భారతదేశపు చారిత్రాత్మక దేవాలయాలు

Who can Become Sinner to Saint

Lord Krishna Teaching Bhagwath Gita


In Bhagwat Gita Lord Krishna says that one can atone for his / her sins in many ways like penance, charity etc. but there is no way more swift, fast for atonement to sins than Devotional service to God / Lord Krishna. In this regard Bhagwat Puran & Bhagwat Gita, both explain about this assurance in detail that Devotion to Lord Krishna is the supreme purifier for all the sins that a person commits in life time. 

'Api chet su-duracharo
bhajate maam ananya-bhak
sadhurev sa mantavya
samyag vyvasito hi sah' 

(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter IX verse 30)

"Sri Krishna says to Arjuna: Even if the vilest sinner worships Me with full devotion, he should be considered a noble soul or saint; as he has taken the right step by worshipping me."

Through above verse 30, God is telling Arjuna that even if the most sinful of person worships Him with full devotion, then He considers him to be a saint only as he has rightly resolved in his life. So many times we too think that we have done many sins in life & how God shall accept us, but here God makes it very clear that once a person become devoted to Him, He does not considers that person a sinner, rather God considers that person to be a Saint as he has taken the right decision in his life to become devoted to God. Let's all be devotees of God.

'kshipram bhavti dharmatma
shasvac-chantim nigachati
kauntey pratijanihi
na me bhaktah pranashyati' 

(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter IX verse 31)

"Sri Krishna says to Arjuna: He speedily becomes virtuous and secures lasting peace. O son of Kunti, know it for certain that My devotee never falls."

Through above verse 31, God is telling Arjuna that such a sinful person after becoming His devotee becomes a person of good virtues and always remains in peace & such a peace is not temporary but is ever lasting. God is assuring the son of Kunti (another name of Arjuna, his disciple) that his devotee never falls again in life as He always protect him. So let's all worship the God always so that He can protect us always.

"samo ’ham sarva-bhutesu
na me dvesyo ’sti na priyah
ye bhajanti tu mam bhaktya
mayi te tesu chapy aham"

(Bhagwat Gita: Chapter Nine verse 29)

"Sri Krishna says to Arjuna: I envy no one, nor am I partial to anyone. I am equal to all. But whoever renders service unto Me in devotion is a friend, is in Me, and I am also a friend to him."

Like the Sun does away with all the fog, similarly Devotion to God does away with all the sins. A man full of sin, is for certain not as much purified by penance as by the devotion to Lord Krishna. In this world there is only this path that is really appropriate & the one that is followed by the well-behaved, fearless and auspicious, saintly people; that is in surrendering oneself to Lord Krishna. So let's all be devotees of Lord Krishna.

Why do we Celebrated Maha Shivarathri (Legendary Story-1)

In the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata, Bhishma, whilst resting on the bed of arrows and discoursing on Dharma, refers to the observance of Maha Shivaratri by King Chitrabhanu. The story goes as follows - Once upon a time King Chitrabhanu of the Ikshvaku dynasty, who ruled over the whole of Jambudvipa, was observing a fast with his wife, it being the day of Maha Shivaratri. The sage Ashtavakra came on a visit to the court of the king.

The sag asked the king the purpose of his observing the past. King Chitrabhanu explained that he had the gift of remembering the incidents of his previous birth.
Shiva Lingam


The king said to the sage that in his previous he was a hunter in Varanasi and his name was Suswara. His only livelihood was to kill and sell birds and animals. One day while roaming through forests in search of animals he was overtaken by the darkness of night. Unable to return home, he climbed a tree for shelter. It happened to be a Bael tree. He had shot a deer that day but had no time to take it home. So he bundled it up and tied it to a branch on the tree. As hunger and thirst tormented him, he was kept awake throughout the night. He shed profuse tears when he thought of his poor wife and children who were starving and anxiously waiting for his return. To pass away the time that night he engaged himself in plucking the Bael leaves and dropping them down onto the ground.

The next day he returned home and sold the deer and then bought some food for himself and his family. The moment he was about to break his fast a stranger came to him, begging for food. He served the food first to stranger and then had his own.

At the time of his death, he saw two messengers of Lord Shiva. They were sent down to conduct his soul to the abode of Lord Shiva. He learnt then for the first time of the great merit he had earned by the unconscious worship of Lord Shiva during the night of Shivaratri. The messengers told him that there was a Lingam at the bottom of the tree. The leaves I dropped fell on the Lingam. His tears, which had shed out of pure sorrow for his family, fell onto the Lingam and washed it and he had fasted all day and all night. Thus, he unconsciously worshiped the Lord.

As the conclusion of the tale the King said that he lived in the abode of the Lord and enjoyed divine bliss for long ages and now he has reborn as Chitrabhanu.

