Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

Followed by NARADA and TUMBER8
DHRUVA, PRAHLD, powerful king BALI,
SHABARI,9ANGAD, 10 VAYUKUMAR11,
VIDUR 12, GOPE - GOPIKA13 ….46

Thus, many came the present time
In each of the centuries in the past,
The floods came repeatedly,
which I am unable to recount. ….47

In this present century,
The sacred Godavari
Has for certain flooded this land
In your form, Oh , Sainath! ….48

Therefore at your divine feet
I make obeisance;
Maharaj, of my faults
Take no notice, I plead. ….49

8. A devotee of God with the face of a horse.
9. A Bhil woman , a devotee of Shri. Rama.
10. Son of Vali 11. Hanuman 12. Pandavas' Uncle.
13. The dairy lads and maids,
companions of Shrikrishna.

I am a poor, wretched, ignorant man,
The greatest of sinners;
Ridden with vices,
But do not cast me off! ….50

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)
by DAS GANU

The water latent in the clouds
Does not alter that part of the
earth on which it falls;
Yet, that very part of the earth
Is called Godavari (or pure) by the scholars
of the scared books. ….36

Where the water has fallen elsewhere,
It has acquired the qualities of
the soil of those places;
Contaminated, bitter salty it becomes-
Though, originally sweet ….37

Same is the case with you, oh, GURURAYA,
In whom there is no impurity of the six - vices5
To that holy form
This title, "Saint " is befitting. ….38

5. These are lust, anger, greed,
desire, ego, envy.

Therefore, saints are Godavari
so full of grace:
Amongst all the beings
Your place is the highest! ….39

From the beginning of creation
Godavari has been in existence;
It has been full of water
And it has never lacked it -
till today. ….40

Satsang Sri Sai Amrit Vani

Sri Sai Amrit Vani
19th Oct 2006

Jai Sai Ram
On 18th Oct we received a photo of
Baba by courier from some unknown source, while
we were having the lunch . I immediately put it on
the glass wall, as lamination will take some time
and Mrs. Gupta did not wanted to role Baba back.
I sent the copy of the photo to the members. Today
there was lot of Udi oozed from this photo also.
Small piece of Bhog also appeared on the lips. I
am appending today’s Roop ( along with the old
one). Which may be compared. ( Photos have
been reduced for the internet). Such type of incident,
i.e. photo received by the devotee has also been
mentioned in the Sri Sai Satcharitra.
Jai Sai Ram.
As the Public participation was there
after a gap of 2 weeks in the recitation of Sri Sai
Amrit Vani, there were less number of devotees.
Following devotees, participated in absencia in the
recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani by reciting Sri Sai
Amrit Vani at their places. The list is sorted as per
their email ids. However Mrs. Gupta prayed for all the
devotees. We include only those devotees in the list,
who themselves recite or read Sri Sai Amrit Vani at
their places. The names of the devotees “for prayer”,
are prayed for, but not included in the list. Kindly
mention clearly, against each devotee’s name that
he/she will recite or read or listen to Sri Sai Amrit
Vani, or only for prayers, Please also give the name
of the place. We consider all those emails received
upto 9 PM ( Indian Standard Time) Wednesday.

This Thursday, the 19th Oct 2006, we were
able to see the following Leelas of Baba.

1. Udi started appearing and oozing from the photos
on the walls and in the mandir from Sunday/Monday
due to the onset of the Diwali festival. First Udi
started oozing in the mandir room from one photo --
OM, Swastic and Hindi word ‘Subh Laabh’ appeared.
Then on the main photo of Baba in the mandir, Hindi
word ‘Lakshi” appeared along with the the regular
hindi words ‘RAM’ and ‘SHAM’ appeared with Udi.
2. There was lot of Water from the Charans this week
also. This water was collected in the Thali. The
taste of water was similar to gulab jal and kewara.
After Sai Amrit Vani, this water was given to the
needy devotees and again the Thali was filled with
water. This water was taken out of Thali 3-4 time
throughout the day and was given to devotees till
evening.
3. Lap of Mrs. Gupta was filled with Udi during the
prayers. She felt as if somebody is sitting in her
lap.
4. On Thursday as soon as Bhog was offered, it was
duly accepted by Baba and after the Sri Sai Amrit
Vani we noticed that the box, which was placed
before HIM, the pieces of bhog were slightly eaten
but the figures were formed on each of them.
5. Bhog was on the lips of Baba in many photos and
Statue. It was also there on the new photo, received
yesterday from some unknown source.
6. All the boxes of Bhog which were kept on the table
were blessed with lots of Udi and there was not need
to distribute the Udi to devotees receiving such boxes
but still devotees asked for more Udi.
7. The presence of Baba during the Sai Amrit Vani
was very strong and many devotees felt it during the
recitation of Sai Amrit Vani in different ways.
8. The Charnamrit, the water in which Baba took the
bath in the morning was also sweet as if some honey
has been mixed into it.
9. One Statue of Baba, which were brought by a
devotees, placed in the mandir by Mrs. Gupta was
blessed during the Sai Amrit Vani.

