| This morning, there was no Divine Darshan and Arathi was offered at 0940 hrs. Emerging at 1730 hrs. in the evening, Bhagawan, upon completing a full round of Darshan, went for another round, to take a detour from the ladies's end to come onstage at 1752 hrs. through the right of Ganesha. As Bhajan was on, Bhagawan continued to sit presiding over the session. At 1805 hrs., most unexpectedly Bhagawan gestured to stop bhajans, calling for mike to be brought. After a brief pause of 3-4 minutes, at 1810 hrs., to the surprise and delight of the august assembly, Bhagawan started an 'impromptu' Divine Discourse. Dwelling on the greatness of 'celebrated women', Savitri, Chandramathi, Mother Sita, Panchali and Damayanthi Bhagawan discoursed for next fifty minutes that was translated by Prof. Nanjundaiah, formerly, Controller of Examinations at Sri Sathya Sai University (who was also a translator to Bhagawan during earlier years) in the absence of regular translators, Prof. Anil Kumar and Sri Narasimhamurthy. Everyone is afraid of death; however Yama goes everywhere discharging his duties, said Bhagawan in an apparent reference to Savitri's victory over the Lord of Death who with the Power of her Chastity won the Lord's grace to bring her dead husband back to life. Lavishly commenting on the Power of Chastity of Savitri, Bhagawan said, nowhere else in the world, other than in Bharat, one could find such stories of revival of a dead person, and hence God's special love for the land of Bharath. Power of Chastity is equivalent to Power of Penance. Scary God of Death, Lord Yama is scared of Chaste Woman, said Bhagawan emphasising on the greatness and power of Chastity. Shifting the story to Raja Harishchandra, Bhagawan dwelled upon the story in detail emphasising how the Eashwara Himself was pleased with Harishchandra's adherence to Truth that finally won him everything. Harishchandra was totally selfless, said Bhagawan urging one and all that 'i' and 'mine' should be eschewed to understand the Self. Dwelling upon the story of Mother Sita and Her Power of Her Chastity followed by that of Damayanthi and Panchali, Bhagawan said, all of them were known for the great Power of Chastity, who lived their life for their ideal husbands; with unity between husband and wife anything could be achieved. Power of Chastity and Dharma is not confined to women alone, man equally has to follow the same, said Bhagawan further commenting that women should never transgress their limit, disobeying their husbands. Referring to Bharath's greatness, Bhagawan cautioned that opting to leave the nation and moving out of the country is a waste. Bhagawan concluded His Divine Discourse at 1905 hrs. with a promise to discourse in detail the following day. One Rama Bhajan followed upon which Arathi was offered before Bhagawan moved off the stage at 1915 hrs. Spending next five minutes inside interview room, Bhagawan retired to Yajur Mandiram at 1920 hrs. As if celebrating the unexpected 'bonus', the Divine Discourse, as Bhagawan moved off the stage after ending His Divine Discourse, outside Sai Kulwant Hall, Wind God was in a celebrating mood as he was blowing across the hamlet with unusual force. |
