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9 ThursdaYs'Vrat and Puja of Shri Saibabaof Shirdi healthandueulth I:nottlcdge' vratlitr huppiness' ,'l ntiruculous lcace,ptlsperitl',
Introduction Nisha Jani was bom in Ujjain, the holy city of Mahakal. Iler orginalname is NeetaJani. She is affsctionatelycalledas Nisha by her ncar and dear ones. Since her childhood she was brought up irr a spiritual environmeit. She was inclined to$,ardsspiritualism and believcd in thetenets of Sai's mantra 'God is one', Compassiontowards other living beings, mutual tolerance between members of various creeds and sects. Unity, I{umanitarian values etc from her early' age. Shc believes that to lovc God, one need not sacrificchis worldly life (sansar).By lcading a fanrily life also, one can sunenderhis sould, mind, body and wcalth accordingttr ones'capacity. At present she is serving as teacher. By Sai's grace, her Gujarati book was published in the year 2000. As the demand for Hindi vcrsion increased,Hindi book was publishedin the ycar 2002. Her rvish was tcr shareSainath'swonderfulmircaclesin other devotees'livcs and cxpericnccs in hcr own lif'e *,ith others, thus spreadingSainath'sgreatncssand l'amc and make the people chant Sai Bavani, Datta Bavani with love and devotion. lnitially, these books were distributed free of cost. As the nuntbcr oi devoteesobserving this vrat increased,the &mand for the books increascd and the printing cost also increascd.We wanted these books to reach each and every person. But free distribution to everyonc was be1'ond our capacity. So we had to fix a minimum and affordable price for this book. Even today thesebooks are given free of cost for needy and poor. In this kaliyug, devotion to Sai should spread everywhere. in cach home and person to person, Sai leelas should be oung with. love and {'ervor. This is our intention behind printing this. book. Let peace prcvail ever_w'here. Let Sai showerhis blessingsto all. publishers Sai ! Grant me a boon which includes one and all ! Thus I am not deprived of anything, so be saints and all ! SaiBaba,one of the foremost saintsof modem India, livcd in Shrrdi for sixty years and elcvatcd it to a great spiritual ccntre. By ,thc shcer brilliancc of his spiritual magnetism,he drew numerousdevoteestowards him. Evcn today'hc is a dynamic spiritual force which is invoked by cowrtless devotees for spiritual and matcrial rvclthre. Thc devotecs' expcriences who observe this vrat is itsclf a grcat evidence of his spiritual splendor which dazzlesbright even after he has lcft his mortal body severalyears ago. We havc a great faith in Sai. This vrat has gainetl popularity in Gujarat. Tn bencfit thc devotccs ofolhcr regions, this book is alrcadv published in many languageslike Marathi. Tarnil. llindi and now in English. We sincerely bow to my Lord Shri Saibaba who has blessed me this glorious opponunity of translatingthis work. We are ever indebtedto his mercy torvardsus. We pray to God that Sainath should be enthroned in our hr'art forevcr and his lotus fect should be our shelter. We sinccrelythank Mrs. Nisha Jani who gave us this noble work. EnglishTranslationBy ItIs' Hiral
Jani & Mrs. Padma R. Ashtekar
Saibabaincarnatcdin this world of mundancexistenceto uplili thc'poor anclsufferingmankindrvith the [arth as his mother antl l-loly Suprcmeas his father. Saints don't bclong to any caste or rcligion. Thcir noble rurission is to spreadconrpassion. peaceand guidc the humanityto salvation.He.the occanof mercy told that God is One and guided his dcvotces to rc'alizc lhis immense truth. Ile advised-that. becausethe past was inrpert'ectand futurc' is unccrtain, we lnust not spoil pcrlcct prcscnt. His two mantras wcre faith and perscvcraucc. what is n'anted, on our part is rvholc-hearted d cvo ti rt nt o hir r r , When a devotechas got tlrnr fbith and devotiorr,his rvishes arc s(x)n fulfilled. Der,otionto Sai should burn brightly in