108 Names of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba


The Garland of One Hundred and Eight Names of the Venerable Shirdi Sai

1. Om Srii Saaii naathaaya Namah.Om, to the Venerable Lord Sai, prostration !
2. Om Laksmiinaaraayanaay a Namah.Om, to (Vishnu as the Sleeping God lying on waters in the interval between destruction and re-manifestation of universes) Narayana (accompanied by the Goddess of Wealth)L akshmi, prostration !
3. Om Krishna-Raama- Shiva-Maaruty' aadi-ruupaaya Namah.Om, to Him whose forms Krishna and Rama, Hanuman the son of wind and so on are, prostration !
4. Om Sheshashaayine Namah.Om, to Vishnu (in his aforementionned form) laying on Shesha (Divine Serpent), prostration !
5. Om Godaavarii-tata- shiiladhii- vaasiine Namah.Om, to who has His abode near the shores of(the Holy river) Godavari, prostration!
6. Om Bhakta-hridaalayaay a Namah.Om, to Him whose seat (His) devotees' hearts are, prostration!
7. Om Sarva-hrinnilayaaya Namah.Om, to Him whose abode the hearts of all (beings) are, prostration!
8. Om Bhuutaavaasaaya Namah.Om, to Him in whom the beings dwell, prostration!
9. Om Bhuuta bhavishyad-bhaava- varjitaaya Namah.Om, to Him who is bereft of past, future and present, prostration!
10. Om Kaalaatiitaaya Namah.Om, to Him who transcends time (and death) prostration !
11. Om Kaalaaya Namah.Om, to (Krishna in his cosmic aspect shown to Arjuna in the Bhagavadgita) who is Time, prostration !
12. Om Kaalakaalaaya Namah.Om, to (Shiva as Savior of His devotee Markandeya menaced by Yama) the Death of Time, prostration !
13. Om Kaala-darpa- damanaaya Namah.Om, to (Shiva in His aforementionned form) the Subduer of the pride of Time, prostration !
14. Om Mrityunjayaaya Namah.Om, to (Shiva in His aforementionned form) the Death-winner, prostration !
15. Om Amartyaaya Namah.Om, to the Deathless One, prostration !
16. Om Martyaabhaya- pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who gives mortals immortality, prostration !
17. Om Jeevaadhaaraaya Namah.Om, to Him who sustains the living (beings), prostration !
18. Om Sarvaadhaaraaya Namah.Om, to Him sustains all, prostration !
19. Om Bhaktaavana- samarthaaya Namah.Om, to Him who has the power to protect His devotees, prostration !
20. Om Bhaktaavana- pratijnaaya Namah.Om, to Him who promises to grant favors to (His) devotees, prostration !
21. Om Anna-vastra- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants food and clothing, prostration !
22. Om Arogya-kshema- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants health and patience, prostration !
23. Om Dhana-maangalya- pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives wealth and fortune, prostration !
24. Om Riddhi-siddhi- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants (yogic)powers and realization, prostration !
25. Om Putra-mitra- kalatra-bandhu- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants sons, friends, wives and kin, prostration !
26. Om Yoga-kshema- vahaaya Namah.Om, to Him who brings forth yogic accomplishment, prostration !
27. Om Aapad-baandhavaaya Namah.Om, to Him who washes away misfortunes, prostration !
28. Om Maarga-bandhave Namah.Om, to (Shiva as sung in a celebrated hymn by the mystic, philospher, and literate Appayya Dikshita) the Friend along the path, prostration !
29. Om Bhukti-mukti- swargaapavarga- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants fruitions, liberation, heaven and abandonment of rebirth, prostration !
30. Om Priyaaya Namah.Om, to the Beloved One, prostration !
31. Om Priiti-vardhanaaya Namah.Om, to Him who increases love, prostration !
32. Om Antaryaamine Namah.Om, to (the Absolute as Paramatman, the Supreme Self) the Inner Ruler, prostration !
33. Om Saccidaatmane Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) who self Being and Consciousness are, prostration !
34. Om Nityaanandaaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) who is Eternal Bliss, prostration !
35. Om Parama-sukha- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants supreme ease, prostration !
36. Om Parameshvaraaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) the Supreme Lord, prostration !
37. Om Parabrahmane Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) the Supreme Brahman, prostration !
38. Om Paramaatmane Namah.Om, to the Supreme Self, prostration !
39. Om Jnaana-svaruupine Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) whose nature very nature gnosis is, prostration !
40. Om Jagatah pitre Namah.Om, to (Brahma) the Father of the universe, prostration !
41. Om Bhaktaanaam maatri dhatri pitaamahaaya Namah.Om, to (Brahma) who is a mother for (His) devotees, the Bearer (of universe) and the Great Sire, prostration !
42. Om Bhaktaabhaya- pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives to (His) devotees fearlessness, prostration !
