The life story of Shirdi Sai Baba every Indian may know. as too many temples in his name have come up in India and across the world too. After his departure from this Earth on 15-10-1918, I was born on 13-07-1931 and became his devotee from a very young age. I had a high fever when I was just 10 years old in the year 1940-41, which was the peak period of World War II. Sai Baba saved my life miraculously and that is a big story to tell here. Today I am nearing my 90th Birthday, as Sai Baba has been helping me now and then during my troublesome life period. I am glad to write his life story, in brief, for the reading pleasure of poetry lovers.
SHIRDI SAI BABA
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KANCHI MAHA SWAMI
At Nagari when he stayed,
He was invited to preside
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Thyagaraja wasn’t for wealth,
But maintained perfect health,
To keep his daily routine going
On composing songs and singing.
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SHIRDI SAI BABA
One of his devotees, Tatya Patil
Dear to Baba, was seriously ill,
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SHIRDI SAI BABA
Sai Baba, with three other disciples,
Once discussed among themselves
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“Oh Ravan, please listen,
Don’t bring your people ruin,
Your action to covet Ram’s wife
Will spell an end to your life.”
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Manthara’s influence was total,
Her words, one way, sounded real,
So thought Kaikeyi, the queen,
But how to execute their plan?
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The day doesn’t wait for any one.
Yes, it broke out with the dawn,
Minding not the events foregone,
Nor whatever destined to happen.
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“Call him Allah or Ishwar,
Or simply God forever,
But He had made mankind
More to love and be loved.”
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FIVE GEMS OF SONGS (v)
(This song is in Chapter 23,
and these five (gems) songs are
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