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

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161. Whatever one has to do one should do himself. Why should one follow a

Guru? If one is not alert, just a Guru is not enough.

 

162. How will the Guru give success to the ill-natured person, who casts

away his discrimination between right and wrong, and the means of

self-purification?”

 

163. There was no end to this argument. There was no outcome. My only

achievement was losing my peace of mind.

 

164. Thus the arguments went on. No one was tired even for a moment. Fifty

minutes (approximately) passed this way and finally a stop was put to it.

 

165. No sooner than we arrived at the Masjid along with some people, listen

to what Baba was asking Kakasaheb!

 

166. “What was going on in the wada? What was the controversy? What did this

Hemadpant say?” he said, looking at me.

 

167. There was considerable distance between the wada and the masjid. How

did Baba come to know about this? I was greatly surprised.

 

168. Whatsoever that may be! I was hit by the dart of Baba’s words and I was

ashamed and speechless, that this improper thing had happened right at this

first meeting.

 

169. The controversy in the morning was the cause for Baba naming me

‘Hemadpant’. I made a mental note that he must have remembered Hemad

because of it.

 

170. The Yadav Kings of Devgiri were known as the Jadhavs of Daulatabad. In

the thirteenth century, the splendour of their kingdom increased the glory

of Maharashtra.

 

171. The King Mahadev was dignified and majestic – an emperor28. His nephew

was also renowned for meritorious works and became famous because of his

valour.

 

172. He was ‘Ramraja’, a crest jewel of the Yadav dynasty and the foremost

of kings. Hemadri was the Minister for both of them, endowed with many good

qualities and was a man of many accomplishments.

 

173. Hemadri had to his credit a treatise on ‘Dharmashastra’. He was

philanthropic towards the Brahmins29. He was the first composer of a

consistent religious code of conduct.

 

174. Hemadri also composed ‘Chaturvarga Chintamani30’ a famous book which

was a mine of information on self-imposed religious observances, charity,

holy pilgrimages and salvation.

 

175. The Sanskrit name ‘Hemadripant’ became in the Prakrit31 Hemadpant. He

was very famous in those days as a diplomat and an expert in administration.

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