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Subject: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI PARTHI KSHETRA NIVÄSINÉ NAMAH - (18)
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OM SRI SAI PARTHI KSHETRA NIVÄSINÉ NAMAH - (18) Salutations to Sri Sai, Who resides in the holy region of Parthi.
Bharat alone is the holy land, where God has incarnated from age to age. In every incarnation of God, one finds that the avatar's 'Janmabhoomi' (place of birth) and 'Karmabhoomi' (place of activity) are different. Sri Rama was born in Ayodhya, but the mission of destroying Ravana and other demons was carried out in Lanka. Sri Krishna was born at Mathura, but He narrated the 'Bhagavad Gita' on the Kurukshetra and made Dwarka His capital. But the present Sri Sathya Sai avatar is an exception, because His birthplace and the place of His mission are the same, and that is Puttaparthi. Mother Easwaramma was the catalyst for this.
On 20th October 1940, Sathyanarayan Raju declared, "From now on, I am no more your 'Sathya'. I am Sai." Saying thus, He left the house of His brother Sesham Raju in Uravakonda. Sathya then walked to a garden in front of Sri Anjaneyulu's house and sat under a tree. He taught His first bhajan, "Mânas bhajare Guru charanam, dustar bhava sagar taranam", to all those who had gathered there. The bhajan singing continued for three successive days. Suddenly Baba said aloud, "Look ! maya has come." Everyone turned in the direction indicated, and saw Mother Easwaramma and Pedda Venkappa Raju. Both of them urged Baba to return home but He said, "Who belongs to whom? Who is a son? Who is the father?" Easwaramma wailed, but to no avail. Finally Baba told her, "Bring Me some food." She rushed home and brought some food in a platter. Baba mixed it all up and made several balls out of it.
He swallowed three of them and said, "Now maya has run away. No need to worry." He turned around and went back to the garden.
Now Easwaramma accepted the fact that from now on, He was not her son, but Sai. She said to Baba, "I will not come in the way of Your task, but You must return back to Puttaparthi." Baba acceded to her request and left for Puttaparthi. In this manner, the Avatar accepted His 'Janmaboomi' (place of birth) as His 'Karmabhoomi' (place of His mission).
Mr. Homer, a resident of California (USA) works as a scientist for NASA. He photographed Puttaparthi through a satellite, stationed about 200 miles above the earth. But when he saw the photographs he was disappointed. Due to the great distance, only black and white clouds were seen on the photographs. Years later, he showed the photographs to some guests. While seeing them, a lady suddenly exclaimed, "This is Sai Baba!" On close observation they were able to perceive Sri Sathya Sai's face clearly. It was composed from those numerous black and white clouds. The crown of His thick black hair, eyes, nose and even the mole on Swami's cheek were clearly visible!
Mr. Homer calculated on the basis of the latitudes and concluded that Swami's form was spread over an area of forty miles in length and twenty miles in width. Everyone was surprised and they all realized that although Swami is in Puttaparthi, His grace and presence is spread over a very large area.
OM SRI SATHYA SAINATH ARPANAM ASTU
With pranams at the lotus feet of our dear Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba,
Devotional Wing, SSSGC USA