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Sai Satcharitra Of Shirdi Sai Baba-Bhakti Yoga-(Chapter 45)
Continued from the previous part
It is well-known, that Sai Baba had enjoined Kakasaheb Dixit to read daily two works of Shri Ekanath: (1) Bhagawatam and (2) Bhawartha Ramayan. Kakasaheb read these daily while Baba was living and he followed the practice even after Baba's passing away. Once in Kaka Mahajani's house in Choupati, Bombay, Kakasaheb was reading Ekanathi Bhagawat in the morning.
Madhavarao Deshpande alias Shama and Kaka Mahajani were then present and listened attentively to the portion read, viz., the 2nd Chapter, 11th skandha of the book. Therein the nine Nathas or Siddhas of the Rishabha family, viz., Kavi, Hari, Antariksha, Prabuddha, Pippalayan, Avirhotra, Drumil, Chamas and Karabhajan expounded the principles of the Bhagawat Dharma to King Janak. The latter asked all the nine Nathas most important questions and each of them answered them satisfactorily.
The first, i.e., Kavi explained what is Bhagawat Dharma; Hari, the characteristics of a Bhakta (devotee); Antariksha, what is Maya; Prabuddha, how to cross Maya; Pippalayan, what is Para-Brahma; Avirhotra, what is Karma; Drumil, the incarnations of God and their deeds; Chamas, how a non-devotee fares after death; Karabhajan, the different modes of worship of God in different ages. The substance of all the exposition was that in this Kali age, the only means of liberation was the remembrance of Hari's (Lord's) or Guru's feet.
Sai
Ram.
A
beautiful
summarisation
of
a
simple
yet
effective
way
of
liberation
-
bhakti.
Sri
Narada's
Bhakti
Sutras
also
emphasise
the
same
point.
Sai
also
emphasised
the
importance
of
Bhakti
and
Prapatti
/
Saranagati
(surrender).
Sai
Ram.
After
the
reading
was
over,
Kakasaheb
said
in
a
despondent
tone
to
Madhavarao
and
others
-
"How
wonderful
is
the
discourse
of
the
nine
Nathas
on
Bhakti
or
devotion.
But
at
the
same
time
how
difficult
it
is
to
put
it
into
practice
Bhakti
Yoga!
The
Nathas
were
perfect,
but
is
it
possible
for
fools
like
us
to
attain
the
devotion
(Bhakti
Yoga)
as
delineated
by
them?
we
won't
get
it
even
after
several
births,
then
how
are
we
to
get
salvation?
It
seems
that
there
is
no
hope
for
us."
Madhavarao did not like this pessimistic attitude of Kakasaheb. He said - "It is a pity that one who by his good luck got such a jewel (Guru) as Shirdi Sai Baba, should cry out so disparagingly; If he has unwavering faith in Shirdi Sai Baba, why should he feel restless? The Bhakti of the Nathas may be strong and wonderful, but is not ours' loving and affectionate? And has not Shirdi Sai Baba told us authoritatively that remembering and chanting Hari's and Guru's name confers salvation? Then where is the cause for fear and anxiety? Kakasaheb was not satisfied with Madhavarao's explanation. He continued to be anxious and restless, the whole day, thinking and brooding over how to get the powerful Bhakti of the Nathas. Next morning, the following miracle took place.
Sai
Satcharitra
Sai
Satcharitra
is
an
autobiographical
account
of
Shirdi
Sai
Baba.
This
write
up
is
an
excerpt
from
Chapter
45
of
Sai
Satcharitra
which
talks
about
the
importance
of
reading
Eknathi
Bhagawat
and
the
essence
of
Bhakti
Yoga
in
it.
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