SRI SAINATHA MANANAM

Pujyasri B.V.Narasimhaswamiji, who visited Shirdi in the year 1936, collected authentic information about Lord Sainath from persons lived with Sai and wrote many books on Lord Sainath. All his works are authentic . One such book is SRI SAINATHA MANANAM.

This book was published as early as in the year 1942 and the fourth edition came in the year 1945.

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General Invocation:

1. O, Mind! Be devoted to Narayana. ..O Mind! be devoted to Sri Sai feet.

2. For overcoming all obstacles, let one meditate on the white robed, all pervading four-armed one, moonlike in color and of gracious mien.

3. I bow to Lord Sai, that dweller in Shirdi, whose mercy cures dumbness and revivesthe dead.

4. I bow to the best of Sants, Sai, who is(but) the Ancient Narayana Deva who has visited the Earth to bless(His) devotees.

5. Again and again do I prostrate before Lord Sai, who is God(Brahman) taking up form and attributes and going down to dwell on the banks of the Godavari to protect(His) devotees.

6. prostrate myself unto Lord Sai on whose head, the Ganges was conquered, from whose feet, the Ganges flowed and who lives on the bank of the Ganges(Godavari).

7. Prostrations to Thee, O Sainatha whosel nature is Triune, being Brahma,(the Creator) at the beginning, Vishnu(the Sustainer) thereafter and finally Mahadeva or Shiva(the withdrawer)

8. I bow to Sai, who is Sesha-Sayee (i.e God recumbent on the Serpent) by remembering whom one is released from the bondage of births and Samsara.

9. I bow to Sai, the Imperishable by remembering whom and repeating whose names, one's efforts at Austerities(Tapas), Alms(Dana) and other observances(Kriya) , are successful.

10. Sai's name alone, Sai's name alone, Sai's name alone is the support of my life. There is no other assured resource--no other, no other for me.

11. Thundering forth "Sai" "Sai" burns out the seeds of Rebirth(Samsara), procures all wealth, and threatens Death's myrmidons.

12. There is the name "Sainatha". The tongue is quite capable of uttering it. Yet the wonder is that people plunge in afflictions.

13. Oh, sad--very sad, greater than all other sadness is this--that Sai's bare name a precious gem is lost sight of in the quest after tinsel.

14. He who has a tongue and does not use it to utter Sai's name, so worthy of utterance is a fool that does not scale the wall of salvation though given a ladder to scale it.

15. Today,--perhaps, tomorrow these(people) will die and be cast into Hell. If they but think of Sai, they will cross the ocean of Samsara.

16. Evils fly; Delusion itself gets deluded, the grateful Chitragupta attends to the toilette of his finger-nails in gleeful anticipation, and Brahma takes pains to prepare the Madhu Parka or welcome offering, -as soon as a person longs to repeat thy Name, O Lord. Beyond this,what more can be said.

17. If Sai is sought with as great zeal and vigour as people evince in praising the wealthy to obtain wealth. He would confer on them even Heaven(Sayujya)

18. The Keertan or repetition of the Lord's Name, qualities and deeds is sufficient to destroy and remove sin. For even the sinner Ajamila cried out Narayana,(the name of his son) at the approach of Death and (thereby) attained Liberation(Moksha).

19. If a person goes on repeating"Sai,Sai,Sai" morning and evening, Sai abides near him and protects him even in times of distress.

20. If one daily repeats Sai's name and meditates on Him, the four aims of Life, Dharama, i.e. righteousness, Wealth, sense gratification and Liberation are surely and without doubt achieved.

21. He who brushes aside(false) notions of delicacy and shame and perpetualy repeats my name reaches my state along with crores of his family.

22. Waste not time. Life is ebbing away every minute. Death has no mercy. Repeat Sai's name(therefore).

23. Life-breath is uncertain and may suddenly stop. From infancy, therefore, the mere name "Sai" should be repeated.

24. Yama, cruel and undaunted, tortures men terribly. (But) The tortures of Death are unknown to the staunch devotees of Sai.

25. Lord Sai's devotees have no fear of Death--not even a jot of fear. Lord Sai is the Death of Death, and protects his own(devotees) at the time of their death.

