As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLII Page 220

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The stories given in the previous Chapter have shown that the light of Guru's grace removes out, fear of the mundane existence, opens the path of salvation and turns our misery into happiness.  If we always remember the feet of the sadguru, our troubles come to an end, death loses its sting, and the misery of this mundane existence is obliterated.  Therefore, those, who care for their welfare, should carefully listen to these stories of Sai Samarth, which will purify their minds.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 218, 219

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Then Baba said to him- "Go on daily reading the Pothi (Jnaneshwari), go and sit in the Wada, read something regularly every day and while reading, explain the portion read, to all with love and devotion.  I am sitting here ready to give you the whole gold-embroidered Shella (valuable cloth), then why go to others to steal rags, and why should you get into the habit of stealing?"

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 218

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"You stole away My rags, without My knowledge."  Deo denied all knowledge of the rags, but Baba asked him, to make a search.  He searched but found none.  Then Baba got angry and said- "There is nobody here, you are the only thief, so grey-haired and old, you came here for stealing."  After this Baba lost His temper, got terribly wild, gave all sorts of abuses and scoldings.  Deo remained silent and watching, and thought that he might get a beating also.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 217, 218

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Then in the month of February 1914 A.d., he went, with his family, to Shirdi.  There jog asked him, whether he daily read Jnaneshwari.  Deo replied that he was desirous of reading it, but he was not successful and that only when Baba would order him to read it, he would commence.  Jog then advised him to take a copy of the book, and present it to Baba, and to start the reading, after it was consecrated and returned by Him.  Deo, then, replied that he did not want to resort to this device, as Baba knows his heart.  Would He not know his desire; and satisfy it by giving him a clear order to read?

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 217

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So he resolved in his mind, that when Baba would create love for the book, and would order him to read it, he would begin and not till then.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 217

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He took three months' leave, went to Shirdi, and thence to his home at Poud for rest.  He could read there other books but when he opened Jnaneshwari, some evil or stray thoughts came crowding up in his mind, and stopped him in the effort.  Try, however, he might, he was not able to read even a few lines of the book, with ease.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter XLI Page 217

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Mr. B.V. Deo, who was Mamlatdar of Dahanu (thana District), wished for a long time to read Jnaneshwari- (the well-known Marathi commentary on the Bhagawad-Gita, by Jnaneshwari), along with other scriptures.  He could read daily one Chapter of the Bhagawad-Gita, and some portion of other books; but when he took Jnaneshwari in hand, some difficulties cropped up, and he was precluded from reading it.

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