"Aa-rathi" is a Sanskrit word meaning "The Close".

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"Aa-rathi" is a Sanskrit word meaning "The Close".

"Aa-rathi" is the prayer song sung at the close of each

Bhajan session.

The "Aa-rathi" at the close of Sai Bhajans is really of profound

significance.

The camphor flame has itself has been endowed by  God with the value

and validity of a grand prayer, the culmination of the hour-long

yearning of all devoted hearts.

 Sai says, "While it is being waved pray - O Lord! Make the allotted

span of my life as pure, as fragrant and as transparent as camphor;

let it consume itself in the fire, scattering light and the warmth

of love to all around me and at the end of it all, let there be

nothing left of me (as the camphor leaves no ashes or residue) to

render me liable to another sojourn amidst pleasure and pain.".

This is the prayer with which every session of homage to to Sai can

appropriately close.


subhasrini
OM SAI SRI SAI JAYA JAYA SAI!!!
Let us pray at the feet of Sai Baba who is the incarnation of all gods and protector of all, to show mercy on us, and increase our devotion towards him.