Sri Sathya Sai Ashtottaram

1. OM SRI SAI SATHYA SAI BABAYA NAMAH.

Let us bow down to Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (the true Divine Mother and
Father of all)
2. OM SRI SAI SATHYASWAROOPAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Embodiment of Truth
3. OM SRI SAI SATHYADHARMAPARAYANAAYA NAMAH.
Who is solely devoted (to preaching) to Truth and Righteousness
4. OM SRI SAI VARADAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Giver of boons
5. OM SRI SAI SATHPURUSHAAYA NAMAH.
The One Who is all pervading
6. OM SRI SAI SATHYA GUNNATHMANE NAMAH
Who is the Embodiment of the virtue, Truth
7. OM SRI SAI SADHUVARDHANAAYA NAMAH
Who promotes the quality of piety, righteousness
8. OM SRI SAI SADHUJANA POSHANAAYA NAMAH
Who nourishes the sustains pious people
9. OM SRI SAI SARVAJNAAYA NAMAH
Who is omniscient
10. OM SRI SAI SARVA JANA PRIYAAYA NAMAH.
Who is dear to all
11. OM SRI SAI SARVA SAKTHI MOOTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the Embodiment of all powers
12. OM SRI SAI SARVESAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Lord of all
13. OM SRI SAI SARVA SANGA PARITHYAAGINE NAMAH.
Who has given up all attachments
14. OM SRI SAI SARVA ANTHARYAAMINAE NAMAH
Who is the Indweller of all hearts
15. OM SRI SAI MAHIMAATMANE NAMAH.
Who is Glory Personified
16. OM SRI SAI MAHESWARA SWAROOPAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Embodiment of Shiva
17. OM SRI SAI PARTHI GRAMODBHAVAAYA NAMAH.
Who is born in a village called Parthi
18. OM SRI SAI PARTHI KSHETRA NIVAASINE NAMAH.
Who is the Resident of the region of Parthi
19. OM SRI SAI YASAHKAAYA SHIRDI VAASINE NAMAH.
Who is famous in the previous body as the Resident of Shirdi
20. OM SRI SAI JODI AADIPALLI SOMAPPAAYA NAMAH
Who has taken the Form of the female and male aspect (Shiva and Shakthi) in the
primeval village
21. OM SRI SAI BHARADWAJA RISHI GOTHRAAYA NAMAH.
Who is born in the Gothra of Bharadhwaj Rishi
22. OM SRI SAI BHAKTA VATHSALAAYA NAMAH
Who has parental affection of devotees
23. OM SRI SAI APAANTHARAATHMANE NAMAH
Who is the inner Atma in all
24. OM SRI SAI AVATHAARA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the manifestation of the divine Incarnation
25. OM SRI SAI SARVA BHAYA NIVAARINE NAMAH.
Who removes all fears
26. OM SRI SAI AAPASTHAMBA SUTHRAAYA NAMAH.
Who is identical with the Apasthamba lineage
27. OM SRI SAI ABHAYAPRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who bestows freedom from fear
28. OM SRI SAI RATNAAKARA VAMSODBHAVAAYA NAMAH.
The One Who is born in the dynasty of Ratnakar (gems of men)
29. OM SRI SAI SHIRDI SAAYI ABHEDA SAKTHYAAVATHAARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the incarnation of power not different from that of Shirdi
30. OM SRI SAI SAMKARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is Shankara (Shiva)
31. OM SRI SAI SHIRDI SAI MOORTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the Incarnation of Shirdi Sai
32. OM SRI SAI DWAARAKAMAAYI VAASINE NAMAH.
Who is the Resident of Dwarakamayi
33. OM SRI SAI CHITRAAVATHEE THATA PUTTAPARTHI VIHAARINE NAMAH.
Who sports (His Leelas) in Puttaparthi on the banks of the Chitravathi river
34. OM SRI SAI SAKTHI PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who bestows strength
35. OM SRI SAI SARANAAGATHA THRAANAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Savior of those who surrender
36. OM SRI SAI ANANDAAYA NAMAH.
Who is Bliss
37. OM SRI SAI AANANDA DAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants Bliss
38. OM SRI SAI AARTHA THRAANA PARAAYANAAYA NAMAH.
Who is devoted solely to saving the afflicted (those in distress)
39. OM SRI SAI ANAATHA NAATHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Guardian or Lord of the destitute
40. OM SRI SAI ASAHAAYA SAHAAYAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Helper of the helpless
41. OM SRI SAI LOKA BAANDHAVAAYA NAMAH.
Who is a brother to the whole world
42. OM SRI SAI LOKARAKSHAA PARAAYANAAYA NAMAH.
Who is solely devoted to protecting the people
43. OM SRI SAI LOKANAATHAYA NAMAH
Who is the Lord of all worlds
44. OM SRI SAI DEENAJANA POSHANAAYA NAMAH.
Who nourishes and sustains the poor (those who are in a miserable condition)
45. OM SRI SAI MOORTHI THRAYA SWAROOPAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Incarnation of the Holy Trinity (Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara)
46. OM SRI SAI MUKTHI PRADAAYA NAMAH
Who is the Giver of Liberation
47. OM SRI SAI KALUSHA VIDOORAAYA NAMAH.
Who removes wickedness
48. OM SRI SAI KARUNAAKARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is compassionate
49. OM SRI SAI SARVAADHAARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Support of all
50. OM SRI SAI HRUDAYAVASINE NAMAH
Who resides in the heart of everyone
51. OM SRI SAI PUNYA PHALA PRADAAYA NAMAH
Who is the Giver of the fruits of merit
52. OM SRI SAI SARVA PAAPAKSHAYA KARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Destroyer of all sins
53. OM SRI SAI SARVA ROGA NIVAARINE NAMAH.
Who removes all diseases
54. OM SRI SAI SARVA BAADHA HARAAYA NAMAH.
Who takes away all afflictions
55. OM SRI SAI ANANTHA NUTHA KARTHRUNE NAMAH
The One Who is the Creator and Who is praised endlessly
56. OM SRI SAI AADI PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is Primeval Purusha (the very First from the Lord)
57. OM SRI SAI AADI SAKTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the Primal Energy
58. OM SRI SAI APAROOPA SAKTHINE NAMAH.
He Who has delightful and wonderful powers
59. OM SRI SAI AVYAKTHA ROOPINE NAMAH.
Who is the form of the Unmanifested (the Formless)
60. OM SRI SAI KAAMAKRODHA DHWAMSINE NAMAH.
Who destroys desire and anger
61. OM SRI SAI KANAKAAMBARA DHAARINE NAMAH.
Who wears a golden-colored robe
62. OM SRI SAI ADBHUTHA CHARYAAYA NAMAH.
Whose activities are astonishing, unprecedented
63. OM SRI SAI AAPADBAANDHAVAAYA NAMAH.
Who guides like a brother in calamity
64. OM SRI SAI PREMAATMANE NAMAH.
Who is Love Personified
65. OM SRI SAI PREMA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the Embodiment of Love
66. OM SRI SAI PREMA PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants Love
67. OM SRI SAI PRIYAAYA NAMAH.
Who is loved by all
68. OM SRI SAI BHAKTA PRIYAAYA NAMAH.
Who is dear to devotees
69. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA MANDAARAAYA NAMAH
Who is the highest peak (Divine Mountain) to the Bhaktha
70. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA JANA HRIDAYA VIHAARAAYA NAMAH.
Who plays (happily) in the hearts of devotees
71. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHAJANA HRUDAYAALAYAAYA NAMAH
Who dwells in the heart of the Bhaktha
72. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA PARAADHEENAAYA NAMAH.
Who is at the command of the devotees
73. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHI JNANA PRADEEPAAYA NAMAH
who ignites the blazing lamp of Bhakthi and knowledge in us
74. OM SRI SAI BHAKTHI JNANA PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who shows the path of Bhakthi which leads to Jnaana (knowledge)
75. OM SRI SAI SUJNAANA MAARGADARSAKAAYA NAMAH
Who shows the path of attaining right knowledge
76. OM SRI SAI JNAANASWARUPAAYA NAMAH.
Who is Knowledge Personified
77. OM SRI SAI GITA BODHAKAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Teacher of the Gita
78. OM SRI SAI JNANA SIDDHIDAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants the achievement of wisdom
79. OM SRI SAI SUNDARARUPAAYA NAMAH.
Who has a charming Form
80. OM SRI SAI PUNYA PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the embodiment of Purity (physical beauty, sweetness of speech,
compassion etc)
81. OM SRI SAI PHALAPRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who bestows the fruits of Karma
82. OM SRI SAI PURUSHOTHAMAAYA NAMAH
Who is the Supreme Person
83. OM SRI SAI PURAANA PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the most ancient Supreme Person
84. OM SRI SAI ATHEETHAAYA NAMAH
Whose Glory transcends the three worlds
85. OM SRI SAI KAALAATHEETHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is beyond the limits of time
86. OM SRI SAI SIDDHIROOPAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Embodiment of all accomplishments
87. OM SRI SAI SIDDHA SANKALPAAYA NAMAH.
Whose Will is immediately effective
88. OM SRI SAI AAROGYA PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants good health
89. OM SRI SAI ANNAVASTRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the sustainer of all beings (He gives food and clothing)
90. OM SRI SAI SAMSAARA DUKHASHAYAKARAAYA NAMAH.
Who destroys the suffering of the mundane existence
91. OM SRI SAI SARVAABHEESTA PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants desirable objects to all
92. OM SRI SAI KALYAANAGUNAAYA NAMAH
Whose virtues are beneficial
93. OM SRI SAI KARMADHWAMSINE NAMAH
Who destroys the (binding force of) Karma
94. OM SRI SAI SAADHU MAANASA SOBHITHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is an ornament to righteous minds
95. OM SRI SAI SARVAMATHA SAMMATHAAYA NAMAH
Who accepts all religions
96. OM SRI SAI SAADHUMAANASA PARISODHAKAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Cleanser of the mind of the aspirant
97. OM SRI SAI SADHAKAANUGRAHA VATA VRIKSHA PRATHISTHAAPAKAAYA
NAMAH.
Who has established the banyan tree as a favor to the Sadhaka
98. OM SRI SAI SAKALA SAMSAYA HARAAYA NAMAH
Who destroys all doubts
99. OM SRI SAI SAKALATHATHWA BODHAKAAYA NAMAH.
Who teaches the essence of all knowledge
100. OM SRI SAI YOGISWARAAYA NAMAH
Who is the Lord of all Yogis
101. OM SRI SAI YOGINDRA VANDITHAAYA NAMAH.
Who is revered by all the Masters of Yoga
102. OM SRI SAI SARVA MANGALA KAARAAYA NAMAH.
Who is the Granter of all auspiciousness and prosperity
103. OM SRI SAI SARVA SIDDHI PRADAAYA NAMAH.
Who grants all accomplishments and skills
104. OM SRI SAI AAPANNIVARINE NAMAH.
Who removes all calamities
105. OM SRI SAI AARTHIHARAAYA NAMAH.
Who takes away bodily and mental pains
106. OM SRI SAI SAANTHA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.
Who is the Personification of Peace
107. OM SRI SAI SULABHA PRASANNAAYA NAMAH.
Who is easy to please
108. OM SRI SAI BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BAABAAYA NAMAH.
Let us bow down to Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (the True Divine Mother and
Father of us all)
• (1) OM SRI SAI SATHYA SAI BABAYA NAMAH.

Baba was sought by his mother, Eswaramba, through a series of Sathya

Narayana vrathas; so, he was named 'Sathya Narayana' and called 'Sathya'
by friends and family until his fourteenth year, when he judged the time had
come to announce that he was no other than Sai Baba of Shirdi, come
again. He is therefore to be worshipped as Sai Baba; millions know Him as
Sai Baba or `Sathya' Sai Baba (The 'real' or the 'genuine' Sai Baba). Sai
means Lord, Master (Shahi, Shah, Padshah, Sahi, Sayi, Sai). It also means
'Sa' Sarveswara, Sovereign; 'Ayi' is mother; Baba means Father. So, Sai
Baba means 'Master, Mother, and Father'. Namah means 'bow down', bend
with folded palms, dedicating by the ten fingers held together the ten senses
(both internal and external) to God. Namah, according to Baba, must be
done along with the mental resolution, Na Mama, 'Not Mine' but 'Thine'.
Namah must be the outward expression of that Inner Surrender -
"Thajjapasthadartha Bhavanam." Repeat it and dwell on its meaning. "Om
Sri" is to be pronounced before every name because Om is the Primal sound
that persists through all changes in all creation (as well as in the Central
spinal cord of man, during Yoga). It is the very signature tune of Brahman
and therefore of Baba. 'Sri' means Glory in all its aspects.

• (2) OM SRI SAI SATHYASWAROOPAAYA NAMAH.

Sathya, says Sai Baba, consists of 3 syllables, 'SA', 'TH' and 'YA'. It means
that 'SA' is to be gained by 'th' and 'ya' - the Saakshaatkaara - the self
realization - is gained by 'thapas'(austerities; detatchment; self-denial and
'YA'-ma (regulation and sublimation of senses). Sathya is the Bliss of
Realization; Baba is that BLISS. He is the Absolute, the Eternal, the Truth.
Sathyam is Thrikaalaabaadhitham, that which is unaffected by time's current
of the past, present or future. Baba has revealed Himself to His devotees as
Niraakaara come as Naraakaara, even as He promised while at Shirdi. So,
for bhakthas Sai is Sathya Swaroopa. When God comes as Man, His
Divinity need not be affected or reduced or tarnished in the least. Look
deeply into Him and discern if He is of the nature of truth, Sathya, the
unchanging. `Fools consider me as only this human body' said Krishna.
Baba warns us against such errors as He says, `However long you try,
whoever seeks to know, by whatever means, you cannot grasp the mystery
of My Majesty'. "Only intense study, with faith, of the scriptures can help you
to catch a glimpse", He assures. Baba's will, His Word, has to come true, for
He is Truth. `I never utter a word that is without significance',
• (3) OM SRI SAI SATHYADHARMAPARAYANAAYA NAMAH.

Baba declares that He has come to establish the reign of Sathya, Dharma,
Shanthi and Prema. Very often, He has said, where there is Sathya, there
will be Prema, for Asathya or Falsehood is the consequence of fear, which is
absent when there is Love. So too, where there is Dharma, there will be
Shanthi; for Ashanthi or unrest is the consequence of Injustice or Adharma
of all types. Baba insists on Sathya (Speak what you have seen or felt, act
as you have said) and Dharma (follow the rules of conduct laid down for the
profession which you follow, the status you demand, the right you claim).
Dharma, which lays down the 'do's' and 'dont's' of life is contained in the
Sastras; so Baba has revived the study of Sastras and has reinstated them
in the reverence of the people. Parayana means 'interested in', 'absorbed in'.
Since the revival of truth and morality is the very purpose for which He has
come, He is 'absorbed' in correcting both the individual and society. Baba
while at Shirdi said, "You must always adhere to Truth and fulfill all the
promises you make. Then, I will be with you, wherever you are and at all
times". Even now, He exhorts us to be true and moral by the same
assurance. He has declared "My name is Sathya; I am Sathya; My actions
are Sathya; My glory is Sathya'. He has come for the sake of Dharma, to
clarify it, to propagate it, to establish it in every human heart. Because of His
loving interest in these two, He has donned this mortal frame and come
among mortals.

• (4) OM SRI SAI VARADAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is the giver of boons; vara (boon) da (giver). Man is a Divine spark
encased in five sheaths (kosas) and Baba by His boons helps all the Kosas
to function effectively, so that the Spark of Divinity may be kept alive and
aflame. The Annamaya Kosa or the gross physical sheath He guards from
illness; the Pranamaya Kosa or the Nerve sheath He saves from upset. The
Manomaya Kosas or the Mind sheath He guards from insanity, worry and
agitation. The Vijnanamaya Kosa or the intellect sheath He guards from both
clog and fog. The Anandamaya Kosa or the Bliss sheath, He feeds and
fosters. All boons that promote the innate purpose of all these sheaths, He
grants profusely; but His grace is granted in order that the body may be
worthy of the voyage from death to immortality, that nervous energy may
serve to establish equanimity, poise and balance, that the mind may be free
from agitation, that the intellect may be sharp enough to grasp the Universal
and Absolute, and that the Bliss may be unbroken and full. Baba's boons are
available for the asking. "Knock and it shall be opened".In several instances
Baba has Himself knocked and conferred the Boon! When a person is ripe
for the gift through suffering or repentance or prayer or righteousness or
austerity or study, the Varada (the giver of Boons) is ready with the sign of
Grace.
• (5) OM SRI SAI SATHPURUSHAAYA NAMAH.

The Universal Eternal Absolute can be cognized only as Sath, Chith and
Ananda. 'It is' -'It knows'-'It is Bliss'. It is all this, ever. Ekam eva
adwitheeyam: one only, without a second. That Ekam felt, 'Ekoham
bahusyaam':'I am one. Let Me become Many' and all this came about. Baba
is He who willed so. He is the Sath Purusha means :"Poornam anena
sarvam"-He by whom all this is filled. Purusha also means, the dweller in the
Puram or fort. The fort is the body with five rings of walls (the Panchakosas)
and the nine gates. 'Deho devalayam', the body is the Temple and He is the
God installed therein: As Sath, Baba is all this; as Purusha He is in our
Puram or Body, in a special sense.

Sath Purusha also means 'a good person', any good person. Now, while
Baba is in Persons, he is more manifest, patent and potent in 'good
persons'. A person is good because He has toughened his detachment; He
has strengthened his impulse to serve others; he has broadened his vision;
he has widened his sympathies. Baba is the real motivator in all Sath-
purushas, in all good men. He is the One Sathpurusha, of whom the good
men of the world are faint fractional images.

• (6) OM SRI SAI SATHYA GUNNATHMANE NAMAH.

Sathyam as a Guna or as a characteristic or virtue or quality is described by

Sankaracharya as 'apriya anrutha Varjitham', 'Yathaa Abhooth,
arthavaachanam,' speaking of an incident, fact or thing just as it happened,
or as it exists or as it was observed; without causing pain to the hearers and
adding or subtracting any detail. Baba has placed virtue foremost in the list
of the four that He seeks in us: Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi and Prema. Since
He is the embodiment of the Principle of Sathya (Sath), he is the inner
prompter, the inner Witness, the inner mentor, the Atma of the Sathyaguna.
He knows the tiniest trace of falsehood that tarnishes our thoughts and fouls
our feelings. He sees through the thickest veil of pretence. While serving
Him, we realize more and more the correctness of 'Sathyam eva Jayathe'
'Truth alone wins'. Once a devotee brought something to be offered to Him.
His grown up son protested that Baba will not accept it and advised his
father not to purchase it. When at last the father did purchase it, the son
hoped that Baba will refuse to accept it and was glad that he could then use
it for himself. When the thing was placed before Baba, He said, " This thing
was brought for your son. Give it to him". That is the measure of His
sensitivity to Truth. The minutest falsehood or insincerity will be caught by
His Omniscience. We cannot delve into the science of this Omniscience!
Baba chastises and chides weaklings, who waver on the brink of Truth and
deviate from honest behaviour on account of fear or anxiety to please.
• (7) OM SRI SAI SADHUVARDHANAAYA NAMAH.

