Sathya Bajjuri, Plymouth, MN

OM Shree Ganeshaya Namaha!

OM Shree Sainathaya Namaha!

RAJADHIRAJA YOGIRAJA  SAINATH MAHARAJ KI JAI!

I bow to the lotus feet of Sri Sadguru Sainath Maharaj and pray for his blessings to share following His Sweet Leela. From the beginning of this year 2004, I started doing Kakad Arati to Baba every morning at home around 6:30am. And at the end, I do chant the “Rajadhiraja Yogiraja Parabrahma Sainath Maharaj, Shree Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj ki Jai” with high pitch and with long stretch as like in Sai Arati cassettes, and to the best I can. I love doing the last charanam (try as much as concentration & love) and my little one (my son 2 years old) joins he and me also tries shouting as high as he can. He joins his voice in the prayer couple of times in a week.  He loves that, and my wife enjoys watching him doing.

At times a thought used to come into my mind that “I should get a chance to do the last charanam in Prayer center and Celebration-satsangs”. As we know, our mind is not in one’s control for common persons like us. We cannot control the thoughts that arises in our mind, a varieties of thoughts good and bad both flashes in our mind with its own liberty, sometimes without our wish, it does not need our permission. And we know controlling mind is the most complex and only learned souls can do it.  Once during Prayer center clean up, audio system was packed that week-end (Feb ’04), hence I got a chance to do the last charanam also in prayer center, thus a part of my wish fulfilled.  Few months passed, still I used to get this wish once in a while into my mind.  And now let us see how Baba played HIS miracle.

SSPC planned to celebrate Sri Ramanavami event on Apr’3^rd. On April 2^nd (Friday) night 10pm our garage door was not working and my car is inside the garage. I was worried very much as we had Sri Ramanavami event festivities next day and I need to go in the afternoon for stage decorations/arrangements. Talk to couple of friends, I was told that we can open it manually if it’s not working.  Next day morning (Apr’3^rd) as I was doing my regular daily worship in the morning, I got a message.  My inner voice told me “You will see a miracle today!” I felt happy, I thought garage door will be automatically fixed and will be opened. No, it was not working. My neighbor told me spring got broken so we cannot open it even manually, this made me worried as I cannot take my car out. Called couple shops and everyone was saying they will come in the evening or next day (Sunday). I prayed to Baba again and again, made a call to another shop, and got the positive response that he will be there by 12:30 noon and it will take an hour to fix it. I was happy. With Baba’s blessings, Technician came at 11am only fixed by 12noon. I was happy and went to Geeta Ashram for the event work and celebrations. As the day was passing, I was still looking waiting for miracle to happen and wondering myself when and where it will happen. I was curious in the morning but as the day passing, I started feeling disappointment.

Ramanavami event started as we planned at 3:30pm and program was going well with Baba’s blessings. And slowly I forgot about miracle that was due. Abhishekam to Baba done, Archanas and Dhoop Arati started. I was sitting at the entrance giving Arati tickets to devotees. I enjoyed Dhoop Arati from entrance itself, singing arati-prayers from there itself. In the middle of the Dhoop Arati, due to some problem, audio system started re-playing Arati CD from beginning and hence audio system was stopped and devotees continued singing Arati chorus. It almost came to the end, then came a flash in my mind, my inner voice told me that  “go to the stage and sing the last charanam, audio system is not working and this is the chance for you, Baba wants to fulfill your wish”. I haven’t moved from my place, surprised and still thinking. Then again next message “Hurry up, go, do not hesitate, this is for you”.  Until that time I didn’t realized that this is the occasion for me to sing my favorite charanam. In next two minutes, I reached to the mike (stage) and it was the time to do the last charanam . I did sing my favorite charanam “Rajadhiraja Yogiraja Parabrahma Sainath Maharaj, Shree Satchidananda Sadguru Sainath Maharaj Ki Jai” with high pitch and long stretch. I was very happy as the message that I got in the morning that “I will see His Sweet miracle” became true, and thus our dear lord Sai fulfilled my wish.

Oh Sai! How can I praise you and your sweet leelas.  I can only say that WE, all his devotees, are luckiest humans on the earth as we are His devotees.  Dorakuna ituvanti daivam! (How blessed we are, how lucky we are to be His devotees).