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SAI'S SPLENDOUR Original in Telugu
by Sri. Caringula Sathyanarayana's MADHU
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TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH BY
Sri. Caringula Sathyanarayana's Panduranga Rao Dedicated to
The Sublime and Sacred Memory of
SAI BABA OF SHIRIDI
Thota Venkatramaiah's Basker
11-4-375, Chilkalguda, Secunderabad500061.
DEDICATED TO SHRI SHIRDI SAI BABA
OM SHRI SAIRAM
A FOREWORD
It gives me a great pleasure to write FOREWORD to this Book of "SAI'S SPLENDOUR" translated by Sri. Caringula Satyanarayana's Panduranga Rao which gives a short sketch of the life and teachings of Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi.
It is wise to strive to do God's will in everything, because that is the way to peace of mind and happiness. We have to do our part, we must play the role, assigned to us by the Divine, not what we want to play. There will be greater joy in our life when we strive to please God, not self.
We search everywhere for one who is a visible representative of God. When we find such a representative and when in such a person we see God in action, we call him " Guru" and follow him faithfully.
The 'Guru' will help us. God talks to us and guides us through a 'Guru'. His one duty is to plant love for God in our consciousness. He seeks nothing from us but our own spiritual well being. The 'Guru1 is he whom God appoints to lead us out of darkness of ignorance into land of eternal light.
Our" Sai " is Viswaguru since for him all religions are one. He always used to say "SABKA MALIK EK". We are really fortunate for having taken birth in this land where our Guru " Sai " has taken his Avatar. " BABA" has assured us, saying : " MY EYE (OF VIGILENT SUPERVISION) IS EVER ON THOSE WHO LOVE ME. WHATEVER YOU DO, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE, EVER BEAR THIS IN MIND, THAT I AM ALWAYS AWARE OF EVERYTHING YOU DO. I WILL BE WITH YOU, WHENEVER AND WHEREVER YOU THINK OF ME. DO NOT FEAR."
So let us be a pure and true follower of "BABA" and pray him to bless us, to think, to talk and to hear about him always.
"SAI'S SPLENDOUR" What a name ! I am very much delighted with the commendable work done by Sri. Caringula Sathyanarana's Panduranga Rao. In a translation, it is always difficult to convey the exact meaning of a theme from one language into another. It is much more difficult to translate a matter which is in 'VERSE' form. I must say that Sri.
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Caringula Sathyanarayana's Panduranga Rao has done his very best. Some of the verses reminded me some of my experiences which I had in my life. The Forty Seventh "Verse" in "Sai's Sacred Proverbs" is true in letter and spirit. I quote an example of "Satguru Baba's direct help rendered to me in having Padanamaskar of "Shri Yogananda Krishna Murty’ of Khammam District a preacher of Sai Tenets.
It was at Narasaraopet, I had the experience where I worked for three years from May 1993 to May 1996. Two days prior to Shriramanavami festival in the year 1995, the committee members of Shri Shirdi Sai Mandir, Narasaraopet, came to my house and extended invitation to attend to Seetharama Kalyanautsavam in the Mandir to be performed by Sri. Yogananda Krishna Murty. The moment I received the invitation I could not control my emotions and developed a strong desire to have the Padanamaskar of the guest. But I was helpless to go to the Mandir owing to some difficulties. I went into prayer room sat before Baba's photograph and placed my problem before him. YES, Baba is undoubtedly a great man. He proved his assurance" DONT FEAR WHEN I AM HERE". A day prior to Sreeramanavani festival at 10-30 P.M. I switched of the lights in the house and was going to bed. At that time a car stopped in front of my house. Somebody rang the calling bell. When I opened the door, a friend of mine jubilantly told me that Baba (Sri. Yogananda Krishna Murty) has come. Please, come and invite him. I was stunned, an unbelievable moment. My legs started shivering, voice started fumbling. Immediately I woke up my wife. Both of us went near the car. It was another surprise to us it was none but Baba who sat in the car. A tall man, with white beard, head wear (turban) wearing a long Khafni, holding a stick in hand, got down from the car. We took 'Baba1 inside the prayer room. While tears coming out of our eyes, we touched his feet, who blessed us to have peace and happiness. When my wife continuously shedding tears, he told her 'Don't shed tears before me, Baby, I am common man like you. Go and shed tears before him, (showing Saibaba) because, he cannot see tears in the eyes of his disciples". We were also so fortunate to participate in the function the next day as the first couple to perform "Seetharama Kalyanotsavam". So magnificiently the 47th 'Verse
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liberty to mention the personal experience of mine as a foreword. After going through the "Verses" I tell you truthfully that all my questions have been answered. The devotees of Lord Sai who by chance go through this publication will definitely be delighted and will know what passes in their hearts. The answer, definitely will be radiance of Sai's Splendour. I pray Lord Sainath to bless the' author to carry on further in the causes of spreading the tenets of Sai, and I sincerely feel that his work is bound to be a success as Baba has said:
"If my leelas are written, the Avidya (nescience) will vanish and if they are attentively, and devoutly listen to, the consciousness of the wordly existence will abate, and strong waves of devotion, and love will rise up and if one dives deep into my leelas, he would get precious jewels of knowledge". (Taken from Sri Sai Satcharita or The Wonderfull Life and Teaching of Shri Sai Baba).
I am greatful to Lord Sai and the author for having blessed me with an opportunity to wrire this Foreword, I sincerely believe, is also the job assigned by his holy Sai. With this I prostage at the lotus feet of Lord Sai.
"SARVE JANA SUKHINO BHAVANTU".
Hyderabad,.DANDE SUBRAMANYAM
Date: 16-4-1997
FORE REQUEST
Having utilised all the wards in my "small" Vocabulary to Extal the "Life and Philosophy" of
'Our Saviour Sai' the super sagacious saint of the holy shrine of Shirdi, in rendering this Translation. I have only a request to make to the READERS.
I would Appeal to them, to take into their ESTEEMED consideration and to Appreciate the
limitations I had, in Translating the "ORIGINAL" in "TELUGU.," into "ENGLISH.".
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The FIRST and the foremost is that the main "THOUGHT" Embodied in the ORIGINAL, had to be sustained through! out in the TRANSLATION without changer or modification.
The SECOND-The" WORD-PROCESS" and "EXPRESSION", as also the "STYLE" in the ORIGINAL, is by for the "MOST APPROPRIATE" as well as "AUTHENTIC", which in the Translation, had to be Imbibed; if only to HIGHLIGHT their 'RICH' Relevance and Importance.
The THIRD-the "MEDIUM" of Translation being ENGLISH - a FOREIGN Language, Appropriate or Exact " WORD EQUIVALENTS" for various "ASPECTS and TENETS" of "SAI's PHILOSOPHY"., as well as of the VEDANTIC and other DOCTRINAL" THOUGHT - PROCESSES " ., could not be used.
As a TRANSLATOR I consider it as my "UNIQUE" fortune to get this opportunity to Translate "SAI DEEPIKA" from the ORIGINAL in TELUGU, Authored by "SRI. CARINGULA MADHU" and to DEDICATE "this" TRANSLATION ,as an HUMBLE 'Offering’ to the SACRED MEMORY of the SUPREME SAI and to "HIS" Countless MILLIONS of DEVOTEES.
I have also to thanks Kum: CARINGULA MADHAVI for reading through the MANUSCRIPT and Sri. CARINGULA SHIVEN for his Assistance, in the Compilation and Completion of this TRANSLATION.
May the IMMORTAL SAI in "HIS" SUPREME COMPASSION, "bless" all of "us"., to " LIVE and LEAD a LIFE" of "LOVE, HUMILITY and COURTESY
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ULTIMATE EMANCIPATION.
At your Service, SAI'S DEVOTEE, THE TRANSLATOR,
CARINGULA PANDURANGARAO
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INVOCATION TO DEITY GANAPATHI
SAI's REVEALATION
SAI TRUE SOCIAL and SPIRITUAL REVOLUTIONARY
SAI SACRED PROVERBS
SAI's YEARNING
SAI's INVOCATION
SAI THE SAVIOUR
SAI ‘EMPEROR’ OF THE NINE HUMAN EMOTIONS
SAI-BENEFACTOR OF THE DEVOUT
SAI-THE MODULATOR OF HUMAN NEEDS, DEEDS AND ACTIONS
SAI's HALLOWED NAME
SAI THE LOVER OF DEVOUT
SAI THE PROTECTOR OF THE MEEK
SAI's INTONATIONS
SAI's PRAISE
SAI's DETERMINATION
SAI's MISSION and PHILOSOPHY of CHARITY
SAI THE IMMACULATE
SAI's DIVINITY
SAl's COMPASSION
SAI's GUIDANCE
SAI THE STEADFAST
SAI THE REDEEMER
SAI's TEN INCARNATIONS
SAI's LIFE- MISSION
SAI - INCARNATION OFTHE MILLENNIA
SAI THE RADIANT DAWN OF KNOWLEDGE
SAI THE OMNIPRESENT
SAI's COSMIC-FORM
SAI THE LORD OF OUR MIND
SAI THE PREACHER AND PROMOTER OF LOVE and TOLERANCE
SAI THE TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING
SAI's ETERNAL PROTECTION
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SAI THE INCARNATE OF GOD SHIVA
SAI THE UPLIFTER OFTHE UNFORTUNATE
SAI THE RESCUER OFTHE ACCURSED
SAI THE ALL-PERVADING
SAI THE SUPREME LIGHT
SAI's SACRED FEET
SAI THE IMMORTAL
SAI THE EVER-AUSPICIOUS
SAI THE LORD OF MIND'S LOTUS
SAI TREASURE OF GRACE
SAI THE PRODUCER, THE DIRECTOR, THE EDITOR OF WORLDLY LIFE
SAI THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS
SAI THE OCEAN OF VEDIC KNOWLEDGE
SAI's PHILOSOPHY OF DEDICATED ACTION
SAI THE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER SOURCE OF COSMIC-ENERGY.
SAI THE ANGEL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE AND HARMONY
SAI's LAST TESTAMENT
SAI's ACCEPTANCE OF "SAI DEEPIKA” / "SAI's SPLENDOUR"
SAI's WISH
TO SAI, "AUSPICIOUS" OFFERING AND SALUTATIONS
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INVOCATION TO DEITY GANAPATHI
OM SRI SAI " SALUTATIONS TO GANAPATHI "
ALMIGHTY the great destroyer of the "Six" Enslaving Human Qualities ., MINE SALUTATIONS TO THEE O! GANAPATHI
The Divine Sai having Inspired me to compile in HIS Dedication this "SAI's SPLENDOUR", An ANTHOLOGY of His Philosophy and Teachings, in Language and Style understood by the Lay Devotees.
With all Humility, I begin to Pen.. Invoking Thine Divine Name,
O! Deity "Ganapathi" Bless me, Inspire me, give me the Philosophical Vision; the Gist the Grit, the Metre, and Verse, the word and the Expression, the Melody and the Harmony.
To compose Compile, Complete and Accomplish THIS "HOLY TASK" in Early Fulfillment of my long-lasting Ambition.
OM! PREMORDIAL PEACE
OM! PRISTINE PEACE
OM! PERFECT PEACE
SAI's REVEALATION
" Again I have come to Reveal, to Bless and to Inspire The 'Lay and the LEARNED’, to Accomplish by Example and by Practice; The Glory of the Divine, " Once, before this Revealation I Gave, Yet missed Thou hath then to Grasp, Hence I now ordain thee Again, To look, to Listen and to Author. " Thou hath agreed to pray and perform thy Duty, To render now is the Time; ennoble thy Life, Enthuse the devotees To make their Life Sublime. " I shall come' Again and Again' in need, Ever with thee in deed., To show, to Guide, to Lead., Surely my" WORD" Thou hark and heed., Hark and Head "Mine" Deed and word. " Though not a SCHOLAR, only a LITERATE, My DISCIPLE, my DEVOTEE, Not be Less, Than the ERUDITE 'Men-of- letters'., YET Achieve ACCEPTANCE and RECOGNITION, they shall Receive. " He who Propagates my Preaching’s, with Devotion Professes my Teachings.,
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Ever be with him I shall., Grant GRACE, Gift knowledge. Bestow DELIVERANCE and GRACE.
SAI TRUE SOCIAL and SPIRITUAL REVOLUTIONARY
Of Knowledge Thou Art Bestower, Me a Humble Bestowee., Of inner Strength Thou Art the Tallest Tower, Thy name, with the sweetness of Nectar., Thy fame, with the Fragrance of Flowers., Ever newest, ever beautious and Captivating in form., 'Solutions' in thousands Thou Givest, for pertinent problems in Hundreds., Selecting me as thy Instrument, to pen them in prose and verse, Verily, to me, a Coveted honour, O! True social and spiritual Revolutionary O! Sai the Magnificient monarch of mind. Even with Unending Praise of Thine, Dis-satisfied I Always Remain., More than miracles, more than marvels., Only through Sanctimonious Satsangh(1) Our Body, Mind, Intellect, Soul and spirit Surely Acquire Self-Realisation And enter the realm of eternal Liberation, All with thy Divine Grace, O! True social and spiritual revolutionary O! Sai the Magnificient Monarch of mind. Devouts' Lamps of knowledge get enkindled, Secrets of life get Unravelled., Hope, Faith, Love in celestial Luminance Bloom Only with thy Divine grace, O! True social and spiritual revolutionary O! Sai the Magnificient Monarch of mind. Readers who study "SAI's Splendour", This anthology of prose and verse Shall Surely get engrossed; shed caprice., Give Unasked., Rise Above all obstacles, Ever be patient into the Last., Recieveth Equaminity, Enlightenment and Emancipation., Be Blessed by thou, rest they will in thee and thou in them., O! True social and spiritual revolutionary O! Sai the Magnificient Monarch of mind.
1) Satsangh:-True Fellowship
SAI SACRED PROVERBS
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( 1. Satisfaction, none shall secure., Nor sufferings shall Totally Mitigate, without prayer to the Almighty., O! Sai the creator of premordial cosmos., Ever Victorious and Eternally Dutiful. 2. Anchoring "FAITH" in the "ALL-MERCIFUL" Devouts get redeemed., How then ? could UN-BELIEVERS, Ever Hope to get rescued., O! Sai the creator of premordial cosmos., Ever Victorious and Eternally Dutiful. 3. Inter-clash of "SOUL(2)" and "SPIRIT'3'", Is but clash of 'TRUTH" and "UNTRUTH", "SELF-REALISATION" hence is but the vision of "OM" O! Sai___________________ EVER VICTORIOUS 4. One May, through Truth reach Thee Yet to protect "others" with 'UN-TRUTH' and 'SACRIFICE’ Is, by far the HOLIEST OF 'Heavenly-Ways' O! Sai___________________ Ever VICTORIOUS_______________ 5. Sweet and Soothing LIES may be., Tempting ways for Fleeting-Pleasures., Sure to be despised and be-littled, in the end., Yet to Save others, with Truth, "SIMPLE and PLAIN"., Is by far the Holiest of 'Heavenly-ways' O! Sai___________________ EVER VICTORIOUS_______________ 6. "Facts" though UNPALATABLE, UNPLEASANT, Happily to accept and to strive till the LAST, Is by far_____________________________ O! Sai _-____________ Ever Victorious ________________
1. Proverbs:- Subhashithams, 2. Soul:- Atma, 3. Spirit- Anthratma 7. Emotions Always beget Miseries., Ever be Vigilant, Never get trapped; with patience, struggle till the Last., Be Friendly, Helpful and get rewarded Is by Far——— O! SAI——— EVER VICTORIOUS__________ 8. "ANGER" Creates Denigration and Regret
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Destroys "ZEST" for Love and Respect, Compassion Alone shall secure Salvation for sure., Is, by Far-————— O! SAI —————— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 9. "ENEMITY" the "CREED" of the Vile and the MEAN., "CONQUER" with Love and Abiding Friendship, "CULTIVATE" 'PIETY’ the Virtue of HEAVEN and EARTH., Is, by Far__________ O! SAI ____________ EVER VICTORIOUS_________ 1O. ‘UN-ANSWER’, 'SILENCE’, 'SPEECHLESSNESS’
'ENLIGHTENED' and 'WISE’, Interpret as 'consent’., "MOD-GENS(1)" consider the "Same" as "WEAKNESS" and "SUBMISSION", In- Fact a ’SIGN’ of "SERENITY and SELF-CONTROL"., The "Silence" of the "SAGES", the Very "ESSENCE"; The Genial" GENE" of 'PREMORDIAL QUIESCENCE"; Is, by Far-————— O! SAI ___________ EVER VICTORIOUS________ (1) Modern Generation 11. ACCEPTING "GOOD" as Everlasting “TREASURE", Ever sharing "it" with others, begets "ETERNAL PEACE" And the "RIGHT" to rest our "CROWN" At the LOTUS Feet of the LORD; Is by Far—————— O! SAI ——————
EVER VICTORIOUS ———— (1) "MOD- GENS" :-Modern Generations. 12. 'FRIENDSHIP' the SWEETEST SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP. "IT' is the Kinship of Two INDIVIDUALS; LARK! Befriend "HIM" our Saviour and LORD, Like the HOLY SAGES of the Yore, In Recompense merge with the OMNIPRESENT., Is by far——— O! SAI-———— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 13. "INTOLERENCE" erupts Agitation and strife, Like the waters falling in to the Oceans., Wiping out Harmony, sowing Discord, Making "LIFE" painfully UNLIVEABLE., "INOLERENCE”,'CURSE’ be thy Name., Is by far———
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O! SAI-———— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 14. "INSULT" the Greatest of HUMAN CHALLENGES, The Strongest of all UNBEARABLE Feelings., Know 'WELL’ "DRAUPADI'S" INSULT, in the end SPELLED "DURYODHANAS" ULTIMATE "DEFEAT’., LEST we forget, let us learn to understand., Is by far——— O! SAI-———— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 15. TO "ERR" is "HUMAN" TO realise it "WISE" TO 'PARDON’ is " DIVINE" "PARDON" begets "GURU'S " AFFECTION And fetches "GOD's” Divine APPRECIATION Is by far——— O! SAI-———— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 16. Decline to Accept a Good GESTURE, A GOOD WORD, A GOOD GIFT; offered., Like Graceful Flowers, like enripened Fruits, With pure mind, TENDER HEART, SUBLIME LOVE and Genuine feelings., Will hasten 'NEMESIS' of mental 'peace and melody’., Is by far———— O! SAI———— EVER VICTORIOUS_______ 17. "DESIRE" without the Beginning, with out the End, Getting ENFATTENED at every turn., Boundless , Limitless, ever growing, Shadowing us without a BREAK., ENSNARES US. "MORTALS", NEVER to escape., Conquered ONLY by the "SAGES11-- "CHOSEN-FEW". The IMMORTAL, the ILLUSTRIOUS and the BLESSED., Is by far———— O! SAI———— EVER VICTORIOUS_______ 18. Defeated by "LUST", like a conquered SLAVE, Procreated PROGENY to perpetuate., SLAVE of circumstances, unmindful of CONSEQENCES, Vanquished, Helpless, FORLORN, FAR from GOOD, GOD and HOPE., WAVERING, VACILLATING and AIMLESS in LIFE, Dejected and Devoid of deliverance.,
