Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 30- English

Shri Sai Satcharitra - Chapter 30

Chapter 30 of Shrirdi Sai Satcharitra (English Version)

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This chapter of the Sai Satcharitra covers the following:
Kakaji Vaidya of Vani
Khushalchand of Rahata
Ramlal from Bombay
Preliminary

Bow to the kind Sai Who is the Abode of Mercy and loves His devotees dearly. Through merely receiving His darshan, He does away with their fear of this worldly existence and saves them from calamities. He was first formless, but on account of the devotion of His devotees, He was obliged to take a form. To liberate and help devotees attain self-realization is the mission of saints and for Sai−the greatest of the saints− that mission was inevitable. Those who take refuge at His Feet have all their sins destroyed and their progress is certain. Even Brahmins from holy places come to Him and read scriptures and chant the Gayatri Mantra in His presence. We, who are weak and without any merits, do not know what devotion truly is; but we do know that though everyone else may abandon us, Sai won’t forsake us. Those whom He favors get enormous strength, discrimination between the Unreal and the Real and knowledge.

Sai always knows the desires of His devotees and fulfills the same. Hence, they get what they want and are grateful. So we invoke His aid and prostrate ourselves before Him. Forgetting all our faults, we let Him free us from all anxieties. He, who is overcome with calamities and remembers and prays to Sai, will get his mind calmed and pacified through His grace.

Sai, the ocean of mercy, says Hemadpant, favored him and the result is this work – The Sai-Satcharitra. Otherwise, what qualifications had he to undertake this enterprise? But as Sai took all the responsibility, Hemadpant felt no burden or concern about this. When the powerful Light of Knowledge was there to inspire his speech and pen, why should he entertain any doubt or feel any anxiety? Sai got the service, in the form of this book, done by him. This is due to the accumulation of Hemadpant’s merits in his past births; Therefore, he feels he is fortunate and blessed.

The following story is not a mere tale, but pure nectar. He who drinks it will realize Sai’s greatness and all-pervasiveness. Those who want to argue and criticize should not read these stories. What is needed here is not discussion but unlimited love and devotion. Learned, devout and faithful believers or those who consider themselves servants of the Saints will like and appreciate these stories, while others will take them to be mere fables.

Fortunate devotees of Baba will find Sai-leelas to be a wish-fulfilling tree. Drinking this nectar of Sai-leelas will liberate ignorant souls, satisfy the house-holders and will be a sadhana to the aspirants.

Kakaji Vaidya

In a place called Vani, in the district of Nasik, there lived a man named Kakaji Vaidya. He was the priest in the Temple of the Goddess Sapta-Shringi. He was so overwhelmed with adverse circumstances and calamities that he lost his peace of mind and became quite restless. Under such circumstances, one evening he went into the temple of the Goddess and prayed unto Her from the bottom of his heart and invoked Her aid to free him from anxiety. The Goddess was pleased with his devotion and the same night appeared to him in his dreams and said, “You go to Baba and then your mind will become calm and composed.”

Kakaji was anxious to know from Her who this Baba was, but before he could get any explanation he was awakened. Then he began to wonder who this Baba might be. After some thought, he resolved that Baba might be Tryambakeshwar (Lord Shiva). So he went to the holy place Tryambak (in the Nasik District) and stayed there for ten days.

During this period, he bathed early in the morning, chanted the Rudra hymns, performed the Abhishekam (a ritual of pouring a stream of fresh cold water over the Pindi(Shiva’s form)) and performed other religious rites. But despite all this, he was just as restless as before. Then he returned home and again invoked the Goddess pitifully. That night, She again appeared in his dreams and said, “Why did you go to Tryambakeshwar in vain? I mean, Shri Sai Samarth of Shirdi.”

Bow to Shri Sai – Peace be to all

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