Sai Satcharitra - Ovi to Ovi english Translation - Chp- X II

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176. Have firm faith in him who is your own Guru; and, it should not be anywhere else. Bear in mind this deep meaning.

 

177. There does not seem to be any other purpose in the leela of Baba. However reflective a person may be, he will derive only this meaning.

 

178. Others may be more famous and your own Guru may not be at all. But our faith should only be in our own Guru. This is the only lesson from this.

 

179. If you scan the old scriptures, they are full of the same advice. But if there is no firm conviction, then one's faith does not become effective and is not strengthened.

 

180. Though some people do not have full confidence in themselves, yet show off as being intent on the Self, their sufferings throughout their life can be seen at every step.

 

181. Neither do they fulfil their desires here, nor do they attain freedom beyond. Till the end of life they go on worrying. They still brag about freedom without having experienced even a moment of quietude.

 

182. Enough of this. The pleasure you will get from the next chapter will be better than this. Simply by taking frequent darshan of Sai, one has unlimited happiness.

183. How Bhakta Bhimaji Patil's tuberculosis was cured and his faith in Bhakta Chandorkar was strengthened by giving him a vision.

 

184. Such is the power of that darshan that the sins are washed away, worldly pleasures are limited and rewards in the other world are granted infinitely.

 

185. When a yogi casts a glance on an atheist, even he is freed from his sins. Then what can be said for a believer! His sins are most easily washed away.

 

186. If there is one, whose mind is steady and has experienced indirect realisation, and then if he beholds him with his eyes, his insurmountable sins are wiped out.

 

187. Such is Baba's nature which is incomprehensible. Baba is loving to you all. Therefore, the learned and the ignorant all listen with a pure mind.

 

188. Where there is a soul of love and devotion, where people are affectionately attached to Baba, there a tender yearning will manifest and there will be the pleasure of listening.

 

189. Hemad bows down at the feet of Sai which are a haven of refuge for those who have whole-heartedly surrendered. He is capable of destroying the fear of this world, having limitless powers.

 

May there be well-being! This is the end of the twelfth chapter of Sree Sai Samartha Satcharita written by devotee Hemadpant, impelled by Saints and virtuous people, called "The Darshan of Ram – Sree Sant Gholap".

This is offered to Sree Sadguru Sainath.

May there be auspiciousness!

Notes :

1. He drank up the ocean, by taking the water in his palm, on one occasion.

2. Person who performs worship with the help of fire, at sunrise and sunset, as laid down in the

shastras.

3. Maha Samadhi.

4. In Marathi, it is said that they will have buttermilk instead of milk.

5. The annual festival for the worship of bullocks, which falls on the dark night of the moon, in the month of Shravan

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6. Various kinds of sweetmeats.

7. The marks of the flag, the weapon of India (the thunderbolt) and the goad which are found on the feet of an

avatar.

8. A silk cloth which is considered pure and is worn after bath for the purpose of puja by orthodox Brahmins. Once it is worn, the person does not touch any object, because everything else is regarded as impure.

 

9. A disciple of Vishwamitra who could not gain entrance to heaven nor return to earth and was suspended in between.

 

10. He was known as Baba Gholap and lived in Nasik. He was well versed in the Shastras and was an Agnihotra

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11. As if he had received Kuber's treasures.

12. Water from the washings of Baba's feet.

13. The devotee perspires, becomes silent, experiences horripilation, voice changes, trembles, changes colour, sheds tears and becomes unconscious.

 

14. Refer to ovi 109.

15. Man of low status who was the contemporary of Dñyaneshwar and Namdev. He lived in Mangalvedha and was a Pandurang bhakta. He built a stone pillar to support lamps in front of the temple and lived there as he could not gain entry into the temple. His abhangs are very famous.

16. Person of low status.

17. Worshipper of Lord Vishnu. He travelled to Jagannath Puri. On the way, due to a false accusation of a woman, his hands were cut off by court order but when he reached Puri, the Lord welcomed him and as he joined the stumps of hands in obeisance, the hands were restored to him.

 

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Wish-fulfilling tree.

 

 

 

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