OM SAI RAM !!!
CHAPTER 30 - Part 1
Bow to the Kind Sai Who is the Abode of Mercy and Who is affectionate
towards His devotees. By His mere darshan, He does away with their fear
of this 'bhava' (samsar) and destroys their calamities. He was first Nirgun (formless),
but on account of the devotion of His Bhaktas, He was obliged to take a form. To give
liberation - self-realisation to the Bhaktas is the mission of the saints, and for Sai - the
Chief of them, that mission is inevitable. Those who take refuge in His Feet have all their
sins destroyed and their progress is certain. Remembering His Feet, 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 Bhakti is but we know this
much, that though all others may leave us, Sai won't forsake us. Those whom He favours
get enormous strength, discrimination between the Unreal and the Real and knowledge.
Sai knows fully the desire of His devotees and fulfills the same. Hence they get what
they want and are grateful. So we invoke Him and prostrate ourselves before Him. Forgetting
all our faults let Him free us from all anxieties. He who being overcome with calamities
remembers and prays Sai thus, will get his mind calmed and pacified through His grace.
This Sai - the ocean of mercy, says Hemadpant, favoured him and the result of this, is the
present work - Sai-Satcharia. Otherwise what qualifications had he and who would undertake
this enterprise? But as Sai took all the responsibility, Hemadpant felt no burden, nor any care
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 his merits in the past births and, therefore,
he thinks himself fortunate and blessed.
The following story is not a mere tale, but pure nectar. He who drinks it will realise Sai's
greatness and all-pervasiveness. Those who want to argue and criticise, should not go in
for these stories. What is wanted here, is not discussion but unlimited love and devotion.
Learned, devout and faithful believers or those, who consider themselves as servants of
the Saints, will like and appreciate these stories, others will take them to be fables. The
fortunate Bhaktas of Sai, will find the Sai-leelas as the Kalpataru (Wish-fulfilling Tree).
Drinking this nectar of Sai-leelas, will give liberation to the ignorant Jivas, satisfaction to
the house-holders and a sadhana to the aspirants. Now to the story of this Chapter.
OM SAI RAM, SHRI SAI RAM, JAI JAI SAI RAM !!!