"Sadhu" stands for virtue, righteousness, piety and perfection. Baba

promotes in those whom He selects (that is to say, those who have the good
fortune to accept His guidance, seeking Him out as they think they do) all the
virtuous qualities. He insists on 'Practice' and 'Experience', on 'Character' as
the fruit of Sadhana, and 'virtue' as the sweet juice that fills the fruit. He has
said that the phrase in the Gita, Parithraanaaya Sadhunaam (for protecting
Sadhus) (Chap IV, Yoga of Knowledge)- "Whenever there is decline of
righteousness, and unrighteousness is in the ascent, then I body Myself forth
for the protection of the virtuous, for the destruction of evil doers, and for
establishing Dharma on a firm footing, I am born from age to age." does not
refer to Sadhus in ochre robes but to good men who are detached from
worldly pleasures and worldly objects. Numerous are the instances where
He has healed the wounds caused by unrighteousness. Revere the parents,
honour the teachers, respect the elders and scholars, seek out opportunities
of service, spread joy and contentment, do not indulge in slander, ignore the
faults of others, do not extol your own merits, fix your attention on the Sai
that is in every other living being; these are the directions, He gives. These
will develop the Sadhu qualities in us. He loves and draws near to Himself
good men of all castes, countries, and races; so, every one is persuaded to
examine his faults and vices and become better in every way so that he may
win His love; he sees through pretension and humbug; it is impossible to
impose on His confidence by means of pomp or external signs of goodness
or purity. He can be satisfied only with genuine, consistent sincerity.

• (8) OM SRI SAI SADHUJANA POSHANAAYA NAMAH.

Sadhu (good) Jana (person) Poshana (guarding and guiding). 'I have come
because the Sadhus and the Sadhakas prayed that I should come' says
Baba. When virtuous and upright persons cry out in anguish for a Saviour,
when persons seeking to live the good life are tortured by circumstances,
cruelty and negligence, then the Saviour comes. Baba is Naraakaara
(human form) assumed by the Niraakaara (formless) as promised in the
Bhagavad gita, to help good men. "If your illness or poverty hampers your
spiritual progress, I rush with Grace towards you and set it right, for My task
is Sadhuposhana, the fostering of the good," says Baba. Sadguna,
according to Baba, is to be inferred from such details of daily life as limited
speech, sweet conversation, readiness to serve others, humility and
reluctance to see faults in others. In one of His Declarations (before the
commencement of His discourse) he has announced that 'He is Vasudeva
come again "in order to restore vitality and vigor, self-confidence and self-
knowledge among Sadhus (good men) who have lost faith in themselves,
and in God". How can the all-merciful Sai give His children over to be
tormented and insulted by the 'blind' 'deaf' and the 'heartless'.
• (9) OM SRI SAI SARVAJNAAYA NAMAH.

'Sarvajna' means 'He who knows everything'. Baba is in the indweller in

every being. He is present everywhere. So nothing is hidden from Him. He
reads us like an open book. He knows the past, the present and the future.
He has the three 'eyes' to see the three periods of time. When once a blind
Ph.D. asked Him for vision, he said, "In your previous life, you prayed to God
that you may be blind next time. This condition is the result of that prayer
which was heard by God. You cannot now go back on it". Baba's knowledge
knows no limit; He is the inner Guide and Teacher of all. when the
scholarship of scholars and scientists fails and they face humiliation, He has
gone to their rescue. He is the ultimate resource and relief for all. People are
amazed at the alacrity and completeness with which He diagnoses their
feelings and faults; but there is no amazement for those who know that He
knows all. He warns people of impending danger or good luck. He is aware
of the future as clearly and in as much clarity of detail as the past which has
become history. So, His advice has to be accepted in toto, down to the least
detail, without doubt or hesitation.

• (10) OM SRI SAI SARVA JANA PRIYAAYA NAMAH.

Baba has declared, "If you call me Prema Swarupa, you wont be wrong" that
is to say, He is love, all through. Baba says, "If I have any vow to keep, it is
this: to shower joy on all." (Sarvajana - all people). Naturally, Baba is dear to
all (Sarva jana priya). His presence is the one durbar where all are
welcomed. The ignorant, the poor, the afflicted, and the wicked, are even
more welcome there, than the wise, the rich, the happy and the good. For all
who need a mother, who seek a father, a friend, and a guide, for all who
search for God, Baba is the goal. He loves all; He is loved by all. Baba
blesses all, for He has declared His mission to be Sarvastharathudurgaani
(let all cross obstacles), Sarva bhadraani Pasyanthu (let all see only
auspicious sight), Sarvah sad- buddhimaapnothu ( let all acquire beneficial
intelligence), Sarvah-sarvathra nandathu (let all be joyful, everywhere). No
one comes away from Him without the precious gift of His grace. He moves
among men with the lamp of love; its radiance sheds peace and harmony,
brotherhood and mutual help. So, He is adored by Hindu, Muslim, Christian,
Parsi, Buddhist, Asian, African, American, European, Australian - all alike.
Children are His special favourites; so are young, for He straightens them,
so that they may grow into worthy inheritors of immortality, into deserving
claimants for the climax of communion with God.
• (11) OM SRI SAI SARVA SAKTHI MOOTHAYE NAMAH.

Moorthy means image idol, symbol, embodiment. Baba is the Moorthy of all
Sakthis (Sarvasakthi). He has Himself said that He is Mahasakthi come as
Mayasakthi (the universal energy come as the deluding energy, that being
the reason why we identify Him with the human form that we see). Three
sakthis or forms of energy are mentioned in the Sastras. Since Baba says
that His Reality can be glimpsed only by a person who has mastered the
Sastras, He is extolled by this Name as the Embodiment of (i) Ichchasakthi
(ii) Kriyasakthi and (iii) Jnanasakthi; the energy that Wills, the energy that
Acts and the energy that Knows. Baba is the unfailing reservoir of the three,
from which all being draw their supply. So He is Sarva Sakthi Moorthy. The
motivator of the Will, the Deed and the Thought is He and none else. Baba
guides the Will, shapes the Deed and formulates the Thought. When He was
asked by the astonished villagers, how he was able to miraculously produce
things out of nothing, Baba, as a boy of six years, replied, 'I have a Sakthi
which obeys My will'. 'That reply was within their ken', He said. But the reality
is "He is all Sakthi".

• (12) OM SRI SAI SARVESAAYA NAMAH.

'ISA' is a manifestation of God-head. Sarva-Isa is Sarvesa, all Isa, all

manifestations of God-head are subsumed in the Sathya Sai form and
name; for Baba has granted vision of Himself as Siva Sakthi, as Sakthi, as
Siva (at the Kothanaghatta Temple*) and at Hampi Virupaksha temple, as
Krishna, as Rama, as Ganesa and as Panduranga. He has declared 'I am
worshipped in all places of worship. I accept all prayers, all offerings made in
all Yagnas.' At Bombay, discoursing to the delegates at the World
Conference of Sri Sathya Sai organizations, Baba declared:"Do not be
misled by My condescension and compassion which makes Me move
among you as one of yourselves and mistake Me as human. I am Sarva-
Devatha (ISA)-Swarupa. All manifestations of Godhead are but limbs and
parts of this Sathya Sai form."

[*Siva temple, in the village of Kothanghatta, 2 miles from Sravana Belagola,

the famous Jain shrine in the Hassan District of Karnataka State]
• (13) OM SRI SAI SARVA SANGA PARITHYAAGINE NAMAH.

Sangam means 'attachement', 'bond'. Baba has no attachment to anything,

for 'things' are phenomenally trivial to His supreme sovereignty, He needs
nothing for Himself. He is ever eager to help, satisfy and bless. "There, as
well as here, this is My task" - He says. "Your joy is My food; your food is My
joy' - He declares. He is very busy in feeding the roots of faith in human
hearts, in guiding and guarding the good, in illumining the path of the
Sadhaka; but this Karma or activity does not tarnish His 'Witness- hood'. In
the Gita, He has said,"Na Maam Karmaani Limpanthi", (Activity does not
affect My nature in the least). Baba has said that His Grace is like sunlight
which enters all open doors or the electric current which activates all bulbs,
which are connected with a switch that is on. "Na me dveshyosthi napriyah"
(I have no foe, no friend). "It is you who hate and love and reap the results",
He says. He is ready to illumine all, to activate all. "I feel no urge to work;
none can blame Me if I don't. I can, by My will, accomplish whatever I want. I
work ceaselessly for you, with you, because I must elevate you through your
own efforts, help you to climb the steps and reach the goal, at your own
pace, prompted by your own purified will".

• (14) OM SRI SAI SARVA ANTHARYAAMINAE NAMAH.

When some one asked Him, "What is this power that you possess by which
you are able to read us like a book?", Baba replied, "There is no power,
which I have earned; this is no power which I use in specific instances. This
is my very nature. I do not 'enter' into your mind, and 'discover' all that lies
hidden there and 'reveal' them to you; I am ever there; I am the motivator of
all minds. You cannot think or feel or act without MY BEING AWARE OF IT".
That is why He reads us like a book, for He is the will of the hand that writes
the book. He limns every word on every page, of our history. And the word is
shaped by the law of inevitable consequence, sometimes modified by grace,
earned by yearning for God. Sri Krishna said, "Do not be under the
impression that you are the doer, that you have to bear the burden! If you
convince yourself that I am the doer, I shall bear the burden". Baba too says,
"Why fear when I am here" (i.e., "in your heart").
• (15) OM SRI SAI MAHIMAATMANE NAMAH.

'Mahima' means glory. This name means "He who is personified glory'.
Sathya Sai Baba is glory personified. His Mahima or glory is witnessed by
grateful recipients every moment, in every land. Worship His picture in your
home; He showers Vibhuthi for you from the picture itself. He gives kumkum,
saffron, akshatha grains, sandal powder, amritha, honey, sugar candy, scent
- all auspicious things from His picture ( not necessarily of the Sathya Sai
form) in your home. He announces His presence by signs, by fragrance, by
flashes of light, by the swinging of pictures and of garlands, by the formation
of Pranava on pictures, by foot-prints marked out on the floor. For example,
He has, for the sake of the people who find it difficult or costly to make the
journey to Puttaparthi, manifested Himself clearly inside the marble Linga of
an old Siva temple at Kothanaghatta. Faith in God and in the discipline
needed to realize Him, are strengthened by such Mahimas. He appears in
His own physical form in distant lands, and instructs those who yearn for
guidance. He vouchsafes signs of His presence whenever He assures that
He will be Present. His voice is heard advising, teaching, blessing, consoling
- by ears that are attuned to Him. He is unique among all Divine
manifestations. He is free, He is full.

• (16) OM SRI SAI MAHESWARA SWAROOPAAYA NAMAH.

Maheswara is another name of Siva meaning 'auspiciousness' or 'pro- fusion

of favours'. The most meaningful symbol of Siva is the oval shaped figure
called Linga (symbol); It is like the Zero '0' and Siva can be attained only
when the circle of discipline is completed and when man realizes that "he is
nobody, the world is nothing and there is nowhere to go or nothing to lose, or
gain".

Baba creates these symbols of Siva in Himself and allows thousands to

witness their emergence, on the great day dedicated to the worship of Siva,
or Maheswara, viz., Maha-Siva-Rathri. Siva is also the third aspect of
Divinity, the Layakaaraka, the merciful God who merges all in the universal,
reduces all to the ultimate ash. So, Shiva is clothed in ash; He showers ash;
He grants the sacred ash; He is revered by the ceremonial wearing of ash.
Baba showers this ash (vibhuti) from His palm, His forehead, His feet and
His pictures. For His devotees, this gift of ash is the panacea for all physical,
mental and intellectual illnesses. Baba is indeed Maheswara.

Maheswara also means the supreme God - the sovereign of all the Gods
(Maha - Iswara) (Great God Supreme). Since Baba has graciously declared
that He is Sarva Devatha-Swaroopa; Viswa-Viraat-Swaroopa, He is
undoubtedly Maheswara Swaroopa.
• (17) OM SRI SAI PARTHI GRAMODBHAVAAYA NAMAH.

Parthi is the name of the Grama or village where the Sathya Sai Avatar has
manifested and where Sathya Sai Baba has centred His mission of
Vedaposhana Dharamodharana, Bhaktharakshana and Lokakalyana, from
Prasanthi Nilayam; He has established Himself in millions of hearts all over
the world, whenever that ahs been transformed into a Prasanthi Nilayam
(Abode of Enduring Peace).

Parthi is also called Puttaparthi from the large number of ant-hills (Putta)
which once grew all over the place. Strangely enough the village where the
'previous body' of Sathya Sai Baba (i.e,) the body of Shirdi Sai manifested
itself is known as Pathri. Putta Parthi is about 22 miles from either
Penukonda or Dharmavaram, on the Bangalore - Guntakal Metre Gauge
Railway line.

Putta Parthi (Putta:Snake mound) can also refer to the human body where
the six poisonous cobra, Lust, Anger, greed, attachment, pride and hate
dwell. If in each of us, the Divine is born (manifest) then, we are saved, for
we become Prasanthi Nilayam.

• (18) OM SRI SAI PARTHI NIVAASINE NAMAH.

This name means, He who resides in the Parthi village. But, while
addressing Baba thus, we must be conscious also of His omnipresence, His
dwelling in all hearts. Baba wants that each one of us should purify the
heart, so that He may manifest therein. He calls Himself, 'Your Hridayavasi',
'Your Indweller'. Still, since His physical presence and the boons of
conversation with Him, touching His feet and darshan of His divine
countenance are available most easily at Parthi or Puttaparthi, this name is
included in the 108.

Baba has said, the Avathar happens in a place which is selected for its
potentiality in radiating the message and its historic destiny. So, Parthi-
Kshethra has mysterious inherent virtues which attracted God-head, which
have won the grace of Baba to such an extent that He has chosen this place
(where the birth took place) as the centre for His task. Baba has declared,
"This Parthi will become another Tirupathi, another Mathura". While Krishna,
Buddha and Sai Baba moved away from the place where they took birth,
Baba has graciously made His birth-place the hub of the wheel of His
universal faith of love. He has made Parthi or Puttaparthi immortal, shining in
the list of holy places. Prashanthi Nilayam, His residence (Nivasa) is at
Parthi Kshetra, holy place, and so He is addressed as HE WHO RESIDES
(NIVASIN) AT PARTHI.
• (19) OM SRI SAI YASAHKAAYA SHIRDI VAASINE NAMAH.

Yasahkaaya means 'fame'; 'body-fame' and glory, apart from the actual
physical form. Baba is Shirdivasi, He who lived in Shirdi. Though the form is
now different, the fame and the glory are the same, for the declarations, the
assurances, the wisdom, the messages, the grace, the manifestations of
mercy are all the same. In the Sathya Sai form, the 'Yasah' or fame is
spreading faster and farther; for, now, the new means of communications
are being used to the fullest extent. At Shirdi, Baba said in 1918, "I shall
come again after 8 years" and in 1926, He came as Sathya Sai. Sai Baba
appeared in a vision to Gayathriswami at Puttaparthi and told him, "I have
come away here, after 8 years in the Samadhi. I brought all My properties to
this place from there, 'fifteen' years later". Sai Baba brought to Puttaparthi
the 'properties,' all of them, viz., the Yasahkaaya' (Viz., the Name, the
gothra, the sakthi, the Jnana, the lokasangraha Karma) in His fourteenth
year, when He announced Himself, as Sai Baba of Shirdi (14 years since
birth and 9 months gestation to be added to make the fifteen, as Baba had
confirmed). Baba is fast gathering unto Himself the loyalty, adoration and
affection of those devoted to the Shirdi Vasin (that is to say, Baba who was
at Shirdi). While at Shirdi, He was physically in the same place continuously
for years; now, He is giving darshan all over the world, in His fame-body
(Yasahkaaya).

• (20) OM SRI SAI JODI AADIPALLI SOMAPPAAYA NAMAH.

On the 26th November, 1958, 3 days after Baba's birthday festival, a

devotee from Bangalore left Prasanthi Nilayam by car, taking leave of Baba.
On the way, his 2 year old daughter was attacked by 'fits' which became so
serious that the child was asphyxiated and it collapsed. Baba knew this and
presented Himself before them as a 'Villager' with two other 'villagers' whom
He created. He wanted the child to be given to Him, and the two comrades
supported the demand. 'Give Him; He will cure it. He has cured thousands,'
they implored. The Villager (Baba) told them, "I was busy for the last 3 days;
I just now laid Myself for rest; but I came to know that a child was seriously ill
on the road. So, I ran up!". He placed the child on His lap and it was cured.
He gave it back to the happy parents. They offered Him a rupee and when it
was refused, they gave Him a fruit from the many that He had Himself given
them at the Nilayam while leaving. They asked Him His name. He said "Jodi
Aadipalli Somappa." When asked later at the Nilayam why He chose that
name of all others, Baba said, "I am Somappa, Soma appa (Siva) Sa-uma --
Soma. The place of My residence is Aadipalli, the primeval village, Kailas. It
is Jodi (belonging to two people) because it belongs to Sa and Uma 'Siva-
Shakti' -- the Twins -- Prakrithi and Purusha. This is therefore Baba's most
appropriate epithet, selected by Himself, for that profound miracle of grace. It
reveals His truth as "Siva-Sakthi".
• (21) OM SRI SAI BHARADWAJA RISHI GOTHRAAYA NAMAH.

Baba announced at the age of 14, that He was Sai Baba who belonged to
the Bharathwaja Gothra. Three years ago [1967], when He most
dramatically threw off the paralysis of a devotee which He had taken over,
He announced that He was 'Siva-Sakthi' come in human form, in response
to a boon granted to Bharadwaja Rishi by Siva in the past. Siva had blessed
the Rishi that He would take human form in his Gothra (religious kin-group).

Bharadwaja was a great Saint who did penance and won three terms of life
of a hundred years each, so that he may master the Vedas. But the God of
Gods, Indra, told him that the Vedas are beyond even ages of study and
Indra taught him a Yaga instead. For the Yaga, Bharadwaja invited Siva and
Shakti as presiding dieties. He won their favour so much that they
condescended to be born in the Bharadwaja Gothra (spiritual class) as Sai
Baba of Shirdi and as Sathya Sai Baba. He will be born in the same Gothra
as Prema Sai Baba in future.

