Day - 6: “Om Shri Sai Bhakta Hridalaya Namaha”

 

 

           Shirdi Sai Ashtotramala – Meaning, Meditation and Miracle           

                   Day - 6: “Om Shri Sai Bhakta Hridalaya Namaha”  

Meaning: 
 

My humble salutation to Him who dwells in the hearts of His Devotees. 
 

Meditation: 
 

“Heart” in this context represents the centre of emotions of noble feelings of devotee.

Brahman lives in heart. Heart is the seat of conscience and awareness.  

Baba lives forever.....in the hearts of his devotees. For a devotee who has completely surrendered to Baba, He is always present within his heart as God residing in the temple.  

When Hemadpant (The dedicated devotee-author of Shri Sai Satcharita) asked Baba’s permission to write the Satcharita Baba said:  

“If My Leelas are written the Avidya(nascence) will vanish and if they attentively and devoutly listened to, the consciousness of the worldly existence will abate and strong waves of devotion and love will rise up and if one dives deep in to My Leelas, he would get precious jewels    of knowledge”.  

He further said, “If a man utters My name with love, I shall fulfil all his wishes, increase his devotion. And if he sings earnestly My life and My deeds, him I shall be set in front and back and on all sides.  Those devotees, who are attached to Me, heart and soul, will naturally feel happiness, when they hear these stories.  Believe Me that, if anybody sings My Leelas, I will give him infinite joy and everlasting contentment.  It is My special characteristic to free any person, who surrenders completely to Me, and who worships Me faithfully, and who remembers Me and meditates on Me constantly. How can they be conscious of worldly objects and sensations, who utter My name, who worship Me, who think of My stories and My life, and who thus, always remember Me! I shall draw out My devotees from the jaws of death.  If My stories are listened to, all diseases will be got rid of.  So, hear My stories with respect, and think and meditate on them, assimilate them.  This is the way of happiness and contentment. The pride and egoism of My devotees will vanish, the mind of the hearers will be set at rest; and if he has whole hearted and complete faith, he will be one with Supreme Consciousness. The simple remembrance of My name as “Sai, Sai” will do away with sins of speech and hearing”.  

Millions of temples were built, are built and will be built in the hearts of millions of devotees of Sai for Him.  He resides there.  

Shama, Hemadpant, Megha, Baijabai, Dasganu, Tatya Patil, Mhalsapati, Appa Shinde, Kashiram, Nana Saheb Chandorkar, Nanavali, Beemaji Patil, Kaka Mahajani, Damu Anna, Bapu Saheb Jog, Bapu saheb Buti, Kaka Saheb Dixit, Anna Chinchanikar, Maushibai, Mrs Radhabai Deshmukh, Mr. Sathe, Madhavrao Deshpande  and all those millions of devotees including you and me who follow their traditions are the temples where He resides. 

 

Thousands of temples are built for Him all over the world where devotees flock in millions to have His darshan.  They flock to the temples not because of the physical form of temples, but they are the mirrors of temples built for Him in their own hearts. He is Bhakta Hridalaya.