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

May 26, 2007

46. Whenever Baba would go to Rahata, he would bring saplings of marigold and jasmine. He planted them in barren land and regularly watered them. 47. Waman Tatya, a devotee, regularly supplied two unbaked earthen pots to Baba to water the plants with his own hands. 48. Baba would carry the water on his shoulders from the tank near the well; and, at sunset would keep the pots at the base of the neem tree. 49. No sooner were they kept on the ground they would break on the spot; and early next morning, Tatya would bring new ones for him. 50. An oven-baked pot is more durable. But Baba required only the unbaked and new. So without undergoing the trouble of baking, the potter would sell the pots. 51. For three years this continued and the wilderness was transformed into a garden. This is the place on which stands the wada to-day which provides the devotees, a place for close association with him.10 52. Here11, under the neem tree, a devotee named Bhai12 installed the Padukas of Akkalkot Swami, for worship by devotees. 53. Swami Samartha of Akkalkot was the chosen deity of Bhai, who worshipped his portrait regularly with devotion. 54. He thought of going to Akkalkot to have the darshan of the padukas and to offer worship to them with his heart and soul. 55. He got ready to start from Bombay the next day. But that decision remained unfulfilled and instead he left for Shirdi. 56. One day before his departure he saw a vision. Akkalkot Swami commanded him: “At present Shirdi is my abode. You go there”. Padukas 57. Obeying the command with reverence, Bhai left Bombay. He lived in Shirdi for six months and was at peace and happy 58. Bhai was full of devotion. So, to commemorate the vision he installed the Swami’s

padukas under the neem tree. 59. In ‘Shake’ 1834,13 in the bright half of the month of Shravan, on an auspicious day, the padukas were installed under the neem tree with the singing of bhajans and with great devotion. 60. At the auspicious mahurat,14 the installation ceremony was done by Dada Kelkar, while the rites and rituals were performed by Upasani15 according to the Shastras.http://www.saileela s.org/books/ sss/index.

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