Bharadwaja's Ashram was at Prayag; He is mentioned in the Ramayana as

a sage with amazing miraculous powers, won by thapas. Baba declared that
He was not Sathyanarayana Raju as people knew Him till then; that was
only a make-believe, worn by Him until the world could grasp the news of
His divinity. Even His claim to the Gothra of Bharadwaja is a make-believe,
for how can the Divine be bound by lineage and kin?

• (22) OM SRI SAI BHAKTA VATHSALAAYA NAMAH.

Baba has declared that the fostering, guiding and guarding of Bhaktas
(those devoted to God) is His task. Countless are the instances where He
has saved them from physical and spiritual fall, where He has rendered
timely and effective help, the help He knew was most beneficial. When the
devotee cries out sincerely for help, Baba wherever He is, whatever He is
ostensibly doing, drops His body and rushes with His causal body to the side
of the person in distress, to save him. Or, He gives him the vision of His form
to instil courage, consolation or cure. He counsels in dreams; He sends
friends and funds; He frightens off thieves, felons and foes. Vatsalyam
means affection of the mother towards the child. We are all children of this
Sathya Sai Maatha.

Baba says,"The mother will not delay her help until the child calls out 108 or
1008 times. When she knows that the cry arises from sincerely felt anguish
or hunger, she will rush with her succour. Nor will she demand that the cry
must be of the correct note! So too, I do not demand musically correct
Bhajana or repetition of or worship with 108 or 1008 names or a lakh or
crore of Likhitha japam (Names written, 100 thousand or 100 lakhs of
times)".
• (23) OM SRI SAI APAANTHARAATHMANE NAMAH.

This word has two meanings, both of which are eminently appropriate to Sri
Sathya Sai Baba.

1. Apaam (the water), Thara (crossing) Athmane (He who has crossed
the ocean of Samsara or flux and therefore He who can take others
too across).
2. 'Apa' means 'denoting' and so, He is the Antharatma 'inner atma',
inherent in all beings. Baba has said 'I am in every one. There is no
place where I am not. There is no name to which I do not answer'.

Even at the age of fourteen when Baba first declared that the world was
looking for Him and that He had come to rescue it, He moved into a garden
and encouraged the huge gathering of people to sing the very first Bhajan
He taught. It spoke of the (Apaam) Ocean of Samsaara, very difficult to
(Thara) cross; it spoke of the feet of the Guru (Baba), holding which, one can
cross it.
"Maanasa Bhajare Guru Charanam,
Dusthara Bhava Saagara Tharanam".

So, the announcement declared that he has come to help mankind cross the
Ocean of flux (Change), of birth-growth-decline-death. His insistence on
each individual discovering Him as the core of his own being is designed to
save and to liberate him. See Him in you and in all; thus you merge in Him
and become He.

• (24) OM SRI SAI AVATHAARA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.

We have to remember that Baba says that the same God-head that
appeared as Sai Baba at Shirdi has now appeared as Himself. He is not
merely the reincarnation of Sai Baba at Shirdi but He is the same Divine
source and Power that incarnated as Rama, Krishna and others. Very often
when relating stories of Rama, Krishna and other Divine Manifestations in
other lands and times; Baba can be heard saying "Only those who have
experienced this can relate it"; "This is not found in any book but it is true"; "I
alone know it" etc., and the stories are authentic and have the stamp of
truth.He is the Moorthy (personality) of all Incarnations. That is why He is
able to grant His devotees the vision of Himself as Rama or Krishna. He has
only to confer on the blessed devotee the eye to become aware. "Look at
Me", He says, and they see Rama or Krishna or Srinivas or Padmanabha or
Panduranga or Ganesha. "The eye moulded out of matter or the intelligence
moulded in the crucible of Maya cannot perceive Me", He says. At the World
Conference of Sathya Sai Organizations in Bombay, He announced, "I do
not direct you to worship this Name and this Form, for I am all forms of God-
head, incarnated in this human form.
• (25) OM SRI SAI SARVA BHAYA NIVAARINE NAMAH.

Baba prevents (Nivarana) all (Sarva) fears (Bhaya). If we put our faith in
Him, He saves us from fear. Baba saves us from our own foolishness and
perversity. For example, when a Bhakta attempted to shoot himself, He
manifested before him as his old college-mate and turned his mind away
from the thought of death. He also removed the revolver from that house so
that the foul plan might fail.

Baba saves us from disease and dishonour, from doubt and despair. when
Charles Penn saw petrol splashing on the windshield of his plane high up in
the California sky, he writes, "I had no fear, for I saw Baba by my side". He
gives His darshan to Bhaktas at the operation table to remove fear. At the
moment of death, he vouchsafes His darshan, to ease the passage and
cease their rounds of birth and death. Fear cannot exist where faith in Baba
dwells for He is the unfailing source of courage and conviction. Baba stops
raging fire miles away by His mere will! A thick bamboo cluster on fire in
Tejpur (Assam, India) put a few huts in fear of destruction. When the lady of
the house cried out, "Sathya Sai Baba" the fire slowed down and went out, in
5 seconds, "Not even a few fire engines could have put it down so quick",
says the army officer, who witnessed it. He can quieten the hungry flames of
hatred too.

• (26) OM SRI SAI AAPASTHAMBA SUTHRAAYA NAMAH.

People belonging to the higher castes in India have gothra and suthra. They
trace their spiritual ancestry to a sage. Baba has declared that He is Siva-
Shakti, which condescended to bless the spiritual lineage of the sage
Bhaaradwaaja. Baba has also declared that He has condescended to bless
the sage Aapasthamba who wrote a Suthra (School of Interpretation) of
Rituals and Dharmic Practices. In His fourteenth year, Baba declared, "I am
Sai Baba of Shirdi, of the Bhaaradwaaja Gothra and Aapasthamba suthra".
Aapasthamba according to the Brahmapurana underwent ascetic practices
for many years and at last realized His life's ambition visualizing Siva and
receiving His blessings. Sai Baba at Shirdi used to say that He was a
brahmin of the Bhaaradwaaja gothra and of the Aapasthamba school of
vedic rituals. So, this declaration by Baba in His fourteenth year is further
proof of the identity of the two Sais.
• (27) OM SRI SAI ABHAYAPRADAAYA NAMAH.

In the Ramayana, we have the Lord's Assurance (Abhayam sarva

bhoothebyo dadaamyethath vratham mama). "I shall be the refuge for all
beings; I shall confer on them freedom from fear, this is My resolve". That is
why we call the raised Palm with which Baba greets us as the 'Abhaya
Hastha'. His picture or a packet of vibuthi from His hand or a talisman given
by Him or His name repeated or remembered, has saved devotees from
enemy troops (eight of them fled in fear when His picture was held before
them by one devotee), from accidents, from fire and flood and bombs,
indeed from all conceivable dangers. That is the manual gesture which many
idols of the Lord have, in temples. That raised palm prevents evil forces from
approaching us; it strikes terror into the enemy. It is a gesture of assurance
of grace. Devotees love to pray before that picture, for Baba safeguards
them from disease, disaster, despair, doubt and dishonour. The most fell
disease from which Baba safeguards us is the disease of being caught up in
the cycle of birth and death. In the Gita, the Lord has said, "Give up all your
calculations and discriminations between what is wrong and right, what is
good and bad. Surrender your judgement to Me; follow My will, My
commands; I shall save you from downfall. Do not grieve".

• (28) OM SRI SAI RATNAAKARA VAMSODBHAVAAYA NAMAH.

Ratnakara means the sea, which is the treasure house of pearls and corrals,
two of the nine Ratnas or gems. It also means the earth, which is the source
of the seven other precious gems. We, who are benefitting by the gems of
advice and inspiration, gems of grace, gems of glory and wisdom from Baba
must be filled with joy and wonder that the family name of the Rajus of
Puttaparthi is appropriately Ratnakara (Source of Gems).

Baba has said that for the Avathar, the Lord selects the appropriate family
and place. The Ratnakara family had a Ratna in Kondamaraju, the
centenarian saint and another gem in Peddavenkappa Raju, born by the
grace of the great saint Venka Avadhutha and named after him.

His consort was Easwaramba, so named because she was born after her
father constructed an Easwara temple and installed Iswara therein!

They systematically observed the Satyanarayana Vritha to propitiate God as

Satyanarayana, and this gem among Avathars, 'SATHYA SAI BABA' came
down, into their lap and into our lives. May we deserve His grace! May each
of us become an efficient instrument for His use! May each of us become a
straight and hollow flute transmuting His breath into the melody of Love!
• (29) OM SRI SAI SHIRDI SAAYI ABHEDA SAKTHYAAVATHAARAAYA
NAMAH.

Baba is Shirdi Sai Baba; the Sakthi or glory of both is abheda, 'without any
difference'. He is the same magnificence that blessed, consoled,
encouraged and saved, while at Dwarakamayi at Shirdi.

'Sathya' Sai Baba refers to Himself as only, 'Sai Baba'. Even now millions
know him only as Sai Baba. 'Sathya' was His name, before the
announcement and it was added only later by some who attempted to
distinguish the 'Abheda Sakthi'. "Sathya" Sai Baba can be taken to mean
that at Puttaparthi we have the Sathya (True) Sai Baba!

Baba creates and gifts to persons, pictures or images of Sai Baba or

Himself, without any distinction. Worship offered to Sai Baba at Shirdi
reaches Him, He declares. The words, assurances, actions, miracles, and
even gestures and mannerisms of Sathya Sai Baba correspond to those of
Sai Baba of Shirdi. So this is an Abheda-avaathara, with the Sakthi, identical
and undiminished.

All who resort to the shrine at Shirdi and pray are really praying to Him. He
knows their needs and He grants them the boons they desire and deserve.
When an aged devotee conducting regular ritual worship at Shirdi Sai Baba's
image came to Him, He said, "I like the sincerity of your worship, but why do
you ask men to help you? Ask Me."

• (30) OM SRI SAI SAMKARAAYA NAMAH.

Sam (Sukham) Karothi (he who does) is Samkara, undoubtedly. He confers

happiness and prosperity. While at Shirdi, Baba declared, 'In the abode of
my devotees, there will be no dearth of food and clothing. I will not allow my
devotees to come to harm.' As a matter of fact, Baba is the universal
provider, the Mother who is more loving than all the mothers of the world.

To see Him is to rid oneself of sin. (Darsanam Paapanaasanam). To touch

His feet is to unburden yourself of the load of Karma consequence. To
converse with Him is to imbibe the supreme thrill and be freed from grief.
Baba floods us with happiness. Baba has the attributes of Siva; for example,
He is Vibhuthi Bhushana (shining with the application of Ash on the body).

He is also, (Sulabha Prasanna) like Siva. His grace is earned with ease. He
has given visions of Himself as Siva, in the Virupaksha Temple at Hampi
and even now His Sathya Sai form is visible in the Linga (along with His
Shirdi Sai form) at the Siva Temple at Kothanghatta, Mysore State. Many
devotees have seen Him as Sivasayi, and have described the vision in
poetry. Samkara is another name for Siva. The book on the life of Baba is
called Sathyam Sivam Sundaram - for He is Siva that is to say Samkara.
• (31) OM SRI SAI SHIRDI SAI MOORTHAYE NAMAH.

Bhagavan, Sri Sathya Sai Baba is the incarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi. He
announced it in 1940 at the age of 14, at Puttaparthi where no one had until
then heard of that Divine Phenomenon which entered Mahasamadhi in
Shirdi in 1918. 'I have my work; my Bhaktas are calling me', He said, by
throwing away his school books. This means that the Bhakthas were already
here! The phrase indicates that 'Sai Bhaktas' primarily and all persons
moved by Bhakti, secondarily. 'I have my work', He said; the work was
already laid down, the work which He had left off at Shirdi, and which He had
resolved to continue. The nature of the work was summed up at Shirdi thus:
" I will lead lakhs of people to the Subhra marg ( pure path) and take them to
the goal, right up to the end", and 'My business is to bless'.

This is the work which Sathya Sai Baba has been doing for us, since 1940,
taking more and more of us under His loving care, and blessing those who
cling to Him with health, holiness and hope everlasting.

Baba declares that He was Shirdi as Sai Baba, that He had there assured
that He will come again, 8 years after His Mahasamadhi, and that He has
come to save and sustain mankind. Though referred to as Sathya Sai He is
the same Sai in this new Shirdi, Puttaparthi.

• (32) OM SRI SAI DWAARAKAMAAYI VAASINE NAMAH.

Sai Baba had made a mosque at Shirdi, His durbar. He said, 'This is not a
mosque. It is Dwaraka.' It is Dwaraka Mayi (Dwaraka Mother) or Masuda
Mayi (Musjid Mother), for it saves, it helps, it grants all favours. Dwaraka
means a place whose four gates are open to the four castes, to grant the
four Boons to the four types of aspirants. Since Sai Baba has come again as
promised, He has now the Dwaraka, called Prashanthi Nilayam, which
welcomes the religious of all castes, and even the irreligious! It confers the
Four Boons: Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha, to the four types: Aartha,
Arthaarthi, Jijnasu and Jnani, with as much love and as much consideration
as at Dwarakamayi.

Consistent with the name Dwaraka-vasin, Sai Baba planned to install a

Krishna Image at Shirdi, but He left, before it could be done there.

Now, to demonstrate that Prashanthi Nilayam is again the Dwaraka Mother,

and that He is the Dwarakmayi Vasin (the Resident of Dwarakamayi) Sathya
Sai Baba has installed a Krishna on the porch, another on the altar, a third in
the prayer hall and a fourth, overlooking that hall itself.
• (33) OM SRI SAI CHITRAAVATHEE THATA PUTTAPARTHI VIHAARINE
NAMAH.

Puttaparthi is the name of the holy village selected for manifestation by this
Sai Avathar. It is also called Parthi which is very much akin to Pathri, the
place which the previous Sai Avathar had selected. Putta means snake
mound; Parthi came to be called so, because the village was covered with
snake-mounds in the past.This village is on the banks of the Chitravathi
river, which rises from the famous Nandi Hills in Mysore State, the Hill which
is of the shape of the sacred bull of Siva, which has great temple built by the
Chola emperors, for Nandikeswara, the Lord with the Nandi (Bull) (Dharma)
as His vehicle. The four legged Bull is the symbol of Dharma on four props:
Sathya, Santhi, Prema and Sahana (Fortitude). The Chitravathi River is
thrice blessed,(1) Baba took birth in a village on its banks. (2) Baba as a
child and boy gambolled and played about with His companions on the
sandy bed of this river and (3) Bhajan gatherings were held on the sands of
the river-bed for many years and on special occasions like Rama Navami,
Vaikuntha Ekadasi etc.,.Baba has created from sands of this river by the
Divinity of His will, idols, pictures, books, gems, conches, sweets, vibhuti,
vessels with Amrith, plates with yantras and a variety of objects of
unequalled spiritual potency. It is the Sarayu and Yamuna of this age.

• (34) OM SRI SAI SAKTHI PRADAAYA NAMAH.

Baba endows persons with Sakthi, with Energy, with vigour. Pradaaya
means "to Him who gifts". Baba gifts vigour, energy and intelligence. For He
is Sakthi Swaroopa, the embodiment of Sakthi. He is Siva-Shakti, born
together, even as they are at Kailas, and He grants Sivam (Bliss,
Happiness), Shakti (vitality, courage and intelligence). Everyone who gets
the chance of speaking to Him gets charged with great self confidence for
He instils faith in the Atma within, which is incapable of fear. He is the
sweetest and the most persuasive teacher of Advaitha, for He teaches not
merely from without but also from within, not merely through words but
through silence, not merely by books but also by the bricks and bouquets of
fortune. For, nothing can give man greater Shakti than the awareness of His
own indestructibility. Baba endows vigour and vitality to Dharma and to
centers of Dharma, like monasteries and seminaries, temples and places of
Divine worship which keep Dharma and the Dharmic way of life constantly
before the conscience of man, in all lands.

Baba fills our eyes with Prema so that we can see the world as the Brahman
it is. Listening to his words and observing them in practice, we find our
attachment to the transitory losing its hold; the memory of our inner reality is
regained, as Arjuna declared.
• (35) OM SRI SAI SARANAAGATHA THRAANAAYA NAMAH.

(Saran=Surrender; aagatha=those who come; thraana=save). He saves

those who surrender. When He came as Rama, He said that He will accept
any one that surrenders to him with a sincere heart, however wicked his
history is. Repentance and Surrender are the gates to His heart. Now, Baba
gives the same assurance. "I shall bear all your burdens; when you have
boarded the train, why carry the box on your head? Leave everything to
Me!". But, we must allow Him to treat us, as we desire! Then there is no right
to judge as good or bad, pleasant or painful; there is only joyful acceptance
of whatever happens, as Baba's Grace. You cannot have it half and half, one
leg in one boat and the other in the second.

Rely on Him and Him alone. "Maamekam Saranam Vraja; surrender to Me

only'. Then the Lord says in Bhagawad Gita, "You can give up all duties and
obligations, I shall save you and liberate you". Since it is the same voice that
is speaking, the same grace is flooding the world. In the Gita, He spoke to
Arjuna, seated as charioteer of the vehicle he rode in. Baba is today,
declaring that He is the Sanathana (timeless, Everpresent, Eternal) Sarathi
(charioteer) the invisible but ever present charioteer of all beings, of all the
vehicles of our souls are riding from birth to death. "Surrender and be
saved".

• (36) OM SRI SAI ANANDAAYA NAMAH.

Ananada means Bliss, pure purifying Joy. This name emphasizes that Baba
is the supreme, the Niraakaara come in human form. Sankaracharya says,
"this Brahman is Bliss, from which we are seen separated, through upadhis,
as drop of water from the ocean and when we attain unity, it is Brahman";
Baba is Brahman, for 'Brahmavid Brahmaiva Bhavathi'. 'The knower of
Brahman verily becomes Brahman'. He is "Param Anandaswaroopa".

The Sai who is in man and the Sai who is in the Sun, 'Sa Ekah', He is one.
'In whatever being there is Bliss, whether in man or in other sentient
creatures or in the Devas or cosmic beings, whatever may be the vehicle or
upadhi, all Bliss is one. All beings live on a small portion of that
Immeasurable Bliss" thus says Vedas. The Ananda we get, when we see
Him, speak to Him or touch His Feet or when we recapitulate the Darshan,
sparshan and Sambhashana that we have with Him, is never-failing, it is
invigorating; it is elevating; it is pure spiritual Bliss.