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CRUTCH and CLIMB to GOD-DIVINE, Our last REFUGE and everlasting RESORT., Is by far ———————— O! SAI————————— EVER VICTORIOUS————— 19. O! 'THOU" the theme of my SEARCH and RESEARCH, Remove my vices and WEAKNESSES, ENLUSTRE my WISDOM and VIRUTES, Let my Mind be 'Steady and Steadfast’ in THEE, Come my SAVIOUR be my WORD and DEED Is by far ———————— O! SAI—————— EVER VICTORIOUS———-—— 2O. "YOUTH" Benediction of Bountiful NATURE; Ensnared by Sensuous NOTIONS and Engulfed by LUST., If "It" commits in violation "ADULTRY" through BODY and MIND., Then, Enstrengthen SENSES and EMOTIONS, with sustained FAITH and HOPE and PRESERVENCE., The CHOSEN, PROVEN Path of APOSTLES and PEERS., Is by far ————————~ O! SAI———————— EVER VICTORIOUS-————— 21. WORDLY, Mundane; eager to be ENLIGHTENED, Having Earned TREASURES fo KNOWLEDGE with EXCELLENCE and PRE-EMINENCE., Left with a tired BODY and confused "MIND", Awaiting OLD-AGE as the ONLY Escape and Asylum, Averse of worldly riches, Unattracted by NAME and FAME., To 'THEE" I Approach for Shelter, Salvation and Deliverence., Is by far —————— O! SAI——————— EVER VICTORIOUS————- 22. In step with NATURE and CREATION, "Who" endeavours with AFFABLE Department, To Enjoy Fruits of Life, is Verily "ADORABLE".., "WHO" serves PARENTS with DEVOTION-as "DUTY" "WHO" strives to promote prospects of 'JUNIORS', Though with SPOUSE and CHILDREN, struggles 'YET, To lead an EXEMPLARY Life; Renouncing even "LIBERATION and DELIVERENCE" the ULTIMATE OBJECTIVES; For want of "TIME and LEISURE"; VERILY' 'he' the HOLIEST of all DEVOTEES, in EARTH and in HEAVEN., Is by far ——————— O! SAI———————- EVER VICTORIOUS-——-—
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23. 'Embodiment; of" LOVE", 'Apostle' of "SACRIFICE", Linked to parents in childhood, to HUSBAND in youth, To progeny in old-Age , to past memories in the END' CAUGHT with in the ‘WEB' always , of Family- pre occupation Remains, only as an EDIFICE , from the beginning to the end., Where is "her" Deliverance? Who is at fault? None Except "THOU", NONE EXCEPT "THOU"., Is by Far———~ O! SAI--———— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 24. ADORNED by "LADY-FAME", ENRICHED with WEALTH and INHERITANCE;. Prodigal Mansions and GARDEN-HOUSES to Dwell, Yet in truth Impoverished and poor in VIRTUE and in VISION, Only the 'Few ILLUSTRIOUS among the PROGENY, endeavour to earn The SUBLIME GRACE of the DIVINE and to trek the pious-path to reach the Kingdom of HEAVEN., Is by Far————- I O ! SAI ___________ EVER VICTORIOUS--——- 25."DAUGHTERS" considered as "BONDS" of previous Births, 'Worldly’ symbols of GODDESS of WEALTH and PROSPERITY, Treasures of Fillial AFFECTION and LOVE, EPITOMES of SOLACE and COMPASSION, Investing life with MIRTH and JOY, Making life worthwhile to LIVE and Die, Till we depart on our LAST-JOURNEY TO Merge with the MORDENT-BEING, Is by Far-———— O ! Sai_________ EVER VICTORIOUS———- 26."SONS" the beacons of" Dynastic-Dignity", Dedicated to PROTECT, to PRESERVE and to promote "FAMILY-GLORY", 'CRUSADERS' of Missions of GALLANTRY, CHIVALARY and COURAGE., "DEFENDERS" of Nation's FREEDOM and honour, Discretions in VALOR and Sagacious in SACRIFICE, Even 'if SINGLE like the great "NANDI" of Lord "SHIVA", But ILLUSTRIOUS to ENMOTIVATE "US" for the ULTIMATE Union with the Lord! Is by Far________ O! SAI _________ EVER VICTORIOUS——- 27 To mitigate "KARMA", craved for this Birth, And "BLESSED" with "PARENTS" though Unchosen., To serve, them with Body, Heart and Mind, In word, deed, Action and devotion, Even a LIFE-TIME is too SHORT a "SPAN"., Worldly Actions and In-Actions, Achievements and Failures.,
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PRAISE and CURSE, JOYS and SORROWS; have no RELEVANCE, Neither Visits to TEMPLES, Nor Tours to HOLY-PLACES., ONLY the "FAITH" in the SUPREME anchored to KNOWLEDGE, Shall ULTIMATELY LEAD, to eternal Liberation and Deliverence., Is by Far--———— O! SAI————- EVER VICTORIOUS—------ 28. "SISTER" because of co-birth, tended with CARE and LOVE., 'Infused with worldly Wisdom, taught to "TALK" and "BEHAVE"., knows "SELF", become "SELFISH"; when Married full of Praise If her CHOICE prevailed, Lest curse "She" shall," One and All"., "To please the husband, scorns the PARENTS., What praise be given to this CYNICAL CONDUCT ? Is by far ——————— O! SAI-——————— EVER VICTORIOUS————- 29."BROTHER" because of Co-Birth, Entitled to Fair and Just, Love and Affection Leaves everyone, when of "Age"., Hitching to "AMBITION" for "ACHIEVEMENT" Rebels When questioned without slightest HESITATION, nor REGRET., "Brother1 he came to be Just because of "Co-Birth", How then shall "Praise" be 'his’ ? Is by far -—————— O! SAI———————— EVER VICTORIOUS-———— 3O.' "Lust" a 'CURSE’ knowing well, Romantic we do become yet sometimes, Undesarving and when unsuccessful, overcome with grief, regret and remorse Drowned in NOTION and NEGATION, DISILLUSIONED and FORLORN., "know" when Body itself is "IMPERMANENT’, why toil for worldly Joys and MIRAGES Instead "CRAVE" for the LOVE of the SUPREME, Receive "it” and be blessed Is by far____________ O! SAI———————— EVER VICTORIOUS-———-- 31. "MISERIES" Appear Apparently as LEGACIES of SUFFERINGS, seek "INTER-VISION" and "INNER-CONTEMPLATION"., They' do Enhance "PURITY" of "MIND" Like the "SEVEN-SPLENDOURED" Rainbow, Visible after Rains, in the heavens "Life" though besieged, shall be "ENPURIFIED" yet by "THY NAME'. Gets "MERGED" in "THEE" through constant Devotion., Is by far -————— O! SAI_________ EVER VICTORIOUS________ 32. 'SOLITUDE' Misunderstood as CURSE and LONELINESS; ENWEAKENED "MIND" Strays far and wide, vile and villainous.. To meet a Lover in "Solitude" mind would long., 'SOLITUDE’ for a "SCIENCETIST" becomes "Motive" for 'Creation' In 'SOLITUDE’ to see 'THEE" is true "REVEALATION"
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Is by far______ O! SAI__________ EVER VICTORIOUS__________ 33. SUCCESS' and 'FAILURES' are Pre-destined, So are LIFE'S 'Battles and Wars', won and Lost., "LIFE" is but TRANSITORY, an ILLUSION and not a vision, know the TRUTH' that "VICTORY and DEFEAT' mere comparisons, "Not REAL"., "VANQUISHED" though, in THY Search; Yet 'elevated1 by THEE in 'compassion', to the Heaven of ETERNAL FREEDOM., Is by far____________ O! SAI_________ EVER VICTORIOUS_________ 34. More than VICTORY and HONOUR', "PRIDE" causes 'Enemity and Destruction’ knowing this 'TRUTH, without becoming a 'PREY' to "PRIDE"., with "HUMILITY" becoming an "ARMOUR"., Gaining "ALL" Knowledge., Yet sans "THEE" all values become Utterly Useless for the ULTIMATE DELIVERENCE., Is by far ——-———— O! SAI———————— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 35. ‘PATIENCE’ a test., an "HERCULEAN-TASK" to bear; Shedding even the cosy post - Delivery ABSTINENCE, The wife re-enters 'Family - Life' again to strive., The "MOTHER" Patiently bears the AGONY of child -Birth., The "EARTH" bears the sin and the TRAMPLING of the LOW and UNCOUTH., Getting Rid," VICE and WICKEDNESS"; Struggling with "PATIENCE" To reach THEE; Verily the TRUE' deliverance., Is by far ——————- O! SAI—————— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 36.Following the RIHGTEOUS PATH" as taught by the ENLIGHTENED, Begetting 'FAME', accepted by the "WISE", praised by the "GOOD"., Though the "WICKED” pour "Scorn and Ridicule", the 'cunning' showing 'DISDAIN’ Let the FRAGRANCE of FLOWERS of THY MERCY 'ENCOMPASS'THE 'MULTITUDE'. Come O! LORD DIVINE, to Redeem, to Elevate, THY DEVOTEES, in to the REALM of ETERNITY Is by far———————— " O! SAI————————— EVER VICTORIOUS______________ 37. "HYGIENE" the key to "HEALTHY" LIFE, SELFLESS and UNMALACIOUS "BEHAVIOUR" key to "HEAVENLY" LIFE., 'PENANCES' PILGRIMAGES to please the "God "Divine,
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SHALL, by far, be less than SELFLESS LOVE and sincere SERVICE., Emulating the ENLIGHTENED ONES, to experience, to enjoy the spectacle of the SUPREME Is by far ——-————- O! SAI———————— EVER VICTORIOUS__________ 38. EMANCIPATION, LIBERATION, HEAVENLY, ASCENDENCE, LAUDABLE 'Ambitions and Aims' to Achieve., Get obliterated in the web of cosmic TIME., Making us "SHUN" the 'Heavenly’ for the 'Worldly’, the worldly for the Heavenly., In succeeding Cycles of "BIRTHS and DEATHS", all because of "DESIRES”., This "TRUTH" Alone shines eternally LUMINOUS., HARK! Unsentimental MEDITATION”(1) alone ENSURES, the ULTIMATE INTEGRATION., WITH the SUPREME cosmic Force, as EXAMPLIFIED by Lord HANUMAN., Is by far —————— O ! Sai ____________ EVER VICTORIOUS———— 39. 'GOD'-DIVINE’ reaches the "DEVOTED" and provides 'TRUE-FULFILLMENT’ with smile The CONSUMATION and CONSECRATION of all PREVIOUS BIRTHS., How many more BIRTHS should I choose, know not I., Oh! Lord yet certain I am of my DELIVERENCE in 'this' Birth itself., O! SAI because of thy BENEDICTION., Is by far —————— O! SAI——————— EVER VICTORIOUS————— 4O. With "PANCHAKSHARI(2)", RAVANA BRAHMMA pleased LORD SHIVA and secured All his powers, With "GAYATRI MANTRA (2)", VISHWAMITRA the YOGIC SAGE, Accomplished the PARALELL CREATION., With the "ASHTAKSHARI(2)", mantra of NARADA, the celestial singer, "PRAHALLADA" got his father vanquished., WHO then is the SAVIOUR for 'me’ but "THEE" O SAI, Is by far ——————— O! SAI--——————— EVER VICTORIOUS--———
(1) Meditation:- BHAKTI., (2) Core Hymns of Shiva/Savithra & Vishnu. 41. "WICKEDITY" be gets 'HADES "(1)', "CRUELTY" our 'DESTRUCTION1
"FOOLISHNESS" our 'DOWNFALL', "PRIDE" our "DOOM" As that of DURYODHANA of the Past. ONLY with THY GRACE would I Receive, in this Birth itself, My Salvation, my Redemption and my Deliverance., Is by far________ O ! SAI_____________ EVER VICTORIOUS———
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42. By YAGNA, "DASHARATHA" got Boon for the PROGENY; By MEDITATION, 'DHRUVA” obtained the POLE-STAR's place; By DEVOTION 'MARKANDEYA' conquered Death., By Practising "TRUTH" 'HARISHCHANDRA' secured Immortality., By rendering "SERVICE" of the "MEEK", A true TRIBUTE to THEE., Sure I shall secure ENLIGHTENMENT and CELESTIAL BLISS., Is by far ————-— O! SAI-——————— EVER VICTORIOUS————— * 43. HIGHER than All PENANCES and Achievable by ‘All’ DIVINE PRAYER Alone, CONSTANT and STEADFAST, Pleases "SAI" the INCARNATE of the "DIVINE" SUPREME., The ONLY WAY for "OUR" Elevation and ULTIMATE SALVATION Is by far —————-—- O! SAI-——-——— EVER VICTORIOUS———- 44. AS GOD's chosen "SON" choosing BODY as INSTRUMENT of Actions, PREACHED practice of "PURITY" in THOUGHT, SPEECH and ACTION, SAVED 'Sinners' are made them DEVOTEES Performed "MIRACLES", Transformed the ORDINARY into the EXTRAORDINARY O! ALL powerful, All PERVADING O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., Is by far —————-—- O! SAI-——-——— EVER VICTORIOUS———— 45. RADIANT than 'millions of suns' AUSPICIOUS than THOUSANDS of "DEITIESl UNSURE of myself, seeking the "GURU(2)”, the APOSTLE of all GODS'., THEE the 'GURU of all GURU'S', POPULAR than even "BRUAHASPATHI(3)' FOR PEACE PIETY, PROTECTION and the LAST-RESURRECTION; O! The HOLIEST, THE SERENE, THE SAI of SHIRIDI, Is by far _____________ O! SAI ________ EVER VICTORIOUS————— (1) Hades:- BANISHMENT/EXILE., (2) GURU:- PRECEPTOR (3) BRUAHASPATHI:- GURU of GODS 46 TO please THEE, BY 'CREED' or 'CRAFT as the 'SCHOLAR’ or the 'LEARNED; By 'MELODY' and 'MUSIC' Like “TUMBARA(1)" or NARADA BY UNPARALLELED DEVOTION like LORD HUNUMAN; I am not, I am a mere mortal mundane, capable of only Devotion to THEE, Longing ever to be A 'SPECK OF DUST on THY LOTUS-FEET; O! THE compassionate, the SERENE, the SAI of SHIRIDI, Is by far ——--——-— O! SAI--————-——-
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EVER VICTORIOUS-———— 47. O! "SAI" my 'FATHER’, who Feeds and Protects "me" "TIMELY-PROVIDER" of all my "Needs", "WHO" cares and Cajoles me, by Day by Night, "WHO" Abides in my THOUGHTS, WORDS, and DEEDS, "WHO" Encompasses, my BODY, MIND, INTELLECT, SOUL and SPIRIT., "WHO" lives in 'me’ and "I" in "HIM"., TO "HIM" unto "HIM" Alone I "BOW".. And render SUBLIME SALUTATIONS and I SURRENDER., O! the ever MERCIFUL, the SERENE, the SAI of SHIRIDI., Is by far____________ O! SAI-——————— EVER VICTORIOUS——-- 48. Never, Ever Thou Hath Disclosed THY BIRTH-PLACE, THY PARENTAGE, CAST and REL (2), Thus THOU belongeth to "All"; "ALL" belongeth to THEE., of SHIRIDI, In SHIRIDI THOU Liveth Anon; 'Bless’ me to shed Ignorance, PRIDE, MALICE, LUST and ANGER, Ever, Ever to Abide in THEE Never, Never to be RE-BORN., O! VIRTUOUS, The SERENE, The SAI of SHIRIDI., Is by far _______ O! SAI_________ EVER VIRTUOUS_________ Celestial Singers., (2) REL- Religion; 49. PROMOTER of all ANIMATE and INANIMATE, PRECEPTOR of BIRTHS and DEATHS, PROTECTOR of UNIVERSE., FORM-INCARNATE OF INNUMERABLE WORLDS, RESCUER of the DEVOUTS, REDEEMER of DEVOTEES., EMBODIMENT of MOTHER-DIVINE., OCEAN of NECTAR of "OM's" Eternal Echos., DAZZLING with LUSTROUS RADIANCE of 'SAT-CHIT-ANAND'(3); O! The IMMORTAL, The SERENE, The SAI of SHIRIDI., Is by far —————— O! SAI-——————- EVER VICTORIOUS————— (3) Celestial Bless of True Intellect. 5O 'LIBERATED--SOULS' reside in "KAILAS(1)", in "VAIKUNT(2)", In "SATYA LOK (3)"., in "SWARGA(4)", in the 'KINGDOM of GODS’., I live in this world of ACTION and ANHILATION, In this 'THEATRE" of 'JAPA, THAPA, and YAGNA’, Seeking 'Self - enlightenment' and "Renunciation"., WHERE THOU hath lived and preached like God GOVINDA of yore., Performing MIRACLES, MYSTERIES, REVEALATIONS, REDEMPTIONS.,, Verily, "SHIRIDI" the HOLIEST of All Holy Abodes, Superior than the HEAVENDOMS of all the Gods., To such "SAIDOM" and celestial shrine,
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I Trek in HOPE, in BELIEF, in FAITH, For SELF - SALVATION and FINAL LIBERATION., O! The ENAFFABLE, The SERENE, The SAI of SHIRIDI., Is by far ———— O! SAI____________ EVER VICTORIOUS_____________ (1) Abode of LORD SHIVA (2) Abode of LORD VISHNU, (3)Abode of LORD BRAHMMA (4) Heaven.
SAI's YEARNING To pen poetry I am not a poet, To compose Hymns I am not a Lyrist, To write Prose I am not an Essayist, Nor a GRAMMERIAN Am I, Nor a MINSTREL., Not an HEIR of "VALMIKI" the AUTHOR of the EPIC "RAMAYANA", Not a DISCIPLE of "VYASA" the composer of "MAHABHARATA",- Not even one among the “POET-TRIO" who translated that EPIC., Not at all "POTHANA" of "BHAMMERA" who scripted "BHAGAVATHAM" I am not "PRAHALLADA" and be able to praise "VISHNU"., I am not "KALIDASA" the "BLESSEE" of Goddess" SARASWATHI"., Nor the "VIKATAKAVI" of ‘VEMALA'. who tricked the Goddess, To create "Humorous-Poetry", "FUN" and 'SARCASAM'., Though none of these "ILLUSTRIOUS LEGION", YET 'SAI' hath blessed “me”, sanctified "me", Inspired "me" with 'POETIC-EXUBERANCE'., HATH wished "me" to "AUTHOR", "SAI DEEPIKA"., And thus to Earn RECOGNITION and Acceptance, SALUTATIONS to THEE O! SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's INVOCATION 1) SHREE "SAI" OMKARA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 2) SHREE "SAI" GANAPATHI ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 3) SHREE "SAI" SHIVA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 4) SHREE "SAI" VISHNU ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 5) SHREE "SAI" BRAHMMA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 6) SHREE "SAI" DATTHA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 7) SHREE "SAI" HUMUMANTHA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 8) SHREE "SAI" JAGANMAATHA ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 9) SHREE "SAI" PAARVATHI ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 1O) SHREE "SAI" LAXMI ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA,HUM. 11) SHREE "SAI" SARASWATHI ROOPAAYA NA.MAAMH.YA.Hl 12) OM SHREE "SAI" SAT, CHIT, AANANDA SADHGURU ROOPAAYA NA,MAAMH,YA, HUM.,
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Save 'ME’, Protect 'ME', Redeem 'ME' and Liberate 'ME’
SAI THE SAVIOUR 1. To 'know’, To 'PRAISE' "THEE", is it possible? To "LIVE" without "THEE’ is it Practicable ? None, I have, Except "THOU" my "SAVIOUR"; I Desire NOT, these WORLDLY-COMFORTS; Nor this Doting, Charming, Attractive, PHYSICAL-BODY., 2. Even the HEAVENLY-BUSS is 'not’ so much captivating;. In preference to "THINE" company, Never shall "I" Accept Momentary Joys., 3. O! The MERCIFUL, APOSTLE of PEACE., IMPRINTED in MIND, I conjure, Even in Sleep., Thy "Holy-Farm"; chant THY "HOLY-Name" That Conquers “LUST, ENVY, GREED, DESIRE, ATTACHMENT, WICKEDNESS and CRUELTY"., 4. HOLY is THY Name, since it bestows PEACE, HOPE, CHARITY, DEVOTION and DEDICATION., And Establishes in my "Mind" THY "GODDOM"., EVER VICTORIOUS; EMBLEM OF "TRUTH", PERSONIFICATION of CREATION, PROTECTION and ASSIMILATION., PERVADER of EARTH, HEAVEN and COSMOS., O! The OMNIPRESENT, O! the OMNIPOTENT, O! The SERENE, the SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI ‘EMPEROR’ OF THE NINE HUMAN EMOTIONS 1. SAI the INCARNATE of "SREE RAM", The TREASURE-HOUSE of all SACRED VIRTUES; PURE of HEART, Promoter of HAPPINESS; CAPTIVATING in Form, GALLANT in Disposition., MASTER of MIND and all HUMAN EMOTIONS, O! SAI of SHIRIDI 2. LUMINOUS as the SUN, having a GRACEFUL LOTUS-FACE., DESTROYER of IGNORANCE, PROTECTOR of the MEEK., GIVER of RICHES, COMFORTS, and the NECTAR of Joy., INCARNATE of the MILLENNIA, O! MERCIFUL; EMPEROR of HUMAN EMOTIONS, O! SAI of SHIRIDI. 3…EMBODIMENT of HUMILITY, VIRTUOUS, Powerful as the WIND., Grant us Everlasting ASSURANCE, Ever VICTORIOUS and KIND., Give us PEACE of MIND and ENUGHTMENT., Be-with us, here upon EARTH, in HEAVEN as well., Show us THY COMPASSION and MACRO-COSMIC Form., Bestows, O! LOTUS-EYED, Our ULTIMATE LIBERATION, DELIVERENCE, and EMANCIPATION., O! EMPEROR of HUMAN EMOTIONS, O! SAI of SHIRIDI.
