Baba stayed short time in Shirdi as a young boy and disappears for a while. Nobody knew where he was and he suddenly appears in a small village by name Dhup in Aurangabad district. The village head for that area by name Chand patil lost his horse and has been searching for more than 2 months. He looked all over and could not locate his horse and one day he sees fakir sitting under a mango tree who later shows where his horse is. Patil looked all around several times but it was not there before. He was surprised to see this special fakir creating fire and water out of nowhere. Then this Patil begs this fakir to come to his house and accept his service.
We read about this several times in the Satcharita but let us learn the inner meaning of this incident.
Here the lost horse indicates our mind and we are strayed from God. We are wandering not knowing the truth. Then Guru comes along to show the correct path.
Baba used his satka to get fire from the earth which represents the lighting of inner wisdom in us. But to sustain this knowledge we need to dilute the bad qualities in us. Once this wisdom is installed then we have to realize the importance of Guru in our lives. That means we have to invite Guru into our home like Patil did. Here our home means our heart. We can worship Baba in any form but we have to keep Baba in our hearts.
Baba goes to Shirdi second time with a marriage procession of Chand Patil wife’s nephew. As soon as he arrived there, Mahalsapathi sees this fakir and invites him by saying “Ya Sai”. Since then this fakir became Sai. Mahalsapathi has been waiting for a Guru. His wish became true once Sai came back to Shirdi. Then Sai made the Dwarakamai as his abode.
We will also make a strong wish that Sai ignite Jnana Jyothi in our lives and we will continue to show our love towards our Sri Sai Guru.
OM SRI SAI GURAVE NAMAH!
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