Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 5 - English

Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Shrirdi Sai Satcharitra (English Version)

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This chapter covers the following:
Baba’s Return with Chand Patil’s Marriage-party
How the Fakir Got the Name Sai
Contact with Other Saints
His Dress and Daily Routine
The Story of the Padukas
Wrestling Bout with Mohdin and Change in His Way of Life
Turning Water into Oil
And The Fake Guru Javhar Ali

Return with Chand Patil’s Marriage-Party

As I alluded to in the last Chapter, I shall now describe how Sai Baba returned to Shirdi after His disappearance. In a village called Dhoop, there lived a wealthy Muslim gentleman named Chand Patil. While he was on a trip to Aurangabad, he lost his mare; For two long months he diligently searched, but could not find the lost mare. Very disappointed, he returned from Aurangabad with the saddle on his back. After travelling about 12 miles, he came to a mango tree, under the foot of which sat a rather strange-looking fellow. He had a cap on His head, wore a long robe and had a short stick under His armpit and was preparing to smoke a pipe. On seeing Chand Patil pass by, He called out to him and asked him to have a smoke and to rest a little. The Fakir then asked him about the saddle; Chand Patil replied that it belonged to his horse and that the horse was lost. The Fakir asked him look for the horse at a stream nearby. To Patil’s astonishment, he found the mare by the stream. He then realized that this Fakir was not an ordinary man, but a great saint and He returned to the Fakir with the mare. The Chilim (clay pipe) was ready to be smoked, but two things were missing— a fire to light the pipe and water to wet the piece of cloth through which smoke is drawn. The Fakir took His prong and thrust it forcibly into the ground and out came a live burning coal, which He put on the pipe. Then He dashed His stick on the ground and water began to ooze from that spot on the ground. The cloth was moistened with the water, the water was squeezed out and it was wrapped around the pipe. Once everything was complete, the Fakir smoked His pipe and then gave it to Chand Patil. On seeing all this, Chand Patil was wonder-struck; He requested the Fakir to come to his house and accept his hospitality. The next day, the Fakir went to Patil’s house and stayed there for some time. Patil was a village-officer in Dhoop; His wife’s brother’s son was to be married and the bride was from Shirdi. So Patil made preparations to leave for Shirdi to attend the wedding. The Fakir also accompanied the marriage-party. The wedding went off without any hitch and the party returned to Dhoop. However, the Fakir stayed back in Shirdi and remained there forever.

How the Fakir Got the Name Sai

When the marriage-party came to Shirdi, it alighted at the foot of a Banyan tree in Bhagat Mhalsapati’s field, near Khandoba’s temple. The carts were parked in the open courtyard of Khandoba’s temple, the members of the party descended and the Fakir also exited one of the carts. Bhagat Mhalsapati saw the young Fakir getting off a cart and said, “YA SAI!” (Welcome Sai). Others also addressed Him as “Sai” and thenceforth he became known as “Sai Baba”.

Contact with Other Saints

In Shirdi, Sai Baba began to live in a deserted, dilapidated mosque. A Saint named Devidas had been living in Shirdi for many years before Baba came there; Baba liked his company and He lived with him in the Maruti temple, in the Chavadi and sometimes lived alone. Then another Saint named Jankidas arrived; Baba spent most of His time speaking with him and Jankidas also visited Baba in the mosque. Another Saint from Puntambe named Gangagir regularly visited Shirdi; When he first saw Sai Baba carrying pitchers of water to water the garden, he was amazed and said, “Blessed is Shirdi that it got this precious Jewel. This man is carrying water today, but He is not an ordinary fellow. As Shirdi is lucky and meritorious, it has secured this Jewel.” A famous Saint named Anandnath of Yewala Math, a disciple of Akkalkot Maharaj, came to Shirdi with a few people. When he saw Sai Baba he said, “This is a precious Diamond in reality; though he looks like an ordinary man, he is not an ordinary stone but a Diamond in disguise. You will realize this in the near future.” Saying this, he returned to Yewala. All this happened while Baba was a youngster.

Bow to Shri Sai – Peace be to all

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