Never lose hope. Just when you think its over, Baba will send you a miracle!
Date & Place: Sept 2020, Chicago
Just as Baba’s great devotee, Hemadpant (Dabholkar) wrote the holy Sri Sai Satcharitra, Das Ganu Maharaj also a great devotee of Baba, totally surrendered to Him and completed this holy Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari on the Banks of River Narmada, at Maheshwar, the famous Tirtha on September 9, 1918, on the auspicious day of Ganesh Chaturthi. The first time it was read by Das Ganu, was in front of Baba in the Dwarakamai, 33 days before Baba’s Mahasamadhi. This holy reading was dedicated at Baba’s Feet. After listening carefully, Baba blessed and sanctified this very devotional and powerful Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari.
As Baba’s blessings and leelas should not be kept hidden, I would like to share a personal story, a miracle that I have experienced with Baba. Being born and raised in the US, during my younger years, I used to feel a disconnect with religion, but with the loving guidance from my parents, I found my faith seated with Baba at an early age and feel that Baba is my Sadguru and my God. I regularly read Sri Sai Charitra and Eight Fold Prayer (Prardhanaashtakam) from Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari.
As the above mentions that the Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari, is a hidden treasure, I can say it truly is in my experience. After trying to have a baby for over 10 years and consulting many fertility doctors and trying various fertility treatments with no result, fertility doctors diagnosed my husband and I with unexplained infertility and due to our age, indicated that we would not be able to have a child of our own and advised us to think of other options. I placed everything in Baba’s hands and felt that my journey to have a child was my greatest test of Shradda and Saburi. I remember sitting in front of Baba’s picture after reading Sri Sai Satcharita and crying and asking Baba if He had forgotten me. I surrendered to Baba completely and asked Him to show me the way and Baba did show me the way. Baba sent a message through my dear cousin, who is also a strong Sai Devotee, asking me to read Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjiri. I then vowed to Baba that I would read Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari for 40 days. I started Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari on a Thursday after competing saptah paraynam of Sri Sai Satcharitha leaving everything to Baba. My dear cousin also advised me to put udi in water and drink it daily which I did daily after my reading. While reading the Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari, Dasganu’s beautiful words of faith in Baba strongly resonated in my heart. I have included some text from Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari below that I was deeply moved and inspired by:
“A child always commits mistakes,
But a mother does not scold;
Remembering this,
Grant me your grace”
“The barrenness of many women
You have completely eradicated
The diseases of many
You have cured with the “Udi”
“Now with my loving tears, I bathe your feet, The sandalwood of true devotion I make into paste and apply.
“The long robe (“kafni”) of these ornamental words I place on you, sincerely, This garland of adoration, I place round your neck.
“To the childless, children will be born
On reciting this hymn.
The ailments of the reciter of this hymn, Will scatter completely in all directions.”
It was the wonder of all the wonders that on 38th day of reading Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari , I found out I was pregnant naturally. After the 40 days of reading were completed, I continued to read the Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari throughout my entire pregnancy and With Baba’s grace, my entire pregnancy was uneventful and I delivered a beautiful healthy boy on a Thursday. Out of great faith and love for Baba, we have named our son Krish Sai, whom I affectionately call “Sai and Sainatha”. You can imagine the boundless joy of my husband and I and how grateful we are to our beloved Baba.
I strongly feel that Baba has answered my prayer while reading the Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari. Everything is in BABA’s Hands. Baba is here for us always, He never forgets His Children. All we have to do is completely surrender to Him and He will show us the way.
I humbly request if you haven’t read this devotional and powerful Sri Sainatha Stavanamanjari, to please read it. It is a Hidden Treasure and it will bring unlimited joy and bliss in your life as it has done for me and my family.