Sai Satcharita :::::::::: CHAPTER 2 In this Chapter the Author Hemadpant mentions the reason why he undertook to write the life of Baba and narrates his ambitious thoughts. The Object of writing This Work In my first Chapter I described how Baba grinded the wheat to save the village from the cholera epidemic, similarly I heard many miracles of Baba which I truly believed would be interesting and instructive for Baba’s devotees and help them to remove their sins. This very essence of philosophy inspired me to write the sacred life and teachings of Sai Baba. I truly believe that the life of saints always shows us the true path to salvation.Incapacity And Boldness In Undertaking The Work Hemadpant expresses that he had no confidence to undertake this divine work And further said “I do not know my myself very well, then how can I write the life of a Saint or describe the nature of incarnations which even the Vedas were unable to do? Although to write a life of a Saint is extremely difficult and therefore took Sai Baba’s blessings. According to Saint Dnyaneshwar Maharaj, Lord loves those who write the lives of Saints, and saints also have their peculiar method of assigning the service. In the year 1700 the poet Mahipati was inspired to write the lives of saints. Similarly in 1800 Das Ganu wrote 4 works – Bhakta Vijay, Sant Vijay, Bhakta Leelamrut and Saint Leelamrut beside’s that he also composed sweet poems on Sai Baba. Other names worth mentioning are Mrs. S Raghunath Tendukar author of Sainath Bhajan Mala and Mr. Amidas Bhavani Mehta who has written some books on Baba in Guajarati and also published his work in Magazines. When so much is written on Baba what is the necessity of Satcharita? The answer is very simple. The life of Sai Baba is like a vast ocean of knowledge wisdom and Bhakti, his stories and teachings give immense peace and happiness to people who are drowned in worldly sorrows and miseries. If the teachings of Sai Baba are listened to and meditated upon devotees desired will be fulfilled both spiritually and materially. So I thought I should collect these stories together, which would benefit all those who have never seen nor had the opportunity to have Baba’s Darshan. My inspiration was to surrender my entire ego at Baba’s feet so that my path is clear and happy for this world and the next world. I did not have the courage to take permission of Baba myself, so I asked Shama Baba’s closest devotee to speak to him on my behalf. Shama told Baba that “Annasaheb wishes to write your biography if you bless him with your grace because without your consent no work can be accomplished”. When Baba heard this he was very overwhelmed gave me his divine blessings. Baba told me to keep collection of his stories and experiences. Baba explained to me that, I was just an instrument but the actual work of writing his autobiography will be done by he himself thus satisfying the wishes of his devotees. Baba also told me to surrender myself totally at his sacred feet, and therefore he would help me in every way. Baba also mentioned that “I myself shall enter into you and write my own life. This will evolve faith in my devotees and they will easily get self realization and eternal bliss”. Significance Of Prophetic Title The word “Discussion” provoked me to tell the story how I got my title Hemadpant. It so happened that I was in friendly terms with Kakkasaheb Dixit and Nanasahed Chandorkar who were pressing me to go to Sirdhi and have Baba’s darshan, which I promised to do. But circumstances prevented me to go to Shirdi At that time my friend’s son fell sick with very high fever. My friend tried all possible treatments but his fever would not abate. He even asked his Guru to come and bless his son but nothing seemed to work. I began to have all negative thoughts about Gurus in general that they were of no use. This prevented me from postponing my Shirdi trip. But the inevitable happened for me. Mr. Nanasaheb Chandorkar was on a tour to Bassein, did not go there, instead came to see me in Bandra and convinced me to go to Shirdi. I was so delighted that I decided to start for Sirdhi the same night. I planned to go to Dadar and then catch the train to Manmad from there. As I boarded the train for Dadar suddenly a Mohammeden came hastily to my compartment and asked me where I was going. I told him my plan. He suggested I go straight to Borribunder instead, as the Manmad mail did not stop at Dadar. If this miracle had not happened I would not have reached Shirdi the next day, my fortune favoured me. Bhausaheb Dixit came to receive me and I went to Sathe Wada . While getting down from the tonga a great devotee of Baba Tatyasaheb Noolkar told me that Sai Baba was at the corner of the Wada and that I must go and have his darshan now and then after bath see him at leisure. Hearing this, my joy had no bounds and I went and took Baba’s darshan. The moment I touched Baba’s feet my thoughts changed, I felt an attitude of gratitude of all those people who inspired me to take the darshan of Baba. Soon I began to feel detached to the worldly things. I truly believed that the good Karmas of my past lives have helped me to receive the divine darshan of Sai Baba. Hot Discussion The day I arrived in Shirdi, I was having a discussion with Balasaheb Bhate about the importance of a Guru in one’s life. My point was “Why should we submit to others and loose our freedom.” To this Mr. Bhate started talking about Destiny. He said “Whatever is destined to happen will happen, man proposes God disposes at this point our knowledge, pride nor egoism works”. This discussion went for hours but the net result was a big zero. Later on I came to a conclusion that egoism breeds discussion. Then we went to the Masjid with others, Baba asked Kakasaheb Dixit about what discussion was going on in Sate Wada and what did Hemadpant say? Hearing this I was very surprised and started thinking how could Baba know our discussion? I began to think why Baba called me by the name of Hemadpant. this word is a distorted form of “Hemadripant”. I knew that Hemadripant was a well-known minister of kings in the Yadav Dynasty. He was very learned, good natured and a famous author. He also invented accounts and shorthand in Marathi, comparing him I was just the opposite, this puzzled me immensely. Then a thought came to my mind this title was given to me to destroy my ego. Looking back we see that Hemadpant went on to manage Sai Sansthan, maintained accounts and became the author of Sai Satcharita which leads to salvation in all walks of life. Thus the name Hemadpant was the most appropriate to him. About The Necessity Of A Guru Hemadpant left no notes about the above topic but Kakasaheb Dixit Has published his own notes regarding this matter. Kakasaheb asked Baba to show him the way to go to his destination. To this Baba replied that there are many ways, but there is one way from Shirdi which is difficult as there are many tigers and lions. To this Kaka asked Baba “What if we take a guide.” To this Baba answered “Then there is no problem as the guide will take straight to your destination avoiding all obstacles.” Mr. Dobholkar who was present at that occasion also realised that it was Baba’s way of answering about the necessity of a Guru. He came to a conclusion It is the Guru alone who shows the true path to self-realization, and the only virtues necessary for such a progress are faith and patience. Bow To Sri Sai -------------- Peace Be To All
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