Day - 58. “Om Shri Sai Aparajithaya Namaha

          Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning, Meditation and Miracle

                  Day - 58. “Om Shri Sai Aparajithaya   Namaha

Meaning:

Humble salutation to Shri Sai Nath who is Invincible. (Shirdi Sai Trust).

 

Meditation: 

Throughout the recorded history of mankind many wars have been fought and continue to be fought. Wars for land, wars for religions, wars for principles, wars for revenge, wars for women, wars for a cause, wars for domination, and for many other reasons wars have been fought.  In Indian mythologies, one comes across numerous stories of wars between Devas and Asuras. Avatars have fought with Asuras.  Though wars have been fought for different objectives at different times by different people, the one common factor found in all wars is “Desire”. All wars are born out of desire and die with the desire. The winner goes on till his desire is killed by defeat or time or realization. . The ones who could not conquer their desire, ultimately lost their battle within themselves and became losers as history saw them. The moment Emperor Ashoka conquered the desire of expanding his empire, he renounced war and became an Emperor to be worshipped by his people and the future generations. He stands out as the greatest emperor India produced. 

There is a saying,” The one who conquers himself conquers the world”. Conquering oneself is indeed conquering the desires we have in ourselves. In Ramayana till he was defeated by the desire to have Sita, Ravana had been the most victorious king of Lanka with all noble qualities and was a great devotee of Lord Shiva. 

Brahmam, God or Guru is worshipped in that status because of their victory over desire. The Brahmam God and Guru are described to be “Nirgun” and “desireless”. In that state nothing can affect the inner bliss and the state of invincibility.  The Guru who has attained Realization is not distantly or internally affected by the pains, pleasures or any experiences of the world. He stands tall, unaffected by and invincible to any power or forces that we come across and get affected. 

Hemadpant writes in Sai Satcharita:

“There are two aspects of God or Brahma :(1) The Unmanifested ( Nirgun) and (2) the Manifested ( Sagun). The Nirgun is formless, while the Sagun is with form, though, both denote the same Brahma. Some prefer to worship the former, some the latter. As stated in the Gita (chapter: XIII) the worship of the latter is easy and preferable. As man has got a form (body, senses, etc), it is natural and easy for him to worship God with form. Our love and devotion do not develop, unless we worship Sagun Brahma, for a certain period of time, and as we advance, it leads us to the worship (meditation) of Nirgun Brahma. So let us start with Sagun worship Image, altar, fire, light, sun, water, Brahma are the seven objects of worship; but Sadguru is better than all these. Let us, on this occasion, bring to our mind the form of Sai, Who was non- attachment Incarnate, and who was a resting- place for His devotees. Our faith in His words is the Asan; and our Sankalpa (determination to accomplish the Puja) is the abandonment of all our desires. Some say Sai was a Bhagwad- Bhakta (devotee of the lord), others say He was a Maha- bhagwat (a great devotee); but to us He is God Incarnate. He was ever forgiving, never irritable, straight, soft, tolerant and content beyond comparison. Though, He looked embodied (as having the form), He was really dis-embodied, emotionless, unattached and internally free. The Ganges on its way to the sea, cools and refreshes the creatures affected with heat, gives life to the crops and trees, and quenches the thirst of many. Similarly, saints (Souls) like Sai Baba, while they live their own, give solace and comfort to all”. (Shri Sai Satcharita-Ch: XI). 

He was Nirgun and Desireless unaffected by the world.  He was invincible. He is Aparajithaya.