INTERPRETATION OF ATHITI.

[Guest guest]

INTERPRETATION OF ATHITI.

 (N G Chandorkar

found that though he waited for athities, i.e.,

guests, for a few minutes, after the daily vaiswadeva, none ever turned up and he intended to

ask Baba, if the direction in the Vedas to wait for guests was a worthless

direction.

But when he went

to Baba, the latter anticipated the query and thus spoke)

Baba: Yes. Yes.

Guests will come! The devil, they will.

NGC: True, Baba.

I daily offer the Kakabali and go out and wait for

guests. they never come.

Baba: Nana, the sastras are not in fault. Nor are the

Mantras wrong. But their true importance you have not caught.. You get into your head a worthless interpretation and

then stand and wait for guests. they will not turn up.

hallow! Does the term ‘Athiti”

denote a man 3 ½ cubits high and of the Brahmin caste? Athithi

is what ever creature is hungry and comes on to you, at that time, whether it

is human or a bird, beast or insect. all these seek

food. The real Athiti that you get, you do not regard

as such. These have come to you in lakhs. Nana, give

up your rotten interpretation. At Kakabali, take plenty

of boiled rice outside the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for

any nor drive away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that

disturb your mind. You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs

of guests.

(Source Sai Baba Charters and

Sayings)

http://www.saileelas.org/books/babasayings.htm