Thus Spake The Lord

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Thus Spake The Lord

 

 

 

After the yagyaa was over, They were so pleased that They conferred even more boons on the sage. Shiva said that They would take human form and be born in the Bharadhwaja Gothra (lineage) thrice: Shiva alone as Shirdi Sai Baba, Shiva and Shakthi together at Puttaparthi as Sathya Sai Baba and Shakthi alone as Prema Sai, later. Then Shiva remembered the illness that had suddenly come upon Bharadhwaja at Kailaasa on the eighth day of the waiting in the cold on the ice. He gave another assurance. "As expiation for the neglect which Shakthi showed you at Kailaasa for 8 days, this Shakthi will suffer the stroke for 8 days, when We both take birth as Sathya Sai and, on the 8th say, I shall relieve her from all signs of the disease by sprinkling water, just as I did at Kailaasa to cure your illness."

 

It was the working out of this assurance that you witnessed today, just now. This had to happen, this stroke and the cure. The assurance given in the Thretha Yuga had to be honored. I may tell you now that the poor forlorn bhaktha who had to get the stroke which I took over, was a convenient excuse, which was utilized. You see, a railway engine is not made available to haul just one bogey; they wait until a number of bogeys are to be taken along and then, they put the engine into action. So too, the disease had to be gone through, the Bhaktha had to be saved, the assurance to be carried out, the mystery had to be cleared, the Divinity had to be more clearly announced by the manifestation of this Grand Miracle. All these were accomplished by this one incident.

 

Let Me tell you one thing: Nothing can impede or halt the work of this Avathaara. When I was upstairs all these days, some people foolishly went about saying, "It is all over with Sai Baba" and they turned back many who were coming to Puttaparthi! Some said I was in Samaadhi, as if I am a Saadhaka! Some feared I was the victim of black magic, as if anything can affect Me! The splendor of this Avathaara will go on increasing, day by day. Formerly, when the Govardhanagiri was raised aloft by the little boy, the gopees and the gopaalas realized that Krishna was the Lord. Now, it is not one Govardhanagiri, a whole range will be lifted, you will see! Have patience, have faith.

 

 

 

Reference: Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. III, Chapter 15.