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SAI-BENEFACTOR OF THE DEVOUT 1. "POSSESSIONS" I COVETED, to Earn "ENLIGHTENMENT”, "POSSESSIONS" I Got, but NOT the "ENLIGHTENMENT”., "ATTACHMENT" I developed, Allowed "INTELLECT’ to rule "SUPREME"., How, Now shall I Remember and sing THY "PRAISE" ? Reach and RE-JOIN THEE ? O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, 2. HAUNTED by sinful Actions, ENFEEBLED by "Senses"; TRAPPED within the Body’, 'Mind’ ORPHANED., BEREFT of Sympathy and love, Engulfed by GREED., ENSLAVED by LUST, MISTRUST; HARASSED by sickness and sorrows., Gained RICHES but became a MISER., A 'CURSE’ to the Family and Friends., O! My SAVIOUR, O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, 3. Without an ATOM of PIETY, without a SPECK of VIRTUE., Lone, Alone, Forlorn, Orphaned; Despised by the KIN, Derided by ALL., PELE and POMP, WEALTH and MIGHT, Worthless ALL., With Advancing Age, Withering Body; Each DAY becoming a WRITHING AGONY; WHO Else but THEE shall be my SAVIOUR ?, O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, 4. When COLD, COUGH, FLATULENCE gnow my Body; SENSES and ORGANS Start losing Control., Mine Eyes unable to, see THY Holy Form, Mine Ears deaf to hear THY Holy PRAISE, Unable to chant' cause of PARALYSIS, THY Holy Name, Having lost all DESIRES of WEALTH and LIFE; When "SOUL's SWAN" shuns the Body and gets ready to fly; When Heirs begin to Quarrel for the DIVISION of Wealth., When slow, sudden or Accidental 'Death’ lurking to pounce., Who else shall be my 'SAVIOUR' other than THEE? O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, 5. Like the "Fly" stuck to the sweet sugary Jelly, Like a "FROG" enmouthed by a venomous SNAKE, Me, like - wise, when ensnared and wriggling to get FREE, THOU alone shall surely cometh to rescue, to Bless and grant 'ME1 ETERNAL DELIVERENCE., O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, 6. Like the SKY - LARK in Flight LONGING to meet the moon, Like the NAGA - SNAKE Nestling among Fragrant "MOGLI(1) PLANTS" Like "HANUMAN" the Apostle of DEVOTION, embraced by Immortal "RAMA" Like wise O! My LORD, my SAVIOUR., Brace me, embrace me., ENDOW me with PEACE, SERENITY, EQUANIMITY and LIBERATION., To enable my soul to reach and embrace,
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THY ever "SACRED"' LOTUS - FEET"., In this Birth, in the Next Birth and in several succeeding Births., O! The OCEAN of KINDNESS, PINNACLE of PERFECTION., O! HEAVEN of COMPASSION, O! SAI the BENEFACTOR of the DEVOUT, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI-THE MODULATOR OF HUMAN NEEDS, DEEDS AND ACTIONS
1. In Baby-hood, due to unfounded Fears !n Child-hood, due to malarial Fevers, In YOUTH, due to sexy thoughts about DAMSELS, MIND and BODY often got scared, scarred and "Goose-Pimpled", Soul and Spirit got shattered and Torn Asunder; Yet Now, at THY thought, at THY sight and by the sound of THY Name BODY, MIND, SOUL AND SPIRIT got solace, comfort and peace., Got Impervious and Transfixed in ECASTACY, O! SAI, the MODULATOR of HUMAN Needs, Deeds, and Actions., 2. ALL that is Mine; is THINE; in fact and TRUTH; ALL that is THINE, is surely mine in Essence and Reality., THY SUBLIME Form Ever RESPLENDENT in my MIND and SOUL., In the SIXTEEN UNIVERSES, WHO Else can Match THEE ? With THINE Divine Protection, I shall never have to fear Enemies of HUMANS, DEMONS or Evil DEITIES., Nor even of DEATH, the ULTIMATE "LEVELLER and CONQUEROR". Let 'me’ shine ever in THY "Glory and Splendour”., O! SAI, the MODULATOR of HUMAN Needs, Deeds and Actions., 3. DESPITE all my FAULTS, FOLLIES and FRAILITIES; Accept my Humble Prayers and simple Devotion., Come and live within me, in BODY, MIND, INTELLECT and SPIRIT, To correct contradictions in TIME and SEQUENCE To Tame and Temper, Thoughts, Words and Deeds., In this Birth and in several other Births to follow., O! SAI, the MODULATOR of HUMAN Needs, Deeds and Actions., (1) MOGLI:- A strongly smelling Tropical Cylindrical Rower. 4. To bathe in the soothing serenity cascading from THY "Tulip-Eyes", Excelling even the sacredness of the waters of "MANAS (1)-SAROVAR"., Unwilling to Dwell in 'KAILAS’, VAIKUNTH’, 'BRAHMALOK’ or 'HEAVEN'. Only a traveller on the Evolutionary Path of the EIGHTY-FOUR-LAKH species Rendering HUMAN-SERVICE as "SERVICE to SAI" As the Divine Mission in my "LIFE and LIVING", Chanting THY Holy Name, let me become a 'LIBERATED-SOUL'., To Rise, Reach and to ENMERGE in THEE., O! SAI, the MODULATOR of HUMAN Needs, Deeds and Actions., (1)The celestial Lake in the Himalayan Ranges.
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5. To Dwell in THEE for Ever, Always and Unending in TIME; FORSAKE Not, Forgive and Grant me PARDON, Grant me Everlasting FREEDOM into the state of "CELESTIAL(1) “Bliss” SAI, the MODULATOR of HUMAN Needs, Deeds and Actions., O! The SEA of SERENITY, O! the SAI of SHIRID.
SAI's HALLOWED NAME
1. THEE, I remember Every Moment ; Pray Every Day I perform Every Action INVOKING THY Name., Being OMNIPRESENT, on Every share, in Every Place, THOU Art with Everything I partake; A Divine Gift from THEE., MIND becoming Ever CONSCIOUS, SPIRIT Ever INQUISITIVE., Let me NESTLE in THY Proximity and rest in THY presence., For ever and for ever in TIME and SPACE and in THEE., HALLOWED be THY Name, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Enable me to command "MIND and INTELLECT", Let my vision enfocus only on THEE, on THEE Alone Defying "PAIN and PERSECUTION", "EASE and COMFORT”., Let THEE be the SAIL of "LIFE-BOAT”., Floating upon the "RIVER - OF - THE - LAST - JOURNEY"., TO reach the ULTIMATE Destination in PEACE and PLEASURE., EVER INTONING THY Holy Name, my "SAVIOUR"., HALLOWED be THY Name, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. INSTILL Courage in me, a 'PLACE-IN SOCIETY’., Let Acceptance come to 'my - chosen - path'., Let Good Deeds be performed in places 'Far and wide'., Let visits to Thy Holy shrines and Holy - men be the Rule; Listening DISCOURSES for ASTHETIC RESURGENCE, Getting engrossed in THY PHILOSOPHY and DEVOTION, THE ONLY SUREST WAY TO eternity and Immortality., HALLOWED be THY Name, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. Leaving Native Shores, Travelling to Foreign Lands, In search of AVOCATION, emigrate one had to., Returning from SACRED - Shrines with a saddening Heart, with a DOUBTFUL Mind and a DELUDED INTELLECT, Strangers All, seniors several., Unable to Adopt, Disable to Adjust., caught between the "DEEP - SEA" and the "DEVIL", PROTECT, GUIDE and HELP "me" Destroy DELUSION and the DEVIL, HALLOWED be THY Name O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 5. ENBORN with "BODY", ENBALMED with "Ignorance", YOUTH Overtaking CHILDHOOD, old - Age Enshadowing it; When DEATH Arrives to Liberate the "SOUL - SWAN", "Pangs of pain" Inflict Deep wounds in mind., As felt by the "Serpent" shedding its mane.,
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Scared to Face the Arrival of "Death" in its MY RAID Forms Lacking courage to shed the "BODY"; Utterly Helpless to ESCAPE., SINFUL a whole Lifetime, let me remember THEE, if only for a MOMENT, To earn REPRIEVE and be entitled for LITHESOME Liberation., HALLOWED be THY Name O! the SAI of SHIRIDI. 6. Because of thy 'Mercy’ Treading the path of piety To unknown places far and wide., Be among strangers., IMPLICTLY believing Body as mortal and Only SOUL-SWAN alone IMMORTAL.. Courageous in MIND, Stead fast in Intellect, conquering DOUBT and FEAR., Unperturbed to Jettison the mortal mane., though a stranger in every place., THEE in me, me in THEE; An eternal Bond in perpetuity., Rescue and Resurrect me "here and now", O! The INVINCIBLE., HALLOWED be THY NAME O! SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE LOVER OF DEVOUT
1 Enruptured with THY, VERSE and word Impervious to sufferings, Immune to sorrows, enduringly PATIENT, Meeting the MEEK, SICKLY, and many in DISPAIR., Among them to" LIVE and DIE", give me Unfailing FAITH., And to make SERVICE to FELLOW - BEINGS, a mission in LIFE., O! SAI the LOVER of DEVOUT, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Surrendering 'SELF – RESPECT’, Saluting the leg that kicked, Kissing the Hand that Harmed., subdueing Hunger with DISCARDED FOOD, Leading an Humiliating life; Unable to defend HONOUR or tend VALOUR., Living as the most DESPICABLE Being; without an Aim, without a purpose., REFORM me, REDEEM me O! SAI the LOVER of DEVOUT, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Knowing Not the 'ETHOS of ETHICS’ and the Nuances of Deception. Being "FRANK and INNOCENT", a target for "RIDICULE"., Befooled by many, Belittled by several; confused and perplexed., "FEW" are Devout, Dutious and magnanimous., "MAJORITY” mundane, IGNORANT, PROUD .WICKED and ‘Vindictive’., “ONLY "the few Devoted to THEE, send them to 'my’ RESCUE; O! SAI the LOVER of DEVOUT, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. Ever to the Aid of THY DEVOTEES, in stress and in Distress., Ever with "them" on their JOURNEY - to -DELIVERENCE., When THOU shall look and listen to Beings like "me"? Show "them" mercy and Tow them to safety ASHORE ? When THOU shall Arrive to transform "them" into 'THY" 'DEVOTEES' ? O! OCEAN of COMPASSION, O! SAI the lover of devout, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI., 5. To Uplift the "PIOUS" ever determined is "GOD", "PIOUS" I am Not., but a "sure" sinner I am., Due to "KARMA"(1) of many a previous Birth., 'Devoid' of 'piety' who shall Uplift me ? who? Except "THOU",
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That too with LAVISH love unto the 'last, In "this" Birth, in the "next" and in "all" the succeeding Births., O! MUNIFICNT, O! MERCIFUL, O! SAI the LOVER of DEVOUT, O! The SAI of SHIRDI (1) Karma: Results/Fruits of Actions
SAI THE PROTECTOR OF THE MEEK
1. “THY" Frown on us, a fruit of Our Follies., “THY" Anger, a "sign" of THY Concern for 'us’., “THY" Silence a "caution" for our Determination., "THY" Impatience, a "spur" for our Efforts., “THY" speechless "Gestures", Signs of “HOPE and FAITH"., Though "DEATH" the Inescapable End to all the "Born"., Yet THOU hath rescued “TATYA KOTE PATIL"., Ah! what Mysterious MIRACLES, these! O! SAI the PROTECTOR of the MEEK, of the SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. In Difference to the WISHES of ‘THY' Devotees, THOU hath eaten 'Sparsely', Leaving 'MOST for THY Disciptes to eat…., "RADHAKRISHNA MAI" ever expectant of such "PRASAD", 'Sleeping on the Lap “THOU" hath rescued "BAYAJEE"., At the 'ULTIMATE' Stage, "THOU" hath given away all ‘THY’ 'meagre’ possessions THOU hath kept THY "promise" unto - the-last., what shall I say? How shall I say? that THOU art beyond 'words and speech'! Yet fulfilled Always the needs of all THY DEVOTEES; "VANQUISHER" of all Human Emotions and passions, "DESTROYER" of the "six" HUMAN vices., Mine eyes can never cope to see the spectacle of THY "COSMIC" form, Nor mine ears can hear the ULTRA - HARMONIOUS MELODY of THY million NAMES. O! SAI the PROTECTOR of the MEEK, O! The SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. To extol "THY" fame, Dumb - found and speechless, I am., To surrender 'my’ "MIND and Intellect", enfeebled I am., To place 'my’ Body at THY lotus - feet, enweakened I am., With 'Hope and Faith’, underwent endless sufferings, I have., That THOU ART shall be mine "Companion, Friend and Saviour"., Certain to rescue, to redeem and to liberate me From worldly Bondage in this Birth, and from the cycle of 'Births and Deaths’, Letting the "SOUL - SWAN" of mine, enmingle in THEE now and for ever., O! DESTROYER of all DESIRES, O! SAI the PROTECTOR of the meek., O! The SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's INTONATIONS
1. While I enjoy THY 'care and protection’, Fear I shall not., To Trod any where or to meet Anyone.,
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THY Blessings upon me, worriless I am., THOU being with me, ever content I am., 2. THOU in my mind ever reside, THY Grace Always I receive., Good Deeds I render, Recognition I earn., Only to "cajole" and "entice" THEE., 3. ‘THY’ mercy upon me, THY' Blessings with me., Enmellowed in mind enpurified in Thought., Enchastened in conduct, ever Un - Proud and HUMBLE., With THEE as my GUIDE and FRIEND, LEARNING to Liberate and reach THY Divine Feet., 4. Tasting the NECTAR of 'THY" Devotion, Experiencing THY Presence in me, To take any BIRTH, in any Form, Fear I shall Not., VICTORY shall surely be mine., 5. Being THY 'Devotee’, THEE ever with me., To come near me, even DEATH shall hesitate., 6. Being an IMPLORER, THY Help, even I am Assured., Equanimous in misery and in joy, who else will I need? 7. CONSCIOUS, DUTIOUS, COMPASSIONATE that "THOU" Art. To protect, to perfect and to purify me, "THOU" even striveth, How shall I even be able to recompensate, "THEE" ? 8. PROFOUNDLY Virtuous, Invincible, Duty - enbound., Divine lord of Universe and cosmic worlds, 'PRE –DATER’ OF MY "Births and Deaths"., While I live in THEE, how will I ever Die? 9. O! SAI the GREAT MASTER of my "MIND, INTELLECT, SOUL and SPIRIT"! Ruler, king, and emperor of my HEART, ASPIRATIONS and AMBITIONS., Never forsake me, ever protect me, Always be with me., Accept these Humble "INTONATIONS"., O! The GREAT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's PRAISE 1. O ! SAI THOU' art every - days splendour, its Luminance and RADIANCE., Symbol of TRUTH, without the Beginning, without the end., Irrestible THY HOLY Name, All pervading THY HOLY Form., "THOU" on constant watch, within me., for my Rescue and Help., Worry I shall not, waver I will not; Hopeful Always I shall., With Ignorance vanishing wisdom growing, Devotion Flowering, Dedication Blooming
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'Me’ with "THEE" and "THEE" with me., ever in communion with each other., Praise be to SAI, praise be to SAI, the Great SAINT of SHIRIDI., 2. PIOUS, VIRTUOUS, A "liberated" "SOUL", Incarnate of "GOD - DIVINE"., Destroying "SINS" mitigating miseries, enflowering "PEACE"., Earning Recognition from the ENLIGHTENED, Respect from the Wise., THOU hath made "SHIRIDI” a "HOLY-SHRINE", and Earned "ILLUSTRIOUS FAME" My Heart brimming with LOVE, MIND with joy, INTELECT with POISE., EVER basking in the Reflected RADIANCE of "THY-GLORY"., ECSTASY Swirling in my mind, Body Impervious., In Tribute, I dedicate, as "offerings", all my Attributes; to "THEE"., Praise be to SAI, praise be to SAI, the Great Saint of SHIRIDI., 3. Teacher of DUTY, preacher of DEDICATION; Pristine PRECEPTOR, Mesmerising MENTOR; Supreme SAVIOUR, "THOU" Art Our Lord "SAI"., "Beloved" by the Devout, Loved by the Enlightened., LORD RAMA, LORD BHIMA, IMMORTAL HUNUMAN, Shiva's GANESH, All personified in “THEE”., Vibrations of PREMORDIAL 'OM’ Always echoing., Praise be to SAI, praise be to SAI, the Great SAINT of SHIRIDI 4. “INCARNATE" of the “TRINITY", the "BRAHMMA-VISHNU-MAHESH"., "INHERITOR" of "PROWESSES” of the “TRINE", the celestial sisters
"SARASWATHI, LAXMI, PARVATHI" Encompassing the "THREE" Tenses of ETERNAL TIME, Past, Present and Future "DEEMER" of the 'DESERTED’, Incarnate of "DATTATREYA"., Praise be to SAI, Praise be to SAI, the Great SAINT of SHIRIDI., 5."NECTAROUSLY-SWEET-ELIXIR" in Experience is "THY" BOND; "DEXTEROURS" in the REDEMPTION of the DEVOTEES, That "THOU" Art THY Name IMMORTAL, Hallowed be THY PRAISE; Ever SAGACIOUS, Ever so SOLICITOUS, Always SANCTIMONIOUS; Praise be to SAI, Praise be to SAI, the Great SAINT of SHIRIDI.
