As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter IV Page 17

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

The banks of the Godavari river, in the Ahmednagar District, are very fortunate for they gave birth and refuge to many a Saint, prominent amongst them being Jnaneshwar.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter IV Page 16

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

They serve us as beacon-lights, and show us the right path, and the right way for us to follow.  In this way, many Saints, viz. Nivritti, Jnandev, Muktabai, Namdev, Gora, Gonayi, Eknath, Tukaram, Narahari, Narsi Bhai, Sajan Kasai, Sawata, Ramdas, and various other did appear at various times to show the right path to the people, and so presently came Shri Sai Baba of Shirdi.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter IV Page 16

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

For instance, when the twice born, i.e., the Brahmins, the Kshatriyas and the Vaishyas neglect their duties and when the Shudras try to usurp the rights of the higher classes, when spiritual  preceptors are not respected but humiliated, when nobody cares for religious instructions, when everybody thinks himself very learned, when people begin to partake of forbidden foods and intoxicating drinks, when under the cloak of religion, people indulge in malpractices, when people belonging to different sects fight amongst themselves, when Brahmins fail to do Sandhya adoration and the orthodox their religious practices, when Yogis neglect their meditation, when people begin to think that wealth, progeny, wife are their sole concern, and thus turn away from the true path of salvation, then do Saints appear and try to set matters right by their words and action.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter IV Page 16

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

This is the mission of Lord, and the Sages and Saints, Who are His representatives, and Who appear here at proper times, help in their own way to fulfil that mission.

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter IV Page 16

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

Lord Krishna says in Bhagvadgita (Chapter IV, 7-8) that "Whenever there is a decay of Dharma (righteousness) and an ascendancy of unrighteousness I manifest Myself; and for the protection of the virtuous, the destruction of the vicious and for the establishment of righteousness, I manifest Myself in age after age"

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter I Page 2

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

"It was sometime after 1910 A.D that I went, one fine morning, to the Masjid in Shirdi for having a darshan of Sai Baba.  I was wonder-struck to see the following phenomenon.  After washing His mouth and face, Sai Baba began to make preparations for grinding wheat.  He spread a sack on the floor; and thereon set a hand-mill.  He took some quantity of wheat in a winnowing fan, and then drawing up the sleeves of His Kafni (robe); and taking hold of the peg of the hand-mill, started grinding the wheat by putting a few handfuls of wheat in the upper opening of the mill and rotated it.  I thought-'What business Baba had with the grinding of wheat, when He possessed nothing and stored nothing, and as He lived on alms!'

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As is in Shri Sai Satcharita, by Hemadpant .. Chapter L Page 257

Om Sai Shri Sai Jaya Jaya Sai

The day of this visit was a Thursday; and the Dhurandhar brothers had a good fortune of witnessing the Chavadi procession that night.  At the Arti-function in the Chavadi, Balaram saw the lustre of Pandurang on Baba's face and next morning at the Kakad-Arti time, the same phenomenon - the same lustre of his Beloved Deity-Pandurang was visible again on Baba's face.

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