I know

 

 

The moment you let loose your control

 

 

The vagabond mind will go stray

 

 

You know full well

 

 

This nature of the mind.

 

 

 

 

I had taken to you

 

 

With the intention of earning

 

 

Name, fame, wealth and respect

 

I never knew

 

 

You shall become the stumbling stone of my path

 

 

Why should you be so harsh on your devotees

 

 

You must sometimes allow your children

 

To do what they wish.

 

 

 

 

I am, however, conscious

 

 

You are deeply concerned about my welfare

 

 

When I have caught hold of your hand

 

 

How on earth would you allow me

 

To slip out of your control

 

 

All the time you remain worried

 

 

For my welfare

 

 

But what shall I do with this mind

 

 

Which keeps on seeking ways to stray

 

 

But Baba I implore you

 

To stop this tendency of the mind to stray

 

 

Then,

 

 

The very cause to grumble

 

 

Shall cease to exist.

 

 

 

 

 

Continued...Part 1 of Chapter 8

 

 

Jai Sai Ram

 

 

Hetal Patil