The devotees of Shri Shirdi Sai know that whoever surrenders to Him, He takes care. The Sadguru is the repository of all Shaktis. Because He carries on the wishes of the ‘Parabramha’, therefore, all Shaktis of the ‘Parabramha’ assist Him whenever He wishes. Whenever we surrender to Him, the support of whatever Shakti is necessary will be provided by Him, whether it is for material benefit or spiritual upliftment. To various devotees He has shown Himself in the form of different deities and Avatars - Vishnu, Maruti, Krishna, Shiva, etc. On the jay of Dussehra, He is to be worshipped as Durga. Whatever He is, for us He is our most dear, most loving and most caring Sai. He is our father, mother, friend and Guru.”
“Sai Baba was merged in God and, therefore, his reactions to bhakti are exactly the reactions of God as shown in Srimad Bhagavata and Bhagavad Gita. Baba’s consideration for his devotees made him exercise all his powers on their behalf. He underwent considerable personal trouble and undertook also to risk his health and even life for the sake of his devotees. He withdrew plague to himself to save Balwant Khaparde, son of Mrs. Khaparde. He drew also a Superintendent’s plague at Goa to himself. He offered his own throat to Mir Jaman (who wanted to cut the throats of all the Hindu bhaktas at the chavadi) in order to save his bhaktas. As stated by Baba to G.S. Khaparde, a fact noted in his diary, Baba was steadily ruining his health for the devotees’ sake. He could not but respond to every appeal made to him by night and day from every place and, in consequence, his digestion gave way, his general strength gave way, and he knew that this would continue up to the time of his leaving the body. But, he told (G.S.) Khaparde ‘I do not care for my life. I care for my bhaktas’. Therefore, love towards loving sishyas is not a detraction of any general principle or moral law, but enforcement of the general principle that every action produces a reaction, that good begets good, love begets love, and Baba wanted his devotees to make use of the general principles and laws of nature for developing themselves. Baba’s sacrifice for the masses and for the public has been characterising him janma after janma, as we see from an account of his recitals of his own past janmas. In every janma we find that he was self-sacrificing and working wonders, and always helping all people, especially those who put their trust in him and were attached to Him.”
