Fwd: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI YASHAHKÄYA SHIRDIVÄSINÉ NAMAH - (19)
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Subject: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI YASHAHKÄYA SHIRDIVÄSINÉ NAMAH - (19)
To:OM SRI SAI YASHAHKÄYA SHIRDIVÄSINÉ NAMAH - (19) Salutations to Sri Sai, Who was famous in the previous incarnation as a resident of Shirdi.
At the age of fourteen, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba declared that He was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba. In 1963, on the auspicious occasion of Gurupournima, He spoke about Shirdi Sai, Sathya Sai and the next incarnation – Prema Sai. He gave fresh and new information about all the three avatars, which nobody was aware of.
In 1940, after He declared that He was the reincarnation of Shirdi Sai, many came to Him to seek His darshan, but most of them did not know about Shirdi. Baba used to often sing to them the glory of the dhuni, udi, Dwarakamayi, neem tree, Booty wada and Samadhi Mandir through bhajans. Once He gave a vision of the Shirdi Sai Samadhi, Neem tree, Khandoba Mandir to Smt Subamma, the Doubting Thomas advocate Krishnamachari, and Pedda Venkappa Raju, in Puttaparthi itself. From then on, Pedda Venkappa Raju's and the advocate's doubts about Baba were cleared.
Later, Swami revealed through many incidents that He was Shirdi Sai in His earlier incarnation. Here is one of those incidents.
For the first time, during Navarathri in 1961, Bhagawan Baba organized the 'Veda Purusha Saptah Gyana Yagna'. All the learned Brahmins were invited to perform the yagna with Brahmashri Shivaram Bairagi Shastri as the head priest.
Bhagawan was very keen that the yagna should be performed properly according to the prescribed rites and rituals. So He called Brahmashri Shastri to Him and asked for a list of all the required materials for the yagna. Shastri prepared a list after consultations with his colleagues and gave it to Bhagawan. Accordingly, all the materials were acquired and brought there.
Despite this, just five minutes before the yagna was to commence, Shastri realized that he had forgotten to list a particular type of 'kalash' (a vessel) required for the yagna. A petrified Shastri approached Swami and confessed his lapse. The ever-compassionate Swami said, "This is why I had asked you for a proper list. Now only five minutes are left for the yagna muhurtam..." Saying this, Swami went inside a room and within three minutes came out with a beautiful silver 'kalash' with pictures of deities inscribed on it.
On seeing that perfectly suited 'kalash', Shastri was wonder-struck. Bhagawan Baba told him, "In the Shirdi avatar, I had kept this 'kalash' in the Chincholi palace. At the moment, it was lying around with other odd things in the store-room of the palace. I just went there and brought it back." The letters Sa. Ba. meaning 'Sai Baba' were inscribed on the 'kalash'.
It is only by His divine grace that we have been fortunate to witness the divine leelas of Prabhu Sathya Sai who was Shirdi Sai in the previous incarnation.
OM SRI SATHYA SAINATH ARPANAM ASTU
With pranams at the lotus feet of our dear Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba,
Devotional Wing, SSSGC USA