Baba is Ananda Swarupa; He invites all to pour their grief, their pain, their
distress at His feet and take from Him the Ananda that He so freely and fully
grants. He is the Ocean of Ananda ever the same, undisturbed, unshaken
and undiminished.
• (37) OM SRI SAI AANANDA DAAYA NAMAH.

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba asks all to bring to Him their sorrows and
griefs and to take from Him what He so generously grants, Aananda. So, He
is most appropriately called ,'Aananda Daayi'. (He who grants Ananda), the
Highest Aananda (the Aananda of the recognition of our inner reality). The
Taittiriya Upanishad says, 'Suppose, a youth, a good youth, learned in the
sacred lore, promptest in action, steadiest in heart, strongest in body, and
suppose all this earth and all its wealth are his; this is human bliss. A
hundred times this bliss, is the bliss of the Gandharvas. A 100 times this
Aananda is the Aananda of the Deva Gandharvas! A 100 times, this is the
Aananda of the Pitrs who live in the long-enduring worlds. A 100 times this,
is the Ananda of the Ajaanaja devas. A 100 times this, is the Aananda of the
Karma Devas; a 100 times this, is the Aananda of the Devas; a 100 times
this, is the Aananda of Indra; Brihaspathi has Aananda a 100 times of Indra;
a 100 times this, is the bliss of Prajapathi; the bliss of Brahman or
Brahmananda is the Bliss of Prajapati multiplied a hundred fold; in it, there is
no distinction, as Bliss and as Enjoyer of Bliss'. This Aananda that Baba is,
is what he encourages us to attain and ultimately grants! For those who
have known Him, He is Aananda; Aananda is He. They know nothing else;
they need nothing else. Subordinate and secondary grades of Bliss He
grants, only to develop in us the appetite for the Sadhana, to attain this
Highest Aananda, (Brahmananda), that He is.

• (38) OM SRI SAI AARTHA THRAANA PARAAYANAAYA NAMAH.

Aartha (first among the four classes of seekers after the Lord) is the name
by which the unhappy, the oppressed, the distressed, the affected and those
struck by calamity are known. Baba is ever engaged in rescuing such
(thraana) from grief, when they call on Him sincerely with a pure heart, when
they rely on His Grace without any doubt or hesitation or division or diversion
of loyalty. Some people sneer at those who 'call on Venkata Ramana (God)
when Sankata (grief) overwhelms them,' but Baba says, such action is to be
commended, since they rely on the Lord, rather than on any human or sub-
human or super-human help. And if they sincerely yearn in agony, Baba will
certainly come to the rescue, if He is called by any Name. Sankaracharya
says that 'aartha' is a person who is afflicted by illness, or injured by wild
animals or robbed by dacoits etc.,. Baba is the refuge, for all such, because
when His Grace is won by observing His commands, He saves us from
debilitating and painful illnesses; He saves us from accidents; He guards
well-earned wealth, provided it is planned to put into the best use. He is ever
active in showering grace on those who hunger for it and deserve it.Baba is
adored as the Lord who is ever eager, ever engaged in (parayaana)
rescuing (thraana) the distressed (aartha). He says that there is no harm
asking God for physical health or material comfort for, God provides these
for all who yearn to approach Him. "God has laid down the law of hunger
and He is bound to give you food", He says.
• (39) OM SRI SAI ANAATHA NAATHAAYA NAMAH.

Aanatha means 'those without a Lord, a master, a guide, a protector, a

guardian'. They are the orphans, the destitute, the forlorn, the refugee, the
exiled, the outcast. For them all, Baba is the guardian, the Naatha, the
master, the protector. The very first words that Sathya Sai Baba spoke when
He threw off the paralysis that He had taken upon Himself for 8 days in order
to save a devotee who could not survive it, were:"The Lord is the only refuge
for the forlorn; I had to take on this mortal stroke and save My Bhakta. That
is one of the tasks for which I have come".

Baba insists that no one should be referred to as "Aanatha", because all

beings are His children and so, they have a guardian, in Him. He never
speaks disparagingly for the poor or the illiterate or the leprous or the
mutilated and defective; He teaches us all to look upon everyone, however
different from us, as Sai Himself, in that form.

'Do not hate, do not decry, do not discard, for, all those whom you hate,
decry, and discard are as much Sai as you yourself. You see fault in them ",
Baba says, "Leave all judgements to the Lord; He knows the past, present
and future; He has allotted the role to each. Let His Will prevail. See Sai in
all; revere all, love all". That is His command.

• (40) OM SRI SAI ASAHAAYA SAHAAYAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is the Sahaaya (help, refuge, companion) for the A-sahaaya (helpless;
refugeless; companionless). Saha means 'with'. If you have no one 'with'
you, do not believe that you are 'alone'. Baba is with you! You have only to
remember Him, call on Him. He says He is Ventane (behind you), Jantane
(with you), Intane (in your home), Kantane (within sight). When persons go
on journeys from Puttaparthi taking permission from Him, He says, "I shall
be with you all through as a ticketless passenger" and He is! He saved a
pilot from suicide by drinking poison. A child was about to be run over by a
car, but within 3 feet, the car stopped and the driver plumped on the steering
wheel, unconscious! This happened on a road in Trichur, Kerala. A yogi was
whirled down the Ganga on raging flood and Baba rafted him along to
safety! A Christian was so much the slave of drink that he was a disgrace to
his kith and kin and to his friends; he was taken to the house of a devotee of
Baba where Vibuthi was showering from all pictures, including that of Jesus
Christ; He was so overcome by Grace, that he fell on his knees and swore
that he would never drink again. So long as we feel we have some one to
help us, He will leave us alone; but, if we feel that He alone can save us, he
does! When doctors give us up or we give up the doctors, He doctors us!
When darkness overwhelms us, he sheds light; when despair threatens us,
His words instil Hope.
• (41) OM SRI SAI LOKA BAANDHAVAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is the greatest bandhu, baandhava, (well wisher) of the Loka (world).
'Bandhu' is derived from Bandham; Bond, Attachment, Affection. Baba has
declared, "Whereas your own father and mother are attached to you through
Nirbandham (compulsory, inescapable obligations) I am attached to you
through Sam-Bandham (pleasant, willingly undertaken obligations)". So, He
is a more affectionate mother and more discriminating father than our
parents can ever be. He declared He has come down to guide mankind
away from the path of wrong. Rama said, 'I have come to make this world a-
raakshasam (devoid of evil men...)". That was the measure of His love!

Baba says, "Wickedness is now infecting every human heart. So, I have to
cleanse mankind of this evil, tenderly through love. I have to draw them to
Me and teach them to walk alright." He is the Bandhu of the entire world
(Loka). 'Every nation is a room in my Mansion; I do not belong to Andhra
Pradesh or even to India'. "Jagath-thrayam Saambhava-Narthana Sthalee".
"The three worlds are the Dance Hall of Siva", says the scriptures. Baba
moves with ease and speed from one room to another of His Mansion, in
order to inspire, instruct and improve man.

• (42) OM SRI SAI LOKARAKSHAA PARAAYANAAYA NAMAH.

Since Baba is Lokabandhu, naturally He is Rakshaa Paraayana, engaged

ever in fostering and guarding its best interests. Once during a discourse
Baba said that India will not come to harm, because the Lord has incarnated
in it, in order to make it fit to revive Dharma for all humanity. 'India is the
engine that hauls, through the steam of Prema, all other nations, along the
twin rails of Sathya and Dharma, towards the terminus, Santhi'. So India has
to be repaired and overhauled and well stocked, before it can play this role
again. That is real Lokaraksha and it is the special privilege of Indians and
all who are spiritually akin to them to be the pioneers of this world revival,
under the triumphant leadership of Baba. Baba has said that only those who
have Rathi (attachment, affection, or love) towards Bhagavan (God) can be
called Bhaarathis or citizens of Bharath. The rest are impostors.

Since the Universe is His Mansion, Baba is ever engaged in its Raksha
(Protection, Progress) through Siksha (guidance and Teaching). That is the
reason why Baba appears in His own form to many seekers in distant lands
and conveys through them His message of Truth, Justice, Peace and Love.
• (43) OM SRI SAI LOKANAATHAYA NAMAH.

Baba is Lokanaatha, the master of all the Lokas (the three mystic regions of
the human heart, Swarga, Prithvi and Pathala), also of the four- teen stages
or lokas through which Man evolves, the seven higher and the seven lower
regions.

Loka also means mankind. Baba is the Resident and President of every
human heart. He is the Anthar-yamin, the Inner Motivator. He is the Naatha,
overlord. Baba declares that Siva is the swaasa, the very breath of every
being. That is why He said once, when others around Him were lamenting a
death, "Well, if there is to be no death, no birth, what other sport have I?
How am I to spend time?" Beings are born, they run about for a few years or
hours and die, all as part of Baba's leela. This is His play and we are all
fortunate puppets in His Hand. Only he knows the role of each one of us in
the play, and we have only to move about the stage without protest reacting
perfectly to every pull of the string. This Loka (world) is a Ranga (stage) and
Baba is the Ranganatha (director of the play). Other perceptors are Vyakthi-
natha (reforming individuals) but Baba is Lokanatha (transforming the
World).

• (44) OM SRI SAI DEENAJANA POSHANAAYA NAMAH.

'Deena' means poor, indigent, distressed, ruined, afflicted, miserable, sorry,

dejected, melancholy and 'Poshana' means 'protection'. Baba is the steady
guardian of all such, the strong prop for all such. He calls on all to bring to
Him, their afflictions and their miseries and take from Him, relief and joy. The
only distinction He recognizes is, in the quantity and intensity of grief in the
heart. Preference is bestowed on those with greater grief.

He is the Kalpavriksha, the Wish-fulfillment tree of the Deena of all lands. As

at Shirdi, now at Prasanthi Nilayam (or wherever He is) He has His 'treasury'
full of gifts of joy, contentment, hope and courage to all who need them. For,
the Deenas need not incur debts or suffer hardships in the journey to
Prashanthi Nilayam. Baba syas: 'If you pray in all earnestness I shall be
before you, ready to grant the boon. My ears, hands and feet are
everywhere, to listen, to grant, to walk in!'. The description, Sarvathah Paani
Paadam, Sarvathokshi, Siromukham, (Everywhere His hands and feet, His
eyes, head and Face) given in the Gita is no exaggeration; it is a fact, as
devotees of Sathya Sai know.

"Do not despair; do not bend your head in shame, that you are a sinner born
in sin. In you there is a spark of the Divine; so you are the inheritor of an
immortal destiny. You are wallowing in the darkness of ignorance and so,
you flounder and fall. You are to be pitied and protected, not condemned
and castigated," says Baba.
• (45) OM SRI SAI MOORTHI THRAYA SWAROOPAYA NAMAH.

Moorthitraya means the three entities of Divinity; each entity demarcated for
one function. The three moorthis or forms denoted as Baba's Swarupa (real
nature) are Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the Entities responsible for Creation,
Protection and Destruction. Emergence, Existence and Mergence; Source,
Stream and Sea; Srishthi, Sthithi and Laya. Baba has all Three, is all Three.
He creates objects from nothing. He preserves objects without diminution or
decline (vide: His granting containers full of Vibhoothi or Kumkum which
never become empty, however fast you use them). He dissolves objects into
nothing.

Since He is all the three, He is called as Dattatreya. He is 'Thatkshanaath

Sarva Gami' (reaching everywhere immediately) and 'Thyagi (detached)
Bhogi (consuming objects, as the Indweller of all who consume) Divyayogi
(the divine unifier) and Dayalu (full of mercy and grace). Sai Baba is the
Incarnation of the Dattatreya form of Sri Narayana and so Sathya Sai Baba
is Moorthi-thraya Swarupa. He creates; He preserves; He subsumes.

• (46) OM SRI SAI MUKTHI PRADAAYA NAMAH.

'Mukthi' means release, deliverance, liberation, freedom emancipation. Baba

is here remembered as 'The giver of Mukthi'. Mukthi, in the spiritual context,
means (and this is what the real aspirant must seek from Baba) the final
beatitude of emancipation, the absolution of the individual from the series of
recurring lives. Man manufactures his own future, by his thoughts, feelings
and acts; he has to live now on the harvest of the past, while sowing and
growing grain for the future. But Baba, if we surrender to Him, guides us
along the path of Viveka and Vairagya; He creates in us an aversion for the
wrong path; He awakens in us the knowledge of the right path. He is the
inner awakener; the everpresent corrector. Mukthi is not a gift; it is an
achievement, earned through our effort and His grace.

Baba refers to the kinship between the word Mukthi and the word, Muktva
(which means the end, the finish). When Mukthi is won, Man's long
pilgrimage ends. He has reached the goal. Means and end are inseparable;
knowledge unlike action carries its fruit within itself, this knowledge that
grants deliverance is permanent and final.
• (47) OM SRI SAI KALUSHA VIDOORAAYA NAMAH.

Mallinatha, the famous commentator of Sanskrit texts says, that 'Kalusha'

means 'incompetence', weakness' etc,. and also 'defect' and 'fault'. Vidoora
means 'far from'. So, this name indicates that Baba is devoid of defects and
deficiencies. He is all competent, all strong. He is all knowing, all powerful.

His will has to work out its effect, irrespective of all obstacles. 'My Sankalpa
must bear fruit', Baba says. 'I never do a significanceless act or speak a
word that has no significant import', says Baba. Baba is perfect in all
respects. He is all-powerful. He can by His will accomplish anything, but He
prefers as much as possible, as He says, 'to get things done by you, through
your own trained and purified wills and skills'.

How can defects and deficiencies contaminate the full and free? Baba has
come to cure the defects of those who propose to lead men Godward; to
correct the wrongs committed in God's name, that distract, disturb and
deviate man from the pilgrimage to God; to wipe off all trace of bigotry,
fanaticism, hatred, envy and malice from the hearts of all men, so that they
may recognize all as fellow-pilgrims to the same goal.

• (48) OM SRI SAI KARUNAAKARAAYA NAMAH.

Sankaracharya defines Karuna as Kripa, 'Dukhitheshu Daya' or

'Sarvabhutha Abhayaprada.' Kindness towards the suffering, rendering all
beings fearless, by restraining from harming them. Baba is Karunakara, He
who lives, moves and manifests to all beings as Karuna (Overflowing Mercy
to all creatures). It is this karuna that has brought Him in this form.

Once when someone asked Him, 'why should God come down as man? Can
He not set the world right and revive Dharma by His will?', Baba replied, Of
Course it can be done; but how can you get this Anandam of seeing Him,
touching His feet and talking to Him and being instructed and corrected by
Him, unless He comes as man and moves among you?" Imagine the vast
depth of the Karuna or Divine pity that the reply expresses! Baba is All-
knowing. He knows us all through and through to the tiniest blemish of habit
or character. Still, He speaks to us lovingly, encourages us to listen to Him,
leads us by the hand towards the goal. That is the measure of His Karuna.

He has come, out of pity, because this generation of mankind is misusing its
intelligence to sharpen hatred and foster fear, rather than to promote love
and establish peace.Baba is so full of pity on erring man that He adopts all
means, soft and hard, to cure and correct him. When Sri Vishnu sent his old
schoolmate away from His city with his empty hands unfilled, the schoolmate
Kuchela extolled His Karuna, for gift of riches might have made him forget
Him!.
• (49) OM SRI SAI SARVAADHAARAAYA NAMAH.

By whatever name, under whatever form He is known Baba is the Aadhara

(support) of all. Baba says that when a person bows before Venkatesha or
Viswanatha or Panduranga or Annapoorna, He is bowing before the Divine
principle which is (Sarva Deva Namaskaarah, Sri Kesavam Prathigacchathi)
He Himself. Salutations to all Gods direct themselves to the one, to Kesava;
for 'Kesava' as Baba says, means 'He whose one single hair represents the
three: Brahma, Vishnu and Siva'. Baba wrote once to a Sastri, 'For me who
is feeding and fostering this entire world, feeding and fostering you is not
hard at all; but I am piling on you these distressing situations so that you
may learn a few lessons, especially the lesson that you have to observe in
practice what you are professing in theory". He is the provider, the protector,
the panacea for all. He is the Sarva-aadhaara.

He is Brahmaswarupa, the Brahmam that became all this and that has
entered into all this. 'that Srshtwa Thadeva Anu Pravisath', 'Having created
that, He entered into that itself'. That is why we sing 'Anthaa Sayi Mayam,
Ee Jagamanthaaa Sayi Mayam' in Telugu. 'All is Saayi-full; this world, all of it
is Sayi full'. 'Sarvam Khavidam Brahma'. All this is, indeed, Brahmam. All
this is, indeed, Sai.

• (50) OM SRI SAI HRUDAYAVASINE NAMAH.

Lord dwells in the hrudaya of 'Sarva' bhuthaanaam (in the region of the heart
of all beings) says Gita 18.61. The heart does not mean the physiological
organ. It is the root and refuge of all Kama or desire. The Kathopanishad
6.14 says that, as soon as all the kamas which infest the hrudaya or heart
leave it, man becomes immortal; he enjoys Brahmam; he becomes
Brahmam! The Atma which is Ananda-swarupa is in the Hrudaya-Akasa,
(the sky of the heart). The Hrudaya must be rid of the knots of doubts and
pride. Then only will the Lord reveal Himself therein.

'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God'. Baba has said, 'The
entire kingdom, every square inch, belongs to the monarch who rules over it.
But when he is inclined to recline, he does not sit on the first spot that he
sees, does he? He selects a spot which is clean and free of thorns, which is
level and soft. So too, though all hearts are His (Sarva hrud, all Hearts,
Vaasin, Dweller), He manifests Himself only in those, that are pure.

This is the great inducement that Baba holds before us, to make our hearts
pure. He will reside in our hearts, if we cleanse them of evil. We can adore
Him there, we can become aware of Him there.
• (51) OM SRI SAI PUNYA PHALA PRADAAYA NAMAH.

Punya means 'meritorious acts', acts beneficent to others and so beneficial

to oneself. Phala means 'consequence, effect, fruit'. Every act has its
inescapable consequence; Punya will have pleasant consequence and its
opposite Paapa (wicked, harmful, malicious acts) will have painful
consequence. The Lord grants those consequences to each for it is His plan,
the rule that He has laid down, in order to compel man to rise to the height of
the divinity inherent in Him. Swami Amrithananda, at the ripe old age of 85,
was given by Baba a vision of Himself as Ganesha, since he had performed
the Ganapathi Homa for 41 consecutive days while he was 7 years old!. This
is Punya Phala prada indeed! Hence, Baba has very often said that He is not
moved to pity at the sight of extreme distress in some one, because He
knows it is only the consequence of flagrant disregard of His law.
Inequalities in physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual equipments are due
to Punya Phala or Paapa Phala. Man can avoid suffering from this Phala
which takes the form of Good fortune and Bad fortune if (1) he does all acts
as his 'duty', without reckoning their results (2) he does them as 'acts of
worship' to the Lord in a fixed attitude of surrender 'Sarva Dharmaan
Parithyjya Maamekam Saranam Vraja, Aham Thwaam sarva Papebhyo
Mokhayishyaami Maa Suchah" -"Giving up all obligations and claims,
surrender to Me and My will, I shall liberate you from all consequences that
are unpleasant". (3) he acquires the recognition of the Atma that is his
reality. Baba teaches us our 'duty'. He assures that if we surrender to His
will, He will liberate us by revealing to us our Reality.

