Fwd: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI ÄDI PURUSHÄYA NAMAH - (56)
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From: Ramya Sethuratnam <devotion.region9@sssgc-usa.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 4:01 AM
Subject: Glory of the Divine Names of Sri Sathya Sai - OM SRI SAI ÄDI PURUSHÄYA NAMAH - (56)
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OM SRI SAI ÄDI PURUSHÄYA NAMAH - (56) Salutations to Sri Sai, who is the primeval Purusha, the Creator Himself.
'Adi Purusha' is the One who was there before, is present now and will be there in the future also. He is the Purusha, the Eternal Charioteer who rides the chariot of the body.
The Bhagavad Gita tells us,
Ajopi Sannavyayätmä Bhootänämeeshwaropi San, Prakritim Swämadhishtäya Sambhavämyätmamäyayä (Chapter IV, Sh : 6)
'Though I am unborn and am of imperishable nature and though I am the Lord of all beings, yet ruling over My own nature, I take birth through My own MAYA.'
The present Sri Sathya Sai avatar is 'Adi Purusha' and He has incarnated in human form by His own will.
During the Srikrishna avatär, there were some people who were unable to understand His divine nature and thinking of Him as a mere human, disobeyed and disregarded Him. In this day and age too there are the ignorant who do not understand Bhagawan Baba's divinity and are the losers.
A number of yogis and devotees who are seekers of knowledge and wisdom have experienced that Sri Sathya Sai is Adi Purusha. When Bhagawan Baba was at Hrishikesh in the ashram of Swami Shivananda, He saved a yogi from drowning in the river near Vashishtha caves. The yogi had invoked God and his plea reached Bhagawan Baba. Bhagawan responded to his prayer and saved his life. This incident illustrates that Bhagawan Baba is Adi Purusha.
Being Adi Purusha, He remembers the various births of His devotees during the times of every incarnation. This story is from the life of Shirdi Sai avatar. Mrs Laxmi Ganesh Khaparde was an ardent devotee of Sainath. He especially loved her and always showered His grace upon her. When she offered food to Him as 'naivedya', He would eat it immediately. Once when Madhavrao Deshpande (Shama) asked Him about it, He said, "In one of her earlier births she was a fat cow who yielded lots of milk. Then for some time she went missing. Later she was born in a Kshatriya family and then she was a merchant's wife. After this she was born in a Brahmin family. I am seeing her now after a long time, so let me enjoy eating some food which she has cooked with so much love and let her also get the satisfaction."
May the Adi Purusha Sainath bless us too with similar happiness.
OM SRI SATHYA SAINATH ARPANAM ASTU
With pranams at the lotus feet of our dear Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai baba,
Devotional Wing, SSSGC USA