When a man takes a plunge into the sea, he gets the merit of bathing in all the Tirthas and sacred rivers. Similarly when a man takes refuge at the feet of the Sad-guru, he gets the merit of bowing to the Trinity, i.e. Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh and also Para-Brahma. Victory be
unto Shri Sai the wish-fulfilling tree and the ocean of knolwedge, who
gives us self-realisation. Oh Sai, create in us regard for Your stories. Let
the readers and audience devour them with the same relish with which
the chatak bird drinks the water from the clouds and becomes happy.
While listening to Your stories, let them and their families get all the
sattwik emotions, viz. let their bodies perspire, let their eyes be full of
tears, let their prana be steady, let their minds be composed, let their hair
stand on end, let them cry, sob and shake, let their hostilities and their
distinctions, great and small vanish. If these things happen, that is a sign
of the grace of the Guru dawning upon them. When these emotions develop in you, the Guru is most pleased and will certainly lead you on to
the goal of self-realisation. The best way, therefore, to get free from the
shackles of Maya is our complete and whole-hearted surrender to Baba.
The Vedas cannot take you across the ocean of Maya. It is only the Sadguru, who can do so and make you, see the Lord in all creatures.