Sai Pearls of Wisdom 39-A “NO WORRY" (With Subtitles).
Channel: Sai Pearls of Wisdom - Prof. Anil Kumar Kamaraju
Date: 2023-01-28

One of the qualities of Divine Incarnation is Karuna; Karuna meaning compassion, kindness, empathy - the supremely compassionate and respond to a devotee’s call, shower compassion on him and grant him bliss.

The present Sathya Sai Avatar is Himself the source of all compassion and His devotees have always experienced His Grace.

Well, a story from Chennai which tells us how compassionate Swami is! A few years ago, a manufacturing unit at Chennai signed a contract with a Korean firm to manufacture and supply railway wagons. The wagons had to be delivered in a stipulated timeframe but the non- cooperation of the factory workers resulted in a delay. As the last day for the stipulated timeframe neared, a Korean officer arrived in Chennai and booked a cargo ship to carry the consignment. But the wagons were not ready. Since it was not going to be possible to execute the contract on time, the Executive in-charge was very worried. 

He was an ardent Sai devotee. So he started praying to Swami fervently. The stress caused him to fall ill. But somehow he managed to write a letter to Bhagavan Baba praying to Him for His compassion and gave the letter to a subordinate officer to personally give it to Baba. 

At that time, Swami was staying in a bungalow at Anantapur. When the officer reached there with the letter in hand, he saw Swami coming out of the main door. Baba was walking through the crowd and blessing the devotees. As He walked on, He kept tying knots in the handkerchief in His hand. 

Swami came near the officer and on seeing the letter in his hand said, “Why are you worried? The ship will reach only when the wagons are ready and all their problems will be solved!” As He was saying this, He pulled two corners of the knotted handkerchief and all the knots opened up. For a few moments, He looked at the sky, moved His finger as if writing something in the air and walked away.

At that very moment, a storm appeared in the sea and the ship was unable to reach Chennai as per the schedule. The ship was also damaged in the storm and it needed repairs. To stop it all when it finally arrived near the port, due to heavy traffic, there is a further delay of 4 days before it could be anchored at port. In this manner, the ship reached Chennai after a delay of 1 month! By this time, the wagons were ready. Only Swami’s compassion had saved the devotee from disgrace.

The other incident is about Smt. Sharadamma. Once Swami said to her, “I am going to get you married to Karunyananda!” Both are old people, crossed seventies or even eighty. All those who were present there laughed. Sharadamma was old and Karunyananda was an aged Sanyasi. But when pondered deeply over Swami’s statement, she realized the inner significance. He meant to tell her, “I am an ocean of Karuna – compassion! I want you to merge in Me! That is the inner meaning that she could know! 

Well, to redeem a devotee from sin is to liberate him from suffering due to past karma. Only incarnations have the power to make this possible! While describing, Bhagavan said, “Darshanam Papa Nashanam!” Just by His darshan alone, the devotees get absolved of their sins. Bhagavan Baba’s darshan inspires the devotees to shed their bad qualities and experience God’s presence in their purified hearts. Well, they thereby get liberated from their suffering due to past karmas.

A story from the life of Shirdi Sai! A young man named Eshwar Lal came for Sainath’ darshan from Mumbai. At that time, Rama Navami was festival, was being celebrated. He participated in it and served Sainath according to his capacity. All of a sudden, he contracted cholera and got bedridden. He was staying at the house of a lady named Radhakrishna Mayi. The lady never came for Sainath’ darshan, nor did she ever visit the Dwarkamai! But she had attained such oneness with Sainath that whatever He spoke in the Dwarkamai, she could know and understand it while sitting in her house. When Eshwar Lal started grasping for breath, Radhakrishna Mayi realized that his end was drawing near. 

She asked him, “Have you performed any good deeds to earn merit?” 

He barely managed to say, “No!” and passed away. 

At this Sainath said, “He has secured a good place in the other realm. Although he did not perform any meritorious deeds throughout his life, he offered his seva at Sainath’s Feet during his last few days!” So the compassionate Sainath granted him the reward by absolving him of his sins – Papa Nashanam – and granted liberation.

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