7th Saying It is my duty to look after the welfare of the devotees who surrender and take refuge in me

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Seventh Holy Saying

" It is my duty to look after the welfare of the devotees who surrender

and take refuge in me "

" Give me your mind, offer me your actions, think always of me, surrender

to me, have faith in me " .

 

" By all means, surrender yourself totally at the feet of Almighty. By

his grace you will obtain permanent salvation. "

 

" Drop all your duties. Take refuge at my feet. I shall liberate you from

all sins. Do not worry, be happy " .

 

Sri Krishna in the last chapter of Bhagwad Gita declared. So Sai Baba

says the same in his seventh holy saying.

 

We have to depend upon Baba for everything. The roots of the plants

depend upon water. What for? To live and to grow well; Wicks have to

depend upon oil. What for? To be bright and to spread light; Breath

depends upon the air and oxygen. What for? To live and to give life

energy to the body; we depend upon discrimination. What for? To know

what is right and to do right; Dependence upon Baba is good, right and

is a must. It is for our well being, it destroys all our sins. It is

auspicious. It gives peace and happiness. It is full of bliss and

prosperity.

 

See and enjoy, hear and be happy, the great story of Baba's Leela.

Kakaji Vaidya was a resident of Vani in the district of Nasik .He was a

priest in the temple of Saptasringi. He was subjected to many problems,

ordeals and sufferings. He did not have mental peace. He was always

under stress and strain, anxiety and tension, agony and anguish. Under

such circumstances, he went to the temple one evening and wept before

the deity to save him. His heart-rending cry was heard by the Goddess.

That night, she appeared to him in the dream and said, " Go to Baba, you

will get peace " . He tried to ask the deity about Baba in the dream

itself. But before he could speak, he woke up from the dream. He started

thinking about Baba.

 

After a long contemplation, he thought that Baba might be the great

Trayambakeswara (Lord Shiva). Resolving so, he proceeded immediately to

Trayambakeswar. He stayed there for ten days. Every day early in the

morning he woke up and took bath. He receited 'Rudram'. He performed

'abhisekam' and other rituals of worship. In spite of all the devotional

worship, he continued to be without peace of mind. He returned to his

village and made his heart-rending cry once again before his deity. Once

again in the night, the goddess appeared in his dream and told him, " Why

did you unnecessarily go to Trayambakeshwar? Baba means Shirdi Sai Baba.

Do you now understand what I say?

 

Vaidya now should go to Shirdi. How to go? When to go? How to see Baba?

He was a little worried about the next course of action. If anybody

decides to see a yogi and sees a yogi, both the yogi and his God will

bless the devotee and fulfill his desire. Yogi and God are one and the

same. There is no difference between them. Nobody can, by his will, see

either a yogi or God. It is not the devotee's will what is enough. But

the yogi and the God should also be willing to welcome the devotee.

Without their will and grace, devotee cannot visit them. Nor can he see

them. Without God's will nothing will happen.

(to be contd..)

(Source Eleven Holy Sayings of Shirdi Sai Baba by Pujya Shri Ananda Sai

Swamy)