INTERPRETATION OF ATHITI.

[Guest guest]

INTERPRETATION OF ATHITI.

(N G Chandorkar found that though he waited for athities, i.e., guests,

for a few minutes, after the daily vaiswadeva, none ever turned up and

he intended to ask Baba, if the direction in the Vedas to wait for

guests was a worthless direction.

But when he went to Baba, the latter anticipated the query and thus

spoke)

Baba: Yes. Yes. Guests will come! The devil, they will.

NGC: True, Baba. I daily offer the Kakabali and go out and wait for

guests. they never come.

Baba: Nana, the sastras are not in fault. Nor are the Mantras wrong. But

their true importance you have not caught.. You get into your head a

worthless interpretation and then stand and wait for guests. they will

not turn up. hallow! Does the term ‘Athiti” denote a man 3 ½ cubits high

and of the Brahmin caste? Athithi is what ever creature is hungry and

comes on to you, at that time, whether it is human or a bird, beast or

insect. all these seek food. The real Athiti that you get, you do not

regard as such. These have come to you in lakhs. Nana, give up your

rotten interpretation. At Kakabali, take plenty of boiled rice outside

the house and leave it there. Do not shout or call for any nor drive

away. Whatever the creature that comes to eat, let not that disturb your

mind. You get thus the merit of feeding lakhs of guests.

(Source Sai Baba Charters and Sayings)

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