Sai Nav (9) Guruwar Vratham

Om Sai ram

Read this story and do this Sai vrat with full faith for 9 Thursdays and have patience.

Prosperity, happiness and peace will surely spread in your home.

Sai Vrat Story

Kokilaben and her husband Maheshbai used to live in a big city and they had lots of love for each other. But Maheshbai’s nature was very annoying and he had no sense of talking. Neighbors’ were also very much frustrated by his kind of nature. Kokilaben had lots of faith in God and she was very religious. She was tolerating all her problems silently having lots of faith in God that God will make everything alright one day. But because of Maheshbai’s nature, their business went down gradually and there was not enough income. He started staying at home all day his nature becoming worst.

It was an afternoon one old saint came to Kokilaben’s door. There was enormous light on his face. And he asked for rice and dal(lentils). Kokilaben gave him rice and dal and she folded her hands and said Namaste ( greetings). Saint replied “ SAI WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU HAPPY”, Kokilaben said, “There is no happiness in my life” and she told all her problems to the saint.

After listening to all her problems, Saint told her about “SAI NAV (NINE) GURUWAR (THURSDAY) VRAT”.

Saint told as follows about the vrat

1. This vrat can be started from any Thursday by uttering “SAI BABA’s”name.
2. This vrat has to be continued for 9 Thursdays.
3. Any male, female or child can do this vrat.
4. On these 9 Thursdays, individual who is doing vrat can eat fruit/milk/sweets, etc., all day long or can have one meal a day. One must not do this vrat without eating anything.
5. If possible, go to ‘SAI BABA’ temple to have ‘SAI BABA’S ‘ darshan on these 9 thursadays.
6. At home, do pooja/prayer of ‘SAI BABA’ as follows:
7. In the morning or in the evening, do the pooja as mentioned below:
• Put yellow cloth in front of you and place, “SAI BABA’s” photo or statue on this cloth.
• Light lamp (diya) in front of BABA’s picture.
• Wash or wipe BABA’s picture with clean water and cloth.
• Put tikka (bindi on the forehead) with “kumkum”(red powder) on BABA’s face.
• Offer yellow flower to BABA.
• Offer fruits or sweets to BABA as naivedya (Prasad).
• Read this SAI story and read/sing “SAI BABA’s” arti after finishing pooja and reading story.
• Tell BABA why you are doing this vrat and ask him to fulfill your wish.
• Give Prasad to all your friends and family members and you also eat it some.
• If because of any reason, you cannot do vrat on any Thursday, slip that Thursday and continue the next Thursday.
• If female is doing this vrat, skip the Thursday during menstrual cycle period.
• On the 9th Thursday, celebrate “SAI VRAT”. In the celebration process, feed 5 poor people and distribute this SAI VRAT book among people. One can give 5 to 11 etc.
• Put this SAI VRAT story book or printed paper which you are going to distribute among people, when you do pooja and give them to people. By doing this, their wishes will be fulfilled very soon too.
• All wishes will be fulfilled by doing this vrat.

In this kali age (Kaliyug), ths vrat is very effective. This vrat will give desired fruit to doer, but doer must have full faith and patience. Whoever will distribute this “SAI VRAT” book among people and make good the name of SAI and this vrat, then all their wishes will be fulfilled.

After listening about this SAI vrat from saint, Kokilaben also decided to do this vrat. She started vrat from the Thursday. And she finished 8 GURUWARS (Thursdays) with full faith. On the 9th GURUWAR, she fed poor people and distributed SAI vrat books among friends and relatives.

As soon as she finished the vrat, all the quarrels vanished from her house, prosperity , happiness and peace spread in her home. Maheshbai’s nature was changed completely. Their business started doing well in a short time and started seeing prosperity. Both husband and wife started living happily. One day, Kokilaben’s sister-in-law and her brother came from Surat. Her sister-in-law was talking with Kokilaben. The former said that her kids were not studying and getting failed in exams. Kokilaben told her about “SAI VRAT”. She said, SAI devotion will make education better. Have full faith in “SAI BABA”. He helps everyone. Kokilaben’s sister-in-law asked the details of the vrat.

Kokilaben told about the ‘SAI VRAT’ in detail. And explaned her everything about the vrat. Her sister-law went to Surat and she sent a letter after few days. She wrote that her children have started doing ‘SAI VRAT’ and now they are studying very well. She also did vrat and distributed “SAI VRAT” book in her office. One of her friends, who had a very hard time in getting married, got married to a very nice man after started doing “SAI VRAT” and she got her stolen jeweler box back. It was a great miracle.

Hey “SAI BABA’, as you have blessed these people, please bless all others too.

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Chapter 1 of Sri Sai Sachacharitra

Wheat- grinding event and significance of grinding

'Hemadpant' commences his treatise with obeisance to Sri Ganesh, Saraswathi, divine trinity, family deity, parents and rishis. Thereafter, Sri Sai Satcharita has been described in the various chapters. the gist of all this is presented here while keeping the essence in tact in all respects.

