Day - 25: “Om Shri Sai Putra Mitra Kalattra Bandhudaya Namaha.”

 

Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning, Meditation and Miracle 

Day - 25: “Om Shri Sai Putra Mitra Kalattra Bandhudaya Namaha.”

       

Meaning:  

Humble salutation to the one who grants Sons, relatives and friends.  

Meditation:  

When one’s heart is filled with the universal love, he sees the whole world as one beautiful creation of God. Whatever he looks at, thinks about, feels, he can feel the presence of God. A small flower, an ant, a huge mountain, a flowing river, and  people of different cultures brings to his mind the Great Intelligence that has caused them to exist. For the one who truly loves God, the entire humanity becomes sons, daughters, Mothers, friends and becomes his family. The realization of self, the devotion to the Guru, the love for God, can bring this capacity to have universal love for the entire manifestation, which includes fellow humans and to look at them as relative’s friends and members of his enlarged family. 

Saptanekar, a lawyer from Akalkot was crying before Baba with his wife.

He had lost his only son. Baba was at first angry with him and asked him again and again to leave the Masjid. He came again with his wife to Baba after Baba’s darshan in his wife’s dream. Again he cried placing his head on Baba’s feet.

 

Pointing to Saptanekar, Baba said to another devotee, “This fellow blames Me and charges Me with the killing of his son.  Do I kill people’s children? Why does this fellow come to the Masjid and cry? Now, I will do this, I will again bring that very child back in his wife’s womb”.

 

With these words He placed His blessing hand on his head and comforted him saying, “These feet are old and holy, you are carefree now; place entire faith in Me and you will soon get your object”. Saptanekar got a male child within a year. (Shri Sai Satcharita, Ch: 48).

 

One day, after dinner when Shama was wiping Baba’s wet hands with a towel, the latter pinched Shama’s cheek, Shama feigning anger said,” Deva, is it proper for you to pinch me like this? We don’t want such mischievous God, Who pinches us thus. Are we your dependents, is this the fruit of our intimacy?” Baba replied,” Oh Shama, during the 72 generations that you were with Me, I never pinched you till now and now you resent my touching you.” Shama replied,” I want a God who will always love us and gives us new dishes to eat. We do not want any reward from you, or heaven, etc. Let our faith unto your feet be ever awake”. Baba, “Yes, I have indeed come for that. I have been feeding and nursing you, and have got love and affection for you.” (Shri Sai Satcharita, Ch: 36). 

His heart was full of universal love. Shama, the devotees who had the divine experience of seeing him and touching him before his Samadhi, and the millions of devotees who still receive his blessings in very many forms, have all felt this caring love.  For the devotee who has identified himself with Baba He is Putra,Mitra Kalattra Bandhudaya.