26. Those who full of love and admiration for Sai's noble qualities place their minds at his feet have washed away their evil Karmas and will not even in their dreams see Lord Yama or his myrmidons.

27. O fool, you are needlessly vexed!. O! how care-eaten you are! All sorrows vanish by merely remembering Sri Sai

28. By seeing Lord Sai masses of sin are destroyed; by touching Him auspicious results follow; and by worshipping Him, the Imperishable state is reached.

29. Without doubt, one gets rid of sins resulting from one's thoughts, speech and acts by merely thinking of Sri Sai.

30. Therefore know that in this world even heinous sins are overcome by the name of Guru Sai that blesses the whole world.

31. What one obtains in the Krita age by Concentration, in the Treta age by performning sacrifices, and in the Dwapara Yuga by worship (archana) is obtained. In (this) Kali Yuga by mere (Kirtan) repetition of Lord Sai's name.

32. The three boats, Sacred study, Vows of austerity, and Sacrificial rites are every where shattered by the march of Time. Now, in the ocean of Samsara, the strong and sound boat is Sai's name.

33. The only salvation (Gati) for persons of this Kali yuga, with impure hearts, feeding on sin-gotton wealth, and devoid of any observances, sarifices and regard for scriptural injunctions, is the Kirtan or repetition of the Lord Sai's name.

34. I bow to Lord Sai, by pronouncing whose name one is absolved from all sins, and by bowing to whom, all sorrows cease.

35. In the Kali age, the fruit that one cannot get by austerities,(Tapas), by alms(Dana) or by sacrificial rites is well and easily attained by the repetition(Kirtan) of Lord Sai ( i.e., his name)

36. O King, even though the Kali Age is replete with evils, it has one great merit. One is freed from (Samsaric ) bondage and reaches the Supreme by mere Sai Kirtan i.e. repetition of Lord Sai's name.

37. O Mumukshu, thou that pantest after Salvation, there is no other age(Yuga) that can equal Kali age. For, by Sai Kirtan i.e., repeating Sai's name alone without more, one reaches The Supreme Great.

38. May Sai's name flourish for blessing you,--the name which is a mine of blessings, scatters away the eveils of of the Kali Age, purifies purifying agents, sustains the seeker of Salvation on his march to the Supreme Goal, like a lunch basket, gives rest to great bard's eloquence and is the root of Dharma

39. No sinner can commit sins beyond the redeeming power of Thy name.

40. The thief, the drunkard, the treacherous and false friend, the violater of the Guru's bed, the slayer of a Brahmin, a woman, a King, a parent or a cow and other sinners.

41. To all sinners, there is this expiation, viz., Repeating the name Sainatha, by means of which one's mind is turned towards Him.

42. This absolves one of sins.. Tapas i.e. austerities, Dana, i.e., alms, and Japa i.e., repetition of holy names or syllables do not remove the core of Sin viz. the Love of sin. That is cured only by service to the feet of one's Guru-God.

SADHUS--SANTS

43. Sadhus, renouncing (every thing), tranquil, soaked in the Divine, purify the world. The touch of their feet (or body) drives away sin. (For) God (Hari) that destroys sin lives in them.

44. Sai always remains where devotees with theri minds absorbed in Him sing with fervour even the mere name Sai.

45 The mere name Sai which is pure (Chit and Ananda) consciousness and Bliss is superior to everything and the entire earth is of little importance when compared to it.

46. The friend of the virtuous, Sai, to speak or hear of whom is purifying is seated in the hearts of those who listen to his history and drives away all evil therefrom.

47. It is not the waters(of the Ganges) that are sacred(Tirhtas). It is not the images of clay or stone that are gods. .They take a long time to purify one. Saints purify one merely by one's taking darsan of them (i.e. by one's seeing and touching them)

48. Magnanimous(Arhasattamas i.e., highest) saints like you (O Akura) should be daily worshipped by those anxious to secure their own welfare; Gods are selfish, but not saints.

49. Let us remember and repeat Sri Sai's name, at our bath, at our Japa, and in our meditation.We must always take his name.

