'Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi -A God!' by Bapatla Hanumanth Rao Garu

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The Naming of Sai-Baba

Baba again reached Shirdi for the second time in 1857 from the village,

Dhoopkeda along with a marriage party consisting of the relatives of Chand

Bhai Patil. The marriage party stopped their carts under a Banyan tree

outside the village of Shirdi. The temple priest Mahalsapathi (Khandoba

temple), noticed Chand Bai and the young lad getting down from the cart. On

looking at the boy with a divine aura around him, Mahalsapathi was astound.

The handsome appearance of Baba struck a wonderful impression on him. He

first thought him to be a Muslim Iad as he was wearing a Kupni and a piece

of cloth around his head .He addressed him: Ya! Sai! Baba! Ya! Sai Baba!"

(Welcome Sai Baba welcome Sai Baba). This is the will of God. How powerful

that great name Sai Baba is to be! This name' given by Mahalsapathi has

become a Mahamantra for the millions of people in the world and the very

name provides solace to all the troubled, depressed people in their

day-to-day life. Sayee or Sai is the Hindi form of Sanskrit swamy. So, the

words Gosai, Goswami have become popular. Mahalsapathi who named the

incarnation of Samardha Sadguru as Sai Baba is worthy of our veneration and

we salute He is worthy to be remembered at every dawn. The people then

started calling the (Siddha Purusha) as Sai Baba from that moment onwards,

Sai Baba's name has gradually spread to surrounding areas. The word  Sai

(Swamy) signifies the lord the universe: and Baba means father of the

universe. It may noted by the readers that the name Sai Baba, Lord and

father of the universe, has great significance.

 

Name-Named

All the incarnations of God are great, but each incarnation has its own

specific purpose. The name and the form of that incarnation are of paramount

importance to us. In the incarnation of Sai, the Name and the Named have

great distinction, as in case of Lord Sri Rama and Sri Krishna.

The incarnation is not the work of anybody, but is the will of God only. The

Name has greater power than the Named. What can not be bestowed by the

Named, can be achieved by his Name. Sakara Brahmam (God with certain

physical form) vanishes after fulfilling its mission, but the Name remains

forever. The Named is attached by the force of the Name and the Name itself

will take us across the ocean of this mundane life. If we observe the Sahara

Mantras (holy words), we do not understand any meaning; but they have

wonderful significance. The arrangements or order of the prime letters

(Beejakshara) is very great and its fruits wonderful.

 

We fail to understand the reason for the magnificence of Sri Sai Baba,

whether it is due to special nature of the incarnation or the wonderful

powers transmitted to him by His Guru Venkusa, The name Sai Baba has greater

powers than the form manifested at Shirdi. Those, who drink the nectar of

significance of the Name, can only understand its real greatness.

 

To be contd....

(Source : http://www.saileelas.org/book/agod.htm

 

Sri Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai !!!

 

Baba Bless us all