SHIRDI DIARY 3

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SHIRDI DIARY – BABA’S PARABLES AND MEANINGS (3)

12-12-1910

We all went to see Sayin Saheb later on. I was a bit late & missed a very

interesting story told by him. He teaches in parables.

It was about a man having a very beautiful horse, which, do what he could, would

not go in pair. It was taken all round and given all the usual training to no

purpose. At last a widwan suggested its being taken to the place from which it

was originally brought. This was done & then the horse went all right in the

harness and became very useful.

(G S Khaparde)

Meaning: The horse stands for mind, which is difficult to harness and unite with

a chosen object of meditation. Taking it to its original place signifies

investing the sources of mind when it naturally gets stilled.

19-12-1911

He said there was a rich man who had five sons & a daughter. These children

effected a division of the family property. Four of the sons took their shares

of movables & immovables. The fifth son & the daughter could not take

possession of their share. They wandered about hungry, came to Sayin Baba. They

had six carts laden with jewels. Robbers took away two of the six carts. The

remaining four were kept under the Banyan tree.

(G S Khaparde)

Meaning: The father is ego or jiva. The five sons are the five senses. The mind

is the daughter. Fifth son is the sense of smell i.e., breath. The rest of the

four senses are attached to their objects. Mind and breath, which are

perturbed, had both sought Baba’s succour. Yet the jewel laden carts were

stolen by the weakness of the other senses. The passions associated with the

other senses are the robbers. The jewel laden carts symbolize the six aspects

of sadhana or sadhana shataka. Banyan tree symbolizes samsara, the perennial

tree of phenomenal manifestation. The parable shows that it is not enough if

only a few senses of the seeker and a few of his passions are under control.

(Source: Sai Baba the Master)