The Sai Divine Volume 5 - Ram Navami 2016

Whe nIt hi nkofBha k t i ,t woi ma g e sc omes t r a i g htt omymi nd—Me e r a ba ia nd Ra dha k r i s hnaMa i .Thewor dBha k t ic ome sf r om t hewor d" Bha j " .Bha jme a ns t obea t t a c he dorde v ot e dt o.Bha k t ime a nsde v ot i ona ls e r v i c e ;s e r v i c er e nde r e d t opl e a s et heBe l ov e d. ThusBha k t i y og ame a nsa nypr a c t i c ec onne c t i ngonewi t h Goda ndr e e s t a bl i s hi ngourr e l a t i ons hi pwi t hHi m,t hr oug ha c t sofl ov ea nd s e r v i c e ,orde v ot i ona ls e r v i c e .Me e r a ba ic a mef r om t heBha k t ipe r i oda ndmuc h ha sbe e nwr i t t e na boutt hepr i nc e s ss a i nta swe l la she rc ompos i t i ons . I ti ss a i dt ha tRa dha k r i s hnaMa iwa sor i g i na l l yk nowna sS unda r iBa iKs hi r s a g a r . S hewa sl a t e rc a l l e d‘ S unda r a ba iDa hi t a nk a r ’ a the rf a t he r i nl a w’ shous e . I n1 8 9 9 , s hebe c a meawi dowa tav e r ye a r l ya g eof1 7a nds hewa sunde r s t a nda bl ybr ok e n a nds ha k e nf r om t hev e r yr oot sofhe rbe i ng . Ast i mepa s s e d, he re mot i ona la nd me nt a lpa i ndi dnota ba t ea nds hewa ss e ntt ot hehomeofhe rma t e r na lunc l e . I twa sa s s ume dt ha twi t hac ha ng ei nhe re nv i r onme ntt he r ewoul dbeahe a l i ng t ha twoul dc omet hr oug ha nds oot hhe r .Unf or t una t e l y ,t hi sdi dnotha ppe n. Onee a r l ymor ni ngi nt hey e a r1 9 0 2A. D.s hewok eupa ndr a nf r om he r ma t e r na lunc l e ’ shome ,ne v e rt or e t ur n.I ti ss a i dt ha tt hef e e l i ngofVa i r a g y a , di s pa s s i ont owa r dswor l dl yl i f e ,ha dt a k e nov e rhe rs t r ong l y .Forf i v ey e a r ss he r oa me da bouta l lov e rI ndi a ,unde rt oug hc ondi t i ons .Atl a s t ,a f t e rma ny pi l g r i ma g e sa nda f t e rme e t i ngma nyhol ype opl e , s hec a met oS hi r di( 1 9 0 7 ) . I ti sbe l i e v e dt ha tont heda ys hea r r i v e da tS hi r diS a iBa bawa ss i t t i ngi n Dwa r k a ma i ,wi t hhi sha ndr e s t i ngont hewoode nr e s t ,g a z i ngi nt ha tdi r e c t i on, a si fwa i t i ngf ors ome one . Ma iwa sdr e s s e di nt hewhi t eg a r bofawi dow, c a r r y i ng ac l ot hba c konhe rs houl de r ,a ndhol di ngmus i

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