Jai Sai Ram

Sri Sai Amrit Vani was started
exactly at 11:04 AM and Noon Aartee exactly at 12:00
Hrs. followed by brief Meditation and the prayer,
Prayan of one Chapter from Sai Satcharitra. This time
Chapter 10 was read. Prayers and thanks were offered
by Mrs. Gupta to Baba. Finally distribution of Prasad,
Udi and the water from the Charans.

Next Sri Sai Amrit Vani on 26th Oct, again
will be held in Sidhartha Extension, New Delhi.
Devotees interested in attending it in person may
contact on phone nos. 26346942, 9810714688 or
9312494767 only after 11 AM (IST) on any day except
Thursdays and no calls on Thursdays PLEASE. They
should NOT bring any bhog with them and be in time.
Kids are also not allowed in the hall. No disturbance
is tolerated during the Sri Sai Amrit Vani .

Following listed devotees participated in
the recitation of Sri Sai Amrit Vani ( in absentia)
and have either recited or read or listened Sri Sai
Amrit Vani at their places. Other devotees were also
prayed for but their names have not been listed.

Sri Sai Amrit Vani is now available in Tamil
script also besides in Devnagri, English and Telgu, in
the file section of the yahoogroup. Links of Audio MP3
files are given in the link section of the home page
of ‘ mysaibaba20’ yahoogroup. To go to home page of
yahoogroup key in or click
http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mysaibaba2 0 . Audio Mp3
file has also been made available in the publication
section of http://saimemorial. com , the site of Sai
Memorial Temple of Baba of Lodhi Road, New Delhi.

This activity of Sri Sai Amrit Vani will be
in addition to any other pooja or sewa or prayer that
you are doing.

Jai Sai Ram.

Ashok Gupta
mysaibaba20@ yahoogroups. com
akg_vg@bol.net. in
veena_gupta_ 2000@yahoo. com

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)
by DAS GANU

Until now, such hollows (beings)
Have existed in large numbers, on this earth.
Many more exist even now,
And, in the future, as the goes by,
many more will come ...26

Each such hollow (being)
Is given a separate and different name and appearance;
That is how in this world,
They are identified. ...27

Therefore, to distinguish that spirit
In terms of "you and me" is not proper;
Because. as there is no duality
That itself is most surely,
the Spirit ….28

And, since the Spirit
Truly encompasses the whole world,
Then, the "you and me" the duality concept,
How can it possibly be entertained? ....29

Water latent in the clouds
Is all the same;
But when it descends upon the earth,
It assumes different forms4 ….30

4.Examples brooks river springs, lakes etc.

Satsang FW: SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)
by DAS GANU

Until now, such hollows (beings)
Have existed in large numbers, on this earth.
Many more exist even now,
And, in the future, as the goes by, many more will come ...26

Each such hollow (being)
Is given a separate and different name and appearance;
That is how in this world, They are identified. ...27

Therefore, to distinguish that spirit
In terms of "you and me" is not proper;
Because. as there is no duality
That itself is most surely, the Spirit ….28

And, since the Spirit
Truly encompasses the whole world,
Then, the "you and me" the duality concept,
How can it possibly be entertained?
....29

Water latent in the clouds
Is all the same;
But when it descends upon the earth,
It assumes different
….30

4.Examples brooks river springs, lakes etc.

