Day - 10: “Om Shri Sai Kaala Teetaya Namaha”

 

 

          Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning, Meditation and Miracle
           

                 Day - 10:  “Om Shri Sai Kaala Teetaya Namaha”

 

Meaning:

 

Humble salutation to the one who transcends limitation of Time.

 

Meditation:

Shama asked Baba why he was partial to Mrs. Khaparde in accepting the food brought by her while rejecting food brought by others.  Baba explained “The food is really extra-ordinary. In former birth this lady was a merchant’s fat cow yielding much milk.  Then, she disappeared and took birth in a gardener’s family, then, in a Kshatriya family and married a merchant.  Then she was born in a Brahmin family.  I saw her after a very long time; let Me take some sweet morsels of love from her dish”. (Shri Sai Satcharita, Ch: 27).  

How naturally he looks through birth cycles of any one in the past and relates!  

Baba one day declared,”Today many of my Darbar people are coming”. A big group of one Balaram Dhurandhar from Mumbai (The eminent lawyer of Mumbai High Court and the former Principal of Government Law School, Mumbai) came later.  Baba said to the devotees, “These are my Darbar people, whom I referred to before” and said to the Dhurandhar brothers, “We have been with each other for the last 60 generations”. ” (Shri Sai Satcharita, Ch: 50).  

The story of the Snake and the Frog is another instance in which we see Baba’s power to transcend the limits of time. Veerabadrappa and Chenna Basappa were enemies in previous birth and Veerabhadrappa threatened to kill Chenna Basappa. Who prayed Baba to protect him Baba pledged to protect him. After their death, they were born as snake and frog in their next birth. When the snake got the frog in its mouth, Baba addressed the snake thus, “Oh Veera Bhadrappa, has not your enemy Bassappa yet repented, though he has been born as a frog, and you too, though born as a serpent, still hold bitter enmity against him? Be ashamed of yourself, give up your hatred now and rest in peace”.  On hearing these words, the snake left the frog quickly and dived into the river and disappeared. The frog also jumped away, and hid itself in the bushes. Later Baba said, ”On hearing the croaking of Chenna Bassappa and remembering my pledge (to save him), I came here, saved him and I kept my word. (Shri Sai Satcharita- Ch: 47).

He could see the past present and future at any time. Sometimes he shared such insights with his devotees. He is continuous in all times.  He is not bound by the limitations of time. He is the manifestation of Kaal. He is Kaala Teetaaya.