• (52) OM SRI SAI SARVA PAAPAKSHAYA KARAAYA NAMAH.

The Lord has said in the Gita that He saves from the consequences of sin,
those who surrender their wills , thoughts, deeds and words to Him. 'Aham
thwaam Sarvapaapebhyo Mokshayishyaami, Maa Suchah'. 'Do not grieve',
says the Lord. 'I shall liberate you from the dire consequences of all un-
moral activities engaged in by you, due to ignorance of the path of
dedication'. 'I am Sarva paapakshaykara (the destroyer of the consequence
of all sins)', says Baba. Only, we have to deserve that grace by surrender. In
fact, Baba instils supreme confidence, even in the worst sinner. He says
there is no sin, what is so called is the effect of ignorance, ignorance of one's
high heritage, destiny, equipment and excellence. Baba does not encourage
self-condemnation, especially the sloka repeated by many during worship
'Paapoham Paapajanmanaam', etc., in which the individual calls himself a
sinner born in sin, rolling in sin. How can you condemn yourselves so, when
you have as your core Sai Himself, He asks. But, when on account of
ignorance or weakness, sin is committed, Baba says that, "repentance and
the resolution to desist from it in future, with prayers to the Lord to endow the
needed strength of mind, will help the process of cleaning". Baba says,
"Dourbalyam is paapam (weakness is sin)". Weakness which refuses to
acknowledge the Truth one sees and experiences, which dreads the ordeal
of confession, which hesitates to stick to Truth.
• (53) OM SRI SAI SARVA ROGA NIVAARINE NAMAH.

Baba cures the direst, the most deep-rooted of all 'rogas' (diseases) viz.,
Bhavaroga (the disease of recurring birth and death) which afflicts man.
What then should we say of the cure He effects of countless minor ailments?

Disease draws the mind that is turned Godwards into the mire of the sense
and into the pains that embarass the physical coil of man. So, Baba cures
diseases too, especially when one surrenders to His will and feels that
whatever He does, is to be welcomed. The Vibhoothi or other articles He
creates from His own Hand or from His pictures, anywhere in the world, is a
panacea for all the ills of man.

Baba declares that He cures physical ills in order to draw people towards
Him so that they might realize their latent but potent disease of Maya and
cure themselves, in time. He refers to the illness for the cure of which we go
to Him as 'Your Guru' which has led us to the acceptance of right
knowledge, right action and right thinking, under His Gracious Direction.

• (54) OM SRI SAI SARVA BAADHA HARAAYA NAMAH.

Baadha-means 'pain', 'torment', 'peril'; 'Hara' means, he who destroys. Baba

destroys or removes all types of peril and pain. He announced that the
Chinese hordes will not advance and mar the joy of His birthday celebrations
on November 23, 1962, and they mysteriously started withdrawing on the
night of Nov. 22. The unexpected retreat was by an advancing army(!) for no
known reason.

He went on with preparations for the Dasara festivities in 1965, inspite of the
campaigns and counter-campaigns of the Indo-Pakistan conflict. He
announced that the hostilities will cease in time, and quite dramatically, to
the surprise of the combatants and many leaders in both countries and in the
United Nations Organization, cease fire was declared, with two days to
spare, before Dasara began.

Even minor perils, like rain, which might disturb a festival or procession or
public meeting are averted by His Grace. Individuals too escape mental or
physical torment by calling on Him in their distress. There are many cases of
devotees escaping with no injury from frightful car collisions and accidents,
accidental fires, falling from heights and even running trains etc.,. by
resorting to His Name. Baba himself has declared that 'when His name is
called by anyone from anywhere, at any time, from the depth of the heart,
He has to manifest Himself and render rescue!'. Baba has said, while at
Shirdi, 'I will not allow my devotees to come to any harm.'
• (55) OM SRI SAI ANANTHA NUTHA KARTHRUNE NAMAH.

'Anantha' means 'endless'; 'nutha' means 'praise', (Nutha-praised). "The

Kartha or creator who is praised endlessly" is referred to, in this epithet.
Since Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is ceaselessly engaged in healing,
saving, safeguarding and uplifting, the paean of thanksgiving from those who
receive His grace is Anantha, endless.

Kartha means also 'He who creates'; 'He who does makes, performs'; and
so it is a name that signifies Brahma, Vishnu and Siva. Since Baba is all
these three, the Dattatreya Himself, the name Kartha is eminently His. Baba
is the Kartha, that draws endless praise from all lands and all languages,
from young and old, from the simple and the sophisticated; words fail those
who attempt to describe His love and His might. No artist can depict to the
full, His beauty and His glory, but yet they keep on trying; the urge is
irresistible. Once we have tasted His love, we feel orphaned unless we
install Him in our hearts. People who have met Him and received the shower
of His grace, return to Him, often and often, to alleviate their thirst. They talk
only of His love, His wisdom and His mystery.

• (56) OM SRI SAI AADI PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is the Avathar of the age, come to restore Dharma and save man from
downfall. He is the Sanathana Sarathi, The Eternal Charioteer. One of His
acts as charioteer was at Kurukshetra when He instructed Arjuna in the
Science of Liberation.

We are all in Kurukshetra, the field where the battle of good against evil,
contentment against greed, charity against hate, brotherhood against
avarice is being waged. Every man, (since the first man) needed a
charioteer who could instruct him and guide him. And the Lord is inside the
chariot of the body, willing to take the reins and direct the horses (senses)
along the path of Truth and Love. But alas, only a few accept Him, recognize
Him, or heed Him. Baba is the Sanathana Sarathi, the primeval Purusha, the
dweller within the Divine city (the Body).

The Purusha means 'He who was and is, in the past and in the present'. 'Adi'
means the very first. The Lord is the 'very' first Person, the digit, that gives
value to the zeros that follow.

Purusha also means 'He who confers the fruit'. Baba confers on sadhakas
the fruit they are striving for, the vision of Ishtadevatha, just as He granted a
vision of Himself as Padmanabha to Swami Purushothamananda, at the
Vasishta Guha, on the Ganga, near Rishikesh.
• (57) OM SRI SAI AADI SAKTHAYE NAMAH.

Many devotees experience Bhagavan Sri Sai Baba as their Mother; so deep
is His love and His consideration for the comfort and progress of His
children.

Baba has Himself declared that He is Siva-Sakthi; He often describes

Prashanthi Nilayam to women devotees as 'Your own mother's Home'. Baba
is Aadi Sakthi; the energy aspect of Aadi Purusha, if it is conceived as
separate. This energy is believed to be feminine and worshipped as such
during Navarathri, the festival of the Mother, of Adi shakthi (the Primal
Energy). Baba evinces Himself as Saraswathi, Durga and Lakshmi, for He
presides over the Vidwath Sabha as the Goddess of Learning; He presides
over the Vedic Yagna as Durga, the Goddess of spiritual success; and He
distributes largesse as Lakshmi. It is then that one notices and experiences
Him most, as Aadisakthi. Baba has vouchsafed visions of himself as
Mahalakshmi and Gouri to women devotees. He has the overpowering Love
of the supreme mother, the Aadi Shakti, especially towards 'children of all
ages' who are weak, defective, handicapped in the march towards God-
realization, by excessive scholarship, wealth, authority, ignorance and
indigence.

• (58) OM SRI SAI APUROOPA SAKTHINE NAMAH.

Apuroopa means 'delightful or wonderful, rare, unique'. The name means,

'He who has delightful and wonderful powers that give delight and wonder to
all'. Who else has, and where else have we experienced, all the glory of
Divinity, as evinced by Baba?

Being in every heart, Baba knows all our actions, even while they are willed
and planned. Being everywhere in space and always in Time, Baba makes
Himself visible when He so wills, any time, anywhere even in the physical
form He has assumed now. Being All-wise, Baba knows what is best for
each one of us. No one with equal or more Sakthi has appeared on earth,
since Lord Krishna, except the Sai Sakthi. Sai Baba at Shirdi declared He
was Vasudeva. 'I am Mahalakshmi', 'I am Vithoba of Pandhari', 'I am
Ganapthi', 'I am Dattatreya', 'I am Krishna', 'All this Universe is in Me', 'I am
formless and everywhere'; 'all that is seen is My form'.

'Sathya' Sai Baba, the same Baba, who has come again, is as Universal and
Omnipotent, as the Sai who declared, "I am the Universal Absolute, that is
both immanent and transcendent". "I am Viswa-viraat swaroopa"; "I am
Sarva Devatha Swaroopa".

"I am Niraakaara come in this Naraakaara". "When some one asks you,
where God is, do not dodge the question giving a reply in which you have no
faith, namely, "He is everywhere"! "Direct him to Puttaparthi", He has
declared.
• (59) OM SRI SAI AVYAKTHA ROOPINE NAMAH.

The Bhagavad Gita (VIII,18) says, 'from the unmanifested, all the manifested
proceeds at the coming of the day; at the coming of night, they dissolve in
that, which is called unmanifested.' It is this 'Unmanifested' that is called
Avyaktha Roopa. Baba is the Sovereign of Creation, existence and
dissolution. He says that "wherever you find the three activities or Sakthis of
Srishti, Sthithi, and Laya, there you can recognize God". Dissolution is into
the unmanifested, existence is the intermediate state of manifestation. So,
Baba is Avyaktha Roopa, as well as Vyaktha roopa. As Vyaktha
(Manifested) He is Sathya Sai Baba, as unmanifested He is Niraakara, the
formless Datta-Sakthi, Narayana-Siva-Brahma Sakthi.

In the Gita He says "Though I am unborn, and eternally unaffected, I happen

with name and form, utilising the elements of Prakriti, nature"; When He
uses Akash as the base, the name and form are Vishnu, the Omnipresent:
with Vayu as the base, He is Surya effulgence, light, wisdom; Agni as the
base, He is Maheswari, the mother, the eternal feminine; with Jala as the
base, He is Vinayaka, or Ganesa, Vighneswara, the guardian who saves
from disaster and downfall; with Prithvi as the base, He is Siva, the Vibhuthi-
Bhushana, the ever-merciful. Unmanifested, He is all these Gods; (Vishnu,
Surya, Durga, Ganesa and Siva). He is Sarvadevatha. All Gods in one.

• (60) OM SRI SAI KAAMAKRODHA DHWAMSINE NAMAH.

Kama (desire) Krodha (anger) Dwamsin (who destroys). In the Vishnu

Sahasranama, too we have the epithets, Kamahaa, and Krodhahaa,
meaning, one who destroys Kama and one who destroys Krodha. Krodha or
resentment comes when Kama or desire is opposed, foiled or not fully
realized. Desire (kama) for worldly things can never be satisfied or satiated;
one desire leads to another.

So, Baba says, speaking of the Purusharthas (the four goals of man)
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Mokhsa; 'Acquire Artha (Wealth) through Dharma
(Morality); develop Kama (desire) for Moksha (liberation from the ignorance
of Reality).'

It is thus that Baba destroys Kama and its consequence Krodha. Once you
start seeking Liberation through Japa and Dhyana, His Grace leads you on,
step by step, steadily and securely, until you merge in the Sea of Bliss.

When you discover that all is Sai, all is the same Sai that is in you, whom
can you hate? When we realize that it is Sai who gives us whatever is best
for us, what else can we desire and what else can we strive for, except His
grace? The very nature of a Sai devotee is transformed by His Grace into a
Santha (quiet, calm, undisturbed) Swarupa (embodiment). Where Grace and
Love prevail there can be no room for desire and anger. Santhi is achieved
through desirelessness, and Prema is won through victory over anger.
• (61) OM SRI SAI KANAKAAMBARA DHAARINE NAMAH.

Baba is here glorified as He who wears 'golden' robes. This is in accordance

with religious tradition which prescribes 'gold' for the dress of God. He is
Kalitha Kanak Chela or Peethambaradhari ('Yellow-clothed', yellow being the
colour of gold). Baba now wears a long gown. While at Shirdi He wore the
same style. The gown as well as dhothi worn round, are of 'colored' cloth, for
quicker recognition; they are of any material, not necessarily silk. Baba
declares that the joy that shines in the faces of people is in the food on
which He thrives. Devotees yearn to see Him in silken robes of crimson and
yellow and He dons them to give them joy. In classical texts, the Lord is
described as Kanakaambaradhaari or Peethambaradari. It is therefore
eminently appropriate that Baba wears the Peethambara and is adored with
this name. But whatever the material, to the eye of faith, the raiment of God
is as bright as gold and as precious as gold. It is Kanaka (gold) ambara
(dress).

• (62) OM SRI SAI ADBHUTHA CHARYAAYA NAMAH.

Adbhutha Charya, means 'astonishing activities'. The name means, 'He

whose activities astonish.'

Adbhutha is derived from 'na-bhootham' (not found in the past)

'unprecedented'. In the Vedas, it means also 'invisible', 'not seen anywhere'.

There is no doubt that the wisdom, grace and power of Sathya Sai Baba are
unprecedented. We have no record that Krishna by His will showered
Vibhuthi, kumkum, sandal powder, turmeric, honey, amrith or butter from His
images or pictures or from the pictures of other form of God worshipped by
His devotees anywhere in Bharathavarsha; but this is the experience of at
least a thousand homes between the Himalayas and the Cape today, and
even a few in far off lands across the seas.

When a devotee in the US prayed for proof of His presence (shower of

vibhuthi?), he was pleasantly surprised by the answer He got; on Baba's
picture, there appeared a sapphire with 8 rays, a jewel worn round the neck!
It is still there!

Baba communicates with those whom He decides to Bless, in dreams or by

telephone or telegram or letters which are sent and received quite apart from
the conventional means, by miraculous methods! Often slips of paper with
the message fall from His pictures; He partakes of food offered reverentially
in far off places by devotees in their own homes. He appears before them, in
His actual form, and spends hours conversing with them and listening to and
singing Bhajans, as He did at Manjeri (in Kerala) when He was actually
'present and active' in Venkatagiri (Andhra Pradesh).
• (63) OM SRI SAI AAPADBAANDHAVAAYA NAMAH.

'Aapad' is something which 'falls' upon us suddenly, or something which

suddenly we 'walk not'. Baba has declared that Bhaktharakshana is his task
and so, there are countless instances of His saving Bhakthas from various
types of sudden calamities and accidents. Shri. T. Chidambaraiya, an old
advocate of Anantapur fell from a running train near Arkonam, but he was
saved; Shriramamurthy's wife screamed at Aakiripalli, 300 miles away when
her sari caught fire, but Shriramamurthy called out in a spirit of surrender
"Swami" and Baba saw it to that the fire did not hurt. Cars overturn and are
smashed but inmates who call on Him are safe; children fall from top floors,
but they sit up unhurt; Baba is present to soften the fall everywhere.

A devotee was about to cross a double railway track, when a goods train
was coming along the other track, but just then, he heard Baba's voice in
Telugu, "Here! Have you any sense?" He took back the step he had taken
forward and was saved!.Charles Penn in the US saw petrol splashing on the
windscreen of his plane when he was 1500 feet high but he saw Baba
beside him in the cockpit and so, he did not lose his nerve!. He quietly
brought the plane down to earth, righted the fault and rose up again. Baba is
the 'bandhu', the friend and guide, the guardian and God, everywhere, at all
times. Baba saves Sadhakas from spiritual downfall, through attacks of ego-
ism or sheer despair. He is their constant guide and counsellor, besides
being their goal, the consummation of all Sadhanas.

• (64) OM SRI SAI PREMAATMANE NAMAH.

'If you want to characterize Me, you can best do so, by calling Me
Premaswarupa', says Baba. he is Premaswarupa; or Premaatma; that is to
say, the embodiment of Prema or love. His love is for all who suffer and
starve, all who strive and struggle, all who are simple and sweet, all who are
sages and saints.

He says, "bring Me your burdens and take from Me, Joy and content- ment'.
He cannot bear His children (of all ages and climes) standing in the sun or
rain, writhing in hunger and pain. Baba syas, 'the mother will bear all the
burden of pregnancy and all the strain of delivery; but she will not wish ill for
the child that gives her all that strain. She will only wish it well'.

"So, too, I will bear all the burdens you place on Me, all the bother you give; I
can only wish you well and bless you however ill you behave". His very
assumption of this Sathya Sai form and His acceptance of this Mission of
Compassion are proofs of His Prema.

He sees us through and through; He reads our past, knows our present and
is aware of our future-yes! of everyone of us. He knows every strand that
binds us to the world around us forbidding us to rise Godwards. But yet, He
draws us near, fondles us, fosters us and makes us feel free, full, friendly
and fearless. That is the measure of His love.
• (65) OM SRI SAI PREMA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.

Premamoorthy and Premaswarupa both mean more or less the same. He

has defined Prema, in a letter he wrote in his 20th year, as, 'The removal of
pain and grief, the grant of contentment and joy!' Prema is positive, active
enthusiasm to serve and satisfy. It is this Love (Prema) that induces Him to
visit places where those anxious to see and hear Him gather, to write letters,
articles, messages and books to dispel doubts, to alleviate distress, assuage
pain, assist Saadhana, and confer the ultimate Vision.

'My Hand knows only the act of giving', he says. He never uses for Himself
anything that He creates. His time is taken up in work for mankind, for man's
uplift and liberation; He exhorts us also to grow in love. He insists on
Sarvajanasamaana-prema, (prema which is samaana, equal in intensity, for
Sarvajana, (all people) for all are but various roles, which He has assigned
for 'Himself' in those forms. He tolerates disbelief, even discourtesy but not
deceitful histrionics. Little men, puffed with pride, blinded by their own petty
victories in yoga or Sadhana deign to judge Him and sometimes dare
disparage Him. Baba is full of prema for those unfortunates; He advises
Patience and Humility, Compassion and Sympathy and holds our
resentment in check.

• (66) OM SRI SAI PREMA PRADAAYA NAMAH.

While the Name-gem 64 referred to Baba as the very form that Love
assumed and Name gem 65 characterized Him as the very embodiment of
Prema, this name glorifies Him as the source of Prema, the granter of
Prema, the Inspirer of Prema in all living beings. Baba often addresses
gatherings as 'Premaswarupulara' i.e., as 'Embodiments of Prema'. For He
has come to help each one to recognize the spring of Prema that is in Him.