50. Let me be engaged always in calling on Him thus "God Sai, Sainatha, Sai Baba, my Lord," as my days come and go.

51, Do not fatigue yourself with breath-control(Pranayama). Do not retire into the forest. Do not wear away your body by fasts. Do not torture your skin by remaining amidst five fires. Get on joyously with the Bhajan (i.e. song and worship) of Sai Rama. By that all desires will be fulfilled.

52. I consider that day as a bad day(Durdina) which passes away without talk or hearing about Sai. A cloudy day is not a Durdina(as it is termed in the dictionary).

53, The house in which there is the Padathirtha and picture of Lord Sai is a Bhavana or house., Else (i.e., if these drop off,) the syllable Bha drops off and it is a VANA or forest.

54. The house in which Sai's padukas, udhi,padatirtha, images and pictures are found will be house without harassing troubles. Else (i.e if these are absent) it will be harrassing and troublesome as a forest.

55. A house well-equipped and laden with abundant supply of all goods and wealth, if it has not Padatirtha of Sai (i.e. has no Sai worship) is but a well laden (fruit) tree that is ever infested by snakes.

56. The wicked and virtuous alike, without any difference must always serve and worship the Sadguru Sai for attaining all that they desire.

57. The Sun, the Moon and other planets go and return. But there is no return (to Samsara) for those who lose themselves in the contemplation of Sai's feet.

58. Even if one lacks ceremonial purity while taking Sai's name, all sins fly away (from one) just as other beasts fly when they hear the lion's roar (dropping, what they tried to seize with their mouths).

59. If one utters the auspicious name Sai, masses of even the most heinous sins of his are burnt up and destroyed.

60. Even the sins of the vicious that think of him, Sai will remove. The fire will burn (and do naughtelse) though touched unwittingly.

61. Just so long as the name of Sai, which is a lion's roar is not heard, sins reside in the body like young elephants (which will run away when they hear lion's roar).

62. The name Sai is a wish yielding gem (chintamani); it is one mass of Consiousness (Chaitanya) and Bliss (Rasa). Sai is always pure and wholly free. There is no difference (in God) between the name and that which is named (i.e.God).

63. So long as one does not make (Sai Kirtan) repetition of the name of Sai which destroys all the evils of the Kali Age, one remains with a body ( i.e. undergoes Samsara or rebirths). And there is fear in this (samsara).

64. If one utters the dissylable Sai even once, he has girded up his loins for his marching on to Heaven (Vaikuntam).

65. Any body that always and with devotion repeats the dissylable "Sai" attains Liberation (Mukthi). In this Kali Age, as people's hearts are tainted with evil (desires) they are not competent to take to any other means.

66. The good must always remember the name Sai Sai Sai. That Sai Nama Confers boons and is equal in worth to a Sahasranama (or thousand names).

67. The dissylable Mama i.e., mine is sinful.. By the eight syllables, (all) distress vanishes. The eight syllables "Sayeesah Saranam, Mama " form a mantra that achieves all objects.

Guru Mahima

68. The truths enshrined herein (i.e. in Swetasvatara Upanishad or Sainatha Manana) will shine bright and clear (i.e. be realised as matters of direct perception or intutuion) to one, who has supreme faith in his own personal God (Ishta Devata) and the same faith in his Guru (treating him as that God).

69. If one considers the Guru who is the present God that confers on one the Torch of Jnana as merely human, all his scripture study is as vain and useless as the bath given to an elephant.

70. Lord Venkatesa (of Tirupathi) is Lord Sai. There is no difference between the two. By constantly dwelling on their identity, one reaches their state.

71. I serve and worship the Guru who confers both temporal and spiritual blessings..(of enjoyments and liberation) who is of esteemed and charming form and affectionate towards devotees, who is steady and include within his body all the crores of creatures that exist, who protects Righteousness(Dharma) roots out the ways of unrighteousness, releases people from the bonds of karma and gives them Bliss.

72. Let dullards blame. Still the adept devotee goes on with his worship of the Guru-- (Just as) the bee goes on sucking honey from the lotus despite the croaking of frogs (by its side).

73. (The syllable) "Gu" denotes darkness. "Ru" denotes removal..
"Guru" is therefore the name of dispeller of (darkness or) ignorance.

Padodaka

74. The man who drinks the padodaka (water with which the feet of the Guru have been washed) and applies liberally to his head obtain the merit of bathing in all the holy waters (Thirtha).