SAI's DETERMINATION 1.Hardened, Habituated SINNERS, Ever Imploring for Redemption., Disgusted, Disgruntled, Disowned 'Seekers' OF "GODDESS of WEALTH"., Un-Obliged by the 'SAGES', Wise and Learned., With decimated BODY, Shattered MIND, Weird ‘INTELLECT’., Confused, Confounded, perplexed, petrified in THOUGHT and SPIRIT., No wonder, SEEKERS keep waiting in Unseen Hope., Verily ‘THOU’ Art BENIGN, BOUNTIOUS, DENEFACTIOUS, O! the SAI's of SHIRIDI; 2. "DUTY” Conscious, "ACTION" Oriented, with Blossoming “FAITH”., "PREMORDIAL (1) - MOTHER" Approached the “TRINITY" for PROCREATION;
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Un-Sure "They" Renegged, Ignored and were Indifferent., To Dispel DOUBT and DISBELIEF, the GREAT MOTHER AVOWED. To Propogate, to promote and to invest "ENERGY" into the "MATTER"., In Cosmic Rhythm and Rhyme, through 'OM' the PREMORDIAL SOUND., Even 'YOGIS (2)' wondered and bewildered, at the MARVEL of the MOTHER., Such DIVINE MOTHER ‘THOU’ hath Endeared and within “THEE” Enshrined., In Humility THEE, I Approach, to moan, to Atone., And to reform, to recompense, for the past "SINS" and future "FOLLIES"., Verely THOU Art OMNIPOTENT, OMNIPRESENT, O! the SAI of SHIRIDI.,
(1) Premordial Mother:- ADI SHAKTI, (2) YOGIS:- Masters of Yoga SCIENCE 3. In THY daily SOJOURN, Thou hath Accepted offerings unasked., In Joy from DISIPLES Big and small, Fulfilling their wants., For a few among them, THOU hath even offered GIFTS., Such Acts for many were MIRACLES, Super Human, Super Divine., Gifting the coins to "LAXMIBAI" added sanctity to THY Deeds., WHO Else, Other than THOU, could be truely and Divinely "HUMANE"? Verily THOU Art MERCIFUL, MUNIFICENT, O! the SAl of SHIRIDI.,
SAI's MISSION and PHILOSOPHY of CHARITY 1. When 'All’ wealth is turned into Ashes by a burning INFERNO, When ‘All’ our NEAR and DEAR Desert us, When we are ABHORED, AVOIDED, HATED and Driven away; When Nothing to shield and shelter, Body and shame., When Desolation haunts the Body and Despair Nags the Mind; If THOU wert then Ignore me; to whom shall I look and where shall I go? Tell us, O! THE GREAT GIVER O! THE SAl of SHIRIDI., 2. When comforts and Luxuries, wealth and Riches, Ensure Happiness When food and Clothing are Abundant, When Mirth and Joys Galore., When Health and Home are HAVEN Sans cares and sorrows., When miseries and sufferings do not dog Body and mind., Unmindful then to rescue even ONE, from Hunger and want., How then shall anyone become Entitled to Enter the portals of Heaven ? Tell us, O! THE GREAT GIVER O! THE SAl of SHIRIDI., 3. "CONTENT” we can NEVER Make ANYONE, By Bequeathing ALL the WEALTH of the WORLD., EVEN with the Costliest of Luxuries and cosiest of comforts., White wallowing in RICHES, Marrow's Wealth Torments., Saying "Just-for-one" next for two, at the End atleast for SEVEN Generations Amassing LEGACY becomes a pleasing PASTIME., Uncaring for SINS, Unmindful of ULTIMATE RESULTS, Burying PIETY and PEACE seven FATHOMS Deep, SICKNESS Gnawing the BODY, MIND and INTELLECT; Other than REPENTENCE and REGRET, who Else shall be OUR MATES! Tell us, O! THE GREAT GIVER, O! THE SAl of SHIRIDI.,
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4.. THOU hath preached that of all CHARITIES Feeding Food to others the HOLIEST For it Mitigates HUNGER, Activates the BODY, It instills PEACE in MIND and POISE in BODY; Hence, EXCELLENT and EMINENT of all, is this VIRTUE of CHARITY., So shall its EVERLASTING Effect, be bestowed Upon the GIVER and the RECIVER., Verily! the GLORIEST of the Legion of PIOUS VIRTUES, is CHARITY., CHARITY of FOOD, Truely the most precious DIADEM among ALL "PIETIES", THOU hath emphasised ‘Time and Again’ O! the Great GIVER, O! the SAl of SHIRIDI., 5. At all Times, in all conditions, "HUNGER" remains the MOST Powerful 'WANT'., Without HUNGER, Eternal TIME would have stood STILL, CONSIGNING ALL CREATION to a Naught, Making ALL HUMAN ‘Life, Living and Civilization’, CHARM-LESS., Sordid, Loathsome, Redundant and SUPERFLUOUS., Only in a WELL-FED BODY, could a SOUND MIND Subsists., Only well Nourished Body, sound MIND and strong will, Achieve coveted Ambitions., AND without FOOD and NOURISMENT, Lapse into INACTION; Body. Mind and Intellect., Making Life Listless, Lethargic, Totally LUDICROUS and LAMENTABLE., Either to Achieve ENLIGHTENMENT, or EMANCIPATION., Or Enkindle within 'me’ the Lamp of KNOWLEDGE or Englitter "SELF-SCIENCE"., To Prod "me" even for the "ULTIMATE-REUNION" with “THEE"., Verily FOOD, CHARITY of food, are but MOTIVATING FORCES., So "THOU" hath emphasised 'Time and Again", Time and Again"., O! THE GREATEST of GIVERS, O! THE GREAT SAl of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE IMMACULATE
1.O! SAl the supreme YOGI, ALMIGHTY, COSMIC-DANCER; WIND-SURFER, EVER ECSTATIC, SANCTIMONIOUR and SUBLIME., As THY Name Encompasses my SOUL, Pervades my MIND; As Mundane Desires Give place to Eclectical pursuits, As THY DIVINE Love Enshines within 'me’ inspires Peace, Poise, Celestial Bliss within the MIND., And Tows me, Ever Nearer and Nearer to THEE., CERTAIN is my EMANCIPATION, LIBERATION and ULTIMATE FREEDOM., O! THE IMMACULATE, THE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE SAl of SHIRIDI., 2. As THOU Dwelleth within my Mind, Forefieting my Bonds.,
THY Link Ever Growing stronger, As Equanimity Effervescents within the intellect Perplexed, Dumb-found, Transfixed, stone-still, Impervious., Unable to see, to hear, to speak and to Act.,
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Unable to concentrate, contemplate and meditate., Unheeding even the Hungry, unmindful of the sufferers; Unserving even the sickly, Unrespecting the Eminent., All Sinful Acts though, Yet forgetting the SELF, the BODY, the Worldly connection., Ever yearning for THY REVEALLATION., I Prostate., PARDON me, pardon me again and again., O! THE IMMACULATE, THE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Grains, monetary gains, jewels, super-soft Beds, Intoxicating Liquors, Gold-inlaid chairs., Bewitching Damsels, cute, capricious, captivating, Nector-sweet smiles dancing on their lifting lips, providing pranks, fun and Frolic, mirth and Delight, Delectably Delicious Feasty foods, Richly-royal Robes, Fragrant Flowers., All there I desire Not, Not even AIRAVATH, KALPATHARU and KAMADHENU Do I covet., I pine only to see the Glimmer in THY LOTUS EYES., To behold the Radiance in the enthrilling smile on THY Lotus-Lips., Only for a moment though, Take me THOU, in THY Embrace., O! THE IMMACULATE, THE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. Let my mind, soul, and spirit get engrossed in THEE, And Not in this mundane, profane Earthly world., Protect me from Temptation, pride, self-deception and Greed., Also from the wicked the cruel, liars, schemers and Dupers., Enthuse me to perform my DUTY and my Daily REGIMEN., Tired and Incapable of living a world-oriented life.l am., Care me, cuddle me, cajole me, caress me, O! GOD DIVINE., O! THE IMMACULATE, THE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 5. Because of Dutious Deeds in this BIRTH, could I retain THEE., Confesse I did, my weakness, Drawbacks, Doubts and despair., Pardon me 'PER-SE’, Bestow me education, Humility, wisdom and Discretion; Endow me with MORALITY, CHARITY, SPRITUALITY and peace and piety., Make me AMBTIOUS for the knowledge of the SELF and the SUPREME., Make me DESERVING for Emancipation in this Birth, and from Births to come; Make me One among the MANY of THY DEDICATED Devotees., Be with ME, Dwell with in ME, Untill the Last; BLESS ME to BASK in THY GLORY for ever and for ever., O! THE IMMACULATE, THE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's DIVINITY 1. To be BORN to DIE, to DIE to be BORN; The UNIVERSAL LAW. The CREED and cycle of BIRTHS and DEATHS are ETERNAL, DETERMINED by KARMA(1) and Conditioned by DESIRES., EACH BIRTH gets regulated and Ensnared by ILLUSIONS.,
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RESCUE "me" from the UNENDING" Circle and cycle "of BIRTHS and DEATHS., To ATTAIN and ACHIEVE the ULTIMATE state of SAT-CHIT-ANAND(2)
‘THOU’ art alone my TRUE SAVIOUR, O! MERCIFUL, O! MERCIFUL, O! THE EMBODIMENT of DIVINITY, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. WHEN the SOUL-SWAN Departs from the BODY, ON the ETERNAL-JOURNEY into the WORLDS UNKNOWN., WINGS into the VAST LIMITLESS UNIVERSE, WAVERING and Tubling Direction-Less, Destination-Undetermined; Worrying and waiting for the NEXT Birth., Riding upon the CREST of SINS and VIRTUES., Just THY Glance cleanses "me", Rescues 'me’ salvages "me"., And enstrengthens "me" for the ULTIMATE-UNION with “THEE" O! THE EMBODIMENT OF DIVINITY, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. ONE "SUN" enough to Drive out Darkness from the world, When THOU with LUMINENCE of MILLIONS of SUNS, Dwell with me, by me and within me, How can Darkness of Ignorance., Fear of Future Births, Deaths and Re-births, be with me? With SERENE SPLENDOUR, "THOU" seated within the LOTUS-OF-MY-HEART, In prayer and Meditation, Chanting THY sacred NAME Every Second., Distance between "Me" and "THEE" Disappearing and vanishing., Getting Totally Impervious, completely Engrossed and Encompassed., In the REVERBRATIONS and ECHOS of PREMORDIAL "OM"., MERGING in THEE, a certainty, O! THE ENCHANTING, O! THE CHARMING.,, O! THE SUPREME EMBODIMENT OF TRUE DEVINITY, O! THE GREAT SAI OF SHIRIDI.
(1) KARMA:- fruits of voluntary Actions, (2) SAT-CHIT-ANAND :- TRUTH, ENLIGHTENMENT and BUSS.
SAl's COMPASSION
1. O! THE MOON of PEACE; "EBB and TIDE" of the OCEAN of LIFE, EXPERT Navigator that ‘THOU’ Art., RESCUER of the DEVOUT., DIVINE, IMMORTAL-BEING, pervading all the worlds; UNCOMPARABEL, UNCHALLENGEABLE; THOU Alone be with me unto the Last., Varily. Devotees Ever ECSTATIC in THY "PRAISE", O! the KINDRED O! The HAVEN of COMPASSION, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. EXAGGERATION it is NOT, Nor is it scholastic ERUDITION., IMMAGINATION not at all, Entirely SELF-EXPERIENCE., To share the FRUITS of YAGNAS(1), GODS do stake and Quarrel., I covet NOT like-wise, any such BOUNTY nor BENEFIT, THY Ever-readiness to give away ‘all’ that is THINE., SELF-LESS, SIMPLE, SERENE, SYMPATHETIC that THOU Art., CHARISMATIC, CHARITABLE, SUBLIME, that THOU Art., BECOME the SAIL of My Life-BOAT, O! SAI, SAVE ‘ME’ sure, from certain Disaster and Destruction.,
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O! THE DIVINE HAVEN of COMPASSION., O! OCEAN of Love, O! THE GREAT SAI of SHIRDI
SAI's GUIDANCE 1. FOUR Lines in the STANZA of a POEM, are GIST of Four EXPERIENCES., THE Substance of all the lines in a LYRIC, A summary of a chapter., THE Meaning of WORDS in a SONG, A Theme of the Raga(2)., THE Fruits of GOOD-DEEDS in a VIRTUOUS LIFE., A RIGHT Path to reach THEE and to secure Eternal Salvation., (1)YAGANAS:- Religious Rituals, (2) RAGA:-Melody 2. GURU'S Guidance-Cessation of cycle of Births and Deaths., SERVICE-TO-OTHERS-THE only TRUE "Guru's Dakshina(1)"., COMPANY of the REVERED, "TEACHING of the PIOUS"., Forgetting Self, striving for others, shedding PRIDE and HATRED., Verily, a True Process to Earn a place in the HEART of the GURU., 3. TO seek Un-SELFISH Donors, A Fruitful Effort., Treating "ALL" Equal, a SIGN of MAGNANIMITY., "ALL" WORLD an "ILLUSION", UNIVERSE an Abiding REALITY., So, say the ENLIGHTENED and the EVOLVED., HAUGHTY and EGO-CENTRIC "Being" - An Ignorant" FOOL"., He who does not PERFORM but gives Excuses, a “CUNNING CROOK"., (1) Dakshina:- Gratuity 4. ONE Who conquers DELUSION, one who kills LUST, a TRUE "YOGI, ONE Who thrives in LUST and conquered by Delusion A TRUE "BHOGl”, ONE Who Pures only for SELF-EMANCIPATION-a TRUE "MUNI"., ONE Who Strives for NEAR and DEAR, a TRUE MASTER; ONE Who Depends upon others, Verily a SLAVE., 5. HELPLESS, Unable to Lead the Life of a SLAVE., URGING THEE to save me, O! THE MUNIFICIENT OF THE MEEK., O! THE SAVIOUR of all the Devouts and the Deserted., Hasten to rescue me and Draw me close to THEE., BE my LORD, My GUIDE; YOGI THOU Art, Grant me KNOWLEDGE., BE my ALMIGHTY and Teach me the way to my Final Deliverance., O! THE SUPREME SAINT of GUIDANCE, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE STEADFAST 1. FOR UNDOING the "Fruits-of-Actions", INTENT Individuals Fellow DIVERSE paths; Some perform POOJA to GODS, others Approach SAI-GURUS(5)., Yet others construct "ASHRAMAS(6)" Deep in Woods, for concentration and Meditation.,
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Show me, O! THE APOSTLE of LOVE, the path to SELF-LIBERATION; Grant me Everlasting Freedom and Give me Everlasting JOY., O! SAI the STEADFAST, 2. ALL "BHAKTI-MARIGS’(7)” prefer to render Dedicated Poojas(8)., Despite Daily Duties and Routine Needs., Skillfully Learn to Lead uncapricious Worldly-life, Deservingly earn "STATUS and RECOGNITION" in “SOCIETY" And even strive to lead a CONTENDED life, unto the LAST, O! SAI THE STEDFAST., (2). YOGI:- Completely Evalved (3). BHOGI:- Person in pursuit of pleasure, (4). Muni:- Meditator 5. Sat-Gurus:- True Teacher (6). Retreats of Peace & Tranquility (7) Devouts Dedicated to Divine Devotion (8). Devotional Prayer Ritual 3. All "KARMAYOGIS(1)" Shun Rites, Rituals, Prayers and Poojas; Constantly cultivating the company of SANTS(2), Ever Dedicated to "DUTY". Always Introspecting, contemplating, Preferring MEDITATION., ENAMOURED Neither of Joy nor of HAPPINESS; Unpertubed by Failures or by sorrows., Uncaring for RECOGNITION, STATUS or ELEVATION or HONOUR., Ever Hopeful and Endeavour to lead SIMPLE but DUTY-DEDICATED LIFE., Ever so clam confident and courageous courteous and Conscientious., Always PERFORM "MANAVA-SEVA (4)" in preference to “MADHAVA-SEVA” O! SAI THE STEADFAST 4. Divorcing "ALL" and Dwelling in Deep woods., Distancing from "ALL", Stancing on SOLITUDE., Engrossed in "CONTEMPLATION and MEDITATION"., Consigning COMFORTS, Declining Delicious FOODS; oblivious of "BLOOD-SHIPS"., Pious and VIRTUOUS, Ever in pursuit of ENLIGHTENMENT, Trampling TEMPTATIONS, curbing Mundane Desires., Practising RENUNCIATION, Intensely CRAVING for the ULTIMATE DELIVERENCE Is the ONE - THE TRUE "GNYNAYOGI"(5), O! SAI THE STEADFAST, 5. Striving ever to serve and Tend encircling "KITH and KIN"., NEVER SINGING HYMNS, Nor Turning Beads, Nor performing RITUALS., Without "GURUS", Sans "SANTS"., "GOOD - THOUGHTS" glimmering' NOW and then Shunning NONE, Befriending everyone; unpreferring PILGRIMAGES., Unable to CURB sensuous and Emotional SENTIMENTS., Ever tossed in the "Seas" of FAMILY - FUEDS and FINAL - BONDS., I am LONE, ALONE, FRIEND - LESS, FORLORN, Un - sure but HOPEFUL. Yet Intent to Reach "THEE"., come, O! EMBLEM of ENLIGHTENMENT, TO Redeem 'me’, grant me early FREEDOM, LIBERATION and EMANCIPATE O! SAI the EVER STEADFAST, O! THE SAINTLY SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE REDEEMER
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1. The REDEEMER that "THOU" Art, Infinitely 'KIND'., BORN ON the EARTH as SAVIOUR of the LEGION of DEVOTEES., Performing MIRACLES, 'MYSTERIOUS and Unique,' Unknown THY CHILD - HOOD, even THY BIRTH Unknown., Ever Inquisitive, MYSTIC - THRILLED; THY DEVOTEES we are., O! SAI THE DIVINE REDEEMER, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 1. Persons Dedicated to Dutious Actions, 2. The Pious, 3.Service to common - man 4.Devotion to God, 5. Seeker of self - enlightenment and universal Identification. 2. As "CHILD-SAI" who hath Tended THEE? Who THY parents were, No one knows!, When THOU hath crawled and Toddled, did THY Mother Cajole ? was she "Rageous" at THY courageous pranks and childish Mischief ? Did she "spank" “THEE" for eating mud and getting muddied? Playful with THY ‘TINY - MATES' Did THOU slumber then? Or wret THOU remained SILENT and SURREPTITIOUS even then? Did THOU hath formal schooling or the Benediction of DIVINE GURUS? PRECEPTOR of the PAST and the FUTURE.RECEPTOR of the PRESENT, GIVER of knowledge DIVINE INCARNATE, SUPREME REDEEMER, As a "SIXTEN-YEAR-OLD",? Held 'SPELL-BOUND' those that Rocked to THEE., O! Kind and COMPASSIONATE, THOU Hath given SOLACE and SUCCOR to the many., O! SAI the DIVINE REDEEMER, O! SAI of SHIRIDI. 3. To touch THY physical BODY, To hear THY WORDS in person. Fortunate were Few Devout CONTEMPORARIES, Whom THOU hath caressed with smiles and guided them to REDEMPTION; Happy indeed they "all" were., but Not "me" the MOST UNLUCKY., 'Cause I could not see "THEE", Touch 'THEE" and hear "THEE"., For born I was, in to this world after THY Advent and THOU hath left for the HEAVENLY Home., I pine and pity MYSELF, Yet confident to receive THY BENEDICTION., BENEDICTION I did receive, when THOU hath Revealed THY HOLY-FORM in my DREAM., THOU hath driven out my IGNORANCE, Invested INSPIRATION, encowed "HOPE" To make realise that THOU Art ALONE IMMORTAL, rest unreal., Always with me DEVOUT and to their RESCUE., Hallowed is THY memory, THY Philosophy Universal, Unconfined to SHIRIDI Alone., O! SAI the DIVINE REDEEMER, O! SAI of SHIRIDI:, 4. Like Latching the PARROT on to the STRING, THOU hath latched 'me’ to 'THEE" to give company and comfort., Preached 'DEVOTION and patience’, Assured PEACE, practiced Austerity., THOU hath exhorted us to forget CHILDHOOD and the PAST,
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AND Enjoined us to live in the PRESENT, to make the MOST of our LIFE., THOU Art Truely the CREATOR, as Also the PERVADER of the WORLDS., O! SAI the DIVINE REDEEMER, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 5. DUTY-CONSCIOUS and ACTION-BOUND, make me courageous and confident., Grant me CHASTITY, EQUAMINITY, HUMILITY and COURTESY, To serve the NEEDY, to Near the FORESAKEN., to comfort the SUFFERIN To be transformed into a FLOWER, offered in 'HOMAGE’ at THY "LOTUS-feet", Let me chant THY "HOLY" Name in Day, by Night, in Dream as well., Let me EXPERIENCE “THY" PRESENCE in every THOUGHT,WORD and DEED of mine., Let me be ABLE to see ONLY THY IMAGE in every HUMAN-BEING., EMBRACE and Draw me close Unto The Last, to merge in THEE., O! SAI THE DIVINE REDEEMER, THE SUPREME REDEEMER, OITHE GREAT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's TEN INCARNATIONS 1 .BODY is MORTAL, SOUL ever IMMORTAL, SACRIFICE COMFORTS, SERVE Others., LIFE is to GIVE and NOT to TAKE., TO DISPOSSESS is HAPPINESS, to COVET is MISERY, 'BIRTH' an OPPORTUNITY in the Beginning, Later a curse, NOT by DESTINY but by our own DEEDS., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM; SALUTATIONS O! SAI the "INCARNATE" of the SUPREME "SHIVA”., 2. WON-OVER "SHIVA", VANQUISHED "DEATH"., "MARKANDEYA" solely to serve his "parents"., Though Gained IMMORTALITY; 'BHISMA, DRONA, KRIPA, PERISHED’, For having ACQUIESCED with Wicked "DURYODHANA"., SAVED by "KRISHNA", 'DHARMA, BHIMA, ARJUNA.NAKUL and SAHADEO SURVIVED without DEATH, till the “end of the "EPIC-WAR"., Unlightened as "I am", embodied in Ignorance, Awaiting DELIVERENCE O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the millennium SALUTATIONS O! SAI THE "INCARNATE" of the LORD VISHNU., . 3. Pervading in LUMINOUS EXCELLENCE in all the SIXTEEN STELLAR WORK Like the" BEE" sucking the "HONEY" .WITHOUT getting ensnared in the FLOWER LIKE the HAMSA Partaking only "MILK" from the watery MIXTURE., PROTECT me from the TEMPTATIONS of this ENTICING WORLD., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM:! SALUTATIONS OM SAI! THE "INCARNATE" of "GOD BRAHMMA"., 4 DESTROYING sufferings, Decimating Difficulties.,
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BESTOWING Bountiful "JOYS and SUCCESSES"., Enradiant with VIRTUES, GIVER of KNOWLEDGE., Universally EXTOLLED, ILLUSTRIOUS as the " LOTUS-NAVELLED VISHNU," O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM., SALUTATIONS OM SAI! THE "INCARNATE" of the "GREAT GANESHA"., 5 ENMERCIFUL of the WEAK, ENCHANTING in COMPASSION EVER engaged in SELFLESS SERVICE and SACRIFICE., BEFRIENDING the MEEK as well as the MIGHTY, Like LORD RAMA's "ALTER-EGO", LORD VARUNA's Inspired "son"., Enwing 'me' to soar even Higher and Higher to the SUMMIT of the HEAVENS., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM SALUTATIONS OM SAI! THE "INCARNATE" of IMMORTAL "HANUMAN". 6. Having Reached the YOGIC-STATE-OF-MIND, MERGING into "OM" the "PREMORDIAL SOUND"., Having Destroyed "EGO" 'Head-Trunk-and-Limbs’., Totally TRANQUILLED in MIND, O! The GREAT GIFTER OF KNOWLEDGE., REDEEMER of DEVOUTS, BESTOWER of FORTUNES upon the UNFORTUNATE., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM., SALUTATIONS O! SAI the "HUMAN-INCARNATE" of PREMORDIAL "OM"., 7. PERVADING the Entire UNIVERSE, beginning to the End., PROVIDING "SUCCOUR" to all the "HUMANS", IGNORING "High and Low", cast and creed", "Religious and Agnostic"., Without DISCRIMINATION, without HATRED, without MALICE., With Affection with LOVE, Endeared Everyone 'THOU" hath., Adding "LUSTRE" to "YOGIC-PROWESS", GLITTER to VIRTUES., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM., SALUTATIONS, OM SAI! THE "INCARNATE" of "MOTHER-DIVINE"., 8. DESTROYER of the "SIX" DEMONIAC HUMAN-QUALITIES, OF KAMA.KHRODA.LOBHA, MOHA, MADHA, MATHSARA., ESPOUSER of RIGHTEOUS CONDUCT and SIMPLE-LIVING., BE RESPLENDENT in our HEART, MIND, INTELLECT, SOUL and Spirit., ELIMINATE Contradiction between AMBITION and ACHIEVEMENT, Envigor us to Achieve CONGRUOUS Amalgamation of CAUSE and EFFECT., Empower us to create UNANIMITY between THOUGHT, WORDS and DEEDS Enmotivate us to SANCTIFY our HUMAN-BIRTH and WORLDLY-EXISTENCE O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM SALUTATIONS OM SAI! The Holy INCARNATE of GUDDESS "PARVATHI"., 9. PERSONIFICATION of "All" LEARNING and KNOWLEDGE, FOUNTAIN -HEAD of "All" ARTS and CRAFTS,
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SUPREME SOURCE of "All" SCIENCE, SEARCH and RESEARCH, REVEALING the "CRUX", the "CORE", the "SUBJECT" and the "SUBSTANCE ENCAPSULATING "MORALS" in popular "SAYINGS", CLEARING DISBELIEF and DOUBTS, Showing the scholarly "PATH, LEADING to contemplation, to meditation and to the ULTIMATE Salvation Thus making the RUSTIC into a practical PHILOSOPHER., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM SALUTATIONS OM SAI! the Saintly INCARNATE of GODDESS "SARASWATHI"., 1O. UPON the EARTH, in this WORLD, "All" Riches are IMPERMANENT; WORTHLESS to pine, to struggle, to secure them., MERCY, KINDNESS, CHARITY, SERVICE rendered without EXPECTATION., ALONE, shall Fetch ‘TRUE’ worldly wealth; "THOU" Art RENOWNED in 'all’ the WORLDS for these EARTHLY VIRTUES; Ever Enriching THY Devotees with these wealthy and qualities., To Attain the state of "SAT-CHIT-ANAND" ~ the SUPER DIVINE BUSS., O! PROFOUNDLY SERENE, SELF-LUMINOUS, O! PROPHET of the MILLENNIUM., SALUTATIONS to THEE, OM SAI the SUPREME "INCARNATE" of RICH GODDESS LAXMI., SALUTATIONS to THEE, SALUTATIONS to THEE, O! THE SAI of SHIRDI.
