He spread a sack on the floor and thereon set a hand-mill.
After washing His mouth and face, Sai Baba began to make preparations for grinding wheat. I was wonder-struck to see the following phenomenon. that I went, one fine morning, to the Masjid in Shirdi for getting a darshan of Sai Baba. Then, to the readers and prays them to give their whole and undivided attention to his work.Īnd lastly, to his Guru Shri Sainath – an Incarnation of Shri Dattatreya, Who is his sole Refuge and Who will make him realize that Brahman is the Reality and the world an illusion and incidentally, to all the Beings in whom the Lord God dwells.Īfter describing in brief the various modes of devotion according to Parashara, Vyasa and Shandilya etc., the author goes on to relate the following story: Then, to his grandfather Sadashiv, father Raghunath, his mother, who left him in his infancy, to his paternal aunt, who brought him up, and to his loving elder brother. Shounak, Vishwamitra, Vasistha, Valmiki, Vamadeva, Jaimini, Vaishampayan, Nava Yogindra etc, and also modern Saints such as Nivritti, Jnanadev, Sopan, Muktabai, Janardan, Ekanath, Namdev, Tukaram, Kanha, and Narahari etc.
Then, to the Bharadwaja Muni, into whose gotra (clan) he was born and also to various Rishis, Yagyavalakya, Bhrigu, Parashara, Narad, Vedavyasa, Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatkumar, Shuka. Then, to his tutelary Deity Narayan Adinath who manifested himself in Konkan – the land reclaimed by Parashurama, (Rama in the Hindi version) from the sea and to the Adi (Original) Purusha of the family. Then, to the Gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar – the Creating, Preserving and Destroying Deities respectively and says that Sainath is one with them and He as the great Teacher, will carry us across the River of Worldly Existence. Then, to the Goddess Saraswati to inspire him to write out the work and says that Shri Sai is one with this Goddess and that He is Himself singing His own life. Salutations - The Story of Grinding Wheat and Its Philosophical Significance.Īccording to the ancient and revered custom, Hemadpant begins the work, Sai Satcharitra, with various salutations.įirst, he makes obeisance to the God Ganesha to remove all obstacles and make the work a success and says that Shri Sai is the God Ganesha. (The book is titled in english Shri Sai Satcharitra where as the original work is Shri Sai Satcharita.) Sai Baba Shirdi SatCharitra L1
Note: This work is an electronic version of Shri Sai Satcharitra by Shri N.V.Gunaji which was adapted from the Original Marathi Book by Shri Hemadpant.