Satsang Quiz on Sai Satchartra Chapter II

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra
before attempting to solve the quiz)
Quiz on Sai Satchartra Chapter II

CHAPTER-II
1) "Lord Loves those who write the lives of Saints and
Saints also have a pecculiar method of their own in
getting the service...." who said this
(a) Kabir (b) Guru Nanak (c) Ramdas (d) Jananeshwar

2) In which books written during the year 1700 shaka,
the sweet life and teachings of Sai Baba were depicted.
(a) Bhakta Vijaya and Santa Vijaya (b) Santa Vijaya and
Sant Leela Amrit (c) Bhakta Vijaya and Sant Leela Amrit
(d) Bhakta Leelaamrit and Santa Katha Amrit

3) Shri Sainath Bhajan Mala was written by _____
(a) Das Ganu (b) Savithri Bai Raghunath Tendulkar
(c) Amidas Bhavani Mehta
(d) Dakshina Bhiksha Sansthana

4) Who pleaded Hemadpanth's case before Sai Baba for
writing the Sai Satcharitra?
(a) Madhava Rao Despande (b) Kaka Saheb Dixit
(c) Nana Saheb Chandorkar (d) Das Ganu

5) On the first day of arrival of Hemadpanth in Shirdi, he
had a hectic discussion going on with.... Regarding the
necessity of Guru." The discussion was with
(a) Nana Saheb Chandorkar (b) Shama (c) Balasaheb Bhate
(d) Kaka Sahib Dixit

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)
by DAS GANU

You are the CHINTAMANI of the poor and the down-trodden!
You are the divine purifer (Ganges river ) for your devotees!
You are a raft for those drowning in worldliness!
You are the refuge of the
….16

You are the very cause of this creation!
That which is pure CHIATANYA !
You are that Oh, very treasure of compassion,
The universe is only one of your LEELAS. ….17

You are not born!
Death also does not affect you!
This is the final conclusion
Which one arrives at, after a thoughtful search. ….18

Birth and death,
These concepts are born of ignorance!
From both you are free
Oh, Lord of
….19

If water appears as a spring,
Does it imply that its source is there?
It existed already, full and flush,
Merely sprang up from within the earth.

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)
by DAS GANU

Water that springs up in a hallow
Is, therefore, so described or named;
A "spring becomes its proper name
Without the water, it is only a
….21

To spring up and to dry up and disappear,
This is not the nature of water:
Because the water of the spring
Has no importance for the hallow it fills.
...22

It is only the hallow that is mistakenly proud
Of itself, rather than the water that filled it.
Therefore, when the water dries up
The hollow becomes impoverished.
....23

The human body is really like the hallow water bed;
The spirit (pure energy) is like the pure clean water
of the spring;
Although there are innumerable such hallows
The essence is the same in everyone. ....24

Therefore, you, who are without a beginning,
I say to you, merciful one,
To destroy the mountain of ignorance
Please become the thunderbolt of Indra ....25

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI
(A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE SHRI SAINATH)

by DAS GANU

With obeisance at your feet,
I am writing this paean of praise;
Help me always to complete this mission,
Oh, you NILAKNTHA - the blue - throated one! ….11

Now, let me bow to the son of Arti (DATTATREYA),
To the family deity of Indira (VISHNU)
To Tukaram and all other saints;
So, also, to all the
…..12

Hail, hail to you, Sainath,
Redeemer of sinners and mereciful one !
I lay my head down at your feet;
Now give me your
….13

You are the whole world, the abode of bliss:
You, yourself , are Vishnu, the paragaon among men;
One whose wife is Uma !
You are also that enemy of
….14
3. i.e. You are also Shankar

You are God in human form !
You are the sun in the sky of knowledge!
You are the ocean of kindness!
You are the anti - dote for worldly maladies! ….15

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

You, who control the world like a puppeteer
with his strings, You are omnipresent.
All the sciences and scared books are still delving
To plumb the essence of your nature. ….6

Those who are pedagogues,
To them, you are not revealed, Oh CHAKRAPANI ;
All those foolish people
Only indulge in the jugglery of
….7

Only the saints understand you
Others remain baffled.
To you, My obeisance.
Respectful and with my whole body
prostrate in veneration before
….8