SAI's LIFE- MISSION 1. 'BIRTH’ and 'DEATH’ are pre-determined, BY 'BIRTH', 'DEATH' decidedly becomes a Definite "FACT"., LIFE itself, in reality lived only "HALF"., THE Other "HALF" Spent in "SLEEP" and "IN-ACTION"., Spanning "CHILDHOOD", "YOUTH" and "OLD-AGE"., YET a "CENTURION" also does not live a "CENTURY" More., SO Only a "FEW" service to live a "CENTURY" in reality., MAJORITY Live only "HALF-A-LIFE" or Visited by "UN-TIMELY" DEATH OR do "DIE" in ACCIDENTS or in UNEXPECTED DEATHS., THUS in TRUTH, Our "LIFE" is but a 'Momentary” "BUBBLE". Hence "only" a "LIFE-WITH A MISSION " is worth "the" LIVING., O! SAI THE MUNIFICENT, THE MAGNANIMOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2 IF ONE survives "Long", 'DEATH' arriving in "OLD-AGE"., A "GOD-LUCK" indeed, Desist however, from Living a "SUPER-SELFISH” LIFE. Learn to Command "Mind and INTELLECT, Follow 'ALWAYS’ the Inner "CONSCIENCE"., Strive to "Integrate" 'MIND and INTELLECT’, 'SELF and CONSCIENCE’.. Eliminate contradiction in “THOUGHTS, WORDS and DEEDS".. In REALITY - "I" and "Mine", "YOU" and "YOURS" DO "not” exist. ONLY the COSMIC UNIVERSE and the ETERNAL SOUL exist. Learn, Learn to Live "in" Love, "with" Love, "by" LOVE; Which ALONE makes life Eternal, Sublime and "JOYOUS"..
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O! SAI THE MUNIFICIENT, THE MAGNANIMOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.. 3 "HARK" these BASIC, FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS; 'ARDUOUS' though the "Path", Alternative - "NONE".. Get entitled with 'HOPE’, Get started on the "PATH" of "SEARCH".. FOR "TRUE" IDENTITY," TRUE" GOAL and To reach" TRUE" 'SUMMIT’.. O !SAI THE MUNIFICIENT, THE MAGNANIMOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.. 4. With "IMMORTAL" "SAI" becoming 'GURU’, 'GUIDE and 'COMPANION', all the way UNTO the LAST., No need to Doubt, to worry; be ever on the 'MARCH’, on the ONWARD’ MARCH., Let "LIFE" FLOW serenely into the" Sea" of salvation, of libertation, of eternal FREEDOM., SUCH is the "LIFE-MISSION of SAI", the "MISSION" of our "REDEMPTION.” of our "SALVATION" in "TIME and SPACE"., Devoid of "BIRTH and DEATH".. O! SAI the MUNIFICIENT, the MAGNANIMOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI - INCARNATION OFTHE MILLENNIA 1 HUMAN WARLD is 'this’, HISTORIC world of HUMANITY(1) is "this".. Of VIRTUOUS AND VICIOUS Traits, of GROSS and HOLY Trends.. Full of "MISERY" Caused by the ‘WICKED', Interspersed with" PIETY" of a Few., DOMICILED by 'HUMANS', Worldly - Counterparts of the' GODS'.. 2. PLANET englarified by Sage VISHWAMITRA, the COUNTER-CREATOR, Sanctified by MUNUIS and MEDITATORS(2) .SANTS(3) and SAGES.. PLACE - PALACIOUS, that Enhanced the" GLORY - OF - GODS"..
1. Compassions 2. Silent seekers of cosmic TRUTH, 3. .Virtuous and
Devout. 3. "HELP" unto others, A "TRUE-HOMAGE" to "GODS", An HARBINGER of PLACE and HAPPINESS., Feeding the "HUNGRY" is Attaining the "State" of "BRAHMMA"., Practicing “TRUTH" is Acquiring the "State" of "INDRA"., "MORALITY and SERVICE" are paths to the HEAVENLY-ABOVE., "PRAYER and MEDITATION" are sure Means to "SALVATION"., DEVOTION to "YOUGIC-GURUS(4)”Alone Ensures ULTIMATE EMMANCIPATION., Thus "Spake", the SAINT of SHIRIDI, the SAI of SHIRIDI, the SAI of SHIRIDI The DIVINE INCARNATION of the MILLENNIA., 4. At the" IMMEASUREABLE - FORTUNE" of 'Mine’, bestowed by "SAI"., What shall I say ? How shall I say ? within 'me’ waves of "ECASTACY" OVER Flowing "SAI the Giver of VIRTUES, the DIVINE-DESTROYER of "EGO", Is within the "reach and call" of "all" DEVOTEES, Why wait ? Why Vacillate ? When" SAI" is smilingly besides "us"., Why Procrastinate ? why pusillanimate ? why waver ?
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To be RECEIVED, REDEEMED and RESCUED by the "SAI" of SHIRIDI; THE DIVINE INCARNATION OF THE MILLENNIA., 5. “VISITING" SHIRIDI" undergoing Hardships is NOT-A-MUST, " MUST’ is the" FAITH" of Devotees and NOT-a-DARSHAN(5) of the SHRINE Verily ‘HE’ is 'ALL-PERVADING’ and 'OMNI-PRESENT’, On the Intensity of one's DEVOTION," HE" sure shall visit and Reveal "HIMSELF” PROTECT "HE" shall, giving away "HIS-ALL"; spiritual knowledge, enlightenment Truely no Difference between 'me’, "you" and "HE", the SAI of SHIRIDI., THE DIVINE INCARNATION OF THE MILLENNIA., 6. "LILTING" Devotees,'Granting’ Fulfillment., Always within reach of every ‘DEVOUT’ ‘HIS’ “Shrines and Temples" Coming up every where by the end of the end of SECOND MILLENNIUM., THIS 'TRUTH' shall shine, this 'FACT’ shall prevail, How shall I praise or sing" HIS-NAME" ? or proclaim ? That the SAI of SHIRIDI, Verily the DIVINE INCARNATION of the MILLENNIA 4. Super celestial Blissful, 5. Visit and Viewing
SAI THE RADIANT DAWN OF KNOWLEDGE 1 Removing everyone!s Suffering, Fulfilling everyone's AMBITIONS genuine., Though "THOU" Art an " ILLUSTRIOUS-YOGI", Yet 'THOU' hath rescued all THY Devotees., En-muddled in mundane Desires and worldly Attachment., Granted them Always IMMEASUREABLE "Peace and Joy"., Each one of them though UNMINDFUL of the "BURDEN" cast upon "THEE”., O! THE RADIANT DAWN of KNOWLEDGE, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Realising "this" TRUTH; Restless and eager, as a "TINY" Measure of DEVOTION., Ever willing to perform; COMMAND "me","THOU"., I shall, with UN-PARALELLED Devotion, offer" THEE" all that is "Mine", Shall Also ensure to enrich" THY" Holy" NAME and FAME", Ever following "THY" Precepts and Teachings., serving the Fellow-Beings, Spreading THY Holy MESSAGE Manifold, Far and wide., Thus making my Life, my mission, worth THY Name, worth THY Fame., O'.THE RADIANT DAWN OF KNOWLEDGE, O'.THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Motivating THY Devotees to feed the "HUNGRY", clothe the "NAKED”., To Practice "AHIMSA (1)" and "SATSANGH" of “SANTS"., To Mitigate sufferings of the Fellow-Beings as our "PRIME-DUTY"., To convince, "MANAVA-SEVA" to be far SUPERIOR than "MADHAVA-SEVA.,” shall Ever be SACRED-DUTY and be BLESSED in return., To BEHOLD THY "SUPREME-COSMIC-FORM" and Experience Everlasting Joy and Eternal BLISS., O! THE RADIANT DAWN of KNOWLEDGE, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.,
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4. O! SAI the LORD of my MIND and INTELLECT, Rest-a-while., Let THY MISSION get Fulfilled, through "me"; White ‘THOU’ exist for "ALL", Let me Toil for "THEE”., In recompense experience TOTAL and EVERLASTING "BLISS"., Let me follow THY IMPRINTS on the PATH-TO-SALVATION., Let me earn THY GRACE, THY AFFECTION, THY BLESSINGS., To "UN-DO" my past, present karmas(2)., ensure Future SALVATION., For my "SOUL"(3) to enblossom into a Blooming "LOTUS", Bless "me"; O! THE RADIANT DAWN of my Intellect, Intelligence and wisdom., O! THE GREAT SAINT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE OMNIPRESENT 1. "OM" The PREMORDIAL 'Monu-Syllabe' Comprising of "AA", “VOO”,"MA", THE THREE PRIMARY "SOUNDS"., Its "ECHO" ever Reverberating In the LIMITLESS Expanse of ‘COSMIC’ "SPACE” and “Time"., "SAI" � "SA”,+ AA-YEE SAI - Symbolising "MOTHERLY" Attributes of LOVE, KINSHIP and SACRIFICE, SAI - An ever soliciting Friend, pervading everywhere, transcending "SPACE” and “TIME"., THE REGAL- ARCHITECT of creation, protection and Assimilation, Transforming 'SINNERS' into "WINNERS", into "SEEKERS" of TRUTH and LOVE., O! THE OMNIGENEROUS, O! THE OMNIPOTENT O! THE OMNIPRESENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. FOR CONCERTED CONVERGENCE of CONCENTRATION, one may perform "IDOL-WORSHIP"., SERVICE to "FELLOW-BEINGS", the Foremost among the "PROVEN PATHS"., THE ENLIGHTENED may perceive "SAI" as an UNIQUE "YOGI", “HE" WHO is "AROUND and within" 'EVERY-BEING'., AN "UN-FAILING" witness to "ALL" 'EVENT and HAPPENINGS'., Granting each-one of "us" the 'DESERVING'," BOON and BLESSING"., HELPING "ever" to elevate to "HIGHER-REALMS of' COSMIC-CONSCIOUSNESS’., O! THE OMNIGENEROUS, O! THE OMNIPRESENT ,O! THE OMNIPOTENT O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. To Provide PERMANENCE of "SAI's" Divine-presence, within., To Swim ALOFT the CURRENT in the Ever-Flowing-River of CAUSE and EFFECT of BIRTHS and DEATHS. To Earn Every Moment SUPER-SAGACIOUS-MERCY and ACCEPTANCE, OF "SAI" our DIVINE FATHER, our SOLE SAVIOUR, our SOLE REDEEMER., Let us Endeavour UNTO-THE-LAST, with DEDICATION and DEVOTION, For the ULTIMATE EMANCIPATION and UNIFICATION with the "COSMIC-BEING”., O! THE OMNIGENEROUS, O! THE OMNIPOTENT, O! THE OMNIPRES ENT. O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.,
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(1) Non-Violence, (2) Fruits of our own Actions, (3) SOUL:-" Hamsa". 4 "SAI" Always RESIDES in the DUMB, the MEEK, the HELPLESS, the SUFFERERS., . THOSE who TRUST and PRAY, "SAI" Dwells within them., "SAI" surely PARDONS, those who Repent for their Faults and Regret for their SINS., Those 'who' Experience "SAI" in their CALM ‘Mind and Intellect’., "SAI" shall surely be in "all" their THOUGHTS, WORDS and DEEDS., O! THE OMNIGENEROUS, O! THE OMNIPRESENT, O! THE OMNIPOTENT, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 5. PROTECTING the "POOR", Feeding the HUNGRY, Clothing the NAKED; PROVIDING "SOLACE" to those in DISTRESS, sharing others SORROWS and DESPAIR., ENDEARING others with HUMILITY, COURTESY, COMPASSION and AFFECTION., "EN-HOMED" is "SAI" in Every "ATOM", Every "CELL", Every "BODY" Every "BEING"., PRESENT is "SAI" in BIRTH in LIFE, in DEATH, Present "HE" is Everywhere, in Every Place., "SAI" thus is "ALMIGHTY", ALL-POWERFUL, ALL-PERVADING., O! THE OMNIGENEROUS, O! THE OMNIPOTENT, O! THE OMNIPRESENT, O! THE GREAT SAI OF SHIRIDI.
SAI's COSMIC-FORM 1. "CHARIOTEER" of the FIVE COSMIC-ELEMENTS.(1), "FOUNTAIN-HEAD" of 'PEACE and SOLACE' to "PARCHED-HEARTS", ' "BURDEN-BEARER" of the DEPRIVED and the DESTITUTES, O! 'SAI', make us "STEADFAST" in the "JOY and SORROW" of "MEETING and PARTING"; PRY NOT for the REASON and the MEANING of our SINFUL ACTIONS and DEEDS, BUT be "KIND and CONSIDERATE" and Transform "us" into CRUSADERS of PEACE and SERVICE, Reveal THY COSMIC-FORM, O! THE CHARIOTEER of the FIVE COSMIC ELEMENTS; 2. 'MINE' entire ENTITY 'THOU Art, every MONENT ‘I’ wait, My "BREATH", My "BEING", MY "BEACON" THOU Art., MY BODY, SOUL and SPIRIT are but a "SPECK- of-DUST" on THY LOTUS-FULL, DAWN of my "REALISATION" is but a "RAY" of “THY" SUPER SPLENDEROUS RADIANCE. DESTROYER of my LUST, FEAR and IGNORANCE, PRIDE and EGO., THE "SUN" that enblooms the "LOTUS" of my "HEART" in splendorous BEAUTY., O! SAI the "PADMANABHA"(2) of my 'MORTAL-MANE.,’
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Reveal THY COSMIC-FORM, O! THE CHARIOTEER of the FIVE COSMIC ELEMENTS., 3. 'ENSHRINED' in every ATOM of my BODY and BEING, everything is THINE "NONE and NOTHING" in Reality, is 'mine’., everything is THINE; MY NAME, FAME, even IDENTITY "THOU" Art., 'KNOWER’ of the SECRETS of my 'EXISTENCE', "ENTHROBING" Force of my Heart, of my every Artery, Capillary and vein, "CHROMOSOME" of 'every’ cell in my Body, Vibrant even in my Last Breath! OITHE COSMIC-FORCE, Bless and Liberate me, my Body and my soul., Reveal THY COSMIC-FORM, O! THE CHARIOTEER of the FIVE COSMIC ELEMENTS., 4. “PROGENATOR" of "all" my Actions, "KEEPER" of my CONSCIENCE at all Times "VICTIM" of circumstances I am, A 'SOLDIER’ on the BATTLE-FIELD of enlightenment., Make "me” a Victor over DESPERADOS who trample upon the Aspirations of, others., O! come and Rescue 'me' when exhausted and Decimated., And enable 'me' to offer 'my' BEING, as Humble Homage to THEE., ; Also to engarland my "MIND" around THY LOTUS FEET., O! THE SUPREME COSMIC BEING, O! THE SUPREME COSMIC FORCE. REVEAL THY COSMIC-FORM, O! THE CHARIOTEER of the FIVE COSMIC ELEMENTS., O! THE COSMIC-INCARNATE, O! THE GREAT SAINT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE LORD OF OUR MIND 1.. ENMIRTHED in the NECTAR of THY Unbounded LOVE, MY BODY, MIND and BEING ever in ecstatic joy., Come O! SAI DEMOLISH my worldly-Desires, Lures and Attachments., Enmotivate me to Achieve EXCELLENCE in the service of Fellow-Beings., MY Wealth and Riches, MY Name and Fame, my Achievements if any; Accept "them" as my "offerings" at THY sacred LOTUS-FEET., O! SAI THE LORD of our MIND, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., (1) PANCHA BOOTHAS:- PRITVI, JALAMU, AGNI, AKASHAMU.VAYU. (2) VISHNU 2. ALIVE, willing to be UNKNOWN, in Patience I wait., Enslaved, Helpless, DISOWNED and DESERTED by KITH and KIN., Never shall ‘I’ be elated to perform mere RITUALS sans DEVOTION., When 'my’ "SWAN" searches THEE , Before the Departure from the "CAGE"., NOTHING and NONE but "THOU" shall befriend me, for my Company, for my DELIVERNCE., O! SAI THE LORD of our MIND, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. If ever someone "sheds" a single "TEAR", If ever Anyone Remembers "me" even "once", If ever a single Action of mine is 'praised’,
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In deed 'mine’ shall be an "enviable" "LUCK"., Let me in 'this’ Birth be "THY" Heir., in the next, "THOU" my "MAKER"., In "all" the succeeding 'Births’, THOU" be my YOGIC-TEACHER., O! SAI THE LORD of our MIND, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. RESIDE in MY MIND and INTELLECT, PERVADE my every THOUGHT, WORD and DEED., Distance NOT from me, cast me NOT away., All "my" Being, even through a Life-Time, shall ever be in wait for THEE., My FAITH, My TRUST, My DEVOTION are the ONLY "offerings" to THEE., Let “THY” 'MERCY and COMPASSION’ embrace "me", for ever and for ever., O! SAI THE MAKER and MASTER of my Being O! THE ever MERCIFUL., O! SAI THE LORD of our MIND, O! THE GREAT SAINT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE PREACHER AND PROMOTER OF LOVE and TOLERANCE 1. HARBINGER of NEW ERAS, NEWEST HISTORIC FIGURE "THOU" Art., Revered and worshipped in this Age and in the Ages yet to come., ENSHRINED in every MIND, ever Active in every being., Spreading Far and wide the GOSPEL of LOVE and TOLERANCE., EXHORTING to Lead 'LIFE’, NOT of TRICKERY and DECEIT, BUT of Genuine' SERVICE and SACRIFICE' for the Atonment of our sins STRIVE to Recognise, GODLINESS Embodied in "EVERY-SELF"., Verily "THOU" hath Preached and Practiced "Love and Tolerance"., SUBLIME be THY NAME, SUBLIME be THY FAME, For Ever and For Ever., O! SAITHE PREACHER and PROMOTER of Love and Tolerance., 2. Worldly "WEALTH and RICHES", However "PLENTY and PRECIOUS"., YET shall "NOT" EQUAL, the IMMEASUREABLE "Treasure of Trust"., That "THOU" shall Gifteth to "THY" CHOSEN-ONES" for SELF-REALISATION and for SOUL-LIBERATION"., PRAYER to 'THOU', is Prayer to "ALL" GODS and DEITIES., Since 'THOU" Dwelleth in "ALL" and "ALL" in 'THEE”., Chanting of HYMNS, Turning of BEADS, for a 'LIFE-TIME’ to Appear Hoands of GODS., But become DWARFED, Just by uttering a single Name of "THINE"., THY NAME that Enthrills Even the APOSTLES and the ANGELS., HALLOWED be THY NAME, HALLOWED be THY NAME, For Ever and for Ever O! SAI THE PREACER and PROMOTER of LOVE and TOLERANCE., 3. THY Wards and Deeds 'EXEMPLARY’ as they were, THY DISCIPLES followed 'them" in 'Letter and Spirit’., APPROACHABLE that THOU’ wert, ‘THEE’ they LOVINGLY Approached., To play "HIDE and SEEK” in PRAYER, in TRUST and in HOPE., HOLIEST be THY NAME, HOLIEST be THY NAME, For Ever and for Ever., O! SAI the PREACHER and PROMOTER of LOVE and TOLERANCE., 4. BLESSED are 'those’ that sing THY PRAISE,
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TWICE-BLESSED are 'those’ that praise THY DEEDS, THRICE-BLESSED are 'those’ that Extol THY MIRACLES., DUMB-FOUND and TRANSFIXED I cannot sing, Praise of Extol ‘THEE'., Rooted to Earth, with Folded Hands, "I" stand in Obeisance., Waiting to be rescued by THEE for the FINAL REDEMPTION., HALLOWED be THY NAME, HALLOWED be THY NAME, Far Ever and for Ever., O! SAI the PREACHER and PROMOTER of LOVE and TOLERANCE., 5. In the Battle-of-my-'Life’, THOU Art "ARJUNA" the Ever VICTORIOUS; To enable "me" to render "JUSTICE", THOU Art "DHARMAJA" the ever VIRTUOUS; To enstrengthen "me" to Destroy evil and vice, THOU Art "BHIMA" the ever INVINCIBLE., To enlighten "me" for SELF-LIBERATION, THOU Art "SRIKRISHNA" the IMMORTAL, O! SAI the SUPREME SAVIOUR, Reform us to treat "All" Fellow-HUMANS as EQUALS., To show patience, LOVE and TOLERANCE.., To foster "AILMITY" between HUMAN BEINGS., To promote PEACE, PROSPERITY and HAPPINESS UPON "MOTHER-LARTH", REVERSED be THY NAME, REVERED be THY NAME, for ever and for ever., O! THE DIVINE APOSTLE, THE DIVINE PREACHER and PROMOTER of LOVE and TOLERANCE., O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING 1 BASED on the 'PAST-ACTIONS', Determining the BIRTHS., REGULATING 'Life’ here upon the 'earth1 and the "SOUL" after DEATH., MODULATING the "SOJOURN-of-SOULS" between "MICROCASM and MACROCASIN"., Performing in 'UNISON', SYNCHRONOUS, CREATION, PROTECTION and ASSIMILATION. GIVING UNTO each their "DUE" in LIFE and in DEATH, upon 'earth’ and in 'Heaven'., Verily "THOU" Art the TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. "SENSUAL, SEXUAL, MUTUAL," the 'Law-of-Nature’ for PROCREATION., "OPPOSITES" Uniting and Merging, Humans becoming "CREATORS" of "LIFE"., THOUGH "PARADOXICAL", yet "PREMORDIALL" in Unending cyclic-RYTHM., "CO-EXISTENCE", of FLOWER, HONEY and BEE., each separate, yet together, A "MOTHER" at CHILD-BIRTH" becomes Oblivious of pain and suffering, yet Impervious with overflowing "PLEASURE"., Like a "PEACOCK", in the midst of moon-lit woods, Dances in MIRTH, Unseen., Like a flying "MOTHER-BIRD", Holding wingless" off-spring" in the Mouth., OBSERVING "CREATION" Full with such charming MIRACLES., . Making us wonder at the "MARVELS" of the "CREATOR"., Verily THOU Art TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI..
