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

May 25, 2007

31. He smoked his chillum there, resided in the Masjid, enjoyed the company of Devidas, and felt happy in Shirdi. 32. Sometimes he would sit in the Chavadi, sometimes in Devidas’ company, sometimes in the Maruti temple, absorbed completely in the Self. 33. This Devidas was already living in Shirdi before Baba came there. Later came the Sage Jankidas of the Mahanubhav sect8. 34. With that Jankidas, Maharaj would sit and chat; or, Jankidas would come where Maharaj used to sit. 35. Both were fond of each other and would meet regularly. Their kinship developed and pleased everybody greatly. 36. Similarly, a very famous Vaishnava householder-saint, called Gangagir, who hailed from Puntambe was a frequent visitor to Shirdi. 37. Great was Gangagir’s surprise in the early days when he would see Sai carrying water from the well, in earthen pitchers, in both his hands. 38. When he first set eyes on Sai, Buva openly proclaimed “It is the good fortune of Shirdi that this precious gem has associated itself with Shirdi. 39. Although he is carrying water on his shoulders to-day, he is not an ordinary person. Blessed is the soil of Shirdi on which he has set his foot”. 40. Similarly, another well-known saint, named Anandnath, had predicted for him that he would perform miraculous deeds. 41. This famous Anandnath had established a math

in Yeola. He came to Shirdi once, along with some of the dwellers of Shirdi.9 42. Anandnath, who was the disciple of the great saint of Akkalkot when he saw Sai, exclaimed: “This is indeed a diamond, a real diamond. 43. Though to-day he is lying on the garbage heap (i.e. neglected), it is not just a flint but a diamond”. These were the words of Anandnath when Baba was a youngster. 44. “Mark my words carefully. Later on you will recall them”. After prophesying thus, he returned to Yeola. 45. Those

were the days of his youth, when Sai did not shave his head but grew his hair long and dressed like a wrestler. http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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