75. The water of the Guru's feet clears away the mire of sin, kindles up the bright flame of God-Realisation (Jnana) and ferries one excellently across the ocean of Samsara.

76. Let one drink the water of Guru's feet which obliterates the root of Ignorance (ie. Ahankara) produces detachment (Vyragia) and serene peace( santi) and avoids the performance of action(karma) leading to Samsara.

77. One must drink the water of the Guru's feet, eat the remnants of the plate, meditate on his form always and always sing his praise.

78. This Guru is (for us the same as) residence at Kasi. The water of his feet is the Ganges. He is the immediate and present God Visweswara(i.e. the image worshipped at Kasi). He is the Taraka Mantra, i.e. his name ferries us across Samsara.

79. The head that touches the Guru's feet is as pure and sacred as Gaya with its sacred Banyan (Akshaya Vata). The Guru's form is undoubtedly as holy as Prayag reputed to be the chief of all holy thirthas.

80. A thousandth part of a drop of water that has touched the Guru's feet gives one the same benefit as a bath in all the sacred waters found (on earth) encompassed by the seven oceans.

81. Meditate always on the Guru's form; pronounce his nasme always. Strictly obey his injunction. Pay no regard to anything except the Guru.

82. On the lips of the Guru stands God(Brahman),who is realised by the Guru's grace. Think on the form of the Guru always like a woman doting on her paramour.

83. The first and foremost need or basis(Moolam) of Meditation is the Guru's body; that of Pooja or worship is his feet; that of Mantra is his utterance; and that of Liberation(Moksha) is his grace(Kripa).

84. One's body may be beautiful as also the wife; one's pile of wealth may be as high as the mountain Meru; one's eloquence may be exquisite. Yet what good can all this do, if one's heart is not devoted to the Guru?

85. All the four branches of Learning have been mastered. But if Sai has not been worshipped, then the learning is just like a red dot placed on the forehead of a widow(for adorning her and rendering her attractive.).

Mangalaarti

86. Hail to Thee O ! Sainatha !

Hail to Thee in all forms !

Hail to Thee the Devotee's slave !

Hail to Thee, Shirdi-dweller !

87. Hail to Thee Sriman Venkusa's fondling !

Hail to Thee of beauteous form !

Hail to Thee Sai with Thy blessed wand !

Hail to Thee with divine marks !

88 Hail to Thee Bhagavan Sai !

Hail to Thee of prowess great !

Hail to Thee of Lotus eyes !

Hari is the home of Blessedness.

Naivedya

89. I cannot offer Thee food that befits Thee. What, I could command, that I have offered, Lord ! Be graciously satisfied with it.

90. Sugar, cocoanut,betel with arecanut and fruits ! -- whatever I have offered, may that be (deemed) abundant and complete.

91. Palatable food of the four kinds with vegetables, other side dishes, fruit and ghee ---please taste thesse Anna (God) is within Anna (food).

92. To Brahman i.e., God, is the offering made. The offered oblation is Brahman; Brahman is the fire; In it, the oblation is placed by the worshipper Brahman. The goal to be reached is Brahman only. The Sadhana or means is Samadhi and work in relation to Brahman.

93. I am Food (Anna). I am Anna. I am Anna. I am the eater, I am the eater, I am the eater.

Atma Nivedanam

94. I have nothing worthy of offering to Thee, except my Self (Atma). I offer that Atma to Thee, thrice immediately. Take her by the hand.

95. She is naughty and does not heed me. (But) Thou art mighty. Subdue her, fasten her to Thy feet with cords od Love.

96. Though I have not the strength to give away my soul (Atma), with all my heart and by words from my lips I give her (to Thee). Pray complete and carry out that gift or promise to give. Give me the power to give (her).

97. I have fully surrendered myself (to Thee). I have (therefore) no karma or action nor the fruits thereof. No merit nor demerit (therefrom) is mine. How can I have any benefits to gain or losses to suffer (therefrom ! )

98. What, in the view of the world is my action in the past or in the future, is (really) not my action. It is yours; and the fruit of it goes to you---that pull my strings from behind.