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3. Animate, In-Animate; Attraction of opposite POLES and SEXES., ROTATION and REVOLUTION., DAY and NIGHT; FULL and NEW MOONS.. THE SUN, the MOON, the STARS., EBB and TIDE of the OCEANS., THE ICY-SNOW, THE BOILING-LAVA, THE PEAKS and the GORGES., ULTRA-VIOLET, INFRA-RED "RAYS"; FLOWERS and fruits, MICROCOSMIC Organisms, MACROCOSMIC UNIVERSE., Hundreds of MILKY-WAYS, THOUSANDS of STELLAR GROUPS., LIMITLESS SKY, ETERNAL TIME; MORTAL BODY, IMMORTAL SOUL. ALL Mystical, Mysterious, Miraculous., TRUTH beyond LOGIC, LOGIC beyond Reason., Verily THOU Art "SAI", the CAUSE and the EFFECT of all such Diverse "PHENOMENA”., Verily THOU Art the TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. 'ANIMALS' Hunt Animals for Food and Living, CRUEL though, yet
Choiceless., "HUMANS" bestowed with "Thinking", "Reason”, "LOGIC" and "Discretion"., Yet Ignore the "Truth" and Indulge in worldly desires and Delusions., Discarding even the ULTIMATE IMMORTALITY, preferring perpetual futility.. Ah! what a PARADOX, Oh! what a PITY., Grave and Grieving. O! SAI THOU Art the True SAVIOUR of all such Deluded-Being on this earth and in this world., Verily THOU Art the TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING, OITHE SAI of SHIRIDl., 5. OMNIFEROUS, OMNIGENIUS, THOU Art; Proven REDEEMER of SINNERS., PROTECTOR of DEVOTEES, PROMOTER of ONE-NESS., O! the ever MERCIFUL, why wait Till my Body Discards the SOUL? Let my SOUL discard the Body now, to merge with THEE, In everlasting IMMORTALITY for all TIME to come., Verily THOU Art the TRUE TRANS-COSMIC BEING, OITHE GREAT SAI of SHIRIDl.
SAI's ETERNAL PROTECTION 1. AMBITIOUS to live as a DEVOTEE, my Patience becoming a curse., THOU hath consigned me to live among "CHEATS and SCOUNDRELS"., In unending succession, Day after Day; My BODY and MIND bending under the BURDEN., MISERIES, Failures, Sorrows and sufferings taking their TOLL, Distressed, Disillusioned, Demoralised, My MIND ever in TURMOIL., Toiling Relentlessly to reach THEE, when is my Deliverance? Grant Me THY eternal protection, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI, 2. Like 'waking’ a sleeping LION, Attacking a crawling Snake., Trampling upon the Tail of a Napping Dog., All Follies., SUGREEVA{1) Challenging WAALI, forgetting the Brotherly Bonds., RAVANA(2) involving serene RAMA in "Battle" for sake of SITA.,
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All because of IGNORANCE(3), EGO, LUST and the Loss of SENSE and SENSIBILITY., BAD precedents INDEED, from Times. lmmemoprial., When is the Deliverance from this world for me? Grant Me THY eternal Protection, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDL, 1. & 2. Characters in RAMAYANA, 3. AGNYANA, AHUM, PRALOBHA. 3. Lead THY Kindly, light Lead THOU me on., I am far from THEE, Lead THOU me on., Amidst the Enlooming Gloom, I am far from THEE, Lead THOU , me on. Amidst the Frightening Darkness of the Night, I am far from THEE., Amidst the surrounding WOODS, I am lone, alone, FORLORN., Amidst the Encircling Misery, Ennagging Agony, Lead THOU me on., Lead THY kindly light, lead THOU me on., I am far from THEE, Lead THOU me on No more can I wait for I am Exhausted, come, come now for my rescue., Grant me THY Eternal Protection, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDl., 4. Body weak, Mind perplexed, Impervious to Act or react., Desire to THINK, to LIVE having Lost, having lost the path to THEE., TIRED totally I am having over come hatred and Revenge And stood upright and courageous to confront conceit and to protect Justice., When THOU shall come ? To Grant me THY Eternal protection, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDl., 5. AGES may be different, but Human Thoughts, and Desires, ALIKE.; 'ARJUNA’ Ignoring All BONDS, Decided to wage the War., Coveting NOT VICTORY, but fought to fulfill Duty and secure IMMORTALITY., ENLIGHTENED by "GITA", Ensermoned by the DIVINE KRISHNA., So Reveal THY COSMIC-FORM, O! SAI, to Enable me to Rise Above., Mundane Matters, Family-Bonds, Worldly Attachments, Vice and Wickedness. To strive for TRUTH, to Struggle for JUSTICE, Do not Fail me, come soon., Grant me THY Eternal Protection, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDl., 6. DWELL in my MIND, Drive away DISHONESTY and DECEIT., Nourish my BODY-MIND-AND-INTELLECT., Help me to fulfill the Needs of my "SPOUSE and PROGENY"., Enable me to lead a JUST, HONEST and SUCCESSFUL Family-life., With TRANQUILLED MIND., let me Elevate myself to THY state., TRANSCENDING “Time and Space", come, for my Ultimate Deliverance., Grant me THY Eternal Protection, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDl.
SAI THE INCARNATE OF GOD SHIVA 1. REJOICE, we do, after Birth in this Life, learning and Unlearning., With "Experience" we gain, getting ADEPT in Worldly-Ways., REGRET, we do, at our Losses, Failure, sorrows and sufferings., Of what AVAIL is it ? to waste our HUMAN-BIRTH, the most PRECIOUS of All., Will "this" BIRTH be the "LAST" for the ULTIMATE Liberation ?
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Who shall Answer ? who shall Assure ? Except THOU ! O! THE INCARNATE of GOD SHIVA, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI, 2- Nurturing a difficult Ambition, to lead an ACTION-ORIENTED LIFE., Strive hard and struggle we may, but only with kindness, success we would Achieve., Lured by Temptation, Tempted by Greed, would I ever Achieve that AMBITION ? Eat I did not, a "single" Grape from the Bunch, Taste I know Not., Hear I shall not, the Juggling Noises of ILL-GOTTEN Wealth., Unable to respond to the MEEK, the WEAK and the HELPLESS., How shall I ever Aspire to reach the THRESHOLD of THY Abode ? THOU shall come and Liberate me, for sure., O! THE INCARNATE of GOD SHIVA, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Life with such DISPAIR, becomes a Beastly-Burden to Bear., PIEOUS, ILLUSTRIOUS, EMBODIMENT of SUPREME COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS That THOU Art, Bless me "SAI" to taste the NECTAR of THY HOLY NAME., No matter, were I to swallow Even PIOSON, but become THY Diligent DEVOTEE., Earning the RESPECT of others, Transforming my left-over LIFE., As an HUMBLE offering at THY LOTUS FEET., Bless me with Immortality., O! THE INCARNATE OF GOD SHIVA, O! SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE UPLIFTER OFTHE UNFORTUNATE 1. EVEN The ENLIGHTENED when they FONDLE the BODY, "EGO" Flourishes., Though Unintended, it gets Unabated, Leading to the death of CONSCIENCE and to the Birth of DELUSION. As ever rising Waves of the OCEAN, again and again; SENSUOUS passions and SELFISH Thoughts ever INVADING; Aghast, Ashamed, Perturbed, Perplexed., I know not, what to do., "Me", who shall save? who shall Redeem? who shall Rescue? EXCEPT “THOU", O! THE UPLIFTER of the UNFORTUNATE, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. WELL-BUILT, Attractive, 'Intoxicated’ with FAME., Ignoring the Enlightened, the elders, the wise and IMPERVIOUS to the sufferings of others., Forgetting Even the "CREATOR", "SELF-Centred", PROUD, HAUGHTY and OSTENTATIOUS., Getting FOND of the MORTAL-BODY, that shall Never be everlasting., When the LONG-ARM of TIME and the STRONG-NOOSE of DEATH, Ensnare the BODY, "Me", who shall save? who shall Redeem? who shall Rescue? EXCEPT “THOU", O! THE UPLIFTER of the UNFORTUNATE, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.,
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3. DAMSELS Glowing with YOUTH and BEAUTY, Enjewelled with PRIDE and PREJUDICE., OBLIVIOUS of DECORUM, DIGNITY and DECENCY; Devoid of COURTESY and MODESTY., UNMINDFUL of CUSTOMS and TRADITIONS, Intoxicated with INSOLENCE, Mind Filled with MALICE, HEART with AVARICE.,. Luring the INNOCENT, How then, could 'they’ serve the NECTAR from their. LOTUS-LIPS? How then, could 'they’ give ECASTACY from their SENSUOUS-BOSOMS? How then, could 'they’ spread FRAGRANCE from their FLOWERY-FACES? When their YOUTH and BEAUTY need to be dedicated only to the WORTHY, Un-realising that "ALL" WORLDLY-DELUSIONS Ultimately lead to SELF-SLAVERY and BODILY-BONDAGE., With OLD-AGE, All the BODILY-CHARMS of YESTER-YEARS, Vanishing, Making an Entire LIFE-TIME, Totally Worthless and wasted., DITCHED, DEJECTED, REJECTED; NO-WAY to go, No-where to go, AGONY Torturing the MIND, SICKNESS Scourging the BODY., Who shall show "SOLACE" and "SYMPATHY" and Grant REDEMPTION? EXCEPT "THOU", O! THE UPLIFTER of the UNFORTUNATE, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. WEALTH, STATUS, INFLUENCE, NAME, FAME; POWER, PELF, STRENGTH, STAMINA; "ALL" INVAIN., When Vanquished by TIME, Decimated by destiny, Defeated by Fate., PEACE having Perished, Drowned "SEVEN- FATHOMS" Deep, FRUITS Denied, RESULTS Ditched., with the LAST-GLIMMER of HOPE, Vanished., WHO shall BLESS, Bestow GRACE, Grant REDEMPTION and Ultimate LIBERATION? EXCEPT "THOU", O! THE UNIQUE UPLIFTER of the UNFORTUNATE. O! THE GREAT SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE RESCUER OFTHE ACCURSED
1 BODY Weak with ILL-HEALTH and SICKNESS, Mind meek with GRIEF and DISPAIR., LIVING at the MERCY of OTHERS, Helpless and Distraught., "GOD" provides "COMA" only to make us IMPERVIOUS; Is it NOT a BOON? a BLESSING? When SCHOCKING News Numbs our "BODY and MIND", "GOD" makes us "DUMB”, ONLY to save us from Death., Is it Not a BOON? a Blessing? When WOUNDS Bleed Profusely, threatening "DEATH"., "GOD" makes Blood to "CLOT” and "SEAL the WOUNDS", Is it Not a Boon? A Blessing? O! What MIRACLESS, O! What MYSTERY, “THOU" ENACT and perform! only for the GOOD of ALL; OI THE RESCUER OF THE ACCURSED, O! THE SAINT SAI OF SHIRIDL,
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2. Un-Aware of its Empending "Death", the "Goat" does Accompany the "SLAUGHTERER"; Un-Aware of the Impending "Deceit", the "INNOCENT" do Befriend the "WICKED"., Why this CRUELTY ? Why this INHUMANITY ? Is it by DESIGN ? or due to DESTINY ? Or Due to the CURSE of some TORTURED-SOUL? We know Not for certain? Who shall but 'THOU", “THOU" Alone RESOLVE and RESURRECT, O! THE RESCUER OF THE ACCURSED, O! THE SAINT SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. It is Easy to Help the "POOR" and the "DESTITUTE"., It is Easier to Educate the RUSTIC and the RUFFIAN., It is Easier even to convert the WICKED in to KINDRED-BEINGS., Still Easier to make the INNOCENT, INTELLIGENT, Even for “THY" DEVOUTS", Even with THY "BLESSINGS”., To reform the DIE-HARD, the DEVILISH, "Impossible" it is., ONCE a MONSTER Turns "BERSEK", All HELL Erupts., Causing UNTHINKABLE Destruction and Suffering., YET in that WIDE-SPREAD.DEVASTATING "CATASTROPHE", ‘THOU’ Alone., Verily “THOU" Alone, shall Appear in the "COSMIC-FORM"; Splendorous, Spectacular and Supreme., ' O! THE DIVINE RESCUER of the ACCURSED, O! THE SAINT SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. "ONE"-Only "One" NOTORIOUS Heir, Enough to Destroy a "DYNASTY"., "ONE"- Only "one" CUNNING and CAPRACIOUS Descendant, could well cause MISERY to the Entire CLAN., Who shall RESCUE such a DYNASTY, such a CLAN? None, No one; NOT at All Than to be in company with the WICKED and the ATROCIOUS., Better would it, to be SENSELESS in coma; speechless and silent; Even to bleed to DEATH., Were "I" to undergo Even such Endless sufferings; it matters NOT, But, Let me NOT forget THY HOLY NAME, Even for a “TRILLIONTH" of a 'MOMENT”, Treat "me" Not as an "OUTCAST”, Cast "me" NOT into the TUMULTUOUS SEAS O! the Ever MERCIFUL Rescue "me" Now and also Here after, in all BIRTH to come., O! THE REVERED RESCUER of the ACCURSED, O! THE GREAT SAINT SAI OF SHIRIDI.