Oh, you five - headed SHANKRA,
Oh, you wearer of garland of skulls,
Oh, you blue - throated DIGAMBARA,
Oh, you BRAHAMRUPA PASHUPATI ! ….9

One who recites your name all the time,
His worldly adversities are immediately dissolved
Such is, oh DHURJATI,
The power of your
….10

Satsang SHRI SAINATH-STAVAN MANJARI

DAS GANU
Translated from the marathi by Smt.Zarine Taraporevala
and Edited by Dr. Smt.Indira Kher,
Ex.Executive Editor, Shri Sai Leela (English Edn)

A HUMBLE TRIBUTE OF PRAISE TO SHRI SAINATH
I bow down to Shri GANESH.
Oh,MAYURESHWARA ,You are the one on whom
we depend,
Oh,son of GAURI, the all-knowing.
Oh,You inconceivable one.
You with an immeasurable belly.
Protect me, oh, Shri GANAPATI ….1

You are the first and foremost of all the Ganas'
and of all the deities;
Therefore, you are called "GANESH"2
You are acknowledged by all the "SHASTRAS"
[sacred books]
You of sacred countenance, oh, BHALACHANDRA! .2

1. A term for certain troops of inteniror deities considered
as Shiva's attandants,
and under the especial superintendence of GANESH.
2. A name formed by the combination of JU and Be
i.e. Lord.
Oh, SHARADA,Goddess of Speech !
You are the mistress of the realm of words;
Because of your existence,
All wordily transactions are carried on. ….3

You are the deity revered by all author;
You are eternally the pride of this nation;
Your infinite power prevails everywhere.
I bow to you,
….4

You are the Supreme Spirit and beloved of the saints !
incarnation in human form of PANDHARIRAYA
You are the ocean of kindness and infinite compassion;
Oh Pandurang Narahari !

Satsang Mahasamadhi Message

(Message delivered by Pujya Narasimha Swami ji and printed
in Sai Sudha Magazine)

Are these births and deaths, if we may term them so, matters
for exultation and weeping? If they are not, then there is no
greater reason for one's taking seriously to heart the appearance
of Baba on earth and disappearance there from. Baba himself
gave his Bhaktas the strong faith that his actual death was
really no death.

Mrs. M. W. Pradhan at the time of Baba's passing away had a
dream in which she saw Baba passing away, and she said
"Hello, Baba is dead." Baba at once corrected her in the dream
and said that saints are not dying. The term to use in their case
is that they attain Samadhi. Saints never die. Several devotees
were frightened at the idea of Baba leaving them to themselves
by leaving his body. Baba told one of them, a Bombay lady,
"Mother I do not die. Wherever you are, if you think of me, l am
there at any time you please (whether I am in the body or out
of it), and Damodar Rasane was given the same assurance.

The latter informed B. V. N Swami that after Mahasamadhi of
1918, Sri Rasane saw physical, living and moving body of Sai
Baba with his own (Rasane's) eyes any number of times and
talked and moved with that body. If this is not proof of Baba's
survival, it is difficult to conceive what can be termed proof. It
is not only persons like Rasane who had physically met Baba
before 1918 that have seen and moved with Baba's figure, but
also persons born long afterwards.

Infants in Madras have seen Baba and had udhi smeared on
their foreheads to cure them of their fever. An elderly Vaishya
lady at Madras who heard of him only recently sees him
frequently. These are only a few out of many which prove that
Baba is not dead. Alt this argument is necessary only in the
case of those who are not perfectly convinced that life survives
beyond the process termed death, that life is ever life and
never extinguished, i.e., in other terms that souls do never die.

Long ages back in Sanath Sujathiya, Sanathkumar said that
there is no such thing as death i.e., extinction of the living jiva.
This ancient truth as generally been disregarded by people,
and that is why vast masses are dreading the approach of
death for themselves or for those that they love. The life of
ordinary human beings is so little understood that this has
always been a very important question amongst the thinkers
and philosophers.
In the Brahadaranyaka Upanishad, Yagnavalkya invited
questions and undertook to answer all of them. One question
put to him by Artbabhaga was "What becomes of the soul
when death overtakes the body? Yagnavalkya instead of
answering it openly took him aside for a secret talk and then
told him that this was a matter very ill-understood and was
therefore a matter for secrecy. Re added that souls passed
beyond the physical life and good souls were rewarded for
their good deeds and wicked souls were punished for their
wickedness in their after life.

