Satsang SAI's LAST TESTAMENT

(Source Sai Sudha February 1944)

SAI's LAST TESTAMENT

1 FOLLOW the path of DEVOTION, I can not, mind mortaged, Name
Ill-Reputed.,
No will to worship, no patience to practice Rituals; knowing NOT,
That 'THOU" Art beyond the "CAUSE-EFFECT-RESULT"- PHENOMENON, Unable to
Respond to "THY" RESPLENDENT-FORM, Ignorant that Devotion and LOVE have no
Limitations,
How could I follow the path of Devotion and Dedication?
O! The DEITY of DEVOTION, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR,
OI The SAI of SHIRIDI.,

2. Follow the path of "KARMA"-"THE-DUTY-BOUND-ACTION", I can not,
For everything "THOU" ordain, "THOU" 'my' ONLY MASTER,
AH 'my' THOUGHTS, WORDS and ACTIONS, THOU' Alone control,
"Frank" in Expression, "Straight" in behaviour, No Flatterer I am,
Target of censure, often I become., unperseverant in "pursuits".,
Mind Unsteadfast, Vagrant, Vagabondish; Hesitant in Action, unsure of
Results., Weak in Body, Meek in Mind, Timid in Approach; searching for
TRUE-IDENTITY., How could I follow the path of "KARMA" - The
"DUTY-BOUND-ACTION" ?
O! The APOSTLE OF DUTY, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR,
OI The SAI of SHIRIDI.,

3. Follow the path of "ENLIGHTENMENT", I can Not.,
'SANS' Saintly-company, 'SANS' Guru's Benediction;
Unable to Experience the AII-PERVADING, Unable to practice CONTEMPLATION and
meditation.,
Slave to IGNORANCE, "without" a good Thought, a good ward, a good Deed.,
With "LEARNING" Eclipsed", "REASONING" clipped, "Hopes" lost.,
Totally PERPLEXED, CONFUSED, DISPAIRED, DEMORALISED.,
How could "I" follow the 'path' of ENLIGHTENMENT?
O! THE PRODIGAL PROPHET, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR,
OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI.,

4. "ALL" of the 'THREE' paths, though Equally difficult and Arduous,
'THOU' hath mastered them and Mingled them so SKILLFULLY,
That "they" seemed NATURAL to "THEE".,
That "they" manifested often in "THY" Daily-Life and Teachings and Sayings.,
Captivating the HEARTS and the MINDS of the LAITY as well as the LEARNED.,
"THY" shrines Dotting Every Locality, Every SUBURB;
Transcending countries and continents, TIME and AGE.,
How can I Describe "THY" Teachings? Eulogise "THY" philosophy ?
Determine "THY" Role in HISTORY, in the SAGA of HUMAN CIVILIZATION?
O! OUR SUPREME MASTER, O! OUR SUPREME SAVIOUR,
O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI

5."EPICS", Philosophical Dissertations Religious Treatises, Many read I did;
Discourses heard Discussions made, all in Vain.,
"HE" who is Supposed to Exist; Never seen, Never heard.,
Doubts Nagging the Deluded-Mind, "intellect" Rebelling to Accept the
"UNKNOWN" the UNSEEN.,
What CHOICE, what ALTERNATIVE, then Exists ? Except to TRUST
With "ABIDING-FAITH", the "CREATOR" and HIS COSMIC-CREATION.,
O! OUR SAGACIOUS SAVIOUR, O! OUR DIVINE OBLIGOR,
OI THE SAI of SHIRDI.,
O! THE DIVINE SAI of SHIRIDI.

(TO BE CONTD...)

(Original in Telugu by Caringula Sathyanarayana Madhu - Translated by
Caringula Sathyanarayana Panduranga Rao. This book can be read at
www.saileelas.org/books/revelation.htm)

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