SAI THE ALL-PERVADING • 1: EXCEPTIONALLY "unique" is human-birth upon the -Earth., Like the Colourful RAINBOW, Encrowning HUMAN-lntelligence., In the FIRMAMENT of "Science and Technology". Making HUMAN-BEINGS "All-Powerful" in the CREATION., To MARVEL at the MIRACLES, To WONDER at the MYSTERY, TO PONDER about the CREATION, To EXTOL about the SUBLIME CREATOR., Shaping "HUMAN-EXISTENCE" as the"JEWEL-OF-NATURE", ENDOWING "him" with PEACE, JOY and HAPPINESS.,
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Yet "he" suffers because of "SELF-DELUSION", when he "turns Wicked and SINFUL, O! ‘THOU’ Ever MERCIFUL, Rescue 'him’ Grant him the ULTIMATE LIBERATION., And the State of SUPREME-BLISS and Eternal Immortality., O! SAI the all-PERVADING, O! The SAINTLY SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. "THOU" hath Decorated the HUMAN-BODY with several ORGANS., Each Uniquely Important and Potent., "THOU" hath invested the HUMAN-BODY Also with charming SHAPE, Exquisite FORM Beauty and Attraction., To Comprehend, Understand and Co-exist with NATURE and surrounding world., MIND and INTELLECT, SENTIMENTS and EMOTIONS, Inter-Acting with Each other., LOGIC, REASON, WISDOM, DISCRETION, Decision, Inter-Mingling with Joys and sorrows., "SEX" Creating TWO Distinct HUMAN-GROUPS and playing a "KEY" Role, In MUTUAL ATTRACTION and in perpetuating PATERNITY and PROGENY, A "BRIDGE-in-TIME", to cross from one BIRTH to the NEXT., Different a little, but MOSTLY Similar., In wants, In Desires, In PASSIONS AND ASPIRATIONS., Ah! what a MARVEL, Ah! what a MYSTERY! “THY" MIRACLES, these., O! SAI the ALI-PERVADING, O! THE SAINTLY SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. HUMAN BEING, Encaged in one BODY; yet Swayed by DISTRACTIONS, MANY, SUBJECTED to Experiences, several., Bitter and sweet; Feeting and Memorable., Infirm, Unsure, Vacillating and Hesitating, yet Hopeful and Expectant., Always in search of comfort and joy, yet Ever Miserable., “THOU" Art Alone, Capable of such PARADOX,of such PROFUNDITY., O! SAI The All PERVADING, O! THE SAINTLY SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. “THOU” Art alone, capable of Establishing ORDER in CONFUSION; OF Investing a "MISSION" to HUMAN-VISION; OF Endowing UNITY in DIVERSITY., OF Providing PIETY and PEACE, of ingesting WIT and HUMOR., OF Making us STRONG in BODY, DETERMINED in MIND and INTELLECT, OF Empowering us to remain STEAD-FAST in purpose and in Action., OF Elevating us to the SUMMIT of COSMIC-CONSCIOUSNESS., to the REALM of celestial BLISS., "THEE", I BESEECH and PRAY for leading us from DARKNESS to DAWN., O! SAI the AII-PERVADING, O! THE SAINTLY SAI of SHIRIDI.,
SAI THE SUPREME LIGHT
1. THIRTY-MILLION "GODS" Lord in CELESTIAL SPLENDOUR, UNABLE to PROTECT" BILLIONS" of HUMAN-BEINGS., DIFFERENTIATE between "SINNERS" and the "PIOUS"., PROTECTING the "PIOUS", Forsaking the "SINNERS".,
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'NONE’ to their RESCUE, Nowhere to Look; SINNERS suffer waiting to be rescued., DISCRIMINATED, Despised, Dejected., they do lead their "Life" as ACCURSED., WORLDS Losing their "RHYME and RYTHM"; As "Heavens" for the "Few", Hades for the "Many"., INCARNATE of "OM" THE PREMORDIAL SONIC REVERBERATIONS., O! OMNI-BENEVOLENT, "THOU" Both protect the Virtuous as well as the SINNERS., In Equal Measure, Granting REDEMPTION to "ALL"., O! THE SUPER-SUPREME LIGHT, O! THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. SINCE THE Beginning of the Beginning, the Beginning of "CREATION"., To the INNUMERABLE Devotees, "THOU" hath granted REVEALATION in the FORM they ENVISIONED., Bestowed 'BOONS' and reconciled CONTRADICTIONS., COSMIC-BEING that THOU Art, Personified the AUSPICIOUS ATTRIBUTES., Of the DIVINE-DUET-DEITIES, 'SHIV-PARVATHI’, 'VISHNU-LAXMI' 'BRAHMMA-SARASWATHI’., EXTOLLED by the WISE, the ENLIGHTENED, the ETHICALLY EMINENT, RESPLENDENT with the FIVE Fundamental "ELEMENTS”, And As "INDRA" to MARSAL them., As "ADI- SHAKTI(1)" the PRISTINE PREMORDIAL ENERGY, THOU hath FLOURISHED; As a Mere MORTAL, I cannot please All these Multi-Million DEITIES., Within the COSMIC-TIME SPAN of a BUBBLE., A LIFE-TIME of a HUMAN; COSMIC-BEING THAT THOU Art, I seek THEE, for my REDEMPTION.. O! THE SUPER-SUPREME LIGHT, O! THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAI of SHIRIDI. 3 Attempting to view Each of these DIVINE-GODS in their splendorous FOM, With ENLIGHTENED INTELLECT, "I" become self-Engrossed, Transfixed and Impervious., DRITHARASHTRA(2) and ARJUNA, Unable to comprehend the COSMIC-FORM. Closed their 'Eyes' only to see the SERENE-FORM of LORD SRIKRISHNA, Contemplate, I could "All" these DIVINE-FORMS, in "THEE"., With clam, serene, Ever-smiling COUNTENANCE, Embodying Within, THEE all these diverse, Divine Forces and Forms., INSTILLING within "me", 'peace and piety', THOU Art alone, in the HUMAN FORM. Can Redeem MANKIND and "me", in perpetuity., O! THE SUPER-SUPREME LIGHT, O! THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. BECAUSE of my Unencumbered, Enlightened Intellect, Could I observe, the spectacular MYRIAD of CELESTIAL-LIGHT., THE THRILLING SPECTACLE of SHINING STARS, Twinkling in the BOUNDLESS SKY enveloped in Darkness., The Lilting 'FULL-MOON-LIGHT’, COVERING the EARTH with silvery Cadence; Also the Enthralling sight of "MAKARA JYOTI" over AYYAPPA's abode on Sabarimalai, WATCHING the captivating crimson RADIANCE of the Daily DAWN and Dusk
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In the EMRALD Sky., O! what EXUBERANCE, what an experience, O! Bestow THY MERCY and REDEEM me for Ever., O! THE SUPER-SUPREME LIGHT, O! THE ILLUSTRIOUS SAI of SHIRIDI,
SAI's SACRED FEET
1. Places Do Exert INFLUENCE upon Beings, Native-place all the more.. HISTORY Full with INSTANCES, of wars waged in the Name of Holy Places., BIRTH-PLACE of the PIOUS and the DIVINE, "INCARNATES", become Places of Pilgrimage., Yet the Ignorant and the Wicked, Cause their Destruction; Merely to Proclaim the Superiority of their FAITH., Such Acts of VANDALISM can Neither be MUST Nor Just., LET the Dust of THY SACRED-FEET, En-purify us, En-glorify us, O! THE SUPER SERENE, O! THE RENOWN SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. THOUG, knowing this TRUTH; Being Bodily weak, JOURNEY I Cannot To any of the Holy Shrines, spend I cannot Time and Money, Nor Place., EVENTS OCCUR, Like BURSTING BUBLES, in DAILY LIFE., With Fruits of "my" LABOUR, Hindering 'My’ Efforts, when would I visit., Any of these Pilgrim-Places ? when would "I" Fulfil my DUTIES and vows ? When would-I ACCOMPLISH 'My’ "Family-Obligations" ? And RENUNCIATION at the End? Let the DUST of 'THY" LOTUS-FEET, En-purify us, En-glorify us, O! THE SUPER SERENE, O! THE RENOWN SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. WHILE “THOU" Dwelleth in the MICROCOSM of the THINEST atom of "My" BODY, MIND and INTELLECT and the MACROCOSMIC "SOUL"., During "My" SOUL's ETERNAL JOURNEY in "TIME and SPACE" between the BIRTHS., "I” may, to Attain the ULTIMATE "YOGIC" STATE perhaps need one or several more BIRTHS! Yet in "Each" Birth, BLESS "me" to 'Watch and Wait' with Patience with FAITH in THEE"., For 'my’ Everlasting REDEMPTION and DELIVERANCE, O! SAI the IMMORTAL, Let the DUST of 'THY" LOTUS-FEET, En-purify us, En-glorify us, O! THE SUPER SERENE, O! THE RENOWN SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. As "THOU" Devouts wait in Prayer and in OBEISANCE., At "THY" UNIVERSALLY-KNOWN Holy-shrine of SHIRIDI, Let "me" Even if it, but be only for a moment at SHIRIDI, That "ONE" MOMENT shall surely RECOMPENSE, a LIFE-TIME of Waiting Let the DUST of “THY" LOTUS FEET, “THY" SACRED FEET, Ever PURIFY us, Ever GLORIFY us, O! THE SUPREME, O! THE SUPER SUPREME, O! THE SUPER SERENE, O! THE WORLD-RENOWN, O! THE EVER-RENOWN, SAI of SHIRIDI.,
SAI THE IMMORTAL
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1. Even for the "EMINENT" among the ENLIGHTENED, Never was it Easy to Achieve Emancipation, Attain IMMORTALITY., How then ? as an ORDINARY MORTAL could ‘I’ Ever Aspire to reach that SUBLIME State? FORTUNE and FAME could never be "the" steps to Ascend the HEAVENLY-SUMMIT., "COMPASSION” and contentment, instead be inculcated for SELF-EVOLUTION., Learn to Nourish the NEEDY, Feed the HUNGRY, Cloth the NAKED., Learn to Love the YOUNG, to respect the ELDERS, to tend the SICK., Endeavour to LIVE, SERVE and to DIE; as THY AMBASSDOR on EARTH; Practice to CLIMB step by step, to reach "THEE” and to BOW at "THY" Ever LUSTROUS LOTUS-FEET., O! The MAGNIFICENT, O! THE MAGNANIMOUS, O! THE EVER MERCIFUL; O! THE IMMORTAL SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. "PARUSHARAMA" having heard, at SITA's Wedding, the Breaking-sounds of SHIVA's EPIC Bow., Reached "RAMA" Intent to Punish, Realised to be VISHNU's INCARNATE; Embraced, Infused, Endowed "All" the DIVINE POWERS., O! What a MARVEL, O! What a MIRACLE., At the Touch of RAMA's TOE, "ROCK" became RAMANI(1) "AHALYA"; . BRAHMMA.VISHNU, MAHESH the DIVINE-TRINTY, went to SAINTESS" ARUNDATI"(2),to test., At her Touch became BABIES Instead Instantly., SARASWATHI, LAXMI, PARVATHI, When Pleaded., RE-TRANSFORMED "them”., "ARUNDATI" Accepted the "BOON" of Begetting "DATTATREYA" with the IDENTITY of the TRINTY., OITHE MAGNIFICENT, O! THE MAGNANIMOUS, O!THE EVER-MERCIFUL O! THE IMMORTAL SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Unable to please Even ONE of THE TRINTY., Yet, at “THY" mere sight, just tasting the NECTAR Enveloped in ‘THY’ HOLY-NAME, I could En-View and Visualise the presence of "ALL" the "GODS" within THEE", Shedding my “SELF-IDENTITY”,, though for a MOMENT, at “THY" Divine Touch, Lastly when my "SOUL" deserts my 'BODY’ in the End; Let it get TRANSFORMED into a Leaf, into a Flower, to be placed, as "OFFERINGS" at the SACRED-FEET; What greater FORTUNE, would I ever deserve to get ? OI THE MAGNIFICENT, OI THE MAGNANIMOUS, OI THE EVER-MERCIFUL, O! THE EVER-COMPASSIONATE, O! THE IMMORIAL SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE EVER-AUSPICIOUS 1. 'SAI’ THE Ever-Auspicious, "THOU" hath Assured "THY" Devotees; that "ONLY" ‘Self-Evolved’ 'Gurus and Preceptors’ Alone could lead "them" to the Ultimate STATE of DELIVERANCE.,
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As only "they" could REIN, their MIND and INTELLECT, Harness their INNER-ENERGIES., And Focussed "Stead-Fast", in TRUST and FAITH, on “THEE" on "THEE" Alone., Acts IMPOSSIBLE to ordinary Beings, are possible to MUNIS, MYSTICS and YOGIS., “THOU" HATH Emphasised, that only the GOOD, the PIOUS, the DEVOUT alone, in the end., Are sure to reach "THEE" for FINAL 'Redemption and Liberation’., O! THE EVER GLORIOUS, O! the EVER HOLIEST, O! THE EVER AUSPICIOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 1. Graceful and Pious, 2. A Saniters of EPIC Fame, 2. "CROPS" of my FORTUNE when Endrenched in the Rain of ‘THY’ MERCY., BOUNTIOUS GIFTS of GRAINS of JOY and FULFILLMENT, Galore; HONOURED, we are, as HEIRS, to Experience and Enjoy, the Grace, The CHARM, the BEAUTY, the HARMONY, the MELODY, the MARVEL and the MYSTERY INTER-PERSED in NATURE. When CAPRICE Encompasses the WORLDLY-BEINGS, their SELFISHNESS becoming a CURSE., Better to perish in PEACE and in POVERTY, than to live in Decadent Deceptive DELUSION., How an ABLE-BODY could survive with "Disabled" Organs ? Proving the UNIVERSAL TRUTH that only the FITTEST shall SURVIVE., O! THE EVER GLORIOUS, O! EVER HOLIEST, O! THE EVER AUSPICIOUS, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Having Acquired the ESSENCE of 'THY’ PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY, Offering 'my’ VAGRANT-MIND to THEE for CLEANSING and CAUTERSING., To proceed Along the path of PIETY to the state of ULTIMATE-ONENESS; “THOU" becoming the "SUN" of my "SOUL" and "I" the shadow of ‘THY’ FORM., Ennobling my life in the service of the FELLOW-BEINGS., Ever UNSADDENED and UNSORROWED in 'THY" 'Prayer and Praise'., Let 'me’ LIVE and Let 'me’ as well DIE, Submerged in THY DEVOTION O! THE EVER GLORIOUS, O! THE EVER HOLIEST, O! THE EVER AUSPICIOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. When "my" Mind is "THINE", How can my "BODY" be of others ? When my "MIND and BODY" are 'THINE’., All my THOUGHTS, WORDS, DEEDS, MY LIFE as well, shall Always be THINE., When “THOU" Art my BODY, BEING, SPIRIT and SOUL., When Everything I am, but "THOU"., No Need to go, Nowhere to go, let me Ever be near to “THEE", with "THEE" and in “THEE"., PROPAGATER of TIME, PROMOTER of LIFE, PRESERVER of PIETY, PROGENITOR OF CREATION, CAUSATOR of ACTIONS and REACTIONS, that “THOU" Art., Be with me in Every Birth, Till the last, when IMMORTALITY Embraces me Till ETERNITY,
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O! THE EVER GLORICOUS, O! THE EVER HOLIEST, O! THE ALL AUSPICIOUS, OITHE SAI of SHIRIDI.,
SAI THE LORD OF MIND'S LOTUS 1. To EKE a "Living", HUMANS strive LIFE-LONG, Yet Unable to succeed., Not knowing the means, DISMAYED, DISGUSTED, seek to Escape., Eventhough "ESCAPE" itself Eluding STEALTHILY, ASPIRING "Everything", ACHIEVEING "Nothing" swaying from PILLAR to POST FORGETTING Even the "DIVINE FATER", UNREPENTING the "crimes"., TORTURE by "TIME", HAUNTED by "SHANI" - the FORCE OF TROUBLES and TRIBULATIONS., 'PAST IGNOMIOUS, 'Future’ BLEAK and UNCERTAIN; who shall Lower the , BURDEN ? who shall permit Entry into the "GARDEN-OF-HEAVEN" ? “THY" KINGDOM ? Except "THOU"! O! THE LORD of MIND'S LOTUS, O! THE LORD of LUMINOUS MIND, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. DECENDANTS "Pouching" to plunder "WEATH", 'Poaching’ to Rob "RICHES", CONSPIRING to Deprive "Even" the "Daily-Needs", DENIED and DISOWEND., CONSIGNED to "Misery" and the Vistitudes of "Mercy"; My "Own" sins Visiting "me"., No one to shed a "Tear", No one to "Blame"; None but "me" to be blamed., When Even the CREATOR Disown, cutting off the MOORINGS, miseries Tossing "the" BOAT., ONE and the ONLY way to SALVATION, is to SURRENDER "self" Entirely., To "SAI", the "ALL-SUPREME" in Total 'Supplication’., for DELIVERANCE., O! THE LORD LUMINOUS MIND, O! The LORD of MIND'S LOTUS, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. 'THOU" hath declared O! SAI the Ever COMPASSIONATE, Bounden by Duty, 'THOU" shall RESCUE and REDEEM the Devouts without Discrimination of Cast, COLOUR, CREED, AGE or SEX or RELIGION, who ever LONGED to reach “THEE" With MIND and HEART, with HOPE and FAITH, with PATIENCE and Devotion., In preference to those WORSIPPERS who merely Gifted their offerings., “THOU" hath "also” declared that "THOU" shall hear Even women in menses who prayed in TRUE Devotion., Even be with the HANDICAPPED, who prayed silently "only" in their MIND., "THOU" hath heard and Answered Everyone of them; Who served the HUNGRY, the NEEDY, the LONELY, keeping "SERVICE" before "SELF”., In "their" LOTUS-MIND, in "their" LOTUS-HEART "THOU" Ever Dwelleth., In SERENE SPLENDOUR, In DAZZLING RADIANCE, In CAPTIVATING BRILLIANCE.,
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O! THE OVERLORD of LUMINOUS MIND, O! THE ETERNAL LORD OF MIND's LOTUS, OITHE BRAHMMA SAI of SHIRIDI, OITHE VISHNU SAI of SHIRIDI, OITHE SHIV SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI TREASURE OF GRACE 1. One "WORD”, One 'DEED, One 'ARROW’,- Said 'RAMA' the God's Incarnate; Such 'INCARNATES-OF-GOD’ are but rare now; Even the Great and the Mighty Struggled to Comprehend, Realise and Experience, the UNIVERSAL TRUTH; For the "ORDINARY BEINGS", IT SURELY is impossible; Yet to "them", 'THOU’ hath made possible to taste “TRUE-JOY" O! THE COSMIC of COMPASSION, O! THE TREASURE OF GRACE, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. "Magic of WORDS" the 'law' of the 'MOD' Age., Gone, have the ages with the "MAGIC OF DEEDS"; Few, that render "SELFLESS-SERVICE", get ISOLATED and RIDICULED; And getting subjected to "INSULT and INJURY", Yet they TROD upon Their CHOSEN path of HOPE, FAITH and DEVOTION; Like the CANDLE shedding it MELLOWY LIGHT all AROUND, by burning ITSELF out, till the LAST; To such MEN and WOMEN of Deep Devotion and Dedication; "THOU" hath Assured a PLACE in ‘THY’ kingdom of peace and piety; O! THE COSMOS of COMPASSION, O! THE TREASURE OF GRACE, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. "A" MERE WORD from DEDICATED-TEACHERS, is like a PARABLE for the CONSCIOUS Devotees; For the COMMON Believers a DISCOURSE, could be needed; BUT "ALL" would Eagerly Heed, a Lock, a Nod, a. Smile, from "THEE"; A sure sign of thy Divine Recognition, A positive PRECOGNITION of the FUTURE REDEMPTION; The REDEMPTION of the Lay and the lamented, and also of the Eager WORKSHIPPERS, O! SAI, THY NAME Alone, the must powerful WEAPON, To Conquer EVIL, VICE, FEAR and even the mightiest Hauty EGO; Verily, the GREATEST BOON to All the MANKIND; O! THE ALL-PERVADING, O! THE COSMOS of COMPASSION, O! THE TREASURE OF GRACE, O! SAI The SUPREME.SUBLIME SAINT of SHIRIDI.
SAI THE PRODUCER, THE DIRECTOR, THE EDITOR OF WORLDLY LIFE 1 "BABY-HOOD" a "BOON" unasked for WITHOUT wants, WITHOUT-“Worry”. CARED, CAJOLED, CUDDLED; COMFORTED by one and ALL. UNKNOWING Cast, Creed, Religion and the Discrimination of POOR and RICH, UNAWARE of the Distinction between HIGH and LOW, the MIGHTY and the MEEK.,
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1. A single SOLAR-FAMILY has NINE Planets, Several SOLAR Families ABIDE In 'a' MILKY-WAY., Scores of MILKY-WAYS Abound in COSMOS, without a BEGINNING, without an END., WHO hath created and who controls “COSMOS"? who and where is the COSMOS-CREATOR? UNSEEN, INVISIBLE, ALL-PERVADING, OMNIPRESENT, OMNIPOTENT, FORMLESS, NAMELESS, HE is., THE ONE and the ONLY EMBODIMENT of the SUPREME PRE-MORDIAL "OM"., HOW could "I" a mere MORTAL; Comprehend, Visualise, see and Experience; That ULTRA super, ULTRA supreme, Ever Glowing RADIANT-LIGHT? How could "I" a mere MORTAL; Ever Hear and Experience, That UNIQUE, ETERNAL, Ever-Reverberating Echos of the PRE-MORDIAL “OM”? EXCEPT through “THEE", O! THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. SINCE "Ages" tried several sages, to "Realise and Reveal" the "TRUTH"., Yet NONE succeeded to show the SHORT-PATH to "SALVATION"., THE GREAT "CREATOR" in his "MAJESTICITY" Endowed HUMANS with the POWERS., OF PRECEPTION, to "REALISE and REACH" 'HIM'. And those DORMANT POWERS, Which no one hath MINED and MINTED! Whom I could see and seek Except “THEE.", For my Eternal Salvation, O! THE COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Along with the HUMAN-HERITAGE, Preserving the HEREDITATY-VALUES; In the "RNA" and the "DNA" Genetic-codes for TRANSMUTATION., And selective-choice, from Generation to Generation., For SELF "Preservation and Propagation," Ensuring a "sound" Body with a "sound" MIND., 'THY" supreme MACROCOSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS Encompassing All the BIO-MARVELS and MYSTERIES., SPELL-BOUND and DUMB, we only WONDER and WATCH, at "THY" DIVINE-FORM, POWER and COMPASSION., WHO Else could Ensure and grant us, our Final SALVATION and ULTIMATE LIBERATION? EXCEPT "THEE", O! THE SUPREMELY CONSCIOUS, O! The source of MACROCOSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS; OITHE OMNIGENEROUS, OI THE OMNIGRACIOUS, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI.
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1. “THOU" Art the source, the STORE, the TREASURE of All KNOWLEDGE., EARTHLY, ETHICAL, EUCHARISTIC, PHILOSOPHICAL, SCIENTIFIC, SPRITUAL and SELF., “THOU" Art the Very EMBODIMENT of "VEDIC" KNOWLEDGE, 'Superior’ of them "ALL"., “THOU" Art the FOUNTAIN-HEAD of ALL LEARNING., the GUIDE and PRECEPTOR of all MANKIND., UNIQUE, EXEMPLAR and UNCOMPARABLE, in "WORD and DEED" and in "LIFE and DEATH" as well., UNSENSATIONAL and UNOBTRUSIVE, yet MARVELLOUS and MYSTIC as our SAVIOUR, as our REDEEMER., OI THE OCEAN OF VEDIC KNOWLEDGE, OF VEDIC PHILOSOPHY, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Like HANUMAN the "SUPER-DEVOUT”, Like SHRVANKUMAR the SUPREME SERVER., “THOU" hath never 'Neglected' “THY” Devotees., Nor let-down "THY" Followers., Standing Stead-Fast by “THY" word, like HARISHCHANDRA of EPIC-FAME., Removing WANTS and Fuelling the NEEDS, providing SOLACE and SPRITUAL STRENGTH., PRAYED by 'ALL’ DESPISED by "NONE", Verily, THOU" Art the PREMORDIAL-GOD INCARNATE, The Wordly "DIETY", Ever at the "Beck and Call” in Attendance and in Service, Of “THY" DEVOTEES, in the HOUR-OF-THEIR-NEED., in the HOUR-OF-THEIR-DISTRESS., OITHE OCEAN OF VEDIC KNOWLEDGE, OF VEDIC PHILOSOPHY, OITHE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. The Modulator and PROPOGATOR of the Five Fundamental-Elements, The MERCIFUL BENEFACTOR of the Millions of the MEEK., MANIFESTING the Forms of "GODS and ANGELS" the Devotees prefer., Who Renouncing Wordly comforts, IMPLICITLY Trust "THEE" and strive to achieve The state of ULTIMATE-CONSCIOUSNES and EVERLASTING IMMORTALITY., To Acquire the Qualities of SERENITY and Equanimity for Ascending to the State of Universality., Unmindful of Name, FAME, RANK, RECOGNITION, STATUS and SUPREMACY; PERINIALLY ANCHORED to "THEE", “THY" Name and "THY" Devotion; O! OUR SAVIOUR, O! OUR REDEEMER, O! THE OCEAN of VEDIC knowledge., O! the OCEAN of VEDIC philosophy, O! THE RAM SAI, THE KRISHNA SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's PHILOSOPHY OF DEDICATED ACTION 1. None can Escape the Effects of "SINS", in this World; As long as SINS 'COMMITTED' remain; "SOUL" shall have No PEACE, Accept we have to 'KARMA’ the Resultant Fruits of our "SINS" BYE-PASS "Sins" We CANNOT; by penance or Prayer or by Pilgrimage, No Maker how SINCERE, SERENE or SACRED; All shall be invain.,
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Like the CODE of worldly-living; the code for saintly-living, shall be followed; No other CHOICE, No other way for "SELF” Redemption and Liberation., And for Realisation of 'GOD’ the SUPREME DIVINE; So Emphasis, SAI's PHILOSOPHY of DEDICATED ACTION; O! SAI the SAINT of SHIRIDI., 2. Like Liking to have TASTY Foods and DELICIOUS Drinks, "God" the "GENTLE", likes a CLEAN heart, a CLEANER Mind and the CLEANEST Intellect., To seat, to Dwell, to pervade our Heart, Mind and intellect; While 'we’ Extol BEATY and Commend PERFECTION, 'GOD' the "GENTLE" Always in the search of the "GOOD", the Devout and the saintly; To Uplift, to uphold VIRTUE, to perpetuate "PIETY and PEACE”; Upon the Earth, and within the HEARTS and the MINDS of HUMANS; So Emphasies, SAI's PHILOSOPHY of DEDICATED ACTION; O! SAI the SAINT of SHIRIDI., 3. Talking at RANDOM, without RELEVANCE of CONCEQUENCE, Ridiculing the Teachings of the SAINTLY, would only Add to our SINS and NOT lessens; Abiding with the SANELY and the ENLIGHTENED, shall alone, Ensure., UNIVERSAL-UNDERSTANDING, and COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS., SELF Disappearing, SOUL-Revealing , Enabling MARVELS and MIRACLES being Performed., AS ‘THOU' hath done, after remaining in “TRANCE" and "COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS", For THREE Feverish-Days, to ENTHRAL "THY" Trusted Followers; VERILY! A REVEALATION, A RESSORECTION; Surely such MYSTERIES are Possible., So Emphasies, SAI's PHILOSOPHY of DEDICATED ACTION, O! SAI the SAINT of SHIRIDI., 4. REPENTENCE, CONTROL-OF-SENSES, EXEMPLARY-CONDUCT.COMPANY-OF-the SAINTLY, RENOUNCING 'ALL' POSSESSIONS and DESIRES; Serving the "Maimed-in-BODY and-in-Mind"., HUMILITY, COURTESY, AFFECTION, LOVE, SACRIFICE, PEACE, PIETY and VIRTUE., HAPPINESS, DEVOTION, DEDICATION, EMANCIPATION, IMMORTALITY., HEAVEN, KAILAS, VAIKUNTH, BRAHMALOK, CELESTIAL BLISS, are but MILE-STONES, ALL., On the PATH of DEDICATED-ACTION for the ULTIMATE-LIBERATION., So Emphasises, SAI's PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY OF DEDICATED ACTION., O! SAI the ETERNAL SAINT OFTHE HOLY, PRISTINE PILGRIMAGE OF SHIRIDI. SAI THE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER SOURCE OF COSMIC-ENERGY.
