Sai Pearls of Wisdom  33-B  “ These Boys are My Property" (With Subtitles).
Channel: Sai Pearls of Wisdom - Prof. Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Date: 20/08/2022

Om Sri Sai Ram!

 Prasanthi Sandesh welcomes you. Long back Sri. N.Kasturi narrated a beautiful experience he witnessed personally and shared with large number of devotees at Madanapalli of Chittoor District. He started describing the episode this way. 

It happened in Bombay. There was a family who happened to be Sai devotees. The father and mother are ardent devotees. Their only son, who is not a devotee, but spent all the time in the company of friends, which is not appreciated by parents. The parents are all the while worried why this boy is growing up like that! Why he is not in Sai way? 

It so happened it seems, a film actress by name Sharmila Tagore happened to visit that area where this family was residing. This boy got excited and he really wanted to see her along with friends and he started making preparation well in advance, well dressed. Yes, he has combed his hair, a first class matching suit and then he applied spray also. 

Finally when he wanted to join his friends to see this film actress, at the dining table he saw a book opening on its own. That book was lying on the dining table since long, but he was not aware of that book. He didn’t care to know what that book is. But most surprisingly enough, he saw the book opening all by itself and at certain stage some letters started growing bigger and bigger and bigger in their size. They read this way. “Don’t go anywhere. Stop! I will give you infinite joy!” I repeat, “Don’t go anywhere. Stop! I will give you infinite joy!” The boy read that sentence that appeared all of a sudden in the book. As he saw in front the letters growing bigger in their size, well, he couldn’t do anything. Suddenly he thought that it was time for him to decide not to go. He informed his friends that he is not joining them and he is not prepared to see that film actress.

Yes, days went on like that, and that book was nothing other than “Sathyam Sivam Sundaram,” written by Kasturiji himself. The mother kept that book on that dressing table because she wanted the boy to read one day or other. She wanted the boy to become a Sai devotee. But this boy didn’t care all these days. But this incident, when he saw personally all by himself the letters growing in their size, instructing him strictly not to go anywhere, but that opened up his eyes and then started a new way of life. 

After a couple of months, it was the time when Summer Courses were organised in Ooty, Tamil Nadu – Nilgiri Hills. Well, classes were going on and Swami was moving along the lines, rows of students, and suddenly He told some group of students there in the front, “You see, there at the back, one student is just writing something. He doesn’t seem to listen to any of the lectures here. That boy went on writing all these days. What do you think it could be?” 

Then Swami said to those boys what that boy was doing was nothing but ‘Likhita Japa’ – Swami’s name written repeatedly – Om Sri Sai Ram, Om Sri Sai Ram, Om Sri Sai Ram – like that. And then Swami said to those boys, “You know that boy, he is from Bombay. He wanted to see the film star. I made him go over here. I changed him totally. Today he is a, he’s a Sai devotee!” That is the power of Sai! That is the power of Sai!. It is really amazing, to come to know what it had happened. 

I can also share with you another event in which I participated long back. These are all things which had happened for more than 40 to 45 years and I was there in Brindavan on a visit, brief visit. I was not that close to Swami. That close, I mean physically, excepting giving talks on Dasara occasions. Suddenly Swami sent a word that Anil Kumar attend the wedding. Ah! I was very much surprised, taken aback! Swami wants me to attend a wedding. Good! I attended the wedding. Swami performed that wedding of the son of Venkatagiri Raja’s family. Venkatagiri is a place in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. This Raja – prince, royal family of Venkatagiri happened to be devotees of Baba. Swami performed the marriage of one of the members of the family.

Then we were all asked to go to the dining hall for the lunch. I went there straight and sat because I never expected that I would be asked to join them for the lunch. I was surprised but overjoyed. Somehow I went, managed, sat there in the dining hall. All were seated, fully packed! Suddenly Swami came there, stood in the midst and looked at the boys who were standing in a line very close to the wall holding different items to be served for the lunch – one holding rice; another sambar like that! Each one was ready to serve. 

Swami stood in front of me and said, “Look here, Anil Kumar! All my boys should learn this important aspect of life, service. Everyone should learn to serve.

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