Day - 57. “Om Shri Sai Durdharsha Kshobhyaya Namaha.”

        Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning, Meditation and Miracle

        Day - 57. “Om Shri Sai Durdharsha Kshobhyaya  Namaha.”  

Meaning: 

Humble salutation to Him who embodies Victory. (Shirdi Sai Trust). 

Meditation: 

Ram Bhakth Hanuman when he was a child was very strong, playful and energetic. He disturbed the Tapasyas Rishis by his playful pranks. The Rishis cursed Him to forget his energy and he became very calm and passive losing his playful nature and charm.  Regretting their decision the Rishis changed the curse that if someone reminds him of his strength he will regain and make the impossible,    possible.  Later, when Bhagwan Ram wanted someone to cross the ocean and go to Lanka to find Sita Jambawan reminded Hanuman of his strength.  On being reminded, Hanumanji easily flew across the ocean to find Sita and come back. 

Our conscious Self is the Hanumanji within us. It has immense reach and power. It needs some power to remind it of its great strength. It is the Self of Mahatma Gandhi which brought Indians together to drive away the mighty empire of the British. It is the “Self” of those brave men who made the supreme sacrifice in the warfront, which makes nation bow down and honour them with Param Vir Chakra. At this time the Self turns to Brahmam, God or Guru and identifies itself with them who reminds the “Self” of its own immense power.  Once reminded, at this moment of great concentration and unity there seems nothing is impossible, no sacrifice is too great to make. Any task or goal is achievable and easy, however difficult it may be, whatever obstacles there may be. The name and form of Brahmam, God, Guru is just sufficient to make the most impossible a possible one and it just happens like a person just walking out of a car after it rolled down 200 ft from the cliff. Just like some devotees feeling and wondering as to how their dear ones came out of deathbed when medicines failed and only the Almighty’s name was chanted as the last resort and the Leela or miracle happened. We just say it is His Leela- the most difficult has been made easy to accomplish, the impossible has become possible.

Once Shama was bitten by a poisonous snake. His little finger was bitten and the poison began to spread in the body. The pain was also severe and Shama thought that, he would passaway soon. His friends wanted to take him to the God Vithoba, where such cases were often sent but Shama ran to the Masjid to his Vithoba (Sai Baba). When Baba saw him, He began to scold and abuse. He got enraged and said,” Oh Vile Bhaturdha( Priest) do not climb up. Beware if you do so!” and then, roared, “Go, Get away, Come down!” Seeing Baba thus, red with wrath, Shama was greatly puzzled and disappointed. He thought that Masjid was his home and Sai Baba his Sole Refuge, but if he was driven away like this, where should he go?. He lost all hopes of life and kept silent. After a while, when Baba became normal and cal, Shama went up and sat near him. Then Baba said to him,” Don’t be afraid, don’t care a jot ( a small amount), the Merciful Fakir  will save you, go and sit quiet at home, don’t go out, believe in Me and remain hearless and have no anxiety”. Then he was sent home. Immediately afterwards, Baba sent Tatya Patil and Kakasaheb Dixit to him with instructions to the effect, that he should eat what he liked, should move around in the house; but should in no case lie down and sleep. Needless to say, that these instructions were acted upon and Shama got all right in a short time. The only thing to be remembered in this connection is this- the words of Baba (or the five syllable Mantra, viz. ‘Go, Get away, Come down’) were not addressed to Shama, as it apparently looked, but they were a direct order to the snake and its poison not to rise up and circulate through Shama’s body. Like others well- versed in Mantrashastra, He had not to use any incarnation, charged rice or water etc, His words only were most efficacious in saving the life of Shama.( Shri Sai Satcharita-Ch: 23).

The faith in Him, the total devotion to Him makes the miracles happen.  The impossibilities are converted into possibilities with ease.  He is Durdharshakshobhyaya.