Ocean of Mercy

Aum Sairam

We begin this with a bow with all our eight limbs to Sri Sai, who is an
ocean of mercy, the God Incarnate, the Para Brahma and the great Lord
of Yog. Victory be unto Sri Sai, who is the crest jewel of the saints,
an abode of all auspicious things, our self, and the able refuge of the
devotees. We prostrate ourselves before Him, who has attained the aim
and the end of life.

Sri Sai is always full of mercy. What is wanted, on our part, is whole
hearted devotion to him. When a devotee has got firm faith and
devotion, his wishes are soon fulfilled. When the desire arose in the
mind of Shri Hemadpant to write the life and leela's of Sri Sai, He
immediately got it written by him. When the order to keep or memos was
given, Shri Hemadpant was inspired and his intellect got strength and
boldness to undertake and finish the work. He was not, he says,
qualified to write the work but the gracious blessings of Sri Sai
enabled him to complete the undertaking and thus you have this Shri Sai
Satcharitra, which is a well, a cistern, or uncut jewel from which
nectar in the form of Sri Sai leela's oozes out for the devotees to
drink to their hearts content.

Whenever a devotee had complete and whole hearted devotion to Sri Sai,
all his calamities and dangers were warded off and his welfare attended
to by Sri Sai.

Allah Malik