99. I have hidden the things, as taught in the Sastras. I am (feeling and behaving) the same to friend and foe. I am perpetually (or constantly) surrendering myself earnestly at Sai Baba's feet in secrecy and solitude.

100. I know what is right (Dharma). Yet, it is not that which makes me act. I know what is wrong. Yet it is not that which makes me avoid action. My acts are directed by Lord Sai seated in my heart.

Arati

101. Jaya Jaya Sai, Arati (waving of lamps) to Thee, On Thou Murari, Raghunath, Lord of my life.

Dhynana

102. O Sai Natha, Sadguru, I bow unto you who is the Supreme bliss, the giver of that highest Bliss, pure consciousness beyond relativity (== the Pair of opposites), like unto the sky, pointed out by the Mahavakya, Tatwamasi etc., the One, the ever abiding Immaculate, Unshaken and the witness in the hearts of all creatures.

103. Let the Guru be meditated on as seated in the centre of the corona of the lotus-shaped heart, seated in Siddhasana pose, with a divine body, bright as moon, bestowing on us, all the desires of the heart and also Sat Chit Ananda.

104. I constantly meditate on Guru Sai as dressed in white with a small wand in his hand, and a body shining softly like the gem chandrakanta, and with a host of sages worshipping his feet.

105. When creatures sleep, this Sai intently keep awake and guards (them). This, the doing of Sainatha who can achieve barring God!

106. All the earth is controlled by fate and fate is controlled by Mantra. Sai is the Lord of that Mantra. Lord Sai is my God.

107. O Brahmins! Innumerable are the incarnations of Hari, the storehouse of Satwaguna.

108. All the parts (amass) of God (Hari)--viz.,Rishis, Munis,Gods, the mighty sons of Manu and Prajapatis,-

109. These are fractional manifestations of the Supreme Purusha (God). But Krishna is the manifestation of the entire God. These manifestations protect the world distressed by the Asuras.

110. (Krishna says) whatever has magnificent strength, glory and prowess, know That issue out of my splendour.

111. Whoever calls upon this (Sai) in times of distress or fear or amidst forest Will surely be supported (and not get dejected).

112. Sai Deva is the Grand Brahman, the goal of all quests, Kaivalya, the felt Bliss of Nirvana, our dear one and friend, our self, worthy of reverence, Law-giver and Guru.

113. This alone is the good that persons with intellect improved by their skill in yoga should acquire with all their heart and soul, viz., the clear perception that the invidividual self is the Supreme self.

114. In this world, the highest good of the soul is deemed to be concentrated (exclusive, one pointed) Devotion to Lord Sai whereby one sees Him everywhere.

115. Sai--Hari pervades everything, i.e. is inside and outside of all objects seen or heard in the world.

116. Revered sirs, you are blessed souls,--for you with all your heart and soul identify yourself with (i.e. merge in ) God Sai, the Lord of all the universe.

And consequently you escape rebirth (Samsara) which is so terrible.

117. (Sai) Krishna's face is sweet, also his speech. His smile is sweet and his lilas too. His eyes are sweet, also the bare remembrance of him. Everything about the Lord Mathura is sweet.

Thoughts

118. I follow in the footsteps of that sage(Sai) who has no desires, is tranquil at heart, bears no enmity and views everything with an even mind-and I am purified by the dust of his feet.

119. Your fame sweeps off the world's griefs; the nectar of your life history brims with joy, your face lit up by nectarlike smiles resembles the moon. Your soft palm confers blessings of the world.

120. Your name which is full of merit purifies us, removes the evils of the Kali age and also the fear of rebirth in Samsara. Those who repeat yor name often in their great distress, will not reborn.

121. That Gopla Krishna who said (in the Gita) "If any surrender to and seek refuge in me in any particular form or manner, I meet them in the same form or manner" and "He who with sincere devotion worships any other God, is worshipping me only"-- is now protecting(us) in the form of SAI BABA.

122. In whatever form, worship is offered to God, who dwells in all forms,God takes that particular form as desired by the worshipper--just like the gem chintamani and comes to him in that form.

123 There is no god that is as good as Sai. Nor is there any goal that can rival Sai. He is Maha Vishnu manifest before our very eyes--(for) from his feet flowed the waters of the Ganges.

