Sai Satcharitra - Ovi to Ovi english Translation - Chp- VII

June 26, 2007

106. Baba lovingly assured her with these words. “Know that the skies are

overcast. The rains will come and the harvest will ripen. The clouds will

clear up.

107. Why are you afraid?” saying this, he lifted his kafni upto the waist

and showed everybody the fully developed bubos.

108. In four places, there were four bubos of the size of a hen’s egg. He

said : “See, I have to bear this because of your difficulties”.

109. People were amazed to witness this divine and unique ordeal. How the

Saints suffered for the sake of their devotees!

110. Their heart is softer than wax – just like butter appears, outwardly.

They have selfless love for the devotees as if they are his kith and kin.

111. Once it so happened that Nanasaheb Chandorkar left Nandurbar to go to

Pandharpur.

112. Nana was very lucky. His whole-hearted devotion to Sai had borne fruit.

He had the earthly paradise,21 as he had got the Mamlatdari of that place.

113. When he received the orders at Nandurbar, he had to leave immediately.

Hurriedly he made all the arrangements, desiring in his heart the darshan22.

114. Along with his wife, and family circle, he thought of going to Shirdi,

as Shirdi was his Pandharpur; and he wanted to pay his respects to Baba.

115. He did not send a letter to anybody nor did he send any message. He

gathered together all his belongings and got into the carriage hurriedly.

116. In this way, Nana started and nobody in Shirdi knew of it. But Sai knew

everything, as Sai was all-pervading.

117. Nana started immediately. He must have been at the outskirts of

Nimgaon. Now listen carefully to the miracle that happened at Shirdi, in

truth, at that time.

118. Baba was in the Masjid with Mhalsapati. Appa Shinde and Kashiram, the

devotees, were seated chatting.

119. At that moment, Baba said casually, “Let four of us sing a bhajan. The

Doors of Pandharpur have opened. We can sing joyously”.

120. Sai had knowledge of the past, present and future. He had already

learnt the news. Nana was near the stream at the outskirts, when Baba was

singing the bhajan zealously.

Bhajan

“I am going to Pandharpur – going, going!

There I will stay! There I will stay, stay!

That is the abode of my Master!”

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