And, what is that spring? It is Himself, the Sai which is our Reality, the
Anatharyami, the Inner Motivator. He grants the gifts of Love from within the
Heart. Countless are the instances where through His Blessings, hearts hard
as stone, have softened into sympathy with all those who suffer. That is the
measure of His Grace.

His Prema has healed old sores in the families where His Picture is
enshrined. Fathers and sons have come together again; mothers have
regained the love of their children; brothers have embraced each other after
years of estrangement. Family feuds have ended; lawlessness has learnt the
sweet taste of peace; pride has become humble, palms have joined in
prayer. He teaches mutual help and service. He assures us that He is in all
and He encourages brotherliness and loving deeds of sympathy. Sathya is
the current of electricity. Dharma is the wire that helps it flow. Santhi is the
bulb which transmutes it and Prema, Baba says, is the light.
• (67) OM SRI SAI PRIYAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is Priya, dear to all, receiving the homage of love from all. He is liked,
welcomed, sought after by all. Children, young people, grownups, the aged,
the poor, the sick, the unfortunate, the affluent, those who speak and the
understand the language of the heart, the sage and the sufferer; the wise
and the unwise, all are loved by Him , all love Him. A cobbler invited Him to
his hovel; He responded! He boarded a bullock cart to proceed in procession
along the cobblestoned roads of Budili village! He says 'Your Santhosha
(contentment and joy) is my Aahara (Food).' He has said, 'At Shirdi, I was
sometimes harsh, I used to beat off some, but now, I have come, to feed the
hungry, and serve everyone the feast I got ready then. So, I have to speak
soft and kind, so that you may eat happily and digest easily the banquet of
the spirit! Baba is so full of Love that He allows all to approach Him and
touch His feet, and receive His Grace, even though no fault or failing of ours
is hidden from Him. Though aware of our errors, He advances towards us,
with His forgiving smile in order to encourage us to come away, from the
slippery path of vice, wickedness and wrong, into the royal road of virtue,
love and contemplation for the supreme.

He is as affectionate as the mother, as lovingly authoritarian as the father, as

considerate as the teacher, as forgiving as God. So, He is loved by all who
long to secure a loving mother, a wise father, a sympathetic teacher and a
compassionate God.

• (68) OM SRI SAI BHAKTA PRIYAAYA NAMAH.

Na Me Bhakthah pranasyathi (My devotees never come to harm) said the

Lord, in the Bhagawad Gita. 'If one's mind ever dwells on Me and will not
even taste food, before offering it to Me, I am his slave', said Sai Baba, at
Shirdi. 'I shall be waiting outside the Pooja room door, to carry out the
prayers of My devotees' says Sathya Sai Baba. Baba who has guarded the
homes of devotees from thieves, driven away angry crowds from attacking
them during outbursts of communal frenzy, national war and riots; saved
lonely frontiersmen from alien foes surrounding them; all this, when the
Bhakthas have been far away from Him, because He has no 'far', and no
'near'. All are near, to him. He says, 'I shall guard you as the eyelids guard
your eyes'. He has placed money in the purses of people when they wept
that they had no money to got to His place for darshan; he has even
dropped near His picture in the shrine room in far off places, Railway tickets
to Penukonda station to gladden them and ease the path for their pilgrimage
to Him. The only qualification needed to deserve His Grace is Bhakthi-
accepting the Lord as the Sole Guide and Guardian. he says, "I am drawn by
Bhakthi towards the Bhaktha". And Bhakthi, He defines as "Bha - towards
Bhagavan or God; kthi-rakthi or attachment". That is to say, unswerving
attachment, undivided loyalty to God. All who have cultivated this attitude or
are struggling to cultivate it, are guided and guarded by Him.
• (69) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA MANDAARAAYA NAMAH.

Mandaara means Heaven; Baba is as Heaven to the Bhakthas, He is their

Heavenly wish-fulfilling Tree, their Kamadhenu, their Chinthamani. even
when Baba was fifteen or sixteen years old he used to take Bhakthas up the
hill on the bank of the Chitravathi, to the Tamarind tree that is still there and
pluck from its branches whatever fruit each one asked for; of course no one
asked for the Tamarind fruit! So Baba had to transcend the laws of nature
that He has framed, in order to make apples, mangoes, figs and plantains
grow upon that tree. That tree is called Kalpavriksha (the wish fulfilling tree,
that is in heaven) but really it is only a Sankalpavriksha (a tree that behaves
as He wills). Take shelter under Him! There is a heaven on earth, around His
Lotus Feet! He is Kaplpavriksha, indeed! In fact, He is even more
magnificent. He moves among Bhaktas of all places instead of being like the
Tree in one place only. He gives, without asking, whatever is good for us.
The tree gives only when asked and what is asked. But with Baba we need
not ask; nor need we repent that we asked, in our ignorance or enthusiasm,
for something that was harmful to us.

Baba has said that since He knows our past and our future, we ought to
leave very thing to Him. When we ask about some ventures in which we are
interested, He might ask us to give it up, because He knows that after a
short spurt of success it will land us in disaster. So, be happy leaving
everything to Him. He is enough, for those who know.

Heaven is the place, where there is supreme happiness. In fact, it is no

place at all. It is one's own real Nature. We are Heaven; but, we play in the
'other place' and we play 'being miserable'! Baba is our reality and He is the
supremest happiness. How then can we be anything else? "Andhari lonoo
Sai unnaaru" (In all beings, there is Sai). Baba confirms and consoles and
assures! So, He is the mandaara or heaven in every being; if only the play-
acting is given up and each one washes off the paint, and takes off the
costume, the Sai will be revealed. Baba is more known and tasted by
Bhaktas (persons who offer themselves to the task of loving Him and
through that Love to know Him); so, He is to be remembered and meditated
upon as Bhakta-mandaara, par excellence. Only God can confer even the
desire to be happy. It is the case of the 'deep calling the deep'. the God in us
seeks the God in the rest of us; the happiness in us seeks to see the
happiness in the rest of us.
• (70) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA JANA HRIDAYA VIHAARAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is here glorified as not only installing Himself in the hearts of devotees
but positively enjoying it. 'Vihaara' means sport. Baba sports, plays happily,
in the heart of the devotees.

How then are we to earn that supreme good fortune? How are we to become
the Bhaktha, in whose Hridaya He will sport? Baba has declared, in the face
of lakhs who have gathered to hear Him, "I do not address you as Bhaktas
because here is not even a single person among you who deserve to be
called so". Therefore, it seems to be a task next to impossible, to have Him
sport within us.

But Baba has given to us the recipe: "Be straight, free from crookedness
with nothing in you, no attachment to anything as 'belonging' to you. In fact
become a flute, a hollow reed, a straight, clear, clean flute and the Lord will
play with you, the Lord's breath will blow through you, and the world will
wake to the Divine music."

In fact, the word Hridayam (heart) is derived from Hridi (in the heart) ayam
(he). It is only when He sports in the inner field that it can be called the heart
or Hridayam!

"Bhakthi is present when no Vibhakthi is present", says Baba. Vibhakthi

means separation or division. Where there is no Vibhakthi there can only be
union, identification with the Lord. The real Bhaktha has no will of his own;
his will is the Lord's will. His acts are of the Lord. His words are prompted by
the Lord and are filled with the Lord. They are all offerings to the Lord.
• (71) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHAJANA HRUDAYAALAYAAYA NAMAH.

Baba once related a story, "Someone asked another, which is the greatest
and the grandest thing? The answer was the earth; but two-thirds of it is the
sea; the sea is drunk by the sun; and the sun is just an orb in the sky, the
sky is just one foot measure for God, who manifested as Trivikrama;
Trivikrama or the Lord resides in the heart of the Bhaktha. So the greatest
and the grandest thing is the 'Heart of a Bhaktha'. That is the aalaya of
Baba. Baba says that if you desire to know the address of the Lord, consult
verse 61, chapter 18 of the Bhagawad gita. 'Iswarah Sarva Bhoothaanaam
Hriddese, Arjuna, Thishtathi'. The Lord is established in the region of the
heart of all beings, O Arjuna, seek and you shall find Him there, in your own
heart.'

"I am the Kshethrajna in every Kshetra; I am the knower in everything that

has to be known". That is why Baba announced once, in Telugu, 'Andarilonu
Sayi Unnaadu' - 'In everyone, there is Sai'. Our task is to clear the mind of
smog and the miasma of smouldering passion, so that His Effulgence can
reveal itself to us in all its glory. Draupadi, the Queen of Pandavas, called on
the Lord once in overwhelming anguish, "O! dweller at Dwaraka". When He
appeared before her after some little interval, the Lord said, "You called me
Dwaraka Dweller. So, I had to come to you from there. If you had only called
me, Hrudaya vasi, heart-dweller, I could have come quicker from your own
heart!". Baba relates this story to teach us where to place Him and find Him.

• (72) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHA PARAADHEENAAYA NAMAH.

Baba has said even when He was twenty years old (Physically speaking)
that He considers it His task to come to the rescue of His Bhaktas who
worship Him (in any form and under any name) with Niyama and Nishtha
that is 'living a regulated disciplined life, with systematic Sadhana of Japam
and Dhyanam'. He wrote in Telugu 'Neme nishtalthoti, nannu golchuvarini,
rakshinchu chundute ghanatha naaku!' So, he is Bhaktha Paraadheena, i.e.
bound, to save the devotee. We have to remember that Baba has also said
that He is not Bhakthaparaadheena (bound to the devotee) but
Bhakthiparaadheena (bound to the 'devotion' in him). So we must foster the
spirit of devotion in us and see that it does not waver or wane. That alone
can bind Him to us. He has declared that Bhaktha Rakshana is one of the
tasks for which He has incarnated in Human form. When the Bhaktha calls
out for help, He rushes to save him. He is so affectionately bound to the
devotee that He takes upon Himself the illness that the devotee suffers from
and saves him, so that he may continue his spiritual pilgrimage.
• (73) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHI JNANA PRADEEPAAYA NAMAH.

'Pradeepa' means 'to ignite, to light'. Baba ignites the spark of Bhakthi and
Jnana in us. He addresses us as 'Atma-swarupa', 'divyatmaswarupa', He
says, "You resent being called 'liars' for your true nature is 'Truth'; you resent
being described 'ugly' for your true nature is 'Beauty', you resent being
damned as 'evil' for your true nature is 'goodness'. Thus, He inspires us to
worship the Universal source of all Truth, Beauty and Goodness, from which
we have been individualized and separated. He insists on our asking, and
trying to get answers for questions like 'Who am I? 'Where have I come
from?' 'And, why?' 'what is the goal of life?' these questions are the very
basis of spiritual knowledge and effort. Bhakti or devotion leads to the
sublimation of instincts and impulses, dedication of activity to the Lord and
the consequent cleansing of the mind. In the clear mind, the lineaments of
Truth are reflected without distortion.

Jnana alone can liberate. But, for the sun of Jnana to shine clear, the clouds
of desire and delusion have to be dissolved; by Yoga (the control of mental
activity). Of all methods of mental control Baba has said, Bhakthi Yoga is the
easiest; it is available to young, old, rich and poor, learned and illiterate.

• (74) OM SRI SAI BHAKTHI JNANA PRADAAYA NAMAH.

Baba shows the path of Bhakthi and through Bhakthi to Jnana, to all
aspirants. "The dusty fairweather District Board road of Karma leads to the
metalled State Government road of Bhakthi and this leads to the nice
Asphalted National Highway of Jnana", says Baba.

He is the guide, once you start on the path to the goal of self realization. he
takes you by the hand and leads you making every step easier than the
previous one, removing obstacles, providing sustenance (physical and
spiritual).

While only 16 years old, Baba assured the aged Digambaraswami that He
would provide him with food and shelter, wherever he may be, if he engaged
himself in rigorous one-pointed Thapas, until he attained Self-realization. He
assured 70 years old Swami Satchidananda that He would take full charge
of him, if he chose the path of thapas, wherever he may be.

'Jnanaad eva thu kaivalyam' By Jnana alone is liberation attained, says

Baba. But just as a fruit undergoes three stages of development, fruiting,
maturity and ripeness, man too has to pass through Karma, Upasana and
Jnana. When the Jnana stage is reached, sweetness fills the fruit and man is
full of Bliss. Baba is the Sun which matures and ripens the fruit and fills it
with Ananda.
• (75) OM SRI SAI SUJNAANA MAARGADARSAKAAYA NAMAH.

Sujnana means right knowledge. Marga Darsaka is the person who shows
the path. Baba is the Guru who shows us the path of attaining right
knowledge. His Prasanthi Vidwanmahasabha which is spreading its activities
all over India is intended (1) to show humanity the road to right knowledge,
leading to self-realization, (2) to clear that road, of outgrowth which is
making passage difficult, and (3) to train the traditional exponents of Sujnana
as found in the Vedas, to communicate their experience to the people.

The 'Sanathana Sarathi' magazine appearing monthly in many languages

contains His invaluable advice on spiritual discipline. The 'interviews' He
grants everyday at the Prasanthi Nilayam or wherever He is, are also
intimate personal lessons in the Sujnana Marga. His discourses are clarion
calls for humanity to realize its Divine destiny.

Every word of His is a Manthra, every discourse an Upanishad. When

Swami Abhedananda of the Sri Ramana Ashram, Tiruvanamalai yearned for
His presence so that He may be freed from doubts and planned to proceed
to Prashanthi Nilayam, Baba appeared before him in the ashram itself (!)
and instructed him on the Sujnana-Marga he must tread!.

• (76) OM SRI SAI JNAANASWARUPAAYA NAMAH.

Baba declared that He is the goal of all Yagna (Sacrifice, renunciation) So

too, He is the entity, known by the Jnani. It is through Jnana, knowledge,
derived from meditation on the higher truths of religion and philosophy and
on the highest Truth of one's own reaity (which teaches man how to
understand himself and the projection of his own mind, viz, the Jagat- the
world) that the Sai within is cognized.

Baba is not only the goal of Jnana, He is Jnana personified - that is

Jnanaswarupa. He was a precocious child, revered as 'Guru' by His toddler
comrades of the village; He knew far more than His teachers at school,
where He was known as "Brahma Jnani", He who had known the Reality-
the Brahman. He threw away His books even when He was in the V Form of
the High school and has not had contact with study, since then. Baba's
writings and discourses and conversations reveal a mastery of Scriptures
and Sastras, which only a Jnanaswarupa can claim. Intricate points that
escape experts are noted by Him and clarified at all Sessions of the
Prasanthi Vidwan Maha- sabha.

"Sai Isa" is the transcendent and permanent Divinity of which the manifested
beings are only transient and contingent modifications, modifications that
can in no way affect Him.
• (76) OM SRI SAI JNAANASWARUPAAYA NAMAH.

Baba declared that He is the goal of all Yagna (Sacrifice, renunciation) So

too, He is the entity, known by the Jnani. It is through Jnana, knowledge,
derived from meditation on the higher truths of religion and philosophy and
on the highest Truth of one's own reaity (which teaches man how to
understand himself and the projection of his own mind, viz, the Jagat- the
world) that the Sai within is cognized.

Baba is not only the goal of Jnana, He is Jnana personified - that is

Jnanaswarupa. He was a precocious child, revered as 'Guru' by His toddler
comrades of the village; He knew far more than His teachers at school,
where He was known as "Brahma Jnani", He who had known the Reality-
the Brahman. He threw away His books even when He was in the V Form of
the High school and has not had contact with study, since then. Baba's
writings and discourses and conversations reveal a mastery of Scriptures
and Sastras, which only a Jnanaswarupa can claim. Intricate points that
escape experts are noted by Him and clarified at all Sessions of the
Prasanthi Vidwan Maha- sabha.

"Sai Isa" is the transcendent and permanent Divinity of which the manifested
beings are only transient and contingent modifications, modifications that
can in no way affect Him.

• (78) OM SRI SAI JNANA SIDDHIDAAYA NAMAH.

Since Bhagavan is Jnanaswarupa, He is Jnana-Siddhidaaya also i.e.,

"Jnana-attainment granter" also. He awakens the urge to know. He directs
the steps by which the seeker proceeds to attain the awareness. He
accompanies us, all the while, as the Guru though He is also the Guri (the
goal). It is only at the goal, that He manifests Himself in His true role. Those
who have listened to Baba's discourses before mammoth gatherings have
realized the absurdity of clinging to transient objects and attractions they
have had implanted in their minds, the seeds of discontent and detachment
and have subsequently marched under His Inspiration, steadily, on to the
goal of Jnanasiddhi, the attainment of the Wisdom which illumines all
problems and places.

When the monthly magazine 'Sanathana Sarathi' was started, He gave the
Editor the following message, "This day, the Sanathana Sarathi starts the
campaign against falsehood, injustice, viciousness and evil, which are all the
vile minions of egoism. The army is the Vedas, the Upanishads and the
Sastras; the goal is the welfare of the world! When the drums of Victory
resound, Humanity would have achieved Happiness and Peace," Happiness
and Peace come through Jnanasiddhi (the attainment of the Jnana or
awareness of the One, without a Second, which is the source, the
sustenance, and the substance of the Real and the apparent). Only those
whom He chooses can have it.
• (79) OM SRI SAI SUNDARARUPAAYA NAMAH.

Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba has a benign personality filled with Divine
charm. The halo of hair marks Him out as uniquely divine. His eyes are full
of compassion. They shine with the splendour of Atmic joy. His face is
radiant and full of grace. He wins all hearts by His honey voice and never
failing Mercy. Those who have mastered the Bhagavatha see Lord Krishna
in Him. He is the same Shyama Sundara whom Vyasa extolled in that
scripture, whom many saints were able to visualise and contact, and whom
thousands visualize as the Lord today.

Baba has granted visions of Himself as Panduranga, Srinivasa, Krishna

Rama; this is proof that His beauty is beyond Human comprehension. Very
often, cameras have caught the 'Glow of Divine Halo' surrounding His Body
and encircling His Head. You might drink in the Beauty of that form for hours
sitting before Him. But in a few minutes if there is another chance of getting
a passing glimpse of that Fame or Face you are irresistibly drawn to run and
earn that joy.

That is the sign of the Divine charm. You never have enough. The Divine in
you thirsts for glimpse of the Divine.

• (80) OM SRI SAI PUNYA PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.

'Punya' means agreeable, pleasing, lovely, pure. Baba is the embodiment of

physical beauty, sweetness of speech and compassion. Punya Purusha also
means the 'Person whose Name is auspicious to utter and repeat'. Baba has
said that the Name and the form are inseparable. When the Name is
remembered the Form appears and is present; when the form presents
itself, the Name rises into the consciousness. They are the obverse and the
reverse of the same Truth.