124. Ha! Shirdi is indeed, of all places on earth, most fortunate ! Munis that purify the earth by their presence come here by reason of the fact that Sai who is the manifest Para Brahman the Supreme God, lives here hidden in human form.

125. Oh, the good luck, oh, the good fortune of those who lived near Shirdi whose friend (Sai) is the Eternal, the Perfect Brahman,--Supreme Ananda.

126. To him(Sai) who has no wife, there are thousands of (persons who call themselves his) children. He who has no roof to shelter his head is a Maharajah indeed.

127. Though he is at Shirdi, he is not there(alone). Though he is clothed with a body, he is bodiless (i.e.realising that he is not the body). Though he receives,yet he does not receive (as he has no feeling of an individual self acting). Without himself (in his Sai body) eating food, he is filled with food(by others eating food and by his identifying himself with them).

128. Sweeet, O Sai, is thy name, Sweet is thy form. He that experiences the sweetness of they name and form will transcend all form and reach the supreme.

129. Honey is sweet, Curds are sweet:

And so are grapes, and sugar too.

But sweeter than the sweetest things,

Is the song My Sai sings.

130. To those who have tasted the sweetness of Sai's love, dinners do not appeal. Those who embraces the feet of Sai Rama, talk of him and repeat his name joyously and say "With you, that is Heaven.Without you, that is Hell"

131. What one earns by residing at Kasi for sixty thousand years one gains in half a minute surely by the love of Sree Sai

132. This Sayesa is the Kalpa Vriksha (the wish yielding tree) is the Kamadhenu, and the Chintamani. Always take the name of Sai.

133. The Ganges removes sin(Papa), the moon, fatigue, the Kalpataru, poverty. The Guru Sai's grace removes alike sin, fatigue and poverty.

134. To attain wealth, seek tha aid of Kubera. To attain Moksha, seek Maheswara's aid and to attain health the aid of the Sun. Seek everything from the feet of Sai and those at his feet.

135. The wish jewel Chintamani grants worldly happiness. Indra grants the joys of his heavenly world. The Guru, if propitious,grants Vaikunta itself, which cannot be reached even by yogis.

136. The merit of giving a crore of cows or visiting Kasi during eclipses or of residing for myriads of years at Prayaga on the banks of the Ganges and performing yajnas there, or of giving mountains of gold can never equal the merit of Sai Nama Japa.

137. What need is there of alms giving and baths at holy places, of tapas(austerities) and yagas(sacrifices),to one who always dwells in his heart on Sai, that dwells in all hearts.?

Adhikari (Qalification)

138. Faith in Sai springs in the hearts of people whose sins have been washed away by Tapa(austerity),Dhyana(Meditation) and Samadhi(Absorption) performed in thousands of their former births.

Mantra

143. Hail Hail ! O "Sai Sai" Mantra that crowns life with fruit, destroyes miseries of repeated births and deaths, mantra of all the Vedas, approved by all Sastras, and adopted by all good souls.

144. Oh! tongue! Be always doing Japa of Sai mantra, which singly vanquishes all foes, and is always extolled in the Upanishads, which ferries us across Samsara and sweeps away masses of sin and tamas, which itself bestows wealth and lordship and rescues one from all sorrows and makes life successful.

Sai Oushadha and Sudha

(Supreme medicine and nectar)

145. Oh! Mind ! drink this celestial cup, Sri Sai, which keeps down great Moha or delusion, which quickens the minds of Munis, the medicine ready at hand with devotees like N.G.Chandorkar and which gives new life to all the three worlds, does great good to devotees, banishes all fear of rebirth, and bestows highest blessings.

146. This body will get old, weak and shattered in all its hundred joints and will surely perish. You ill-advised fools, why trouble youself about medicines. Drink the nectar of Sai , that frees one from ills.

147. Strange indeed is it in this mortal world, that people should forsake nectar and imbibe poison! The rogues are giving up the use of terms like Saiyeesa and of Narayana and are uttering other words!

148. Oh! Tongue ! you are a connoisieur in matters of taste and are always fond of sweet things.Be always drinking the nectar named Sainatha.

149. (Sri Krishna, Govinda,Hare,Murare,Oh Natha Narayana,Sai Deva,Govinda, Damodara,Madhava)----This indeed oh! Tongue, is nectar. O ! drink it.