Similarly at the time of Katopanishad, embodying the
Nachiketas traditions, Nachiketas went to Yama and
received from him the right to ask for 3 boons. The highest
and most important boon that h« asked for was that Yama
(God of death) should reveal to him what was beyond death
i.e., in effect, the nature of the procees called death or
extinction—whether it extinguished life or whether life
survived beyond the grave and if so, in what form? Yama
requested Nachiketas not to press this question as even
gods had no clear information on the subject and as it was
a very intricate and mysterious one. Nachiketas insisted on
reply being given by Yama. Yama declared then that he had
only tested the earnestness of the pupil Nachiketas; Finding
him sufficiently earnest and deserving of a reply, Yama informed
him that the question was tantamount to the other great problem,
namely, whether all phenomena which appear and reappear are
permanent or whether they were transient and if so, whether they
left any reality behind or beyond them. In the second place the
question, he added, may be treated as a question relating to the
phenomenon of bodily death and wanting information as to the
state or phenomenon pertaining to the soul after experiencing
death. He answered both the aspects are parts of the question.
In the first place he said that all phenomena are fleeting and that
death (meaning change) inevitably overtakes everything that
appears or comes to life, and that the only thing that does not
die and is perpetual is Brahman which is present in the hearts of
persons as in all the phenomena experienced outside the persons.
He then answered the meaning of the phenomenon, death i.e.,
what we ordinarily call death. He said souls after their experience
of death pass on to other states where they receive good as their
reward for good deeds and punishment for their evil deeds, the
punishment necessitating their taking up lower forms as beasts
and reptiles.

Satsang Quiz on Sai Satchartra Chapter 1

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra
before attempting to solve the quiz)

6) What was the name of the grandfather of
Hemadripanth
a) Raghuji b) Shankar Rao Dabholkar c) Sadhashiv
d) Gangagir

7) Baba's Grinding of the wheat and throwing it on the
borders of the village is for getting rid of a epidemic from
Shirdi in the year ___
(a) 1909 (b) 1903 (c) 1905 (d) 1910

8) What was the epidemic which was spreading very fast
in Shirdi
a) Typhoid b) Tuberculosis c) Cholera d) Malaria

9) "Ladies are you gone mad? Whose property are you
looting away? Have I borrowed any wheat from you, so
that you can safely take the flour? Why did Sai Baba
utter these words?
(a) The women were asking Baba their share of wheat
(b) The women divided the flour among them and were
removing their portions
(c) The wheat was the property of Baba
(d) Devotees complained to Baba that the women were
carrying away the offerings of devotees

10) Sai Baba lived in Shirdi at a stretch for _____ years
(a) 60 years (b) 63 years (c) 61 years (d) 80 Years

Answers for quiz
6) c 7) d 8) c 9) b10) a

Satsang quiz on Sai Satcharitra

(Devotees are requested to go through Sai Satcharitra before
attempting to solve the quiz)

CHAPTER I
1. Hemadpant while starting to write the Sai Satcharitra, made
Salutations to various Gods, when he started writing the Satcharitra.
First salutation made was to Sri Ganesh, then to Goddess
Saraswathi, and the last salutation was made to
(a) Sri Vishnu ((b) Sri Bharadwaj Muni (c) Sri Sainath
(d) Readers of Sai Satcharitra.

2. Hemadripanth compared Baba with which of the following
Gods in his introductory prayer
(a) Shiva (b) Vishnu (c) Brahma (4) All the three

3. Who was the tutelary diety of Hemadripanths family
a) Ram b) Ganesh c) Parasuram 4) Narayan Adinath

4) Hemadripanth was born into which gotra
a) Bharadwaj b) Bhrugu c) Jaimini d) Valmiki

5) What was the fathers name of Hemdripanth
a) Sadashiv b) Kakasaheb c) Raghunath d) Anna Saheb

(Answers to question no 1 to 5)
1) C 2) d 3) d 4) a 5 c)