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1. Physically, Mentally Impoverished I am; who shall, from INSANITY, save me? MENTAL-MISERY gets mitigated, through ATONEMENT of SINS, Yet, to Dodge "Sins", decidedly Difficult., ASPIRATIONS of THE 'SOUL and SPIRIT' get Swallowed by Swirling Sins., WHEN Darkness Encircles All Around, only a TINY Ray of 'HOPE’ Visible Far-away., WHO shall, come then, to my RESCUE? Except "THOU"! O! THE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER SOURCE OF COSMIC-ENERGY, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. To Break the SHACKLES of BONDAGE; Tried I, invain., Invain to counter the Designs of DESTINY, The Entire "UNIVERSE", 'NATURE’, 'LIVING and NON-LIVING’, The 'MOLECULES', the 'ATOMS', the 'SUB-ATOMS', THE "CELLS", the 'STRUCTURES', the ‘STABLE', the 'UN-STABLE’, the 'FIRM', the 'INFIRM1, THE 'FLOWING’, Even the "TIME and MOTION" the COSMIC-EFFECTS; ALL subjected to the 'SAME’ "COSMIC-LAW" of "CREATION-ENDURATION- ASSIMILATION"., Having Born "Embodied" in Flesh, Blood and Bone; Bound to perish., Enduring "Joy and Miseries" of "Meetings and Partings", Gathering Numerous Experience., All Vanishing in the End; 'me' Toiling for ‘THEE’, 'THOU’ Toiling for 'me’., The only PRACTICAL-FACT to contend and Experience, in ‘TIME and SPACE’., O! SAI come to my 'RESCUE and REDEMPTION’ now, Ending my Eternal Agony., OITHE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER-SOURCE of COSMIC-ENERGY, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. With 'Eyes' allover the Body, Awaiting Eagerly for "THEE"; Ears longing to hear “THY" sacred words; “my” words cascading to Utter “THY" Melodious NAME., Eyes straining to see "THY" Holy Form; Heart yearning to welcome "THEE", Spreading the "RED-CARPET” of my "SOUL"., How long this waiting? Why this Tantalising-Torture? Hesitation no more; come, REVEAL “THY", LUMINOUS, LUSTROUS, SPLENDOUROUS FORM, O! SAI, OITHE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER SOURCE of COSMIC ENERGY, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. 'DREAMT’ I did, my "SOUL-SWAN" Passing into “THY" NEBULOUS-FORM, DAZZLING in Enbrilliant Radiance, Seated on the "LOTUS-OF-TIME"., "BOOMING-ECHOS" of the PREMORDIAL-"OM", Eminating from within, Pervading the vast cosmic Expanse of Heavens and Earth., Where, then the Need for me, for any other MIRACLE, to watch? OITHE LOTUS-SEATED, ULTRA-SUPER SOURCE of COSMIC-ENERGY; O! SAI THE HOLY SAINT OF SHIRIDI, O! SAI THE HOLY SAINT OF SHIRIDI.
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1. Said “THOU" hath, O! SAI, that ‘THY’ DISCIPLES are "THY" FRIENDS and NOT “THY" FOLLOWERS; To whom “THOU" shall show wonderous WAYS for SPREADING the GOSPEL, OF UNIVERSAL PEACE and PROSPERITY through the EXPANSIVE-VISION, OF HUMAN-EQUALITY RELIGIOUS-TOLERENCE, COMPASSION and LOVE., And whom “THOU" shall protect Every moment and make ‘THY’ DISCIPLES’, Attain SUPER-CONSCIOUS state of mind, to see and to Enjoy, the "SUPER DIVINE-FLORESCENCE"., The "PARABRAHMMA JYOTHI"; and to Hear, Intone and Experience, The Reverberating ECHOS of the 'PREMORDIAL COSMIC-"OM", "THOU" hath Explained., O! THE ANGEL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE AND HARMONY, O! THE DIVINE DUTTA-SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Said, THOU" hath, O! SAI, that THAPASWEES(1)", "RISHIS(2)", who in 'YOGIC-TRANCE(3)” Sitting in "SIDDASANA"(4), contemplate upon the "CREATOR", their "BODY" Getting IMPERVIOUS to all EXTERNAL EXPERIENCES., Whose Every BREATH Echo the sacred Name of "OM-SRI-SAI", Their "MIND" getting LUMINSCENTLY EFFERVESCENT with PURE JOY, Their "INTELLECT” getting Encalmed with Everlasting Equanimity, Their "INNER" EYES OFYOGIC "knowledge and Experience" Focussing on the "CEREBRAL VORTEX", OBLIVIOUS to ALL outside Interruptions and Interference, As "THY" Smiling-Form, sitting on the celestial-Lotus, in Endazzling Radiance, Enshines in the PORTALS of their INNER-MIND, the "DAWN" of ENLIGHTENMENT, Pervades the FIRMAMENT of their INNER-INTELLECT, CONQUER, they would, the THREE "Savage-Stallions" of "BODY, MIND, INTELLECT”, ALSO the THREE CHARIOTS-OF-TENSES of “TIME”., TRANSCENDING all PHYSICAL "BONDS and LIMITATIONS", they TRANS MIGRATE into ETERNAL IMMORTALITY; THOU" hath Explained., O! THE ANGEL OF UNIVERSAL PEACE AND HARMONY, O! THE DIVINE-DATTA-SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Said, “THOU" hath, O! SAI, that the DOYENS among "MUNIS", Sitting in Modified "SIDDASANA", closing their 'Ears' with Thumbs' and their 'Eyes' with 'Fingers'., Regulating "BREATH and BREATHING" in modulated-cycles, Intoning" the SACRED" "OM-SRI-SAI" in their MIND'S SANCTUM SANCTORUM, Would Demolish all DESIRES, Destroy all Evil-Thought, Defeating all Deceptive Tendencies., Enstrengthen and Enpurify their MIND and INTELLECT, Relegating the BODY., Envisualise and Envision 'THY’ SUPERCILIOUS FORM, Emitting "OM-IC" Vibrations; Attain they would, the ULTIMATE-STATE of UNIVERSAL-ONENESS., Thus "THOU" hath Assured, Thus “THOU" hath Re-Assured; O! THE ANGEL OF UNIVERSAL-PEACE, O! The ANGEL of UNIVERSAL HARMONY, O! THE DIVINE DATTA-SAI of SHIRIDI.
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SAI's LAST TESTAMENT 1 FOLLOW the path of DEVOTION, I can not, mind mortaged, Name Ill-Reputed., No will to worship, no patience to practice Rituals; knowing NOT, That 'THOU" Art beyond the "CAUSE-EFFECT-RESULT"- PHENOMENON, Unable to Respond to “THY" RESPLENDENT-FORM, Ignorant that Devotion and LOVE have no Limitations, How could I follow the path of Devotion and Dedication? O! The DEITY of DEVOTION, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR, OI The SAI of SHIRIDI., 2. Follow the path of "KARMA"—“THE-DUTY-BOUND-ACTION", I can not, For everything “THOU" ordain, "THOU" 'my' ONLY MASTER, AH 'my’ THOUGHTS, WORDS and ACTIONS, THOU' Alone control, "Frank" in Expression, "Straight" in behaviour, No Flatterer I am, Target of censure, often I become., unperseverant in "pursuits"., Mind Unsteadfast, Vagrant, Vagabondish; Hesitant in Action, unsure of Results., Weak in Body, Meek in Mind, Timid in Approach; searching for TRUE-IDENTITY., How could I follow the path of "KARMA" - The "DUTY-BOUND-ACTION" ? O! The APOSTLE OF DUTY, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR, OI The SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Follow the path of "ENLIGHTENMENT", I can Not., 'SANS’ Saintly-company, 'sans' Guru's Benediction; Unable to Experience the AII-PERVADING, Unable to practice CONTEMPLATION and meditation., Slave to IGNORANCE, "without" a good Thought, a good ward, a good Deed., With "LEARNING" Eclipse"d, "REASONING" clipped, "Hopes" lost., Totally PERPLEXED, CONFUSED, DISPAIRED, DEMORALISED., How could "I" follow the 'path' of ENLIGHTENMENT? O! THE PRODIGAL PROPHET, O! OUR SALIENT SAVIOUR, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 4. "ALL" of the ‘THREE’ paths, though Equally difficult and Arduous, ‘THOU’ hath mastered them and Mingled them so SKILLFULLY, That "they" seemed NATURAL to "THEE"., That "they" manifested often in "THY" Daily-Life and Teachings and Sayings., Captivating the HEARTS and the MINDS of the LAITY as well as the LEARNED., "THY" shrines Dotting Every Locality, Every SUBURB; Transcending countries and continents, TIME and AGE., How can I Describe "THY" Teachings? Eulogise “THY" philosophy ? Determine “THY" Role in HISTORY, in the SAGA of HUMAN CIVILIZATION? O! OUR SUPREME MASTER, O! OUR SUPREME SAVIOUR, O! THE SAI of SHIRIDI
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5."EPICS", Philosophical Disserations.Religious Treatises, Many read I did; Discourses heard.Discussions made, all in Vain., "HE" who is Supposed to Exist; Never seen, Never heard., Doubts Nagging the Deluded-Mind, "intellect" Rebelling to Accept the "UNKNOWN" the UNSEEN., What CHOICE, what ALTERNATIVE, then Exists ? Except to TRUST With "ABIDING-FAITH", the "CREATOR" and HIS COSMIC-CREATION., O! OUR SAGACIOUS SAVIOUR, O! OUR DIVINE OBLIGOR, OI THE SAI of SHIRDI., 6. SUBMERGED in SINS; DISOWNED, DESPISED, Ditched and Demoralised, SEVERAL "UNFORTUNATE", yearn to be saved and protected., 'THOU" Alone RESCUED "them", befriended "them"; shown "them" the path of "HOPE"., Of salvation and for FINAL LIBERATION, O! THE Ever Compassionate., O! OUR PRE-EMINENT SAVIOUR, O! OUR ULTIMATE RIDEEMER, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 7. THIRSTY like the "BEE" for the delicious celestial NECTAR, I wonder at "THY" philosophy of "NISHKAMA" KARMA; Enamoured at "THY" PURE-HEART., Enthralled at “THY" YOGIC-ATTAINMENTS; Encaptivated at “THY" Rustic SIMPLICITY; THE "THREE" paths of BHAKTI, KARMA, GNYANA-Devotion, Duty and enlightenment; As unfolded by "THEE"', simple and cognant., have bestowed Immeasureable PEACE and Joy., Why then should "I" NOT BE WITH "THEE" ? within "THEE"? O! OUR SANCTIMONIOUS SAVIOUR, O! OUR ETERNAL PROTECTOR, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 8. UNOSTENTATIOUS, UNPRETENTIOUS, UNASSUMING, SIMPLE and SOLICITOUS., That 'THOU" Art, charmed by "THY" conduct, LIFE and MISSION; Enthrilled by 'THY" preachings and Teachings; "THOU" I had elected to follow and warship., Decided, I had to reside in “THY" Presence and Proximity., For the containment of my 'SINS" for conquering the Abberations of INTELLECT; “THOU" becoming my MASTER, My Lord; Accepting my SINS as well as VIRTUES., Pervading 'MY' being, Mind and Intellect, 'My' SOUL and SPIRIT., Occupying the THRONE OF 'My' HEART'S DEVOTION; Accept the Offering of my "HUMILITY"; O! OUR CELESTIAL SAVIOUR, O! OUR GOD's CHOSEN-INCARNATE. OITHE SAI of SHIRIDI., 9. TRANSCENDING, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE; LOTUS-Eyed "SRI KRISHNA" THE GREAT DESTROYER of the wicked, BENEFACTOR of the VIRTUOUS; KNOWING "HIS" End, selected the"HUNTER" as the LIBERATOR;
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“THOU" hath like-wise knew "THY" End and REVEALED TO 'THINE" Followers; When the "TIME" Arrived, "THOU" hath left for 'THY" Eternal Abode; Concluding “THY" LIFE and completing "THY" Mission; Enbolden us, when Deathly TIME Arrives to shed our bodies Calmly Like the serpent shedding it, sheath silently; O! OUR SUBLIME SAVIOUR, O! OUR UNSURPASSED REDEEMER, O! THE DIVINE SAI of SHIRIDI.
SAI's ACCEPTANCE OF "SAI DEEPIKA” / "SAI's SPLENDOUR" 1. With "THY" Limitless ABIDING LOVE, with "THY" INSPIRING INNATE ASSURANCE; With ABSOLUTE, Unparalleled TRUST, in ‘THEE' and THY’ WORD; "I" did have the Experience of SEVERAL BIRTHS, and only because of "THY" Blessings., O! SAI the Ever VICTORIOUS, O'.THE SAI of SHIRIDI; 2. With ECCLESIASTICAL NUANCES, "THOU" hath made the LAY Happy; Making the LOTUSES of "WORSHIP and DEDICATION" Enblossoming in their HEARTS., Enblooming the FLOWERS of DEVOTION with Radiance of "THY" LOVE; In Beauty and In SPLENDOUR, and in MAGNIFICENT MAJESTY; When needed, "THOU" hath come and driven away the Darkness of DOUBTS; As "SACRED-DUTY" I had penned the HIGHLIGHTS of "THY" philosophy; Though Lacked courage to commence, Yet Accomplished with Satisfaction; And could thus, Fullfil "THY" Holy command, which became a Mission for me; Entirely because of "THY" Divine Blessings; O! SAI the Ever VICTORIOUS, OI THE SAI of SHIRIDI., 3. Sieged by unending 'Needs', yet enabling me to rein Emotions; Quelling Anxieties, "THOU" hath reassured me, again and again., With "THY" POPULAR PHILOSOPHY, PERSONAL EXAMPLES, PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES, Applauded and Adapted by the LAY and the LAITY, ALWAYS "THY" Words SIMPLE and STRAIGHT FORWARD, RUSTIC and MAJESTIC., "THOU" hath made me to Express LUCIDLY the SUBTILITIES of, ETHICAL, MORAL and SPIRITUAL LIFE., Enabling thus, my Life, my mission now and for Ever., To 'THEE" I offer in Gratitude, all that is mine., THUS, I Dedicate Humbly and in all Humility, THIS "SAI DEEPIKA", "SAI's SPLENDOUR", To THY ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY and in Eternal Praise of "THY" mission., And to Enable 'me’ to Earn "THY" Divine Grace and Blessings, And To reach and reside in "THEE" for EVER., O! SAI the Ever VICTORIOUS, O! SAI the Ever GLORIOUS, O! THE SUPER SERENE SAI OF SHIRIDI.
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1. EMBODIMENT of LOVE, SAI hath Embodied HIMSELF upon the EARTH., AS GOD'S INCARNATE, as a PEER Among PROPHETS, AS REDEEMER of the meek, the weak; "HE" hath Tended 'me', made me Focus my Attention upon "HIM", BLESSED 'ME', and Inspried 'me' to write "SAI DEEPIKA", "SAI’s SPLENDOUR"., HALLOWED be HIS Name, Let HIS kingdom come upon Earth., 2. Accepting SAI's Command, decided to commence., NOT knowing what to write? How to write? Vacilating in INDECISION, perplexed but Enthused., SAI's LUMINOUS-FORM Appeared, stood smilingly by me, patted me., Assured and motivated "me", Enlightened "me", Acted as INSPIRER, GUIDE, MODERATOR and EDITOR, in bringing farth, "SAl-DEEPIKA", "SAI's SPLENDOUR"., Investing the COMPILATION with the Intricacies of "SUFISM", "SPRITUALISM", "HUMANISM", "UNIVERSALISM"., Infusing the same with "THEOLOGY", "MORALITY", "PHILOSOPHY"., Making it Available, Readable, and Understandable to one and All., "I" Playing "ONLY" a NOMINAL, Momentary Role., All in the HUMBLE Service of SAI's Millions of Devotees., HALLOWED be HIS NAME, Let HIS KINGDOM COME UPON EARTH., 4. As a mission of my LIFE, as a Token of my Everlasting Devotion, CONTENT and JOYOUS, Strived to complete this ANTHOLOGY., MISTAKES in it are MINE., Its value UNSPECIFIC., AUTHOR and PUBLISHER being the IMMORTAL "SAI" HIMSELF., PROFIT, never was the MOTIVE, PRICED just to cover the costs., HOPE, ALL SAI-DEVOTEES; Study it in DEVOTION., And be pleased to send their "MITE" as "GURU'S 'DAKSHINA1 (1) TO SAI SHRINE at SHIRIDI., And thus Earn their LIBERATION and Help my SALVATION, TO reach ULTIMATELY the LOTUS-FEET of the SACRED SAI of SHIRIDI., HALLOWED be HIS NAME, LET HIS DIVINE HEAVENDOM COME UPON EARTH. (1) Offering
TO SAI, "AUSPICIOUS" OFFERING AND SALUTATIONS 1. "SAI”, "SOUL" of "SAI DEEPIKA", "SAI's SPLENDOUR"., 'SAT the DESTROYER of 'SINS and SORROWS' APOSTLE of CORDIALITY ”GOD-GOVINDA" the GARDENER of the "GARDEN of DEVOTEES"., EMBODIMENT of ASSURANCE, EMPEROR of the THREE states of EXISTENCE BLESS US to Enlogise “THY" MERCY, Entwining us with Garlands of LOVE ETERNAL PROTECTOR of Devotees, Accept O! SAI our SALUTATIONS., 2. PERVADER of ALL BEINGS, Promoter OF Dutious Actions, Friend of the Needy.,
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PREACHER of CHARITY and SERVICE, SAVIOUR of DEVOTEES., EXPONENT of YOGIC-ENLIGHTENMENT, STEADFAST and DETERMINED., PRECEPTOR and PROGINATOR of LIFE “GOD's INCARNATE" in 'KALIYUGA'(1), DISPELLER of MENTAL DARKNESS of Devotees, PROPAGATER of PEACE, TOLERANCE and HUMANISM., EXHIBITOR of COSMIC-FORM, POSTULATOR of LIFE-BEYOND., KING OF HEART of ALL "SAI-DEVOTEES"., DISPLAYER of ETERNAL-FORM OF BRAHMAN., Accept O! SAI Our SALUTATION., . 3. 'GOD-SHIVA’ for Devotees, "SAI" the PROTECTOR of the MEEK and the DESTITUTE, REDEEMER of the ACCURSED, "PROPHET of PIETY"., EMPEROR of REFORMATION, GIVER of GOOD-LUCK., DWELLER in Devotees 'LOTUS-HEART, GIFTER of SHAKTI-WEAPON of SAI's HOLY NAME., SOURCE of LIFE'S ALL vital forces, OCEAN of VEDAS, INCARNATE of DIVINE., LIFE'S PATH-MAKER, PRECEPTOR of BEINGS, EXPONENT of UNIVERASAL PEACE., SUPREME SPIRIT Pervading "SAI DEEPIKA", "SAI's SPLENDOUR"., THE COSMIC-CREATOR, PERVADER of the Entire UNIVERSE., IN-CARNATE OF PREMORDIAL "OM", and of COSMIC-BRAHMAN; THE Ever-serene, SUPER GURU, the DIVINE REDEEMER., O! OUR Eternal SAVIOUR, ACCEPT OUR Humble HQMAGE Our soleful prayers, our Respectful SALUTATIONS; O! THE SAI OF SHIRIDI
(1) Present MILLENNIUM.,
OM SHANTI, OM SHANTI, OM SHANTI.