150. (Sri Natha, Narayana, Vasudeva, Sri Krishna, Bhaktapriya, Sai Natha,Govinda, Damodara, Madhava). This indeed is nectar. Oh ! tongue, drink of it.

151. (Sri Padmanabha, Achyuta,Chakrapani,Sri Rama,Padmaksha,Hare Murare Govinda, Damodara, Madhava). This indeed is nectar. Oh! Tongue, drink it.

152. Alas, Behold peoples' earnestness in their affairs. Though able to utter the name Ananta, Sai Esa, Mukunda, Krishna, Govinda, Damodara, Madhava, -- none utters it.

153. To, Siva, who is in Vishnu's form and to Vishnu who is in Siva's form, (my Salutations). Vishnu is the heart and essence of Siva. And Siva is the heart and essence of Vishnu.

154. Any one who makes the slightest difference between those two will surely fall into Rourava Hell.

155. Have intense faith in and love to some single form of God and worship him with great regards as the sole lord of the universe.

156. In real and ultimate truth, there is no difference between Murari and Purari. i.e.. between Vishnu and Siva. May that Saiyeesa,who spoke thus illumine and spur on our intellects.!

157. (Bhartruhari says) Between Maheswara(Siva) the Lord of all the worlds, and Janardana (Vishnu) who is in the heart of all the worlds, I entertain no idea of difference. Yet, my devotion is fixed on that Siva form,with the crescent moon adorning his head.

158. Sai, the giver of Moksha, will kill out egotism etc., which pester his devotees within and without.

159. When once the heart is filled with Sai and when one thus becomes a holy person, anger,jealousy,greed,and other evil thoughts and tendencies do not afflict him.

160. Longevity, pragna(wisdom) fame and strength, grow and develop in one who is always prostrating to and serving Saiyeesa.

161. If one daily hears with faith and reads the deeds of Sree Sai, Bhagavan Sai enters into his heart at no distant date.

162. Having entered through the ears, the lotus heart of his devotee, Sai clears therefrom all dirt and mire, as Autumn does in the case of water.

163. The man whose heart is thus purified will never forsake the feet of Sai just as the man who after a very toilsome journey arrives at home will never forsake his home.

164. Indeed those are blessed, even if they be penniless, whose hearts are filled solely by strong faith in Sai. Even God Hari will give up his own world and enter into their hearts, being pulled thereto, bny strong cords of Love.

165. He Bhagavan Sai Easwara, when in the heart of a person always removes all his ajnana by the force of his Bhakti alone just as the Sun drives away all darkness.

166. Bhakti(Devotion) directed to Bhagavan Sainatha begets Vairagya(i.e.detachment from things of the world) and Jnana i.e. Realisation which is the same as Brahma Darsana or Seeing God.

167. "I will go to Sai Baba's feet, and stay there only",--he who always thinks thus will reach union with God Sai.

168. Oh ! Sai ! I f youy are remembered you remove the sins of all people. If remembered by the good, and those with good health, you give them good and holy thoughts. Who but you destroys all poverty, misery,sorrow and fear? Who is so sensitive mercirful and ever ready to render all help to all ?

169. Wherever Sri Sai is remembered, in thought, speech or action, there is the holy Kurukshethra; that itself is Prayaga tirtha and the Holy Naimisha Aranya.

170. Wherever God Sai's leelas or life-history may be recited, there dwell Ganga, Yamuna,Triveni,Godavari,Sindu,Saraswathi, and all the Holy waters.

171. if for an hour or even for a moment, Sri Sainatha is not kept in mind, that is the loss, the great evil and distress and that is blindness, dullness, and idiocy.

172. Constant remembrance of Sri Sai Baba's feet removes all evils and promotes welfare, purity of heart, devotion to God,attainment of Jnana and Vijnana (knowledge temporal and supreme ) and Vairagya.

173. He who is constantly remembering God Sai is freed from all sins. At the close of his life,Sai takes him in a Vimana to Sayujya.i.e. union with the Divine.