The wheat-grinding event

In 1910, one day in the morning, I reached the mosque to have 'darshan' of sai baba. i was astonished beyond bounds to countenance strange scene. After washing his mouth and hands, Sai Baba instantly set-out for grinding-wheel on it and began grinding wheat.

I thought what is baba to do with grinding-wheat? He has none of his own to depend on him, and he has begging-bowl for his living. At that time, people present there also had similar thoughts. But who could care to enquire about it from baba? The news of Baba grinding wheat spread like a wild fire in the village. Soon after groups of men and women ran to the mosque and gathered there to see this unique 'leela'.

Four women moving through the crowd, came forward and pushed aside Baba from there and began to grind the wheat by singing his glories loudly. At first baba was enraged, but afterwards seeing their devotion he smiled. while grinding the wheat those women contemplated that Baba has neither family, nor has he anyone to depend upon him. He himself lives on the begging-bowl. Therefore, what is the need for his of the wheat-flour? baba is the mercy-incarnate, may be, he will distribute this wheat-flour among us. By contemplating thus they grinded the whole lot of wheat in no time. Then they put aside the grinding-wheel, divided the flour into four parts, and began to move away by taking each one her share.

Instantly, Baba began to shout using foul words who was so far engrossed in quietness,"Women, have you gone mad? Whose father's wealth have you usurped and are going away? Is it anyone indebted to you, so you are taking it away easily? Well, do now one thing. Take away this flour and sctter it on the borders of the village."

I asked the people of Shirdi what was the significance of all this that Baba did just then. they told me that the epidemic of cholera had reached its height and this is the remedy of baba for its eradication. Just now what you saw being grinded was not wheat but indeed it was cholera which Baba grinded. After this event the epidemic of cholera had indeed sub-sided and the villagers gained their health.

My happiness knew no bounds by knowing this and my curiosity was aroused. i began to ask myself,"what link could there be between the epidemic cholera and the flour?" how to solve this mystery? It appeared impossible. contemplating on this 'Leela' I was enthrilled, and thus I was inspired and it hardly needs to be emphasized that this work got accomplished by the grace and blessings of Baba.

Significance of grinding-wheat

What meaning the people of Shirdi attributed to this wheat-grinding incident is generally known to true. But besides this, there is another meaning and that is that Baba lived in Shirdi and almost daily did his job of grinding wheat. this grinding does not refer to wheat as a matter of fact, but refers to sins, misfortunes, mental and physical affiliations of devotees and Baba's way of eradicating them. The upper part of his grinding wheel is of devotion and the lower part is of action ('Karma'). The handle by holding which he used to do the grinding refers to the wisdom-consciousness('gyan'). It was Baba's firm belief that until man's tendencies of attachment, hatred and ego are not uprooted, which is almost impossible, the attainment of wisdom-consciousness('gyan') and self-realisation is utterly impossible.

This event reminds of a similar episode in the life of non-dualist saint Kabir who told his preceptor thus, " I am weeping bitterly because I am feeling pain of being grinded between the two parts of the wheel of worldly-life in the same way as the wheat is grinded into flour. His preceptor replied thus, "Be not afraid. Hold on fast to the handle of wisdom consciousness ('gyan') fixed at the center of the grinding wheel of worldle-life as you been seeing me to do. Go not afar from it and graviate to its epicentre. then it is certain that you shall be able to save yourself from this grinding wheal of worldly-life as the grains that are attached to the center of the grinding-wheel indeed are saved".

-End of chapter 1

Sri Sai Sachcharitra - Introduction

Whosoever will come to shirdi Their troubles shall vanish

Om Sri Sai Namo Namaha

Sri Sai Sachcharitra

English

The wonderful life of sri Sai Baba and the pearls of his teachings based on his miracles

( Complete 55 chapters)

Writer of original marathi work Shri Govind Raghunath Dabholkar alias 'Hemadpant'

English Translator

Acharya Purushottamananda

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In the present day world everyone, like Arjun, is entangled in numerous problems and doubts. He is unable to get the doubts resolved despite trying hard to do so. The events narrated in Sri sai Sachacharitra give new life awareness to man who is encircled in the whirlwind of his circumstances. What he needs is only to enshrine in the heart Sai Teachings in the same manner as was done by Arjun. Then he shall find the gems of wisdom, and his life entanglements shall be resolved. Sai teachings ahall enable to envision divinity within by removing coverings of dross over the soul one by one and help attain true self-realisation, and the very life-style of man shall be changed. I beseech sai deotees and all those who are inquisitive to know about them to bless the readers of this book with health, wealth, happiness and peace.

Have full trust in Me. I shall abandon the mortal-coils, even then my bones shall enkindle hope and confidence. Not I alone, but my Abode shall converse and beam the message of hope. If you shall trust in Me, you shall be immensely benefitted.

-Sri Sai Nath

Dedicated

True to the motto this Sri Sai Sachacharithra is dedicated to the Lotus feet of Sri Sainath.

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On service to Sai I wish to share this Sai Sacharithra as such written by the original author 'Hemadpant' to all and wish all to enjoy the gist of Sai teachings and lead a satisfied moral life.

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Chapter 1