Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning,
Meditation and Miracle
Day-31. “Om Shri Sai Preethi Vardhanaaya Namaha.”
Meaning:
Humble salutation to the one who grants an ability
for limitless love.(Shirdi Sai
Trust).
Meditation:
For a devotee who wants to admire and love God the whole world is full
of wonders. For Him the birds that migrate thousands of kilometers with
accurate navigation, without any equipment are wonders created by God. For Him
germination of a seed is a reason to love God. The flowers that blossom in
With multitudes of shades, shapes and fragrances remind him the great hand
that creates them. When he understands the enormity of the cosmic dance awe and
love for God fills his heart. The very admiration of this great Intelligence
makes the devoted ones, develop a deep rooted love for the one who created the
creations and also the love for His creations. The devotee reaches a stage in
which he sees God in everything and anything and loves Him. His heart is full
of that sublime love to admire the Brahman, different from the love for
possessions. It is Brahman, God or Guru who can generate this all pervading
universal and limitless love in the heart of the devotee. That is the reason
God is considered as love itself and so the saying “God is love.”
Shri Tatya Saheb Noolkar was a sceptic having no belief in God and
Saints. He was a Sub-Judge at Pandharpur in 1909. At that time Shri Nanasaheb Chandorkar was
Mamlatdar at Pandharpur. He used to meet Noolkar often and requested him to go to Shirdi for Baba's darshan. After prolonged request, he accepted to visit Shirdi on condition that he
require a brahmin cook, a basket
of Nagpur oranges for
presentation, he won't remove his pant and shoes at the time of Baba's darshan and that he
won't bow to Baba. Nanasaheb Chandorkar accepted to these
conditions. A brahmin cook came to
Nanasaheb Chandorkar and he sent
him to Noolkar. A basket full of Nagpur oranges arrived in Noolkar's name and the sender’s
name not known. After these conditions
fulfilled, both have
gone to Shirdi.
When Noolkar saw Baba from a distance,
he hesitated to go with shoes and pant. He removed them and gone to Baba for
darshan. On seeing Noolkar, Baba asked Nanasaheb Chandorkar "How you have
brought this mad man to me"
On the second day, they came to Baba for darshan. On seeing Noolkar, Baba scolded him and
pushed him to a pillar nearby and drove him away
from that place. Noolkar asked Chandorkar as to why Baba
scolded him. Chandorkar told that Baba
has scolded Noolkar’s bad time and
it would go away by Baba’s scolding’s. Baba was very
kind at heart and that Baba would never harm anybody. He would always help His devotees. On the
same night at about 2 a.m. Noolkar
awakened to chew betel and betel nut.
But there was
no betel leaf and betel nut with him.
He woke Chandorkar and requested for betel and betel nut. Chandorkar told that as it was dead of
night, no betel and betel nut was available then and requested Noolkar to
sleep.
At the same time
a devotee came with betel leaf and betel nut. Originally he had brought the betal leaf and
betal nut to Baba as offerings. But Baba turned him away saying that he may go to
Sathe's wada and handover them to the
person who needed it badly. So the devotee came to them handed-over it to Noolkar
and went away. After hearing the words of Baba from the devotee regarding
this incident, Noolkar was overwhelmed with
affection for Baba and realised
that Baba was not an ordinary soul.
He was omnipotent. On the 3rd
day, when Noolkar came to Baba for darshan and
worship, Baba asked him to worship a pillar
pointing to it
in Dwara-kamayee. Noolkar accepted
and enquired Madhav Rao about this. Madhav Rao told Baba "Deva Why do
Noolkar worship the pillar when you are bodily here?" Baba told that that
was a puzzle for Madhav Rao, Nanasaheb
Chandorkar and Noolkar to understand. Madhavarao
perused the panchangam and came
to know that day was Guru Poornima day.
All requested Baba’s permission that as the day was the Guru Poornima
day they would worship Baba as their Guru.
Baba yielded to their
request. From that day onwards,
and it is on account of this Noolkar, devotees began to worship Baba on Guru
Poornima day. A non believer in God, Noolkar became a true devotee of Baba, who
filled his heart with Love. Baba did not permit Noolkar to go away from Shirdi.
Noolkar stayed in Shirdi till his death.
Baba on hearing Noolkar’s death said he will not be reborn.
He fills the hearts of devotees with
limitless love. He is Preeti Vardhanaaya.
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