174. Wherever a man may be, if he constantly takes the name of Sai, he is freed from all sins, and reaches Heaven (Vaikunta)

175. Sainatha, the friend of the pious spoke thus to Sri R.B.Purandhare:

Sai Baba's Promise(Proclamation)

"I shall take my devotee(at the close of his life) to Heaven(Vaikunta) in a celestial car (Vimana).

Sai Baba's Pledges

176. (Sai Said):-- I am not the body. I do not die. I am all. See me always. Wherever a devotee remembers me, there I stand to protect him.

177. Thence,when he, my devotee is dead and lies stretched like a piece of wood or stone, I remember him and take him on to the hitghest Goal.

178. I will never forsake one who approaches me, treating me as his father, and himself as my child. From all difficulties and perils I will extricate him. This is my vow.

179. Sai says: -- There shall be no lack of food or clothing in the abode of my devotee. I am ever vigilant, to protect him and his family.

180. Give up all your observances and make me your sole refuge. I will save you from all sins. Do not grieve.

181. He who at the close of his life, thinks of me alone and gives up his body, attains the supreme Goal.

182. Therefore at all times, remember me,whatever you may be doing. With your mind and intellect surrendered to me, you will undoubtedly reach me.

183. Let your mind rest in me. Let your devotion be to me. Let all your sacrificialacts be for me. Bow unto me. Treat me as your highest Goal. Directing yourself thus, you will reach me and me alone.

184. I shall protect you, your companions and dependants, in every direction. By your faith, you will see me ever invisibly present near you.

185. Those who give up this world and the world beyond, their very self and their.

186} dependents, their wealth, cattle,houses and everything else, and devote themselves to me as appearing everywhere, as thier sole God,-- them I will save from death.

187. My sons ! all moving creatures and immovable things on earth, must be viewed by you (not in the world's way but) as myself and with the same regard that you would show to me, at every step. This is the way to worship

and respect me.

188. I am the Lord Hari residing within the hearts and bodies of all creatures, their self(Atma). See all things in me. This is the way to please me..

189. Viewing the Lord Sai Bhagavan as residing in all creatures, honour them and give them good things.

190. The body is said to be a temple. The Jiva is the eternal God's image there. Throw aside Ajnana, as the nirmalya (i.e., the remnants of former Puja material covering up the image). Worship must be in the form Soham (ie. I and He).

191. There is one God, concealed in all creatures and pervading everything, the innermost self of all creatures presiding over all karmas, residing in all creatures, the witness, pure consciousness and without any attributes.

192. Food must be distributed suitably amongst all creatures. Regard them as your own self and as your own God. Especially towards men, this must be your view.

193. See God, Adhokshaja in the fire, in the Guru, in your self, and in all creatures. Though He is not physically entering the creatures issuing out of Him, view him as interpenetrating them.

194. That man is a Bhagavatottama. i.e., most excellent amongst devotees, who sees himself and God in all creatures, and all creatures in God and himself.

195. Therefore, respect me, and honour me as having my abode in all creatures, by your gifts and show of respect, by your love and friendship and by the same treatment you mete out to me and them.

196. (Siva says to Parvati) Oh ! Fair one with a handsome waist, it is ordained that Sadhus or good people should receive each other by advancing forward, by bowing and by prostration--these being directed by the wise, in their hearts towards the supreme Soul, who is in the hearts of all and not to a man who regards the body as himself.

197. Bow to all creatures, revering them as Lord Sai has entered them in the form of Jivas.

198. I am you; you are not different from me ; you are myself. Behold this!.The wise do not even for a moment consider us different entities even to the slightest extent.

199. A person gazing on his own form, in a mirror or in another''s eyes sees himself though one, in two seperate forms (i.e., as the object and its reflection). Such is the difference between us (198-199 are by Brahman to Jiva).

200. (Siva says) In the pure satva named Vasudeva, the purusha is revealed; I see Vasudeva Adhokshaja in pure Satwa.

201. Jai, Jai, Jagannadha ! Jai,Thou destroyer of Sin ! Jai, Thou protector of the good. Jai, Thou granter of all reward !

202. I have never seen nor heard of any one who protects just like Sainatha. He has no material body, composed of flesh, bone, etc.,

203. To one who takes refuge with Sai who loves his surrendered devotees, Kaivalya (liberation ) is ready at hand--what doubt about all other blessings?

204.