So the Name of Baba or any one of the Names of the Lord, (for all Names
are His) confers Punya or merit; it cleanses the minds and confers sanctity.
It cleanses the vision and confers joy. Baba has granted visions of Himself
as Sathya Sai or as the Devotee has pictured Him, to those who call on Him
with anguish of sincere yearning. Uttering His name, Sai Ram -(vaak Japam)
or keeping it before the eye and mind by writing it repeatedly (likhitajapam)
makes us pure, and our character beneficent and agreeable.

Sitting composed and unruffled and drawing on the canvas of the mind a
complete picture of His form from Head to feet (Dhyanam) fills the
consciousness with the Truth, Beauty and Bliss.
• (81) OM SRI SAI PHALAPRADAAYA NAMAH.

Phala means Fruit (Consequence-Result). Pradaa means 'giver'. 'Phala' or

'consequence' is the fruit of Karma. Karma has two meanings: in a general
sense it means action in all its forms; in a special and technical sense, it
means ritual action as is prescribed in the Veda. Baba vouchsafes the fruits
of both kinds of Karma. Baba declares that He is the recipient of all offerings
to God everywhere and of all Yagnas and Yagas (Vedic ritual). When He
condescends to receive, He confers the fruit too. He has said, "I wait outside
the door of your shrine room, listening to the prayers you address to Me from
the depths of your hearts so that I may fulfill them. When you cry, 'O Lord!
have You no eyes to see?' My eyes are there to see! When you supplicate,
'Lord, have you no ears to hear this cry?, My ears are there to hear. When
you call in despair lamenting over your misery, My feet are there for you to
hold". He grants the fruit for all who plant and water the tree of faith. It is His
Law that the Karma seed you plant should grow and give fruit, unless you fry
it in the fire of Renunciation. Then it cannot sprout and you are freed from
the duality of Joy and Greed.

• (82) OM SRI SAI PURUSHOTHAMAAYA NAMAH.

'Purusha' is so called because of His residing in the Body, the pura. Baba
says 'the entity that lives in the body' is the Purusha, the entity that lives in
all bodies is the Purushothama, the chiefest person. Purusha is the Vyashti
(individual) Purushothama is the Samashti (the collective). Purusha is the
Tree, Purushothama is the forest. Baba is Purusha as well as
Purushothama; Naraakara as well as Nirakaara. He has said 'the name of
Sai fills the entire world, every inch of it, for there is no place where I am not;
there is no Name which is not mine'.

In the Bhagawad gita, He declared to Arjuna, "As I transcend the perishable

and as I am even higher than the imperishable, I am declared as the
Purushothama (the Highest Purusha) by the world, as well as in the Veda.
Without being deluded by my human body and human characteristics if a
man knows Me as Purushothama, then he knows all; then, he worships Me
with his whole being". Man cannot but seek and surrender to Purushothama,
for the sense of the Holy is inherent in man. It is an inescapable impulse.
That is why Baba, the Purushothama is worshipped and the worship is so
fully rewarding.

Baba is also warning us against being misled by His human role; "I walk and
talk and eat like you but remember always I am all Gods in one".
• (83) OM SRI SAI PURAANA PURUSHAAYA NAMAH.

God is 'Ajo nithyah saaswathoyam Puraanah' (without birth and death,

beginning or end; ever existent, permanent, without phases of growth or
decline, perpetual, ancient). Baba is the Sath, Chith and Ananda that has
been, is and will be. He is the Sanathana which is ever Noothana, the
Primeval which is "Ever-in-the present." When on Nov. 23 of each year, His
Birthday is celebrated by devotees, He admonishes them saying, "you
cannot calculate My age; I am ageless". He is the Puraanapurusha, the
Ancient Timeless One, pervading Time and Space, appearing in Human
form to save mankind when it is on the brink of mortal and moral disaster.
For Him, history is a puppet-show, depicting His playful sport! Each country
is a room in His mansion, each nation an actor in His drama, unaware of the
sequence of scenes, the denouement, the final phase, believing that the
entrances and exits are determined by its own will and its own conscious
effort! Each age is but a page in the Book of fate that He has composed for
His own delectation, believe it, you are saved; doubt it, you are doomed to
defeat and destruction.

• (84) OM SRI SAI ATHEETHAAYA NAMAH.

'Atheetha' means 'exceeding', going beyond. Baba's glory pervades the

earth and transcends it. As is mentioned in the Purusha-sooktha, 'He covers
the Earth and the Universe and exceeds everything conceivable'. The Lord
exceeds all descriptions and definitions; for how can words exhaust the
description of the limitless! "I have no name; all Names are Mine", Baba
says. Whatever is said of Him falls short, for He is not reached by even the
imagination. Baba surprises every one who feels that he has not understood
Him, by revealing newer and newer facets of His glory. For example
Creation of Vibhuthi from His Palm could be seen and described; but
creation of vibhuthi, Kumkum, Sandal powder, Amrit from His pictures kept
and worshipped in far off lands transcends the topmost soar of imagination.
When a gathering of devotees of Sirsi (about 400 miles away from
Prashanthi Nilayam where He was) telegraphed for a Message, He willed
that the Pranava appear at two places on the special chair that was placed
for Him in the hall at Sirsi and they appeared clear for all (even today) to
see. When a devotee of Sai Baba at Bombay had the vibhuthi created by
Sathya Sai Baba on his tongue but hesitated to swallow it, lest it should be
sacrilege to serve two Masters, Baba willed from Prasanthi Nilayam that a
long flash of light should emerge as a sign, from a picture of His on the wall!
His deeds overstep human estimates and guesses. A poor lady from
Bombay came to Prasanthi Nilayam for the Dasara festival, on a Railway
ticket which Baba mysteriously placed before His picture in her room, when
she wept she could not go! Others are given the panacea vibhuthi on the
tongue or forehead or as packets under the pillow!
• (85) OM SRI SAI KAALAATHEETHAAYA NAMAH.

'Beyond Time' (Kaalaatheetha) Baba is not bound by limits of time. He is

Beginning-less and endless. He persists when all else dissolves. He is the
eternal and the universal (Desa Kala Aparischinna) not limited to one
country or one age. He is the Primeval Charioteer, the Sanathana Sarathi.
He has declared that age cannot mar His Physical Frame, that He will be
discarding it when He decides that His Mission is accomplished. He is
described, in the Vishnu Sahasranama as Aja (without birth) and Amrthyu
(without death). Baba has no need of time to traverse distance. He can be in
more than one place at the same time, as He did in December 1964 when
He was both at Venkatagiri in Andhra and Manjeri in Kerala. To create a
gem or a jewel or other article, to cure a tough illness, His will is enough. It
can accomplish them without delay. As He says, 'My Sankalpa and its effect
are like the shot and the hit.' He wills and He appears as such to Charles
Penn in California or to the Iyengar family in Sion or to Rao in Shimoga.
Time and Space (which is but a measure of Time) is powerless to limit Him.

He can travel forward into the future and backward into the past. He tells
people, "I know your previous lives". 'You prayed in your previous life for this
boon.' He warns men of impending doom; directs them along courses which
will lead them sooner, into what is in store for them.

• (86) OM SRI SAI SIDDHIROOPAAYA NAMAH.

'Siddhi' has a general as well as a technical meaning. Generally, it is taken

to mean accomplishment, success, perfection and prosperity. Baba is
Siddhiroopa, that is to say an embodiment of all these. What He wills has to
come to pass; what He utters, has to take effect, without delay or diminution.
Baba has come to lead man back into the ways of God and so He always
wills for the good of man; His utterances are all purifying and beneficial.

Siddhi also means, the superhuman faculties won through Yogic exercises.
But Baba had them, even as a child! He invokes them and uses them as His
very nature, for the good of man. He says that they are the natural
equipment of Divinity, and should not be confused with the skills and tricks
that are acquired by Yogis after undergoing certain exercises.

Some ignorant persons are conceited enough to suggest that the use of
such 'siddhis' will hinder the 'Spiritual development' of Baba, as if they are
Siddhis acquired by Him, as if He (who is the very embodiment of all
accomplishments) is a Sadhaka, an aspirant or a practitioner! Baba is the
goal of Sadhakas and the personification of all siddhis. He has come to cure
those who are afflicted with pride that they possess siddhis and those whose
heads are so swollen that they venture to judge the Divine itself.
• (87) OM SRI SAI SIDDHA SANKALPAAYA NAMAH.

"What Baba wills must happen" - that is the significance of this name;
Siddhasankalpa - He whose will is immediately effective. He wills; it is done;
and that will is exercised without pageantry or pomp, silently like the fall of
dew on rose petal. Baba declares that there will be no time-lag between the
willing and the fulfillment. The incident at Bhopal, when Baba willed from
1,200 miles away, 'Don't shoot', shows this clearly. And the person
attempting suicide at Bhopal could not shoot, though he had his finger on the
trigger. Baba's will created three humans who knocked at his door within a
split second, the three who brought him away from the very brink of death,
by their amiable and friendly conversation. He created a medal for
Chowdiah, the famous violinist, but deciding next moment that it should have
His name, the name of the recipient and date, He held it for a second in His
enclosed palm. When He opened the palm, the three line inscription was
done, and done with beauty and elegance! During a discussion on the
evolution of Homosapiens, He spoke of tree-dwelling apes, with less hair
and no tails. When the Professor of Anthropology before Him could not
agree that there could be such apes, He willed - and there appeared a
miniature model of such an ape. The air He grasped in his palm became the
ape He willed. His will is all pervasive, omnipotent. When a family in Gujarat
performed the valedictory pooja at the end of a month long fast, during which
they abstained from salt, He willed that salt water flow from His picture in
their shrine - and, it did! When the Cowans prayed for a copy of a rare
photograph of His, He willed that it reach their home in America and they
know of its arrival and location, from the clock above the place rising and
beating against the wall!

• (88) OM SRI SAI AAROGYA PRADAAYA NAMAH.

Aarogya or 'absence of illness' is the word for 'good health', 'bodily well-
being'. Baba declares that the sense of being well, is the result of consuming
moderate food and moderate partaking in 'wholesome' recreation; as He
said in the Gita, "Yukthaahaara Vihara". Health is endowed and maintained,
by the mind withdrawing itself from the wild pursuit of sensory pleasures.
And for this, Baba's insistence on Namasankeertan and Dhyan on the Rupa
is the most effective prescription. Every discourse of Baba is a 'Mixture' (not
a lecture) which will promote 'health' of the body and mind. Therefore, He
says, not a word should be missed; not a point ignored. For mental peace,
which is the very foundation of physical health, Baba prescribes detachment
and devotion, the service of man and God, which are both the same.

The most patent of Baba's acts of grace are the cures it effects of chronic
illnesses, pronounced as beyond medical science by experts. When He
declares, as He sometimes does, "Cancer? Cancer is cancelled!" it has to
disappear. It dare not survive that command. "Roll up that bed and follow
Me", He has said often to persons afflicted in distant lands, in visions and
dreams! and they have risen and walked.
• (89) OM SRI SAI ANNAVASTRADAAYA NAMAH.

In the abode of My devotees there will be no dearth of food (anna) and

clothing (Vastra), said Sai Baba at Shirdi.

Baba delights in giving food and clothing to the ill-fed and the underclothed.
He teaches us how to do this service, for He gives love, with grace, and
without publicity. He does not even refer to them as 'the poor'. He speaks of
them to others as 'Your kith and kin'. But, this name gem means much more.
It means that Baba is the sustainer of all beings. He has said that He will not
allow suffering to peep into that home, where the Lord's name is reverently
recited, and where, honest effort is made to develop viveka and vairagya.
'Anna' (food) is synonymous with health and 'Vastra' (clothing) with honour.
Baba grants both to His children.

When you succeed in winning His grace through faith and fervour,
detachment and discipline, He guarantees that you will not suffer from
"Praana-haani" (injury to life) and "Maana-haani" (injury to self-respect)! And
you can have undisturbed Santhi as a consequence of that assurance. 12
years before the age of retirement, He assured an officer, "I know your rivals
are against you! But do not fear. You can retire from service, with honor. I
shall save you from distress and dishonour!".

• (90) OM SRI SAI SAMSAARA DUKHASHAYAKARAAYA NAMAH.

'Samsaara' means that which revolves, flows, moves, that which is not
stable or fixed. Since birth, growth, decline and death are the inevitable
phases of life and since integration and disintegration, solution and
dissolution, evolution and involution, contraction and expansion are the
phases of all creation, the universe itself is a Samsaara.

And, Dukha or suffering is its native characteristics, for Samsaara is asaara,

(Unreal), not subsisting as the same, in the past, present and future. Man is
subject to birth and death, he takes birth again, in order to live the life he has
built for himself during the interval. This wheel of samsaara crushes the
individual unless he knows how to escape it. Baba helps us to 'Kshaya'
(diminish or destroy) the 'Dukha' (suffering) latent in Samsaara. 'Sparsanam
Karma Vimochanam', He assures. When we touch His holy feet, we are
freed from the binding effect of all activities done until then. If after this, we
utilize every minute of our lives in activities that rebound to His glory, (i.e, to
the glory of Him, in us) then, we are liberated from the need to be born
again. We take refuge in His Universal love and are merged and freed
forever. Becoming Love and merging in Him who is Love, is called Saayujya.

One can also become wise and desist from contamination with the world,
which is Samsaara, impermanent, ever changing, (filled with opposites like
pleasure-pain, joy-grief, profit-loss, birth-death).
• (91) OM SRI SAI SARVAABHEESTA PRADAAYA NAMAH.

Abheeshta means 'Desirable objects'. Baba grants (prada) all (Sarva)

abheeshta (desirable objects) from food and clothing and shelter, health and
happiness to vision of the Divine form which man yearns to earn! "As a fish
is drawn towards the rod by a worm, I drag you towards Me by means of
some ache or pain or loss or distress! I then win your loyalty to the discipline.
I encourage and lead you on by the hand towards the goal of the human
individual; the realisation of his Divinity", says Baba.

That discipline starts with control of speech, renunciation of evil habits like
smoking and drinking, adoption of satwic food, giving up sensual
entertainments like the cinema and the reading of degrading literature. It
insists on Bhajan, Keertan, Japa and Dhyana at regular hours of the day;
and step by step the props of evil fall off, the fog fades and man is made
aware of the Madhava he is! That is the highest Abheeshta, Baba confers,
for which He chooses us and fondles us, as a Mother does to her children!

It is the mother aspect of this Siva-Shakthi that graciously grants Thusti

(contentment) joy, wisdom, courage, self-control, beauty and splendour and
Pushti (Excellence in speech, health, wealth, children, home, residence).

• (92) OM SRI SAI KALYAANAGUNAAYA NAMAH.

When the attributeless (Nirguna) 'Divine Essence' was agitated by the first
faint urge of desire to become many, creation started. When it takes on
human form as now, Sathya Sai Baba comes, endowed with 'attributes'
(gunas) which are Kalyana (beautiful, agreeable, lovely, excellent,
auspicious, beneficial). Ponder over the physical charm of the Sathya Sai
form, the aureole of crinkly hair, the soft sweet smile, the star-deep eyes, the
lovely nose, the shining forehead, the slender frame clothed in silk, the fairy
feet - Oh! His is Kalyaana Swarupa indeed!

Then, reflect over His lovely voice, His nectar filled palm, His hand that
assures and protects, His wisdom, His mercy and His Divine might. This is
the texture of the vesture with which the Nirguna Brahma has clothed itself
as Saguna Sayi. Just as when all colors merge, it becomes colorless white,
when all Kalyaana gunas assemble in One Divine Person, He is really
Nirguna attributeless.

Prema or love is the sweetest of the Kalyaana gunas Baba manifests. This
Love flows towards all, in equal measure but the sick, the distressed, the
weak, the poor, the down trodden share it in far greater measure than the
rest. His compassion is spontaneous and supremely sustaining.
• (93) OM SRI SAI KARMADHWAMSINE NAMAH.

Karma is 'activity' - of mind, thought, senses and body. Every activity has a
trail of consequence which cannot be escaped. The accumulation of these
consequences, according to Baba, results in impulse, habit, conduct, attitude
and character. It also shapes future birth; it is the capital which each child
brings along with it (the bundles of physical, mental and spiritual ills and
skills) for its new career on earth. In order to deprive Karma of this
consequence, which persists and binds, we have to (1) dedicate every act to
God, be engaged in all activities as worship of God, without the least idea of
being the 'doer' or (2) be engaged in activity as duty, without craving for the
fruit without being worried about the consequence.

The Karma that is saturated with Thyaga is 'Dhwamsa' (destroyed, rendered

incapable of consequence). Baba destroys the binding force of Karma by (1)
instructing us in Jnana, for (jnanagni dagdha-karma), Jnana burns into
ashes the effect of Karma; (2) drawing us through Bhakthi and enabling us
to dedicate all activity to Him, for then, we know that He is our In-dweller;
and (3) showering His Grace so that we may escape the deleterious impact
of our own Karma. Baba says that 'Grace acts like an umbrella against sun
and rain, so that he who has secured it will be saved from the rigours of
Karma'. Faith in Baba and the courage He gives us enables us to laugh at
the iron law of Karma. We have taken shelter at His feet and no harm can
approach us (His children).

• (94) OM SRI SAI SAADHU MAANASA SOBHITHAAYA NAMAH.

Baba shines and illumines (Sobhitha) the manasa (mind) inner

consciousness of Sadhus, of minds filled with Sadhu qualities. Sadhu is a
word used in the Gita in many senses: Aacharayuktha (equipped with good
conduct and behaviour, with good habits) Saastranuvarthi (adhering strictly
to the Sastras) Sanmargastha (established in the path most congenial to self
realization) Samyag-vrittha (engaged in pure activities).

Baba declares that He has come to foster Sadhuthwam (virtue,

righteousness, purity) and not the class of people called Sadhus (monks),
many of whom have unfortunately failed to live up to the ideals they profess.
Whenever a mind has "Sadhu-thwa" (the Sadhu quality) Baba who is always
latent there becomes manifest. He once told a Sarvodaya worker that 'I read
your mind, not because of any mind-reading power that I have acquired but
because I am there always. No one can exercise his mind anywhere without
My being aware of it'. so, Baba is in every mind, though He shines (sobhitha)
in the Sadhu maanasa, and illumines it with the brilliance called Jnana. It is
the brilliance of His presence that, when recognized, becomes Jnana. The
Bhaktha is but a Sadhu in whose mind Baba shines, who is able to visualize
through that light, Himself in all. The good, the compassionate, the great
benefactors of mankind, are all the Sadhus, in whom He shines, through
whom He sheds His grace.
• (95) OM SRI SAI SARVAMATHA SAMMATHAAYA NAMAH.

