Prayer to SaiDatta

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O

my Lord Sainath ! I bow to Lord Dattatreya, Whose Avatar art

Thou :

 

My

salutations to Dattatreya,

 

Who

in the beginning is Brahma the Creator,

 

Who

in the middle is Vishnu the Preserver,

 

Who

in the end is Shiva the Destroyer,

 

And

the Lord Who represents the Trinity.

 

O

Baba ! I now hearken unto Your words, which You uttered one day, while

the devotees were returning from Your Dwarkamai-Masjid to

their lodgings after the Aarati at noon :

 

“Be

wherever you live, do whatever you choose, remember this well that, all

what you do is known to me. I am the Inner Ruler of all and seated in

their hearts. I envelope all the creatures, the movable and immovable

world. I am the Controller - the Wire-puller of the show of this

Universe. I am the Mother - origin of all beings - the Harmony of three Gunas,

the Propeller of all senses, the Creator, Preserver and Destroyer.

Nothing will harm him, who turns his attention towards me…†(Shri

Sai Satcharita, Chapter 3)

 

 

 

O

Baba ! You have indicated, through many events narrated in the various

Chapters of Shri Sai Satcharita, that You are 

the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya.         Lord

Dattatreya appears with a Jhola (a bag) hung on his shoulder, and

so do You, O Sai ! He has all the powers of God viz. creation,

preservation, and destruction, and so have You, O Baba ! He lives as a

Fakir (a beggar), and so do You, my Lord ! He goes for Bhiksha or

alms, and so do You, O Brahmaanda Naayaka ! The spiritual meaning

of this Bhiksha or alms-begging by You is that You are asking

Your devotees, “Give Me all your sinsâ€. You ask for the sins of the

devotees’s past and present lives. You collect, and swallow, and

digest these sins:                                Jaya

Deva Jaya Deva Datta Avadhutaa,

 

                               O

Sayee Avadhutaa Jodooni kara tava

 

                               charanee

ttevito maathaa,

                                       

Jaya

Deva Jaya Dev-- OM  GURU  NATHASAI  GURU  NATHA