Fwd: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI PUNYA PHALA PRADÄYA NAMAH - (51)

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OM SRI SAI PUNYA PHALA PRADÄYA NAMAH - (51) Salutations to Sri Sai, who is the bestower of the fruits of merit.

 

In the twelfth Shloka of the Vth chapter of the Bhagwad Gita, the Lord has declared,

Yuktah Karma Phalam Tyaktwä Shäntim Äpnoti Naishtikeem

Ayuktaha Käma Käréna Phalé Sakto Nibadhyaté.

'The united one (the well-poised) having abandoned the fruit of action, attains Eternal Peace; the non-united (the unsteady or unbalanced), impelled by desire and attached to the fruit is bound.'

 

The inner significance of this verse is: a karmayogi (one who pursues the path of action) offers the fruits of action to God and attains Eternal Peace. And a person devoid of yoga has unending desires and is attached to the fruit. So, he gets bound. Even so, whatever merit the devotee earns by offering the fruit of action to God, the Almighty confers the reward on the devotee.

When Swami Amrutananda first met Bhagawan Baba, he was 85 years old. On seeing him, Bhagawan uttered, "Come Amrutam!" Swami Amrutananda's guru Sri Raman Maharshi alone used to call him in that loving way. Bhagawan not only blessed Amrutananda but also asked him about his participation in the 'Ganesh Yaag' at the age of seven. On hearing this Amrutananda said, "I was only a seven-year-old child then. How can I get a reward for that?" Bhagawan then blessed him with an effulgent darshan of Sri Ganesha in Himself and rewarded Swami Amrutananda for the merit earned. Bhagawan also cured him of asthma which Amrutananda had contracted due to wrong practice of yoga.

 

The other example is that of Shri Pandurang Dixit. When he was in his mother's womb, Shirdi Sainath, had bestowed blessings on him. Later when Dixit heard that Sainath had reincarnated as Sri Sathya Sai, he along with his family went for Swami's darshan. He secured Bhagawan's grace through his melodious voice. Wherever Swami asked him to go, he travelled there and spread the fragrance of Sai's glory. He went all over Maharashtra and enchanted people through Naam Sankirtan, by singing beautiful, melodious Sai bhajans. Whatever merit he accumulated, Swami granted him the reward. Whenever any calamity struck the Dixit family, Swami showered His grace and protected them, thereby making their life joyous and peaceful.

OM SRI SATHYA SAINATH ARPANAM ASTU

With pranams at the lotus feet of our dear Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba,
Devotional Wing, SSSGC USA