'Matha' means 'Religion' and 'Sammatha' is agreeable, acceptable. so Baba

is here glorified as He who accepts all religions. This is in recognition of the
universal teaching of Baba. Baba has come to fuse, not confuse. He revives
Sanathana Dharma, the eternal universal faith which speaks of 'Ekam', the
One of which 'Vipraah' (the wise) 'Bahudhaa Vadanthi' (speak, as many). He
denotes every being as Premaswarupa, Santhiswarupa and
Anandaswarupa, because every one is Atmaswarupa, and the nature of
Atma is - Prema, Santhi and Ananda. Just as He declared the world to be
His mansion and each country a room in that mansion, every human being is
Himself; for, the world originated only when the Lord was moved by the
primal desire, 'I am one; let me become many'. It is He that has become all
this, all these.

To whatever form of God you bend or bow or kneel, the prayer is heard by
the self-same One. 'All names are mine. I am also the nameless one', Baba
has announced. So, by whatever name He is called, He responds. Baba's
grace is so vast and limitless that He declares, "there is no atheist at all, for
even those who deny God, do love something or someone, do seek peace
and joy. That Love is God, that peace is God, that joy is God." Therefore,
Baba blesses all who have 'Mathi' (mind) enough to have a 'Matha' (faith).
He says there are as many 'Mathas' (faiths, creeds and religions) as there
are 'Mathis' (minds) and so all Mathas are 'Sammatha' to Him. He is in every
mind as its motive-force, whether the man labels himself as Sanathani. Arya
Samajist, Adwaithin, Visishtadwaithin, Dwaithin, Jain, Sikh, Buddhist,
Christian, Muslim, Rationalist, Agnostic or even Atheist!
• (96) OM SRI SAI SAADHUMAANASA PARISODHAKAAYA NAMAH.

Bhagavan is the 'Parisodhaka' (rectifier, cleanser) of the maanasa (mind) of

Sadhu (aspirants); or He is the corrector of aspiring minds, the guardian who
prevents evil and wicked thoughts from breeding there. Baba insists on
Namasmarana, the recitation of the Lord's name with constant mental
picturization of His form, in unfailing and unbroken sequence. There- fore,
the Sadhumaanasa will be free from foul ideas, foolish doubts or fear. The
great advantage which we get if we surrender our minds to Sathya Sai Baba
is since we know that He is omnipresent and since He makes us all
experience it and be convinced of it, we will be ever vigilant. We know we
cannot escape Him, though we hide ourselves to the uttermost. In Him, we
secure a 'Parisodhaka', or corrector, whom we can rely on, who is present
always with us. We have only to make our minds 'sadhu' (good, pure).

The Lord has said that His task is 'Parithraanaaya Sadhunaam' (the rescuer
of the good). How else is the Lord to rescue man, except by correcting his
tendencies and impulses? Baba does this by personal advice, by His letters,
His discourses, His direct and indirect influence on character and conduct.
His advice to Digambaraswami, Swami Sathchidananda, Swami
Abhedananda and others who aspired to the higher life reveals that when He
rectifies, the person is, indeed, saved. Baba may put the Sadhus whom He
loves (as much as anyone else) into distress and dilemma, crossroads and
conflicts, so that their devotion and dedication may get tough and deep
rooted. As a Parisodhaka, He is supremely kind.
• (97) OM SRI SAI SADHAKAANUGRAHA VATA VRIKSHA
PRATHISTHAAPAKAAYA NAMAH.

One Vaisakha Purnima day, years ago, Baba was on the sands of the River
Chitravathi in the evening, with a hundred Bhaktas. The talk inevitably
moved towards Buddha whose birth, illumination and release happened on
that day of the year. While speaking on the Bodhi Tree at Gaya to which
Buddha proceeded for Thapas, someone asked , "why did he go so far and
select that tree?". And Baba replied giving an account of mystic yanthras
over which such trees grow, yanthras which keep out evil forces and
stimulate spiritual impulses and help concentration. Even while He was
describing these yantras, He created from the sands a shining copper plate
on which was drawn in squares the mystic symbols and numbers of which
He spoke. He said that He would be depositing it in the Thapovana, (on the
hills behind the Prasanthi Nilayam) and plant a Vatavriksha (Fiscus
bengalnesis) thereon. "It will act as the yanthra which I am describing. Yogis
wherever they are, when they reach a certain stage of sadhana, will know of
this congenial spot and hurry hither, to be benefitted by this mystic potency",
He said. Baba is therefore indicated by this name - He who is the
Prathishtapaka (person who planted firmly) the Vatavriksha (the banyan tree
of Dakshinamoorthy- Siva as the teacher) as an Anugraha (boon) to the
Sadhakas. In the Raghavashtaka, the Lord is described as Sadhakamaarga
Kalpatharu, "the wish-fulfillment tree of all Sadhakas". Baba is the same
Raghava or Rama and so, He is again fulfilling the wish of Sadhakas, for a
sanctified spot from which they can easily attain their goal.

• (98) OM SRI SAI SAKALA SAMSAYA HARAAYA NAMAH.

Baba destroys Sakala Samsaya, all doubts. For, as said in the Gita, "He who
doubts, dies; He has no delight here or hereafter". Faith is the rock on which
calmness and tranquility can be built. Baba says, "You put faith in your
chauffeur when you ride in your car; you put faith in the engineer who built it
when you enter your home. Without faith in your cook, your life is a haunting
misery; doubt haunts and horrifies. It destroys love; it drives you into
perdition. Have faith in yourself. That is the beginning of your faith in God",
says Baba. Baba is very considerate in removing doubt; He is eager to do
so, for He has in view the spiritual progress of every man, woman and child.
Even with regard to His present advent, Baba says, 'Do not believe blindly.
Come, stay, experience, believe and endeavour to earn grace.' He has
asked many who carped at His hair and believed that it was a wig, to have a
pull at it! He describeds at length the mistake of those who believe that He is
fond of pomp. He removes even the tiniest grain of doubt from us, for as He
has Himself said, 'Na sukham Samsayaatmanah' "the doubter has no
happiness". Faith is the bedrock of progress. He listens patiently to the
recitation of our doubts and difficulties, so that we may feel that He has
understood them though as our Indweller He Knows them all! His 'miracles'
are intended to convince us to His Divinity, so that we may accept to be led
by Him along the path of righteousness.
• (99) OM SRI SAI SAKALATHATHWA BODHAKAAYA NAMAH.

Sakala means 'all', 'including all', 'entire', 'full', 'complete'. He is the bodhaka
(teacher) of all Thatwas, Truths, Primary Principles, that underlie knowledge.
Thatwam means 'that' and 'you'. The relation between that and you (whether
that is a projection of 'you' or 'that' is separate and distinct from 'you') is the
primary thing to be known. Baba insists that every one should know who he
is, what he is and why he has come to this world. He says that the highest
detachment (vairagya) can be won only by the highest knowledge, by which
we recognize all as Brahmam. 'When you see the Panduranga Idol as stone,
you cognize stone only; when you see it as Panduranga, you are not aware
of the stone. So too cognize the world as Brahmam, of which, with which,
and from which it has come; then no hate or greed or malice or envy can
torment you. The Vairagya, born of this Viveka, will lead you to the
realization of Reality.'

Baba teaches us all the various paths that lead to this superconsummation,
the Path of Dhyana (vide His book, Dhyanavahini) and the Path of Jnana
(vide His book Jnanavahini). He tells us that the study of sacred books, the
repetition of the name of God as a constant mental exercise, the ceremonial
worship of the pictures or idols of God, the singing of Hymns, all these are
beneficial processes by which the consciousness is cleansed of egotism, so
that God can be revealed therein.

• (100) OM SRI SAI YOGISWARAAYA NAMAH.

Yoga is 'Chittha Vritthi Nirodha', the control of all the agitations of the
consciousness. He who is able to control them is Yogi. Baba is the Lord of
all Yogis (Yogiswara); the goal of all Yoga, of all aspiration for union or
merger in God. In the Vishnupurana, among the hundred names of Vishnu,
we have 'Yogeesa, Yoganishnatha, Yogin, Yogirupin'. The Lord is to be
recognized in the aspirant, the Yogi and the Yogi form. It is said in the Gita
that where Partha (Arjuna) is, with his bow, and where Krishna, the
Yogiswara also is - there victory is certain! The bow prompted and directed
by Yoga- that alone can hit the target. For, 'Yoga' means, the control of
senses and the concentration of the mind in the unity of all (Jnanendriyam
Satvani Nigrahya, Manasaa Saha Ekathwa Bhavana, Yogah). This is the
Yoga that Baba always instructs and inspires. Since He is the guide and the
guardian, He is the master of Yoga, the Yogiswara. Many who have
practised Yoga to an advanced stage have benefited by Baba's directions
and warnings. Many practiconers of Yogic methods of breath control have
their illness cured by Baba's grace for, exercises learnt from books and
practised without a teacher in attendance lead to physiological
maladjustment and maladies. Baba has come to correct such people and to
place Yoga on the high pedestal it once occupied, as the gateway to
liberation.
• (101) OM SRI SAI YOGINDRA VANDITHAAYA NAMAH.

Baba is acknowledged and honored (Vanditha) by Yogindras (Masters of

Yoga, Karma, Jnana or Bhakthi). Baba has declared that only those who are
proficient in the Sastras, only those who have risen in Yogic realization can
understand Him, to a certain extent, for He is 'Apraapya Manassa Saha',
'unattainable even by the skilled imagination or mind'. 'Whoever may try,
however long, by whatever means, he cannot fathom My mystery', says
Baba. But Yogindras or masters of Yoga can benefit by His Grace. He is
Mahasakthi come with Maya-Sakthi and so, the source of all Yoga Sakthi.
Hatayogis can walk on water or perform any other 'unbelievable' feat, if only
they draw upon His grace. Bhaktiyogins have seen Him as Panduranga,
Venkatesa, MuraliKrishna, Sivasakthi, Ganapthi or Varalakshmi. To Jnana
Yogins He is Dakshinamurthy. He is the recipient of all yagnas and offerings
and so, those who follow the Karma path are really revering Him. Baba has
said, "I am He who accepts all oblations and offerings in all sacraments."
Yogindras like Amrithananda and Sadananda have hurried to His feet for
instruction and inspiration. Abhedananda has declared that He is Purna
Brahmam itself.

• (102) OM SRI SAI SARVA MANGALA KAARAAYA NAMAH.

Baba causes (Kaara) all (Sarva) (Mangala) auspiciousness and prosperity.

He is the granter of happiness, good luck, bliss and felicity. To see Him is
itself the beginning of a new chapter of well-being and contentment. It is an
auspicious occasion, a Mangala Muhurtham. Baba blesses all the Mangala
Samskaras of man and allows Bhakthas to have them in His presence- the
auspicious rituals prescribed by the Sastras like Naming, first feeding, first
tonsure, ear boring, upanayanam, marriage, shasthipurthi santhi (60th year
of life completion). But as Emperor Ashoka has written in His edicts,
'Dharmamangala, the living Dharma, the spread of Dharma, mutual
instruction in and inspiration for Dharma'-this is far more important than the
rituals and festivals called Mangala. Baba enjoins the observance of
Dharmamangala, which is the basic task for which He has come.

Baba grants happiness and felicity so that people may turn to God and
discover His glory in the world around them, see Him as the indweller in all.
He says that the Body is a precious instrument through which alone God can
be seen and experienced. So He confers health, strength, intelligence,
mental alertness and joy, to make us reach the goal.
• (103) OM SRI SAI SARVA SIDDHI PRADAAYA NAMAH.

'Siddhi' means accomplishment or fulfillment 'marvellous skills or capability'-

Sarvasiddhi pradaaya means 'To Him who grants all accomplishments and
skills'. Through Baba's grace, the blind see, the mute talk, the lame walk, the
bed ridden move about and the morons become intelligent. So, He is the
energy behind all activity.

'Siddhi' also means specifically the super-human power, attainable through

Raja Yoga as mentioned in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. The Siddhis can also be
attained, according to Patanjali, with birth or by drugs, Mantras, thapas and
Samadhi. The siddhis which could be got by Thapas are those that are
granted by Bhagwan Sathya Sai Baba.

He can confer them also by His own will and initiative, by sheer grace. Baba,
of course, has all the Siddhis at His beck and call, because He is the source
of all power, human and superhuman. So, when any one prides Himself as
the master of any superhuman skill, he is only announcing that he has
secured Baba's grace. Baba is the giver, though the recipient may not know
or does not care to acknowledge it. His Anugraha (grace) can overcome the
Navagraha (Nine planets) and transmute Manava (Man) into Madhava
(God).

• (104) OM SRI SAI AAPANNIVARINE NAMAH.

Aapad means calamity, misfortune, distress or adversity. Aapannivarine

means 'to Him who prevents calamities etc'. This means salutation to Him
who saves us from misfortune or adversity. Since misfortune or fortune is the
inevitable consequence of our actions, Baba saves us from them by

1. strengthening us to bear their impact;

2. reducing their impact by interposing Bhakthi towards Him, between the
distress and us (like an umbrella which shelters us from rain, or
footwear which prevents thorns from hurting our soles);
3. preparing us to treat both fortune and misfortune as equally illusory
and meaningless;
4. Himself bearing the illness and completely preventing it from affecting
us.
5. Himself appearing in person or as some other person to avert the
calamity in time, e.g., the Bhopal revolver incident where He appeared
as 3 individuals to change the mind of the person attempting suicide;
the Jodi Adipalli Somappa incident, where He appeared as 3
individuals to save a child from death, the incident where He appeared
in a moving train in Uttar Pradesh inside a coach as a "Punkhawalla"
to replace a fan's fuse and prevent a raging fire. His eyes and ears are
everywhere at all times and so, He saves and safeguards those who
call on Him or rely on Him, in all continents, on land or water, earth or
sky. He declares, "Ensuring the safety of the devotee is one of the
tasks I have taken on".
• (105) OM SRI SAI AARTHIHARAAYA NAMAH.

Aarthi means bodily or mental distress or pain. Hara means the agent of
destruction, the destroyer. He who destroys such anguish, is Baba. Baba
said at Shirdi, 'If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out My hands with My
four arms. (four, because He is Lord Vishnu, the All pervading one). I will not
let him fall'. Baba has said at Parthi, 'If I have any vow, it is this; to relieve
distress, to make all men happy everywhere, happy in body, mind and spirit.'
Baba's grace has won for many a devotee, freedom from pain during
operations some of which Baba Himself has condescended to carry out; He
has appeared at the operation table or in Hospital wards to console and give
strength, in New York, Kuwait, Muzzaffarnagar! He has saved people from
injury and pain, though the cars which they were driving were pitiably
jammed in head-on smashes! He knows, He wills, He saves. We need only
to win His Grace through efforts to achieve Sathya, Dharma, Santhi, Prema.
When He declares, "It is gone", the illness disappears. When He says,
"Stand up and talk", Tara (age 17) from Bhadravathi who had not set foot on
the ground for 6 years, walked around the Nilayam thrice and is able to have
normal use of her limbs since.

Dr.S.Bhagavantham D.Sc. announced on Sivarathri, 1969 that Baba

physically entered the operation theatre at Bangalore where he was
operated on, even while the doors were closed against all, and the red lights
were on, outside them!

• (106) OM SRI SAI SAANTHA MOORTHAYE NAMAH.

Baba lays stress on Saanthi, as one of the four pillars of individual and social
happiness. He declares that every human being is Santha Swarupa in
essence. He is the embodiment of Saanthi and since Baba is the Indweller,
Saanthi is our Reality. As the depths of the sea are unaffected by tides and
whirlpools, as the depths of space are undisturbed by tornadoes and
thunderbolts, our inner core is the realm of Peace, of Santhi. Baba insists
that 'Saanthi is not the absence of agitation or unrest. It is the consummation
of Sathya and Dharma, of adherence to truth and morality, at all levels!'
Baba says that 'Saanthi can be earned only by rigorous control of the
senses, which attract and distract and cause movements, forward and
backward'. Saanthi is fortitude in fortune and misfortune; it is equanimity,
unshaken steadfastness. To watch Him is to receive the most impressive
lesson in Saanthi.

Baba addresses the vast numbers who gather to listen to Him as

"Embodiments of Saanthi", for He visualizes the inner core of each. He is the
Inner core and so, each one of us is of His nature, fundamentally, "Andari
lonoo Sayi unnaadu", He asserts. "In every one, Sayi exists". So, for
everyone, Saanthi (Sai) is the core.
 • (107) OM SRI SAI SULABHA PRASANNAAYA NAMAH.

Sulabha (easily) prasanna (delighted, pleased). Baba is pleased to confer

grace even when we take the very first step towards Him. The Lord is
Omniscient, and full of mercy but, He expects at least a craving for
protection in the persons who desire to have it (Sarvajnopihi Viswesah
Sadaa Kaarunikopisath, Samsara Thanthra Vaahithwaath,
Rakshapekshaam Prathikshate). If He were not of His own volition to lift up a
mortal from sorrow, without the need of even a prayer, He would be
reckoned heartless, and indifferent; if He extends His protection to some
mortals only without their praying to Him, He will be charged with
capriciousness and partiality. So, He is Prasanna (Favourable) to those who
seek protection, and follow certain disciplinary rules and moral regulations.
Since He is Visweswar, Lord of all, the Lord cannot be capricious or partial.
"Ask- it shall be given. Pray- it shall be answered. Submit-you shall be
accepted. But if you stand apart, afar, determined to be mute and unmoved,
the Lord will pass you by." Baba has declared that He will save all those
worship Him with Niyama and Nishta, which mean, not ceremonial
exactitude but inner purity and sense control. Constant remembrance of the
glory and grace of God is enough Niyama and Nishta.

• (108) OM SRI SAI BHAGAVAN SRI SATHYA SAI BAABAAYA NAMAH.

Sri Sathya Sai Baba is reverently addressed as Bhagawan; this name,

though used by many is most appropriate to His glory. For, it means "He
who possesses the six excellences in full: Aishwaryam (Greatness, Might,
the Attributes of Omnipresence, Omnipotent, Omniscience), Dharma (Virtue,
righteousness, equity, impartiality, Propriety), Yasas (Fame, reputation,
Splendour), Sri (prosperity, plenty, majesty, dignity, grace, lustre), Jnana
(Wisdom, Intelligence) and Vairagya (Detachment, Tranquility, balance)'.
Consider again another scriptural definition of Bhagawan (Vide Vishnu
Purana) which seems to have been framed correctly to indicate Sri Sathya
Sai Baba! "He who knows the origin and consummation of every being, their
comings and goings; He who is the master and sovereign of Avidya, and the
repository of Vidya is Bhagawan". Therefore, the Garland of 108 Precious
Gems concludes with this confirmation and this affirmation.

Reference: Garland of 108 precious gems by Prof. Kasturi