43. Om Bhakta-paraadiinaay a Namah.Om, to Him who cares for (His) devotees, prostration !
44. Om Bhaktaanugraha- kaataraaya Namah.Om, to Him who is very gracious to (His) devotees, prostration !
45. Om Sharanaagata- vatsalaaya Namah.Om, to Him who loves those who seek refuge (in Him), prostration !
46. Om Bhakti-shakti- pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives devotion and power, prostration !
47. Om Jnaana-vairaagya- daaya Namah.Om, to Him who grants gnosis and detachment, prostration !
48. Om Prema-pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives love, prostration !
49. Om Samshaya-hridaya- daurbalya- paapakarma- vaasanaa- kshaya-karaaya Namah.Om, to Him who causes obliteration of doubts, heart feebleness, sins, karman( of present and past lives) and the traces (thereof), prostration !
50. Om Hridaya-granthi- bhedakaaya Namah.Om, to Him who cuts off the heart knot (Upanishadic metaphor for ultimate realization) , prostration !
51. Om Karma-dhvamsine Namah.Om, to the Destroyer of karman (of present and past lives), prostration !
52. Om Shuddha-sattvasthit aaya Namah.Om, to Him who stays in pure minds, prostration !
53. Om Gunaatiita-gunaatma ne Namah.Om, to (paramatman) who transcents attributes and (yet) is the very self of attributes, prostration !
54. Om Ananta-kalyaana- gunaaya Namah.Om, to (Vishnu as worshipped by the Pancaratra tradition) who is possessed of infinite auspicious attributes, prostration !
55. Om Amita-paraakramaaya Namah.Om, to Him whose strength is unmeasureable, prostration !
56. Om Jayine Namah.Om, to the Conqueror, prostration !
57. Om Durdharsha kshobhyaaya Namah.Om, to the Unconquerable and Unshakable One, prostration !
58. Om Aparaajitaaya Namah.Om, to the Invincible One, prostration !
59. Om Trilokeshu avighaatha-gataye Namah.Om, to (Vishnu in His descent in the world as the Brahmin dwarf, Vamana) whose going in unimpeded in the three worlds (earth, intermediate space, and heaven), prostration !
60. Om Ashakya-rahitaaya Namah.Om, to Him for whom nothing is impossible, prostration !
61. Om Sarva-shakti- muurtaye Namah.Om, to Him who is All-Powerful, prostration !
62. Om Suruupa-sundaraaya Namah.Om, to the Handsome and Beautiful One, prostration !
63. Om Sulocanaaya Namah.Om, to Him with beautiful eyes, prostration !
64. Om Bahu ruupa vishva muurtaye Namah.Om, to Him of many shapes, having all forms, prostration !
65. Om Aruupaavyaktaaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) the Formless and Unmanifest One, prostration !
66. Om Acintyaaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) the Unthinkabale One, prostration !
67. Om Suukshmaaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) the Subtle One, prostration !
68. Om Sarvaantaryaamine Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) who is everybody's Inner Ruler, prostration !
69. Om Manovaagatiitaaya Namah.Om, to (Paramatman) who transcends mind and speech, prostration !
70. Om Prema-muurtaye Namah.Om, to Him whose face Love (as the ultimate mystic experience) is, prostration !
71. Om Sulabha-durlabhaaya Namah.Om, to Him easy to reach (yet) difficult to approach, prostration !
72. Om Asahaaya sahaayaaya Namah.Om, the Helper of the Helpless, prostration !
73. Om Anaathanaatha- diina-bandhave Namah.Om, to the Protector of those without protector, the Friend of the poor, prostration !
74. Om Sarva-bhaara- bhrite Namah.Om, to Him who takes upon Himself everyone's burden, prostration !
75. Om Akarmaaneka- karma-sukarmine Namah.Om, to Him who well accomplishes the unsavory tasks, prostration !
76 Om Punya-shravana- kiirtanaaya Namah.Om, to Him the hearing of whose glorification is purifying, prostration !
77 Om Tiirthaaya Namah.Om, to the (holy) Ford, prostration !
78 Om Vaasudevaaya Namah.Om, to (Krishna) Vasudeva's Son, prostration !
79. Om Sataangataye Namah.Om, to the Ultimate Resort of the good, prostration !
80. Om Satparaayanaaya Namah.Om, to the Final End of the good, prostration !
81. Om Lokanaathaaya Namah.Om, to the Lord of the worlds, prostration !
82 Om Paavanaanaghaaya Namah.Om, to the Purifier Immaculate, prostration !
83. Om Amritaamshave Namah.Om, to (the Moon identified with Holy Plant Soma) whose filaments give forth the juice of immortality, prostration !
84. Om Bhaaskara-prabhaaya Namah.Om, to the Sun of shining halo, prostration !
85. Om Brahmacarya- tapascaryaadi- suvrataaya Namah.Om, to Him whose vows are chastity, asceticism and so on, prostration !
86. Om Satya-dharma- paraayanaaya Namah.Om, to Him who is the ultimate resort of truthfulness, prostration !
87. Om Siddheshvaraaya Namah.Om, to Shiva of Yogic powers, prostration !
88 Om Siddha-sankalpaaya- Namah.Om, to the Lord of the Realized Ones (the immortal yogin Dattatreya), prostration !
89. Om Yogeshvaraaya Namah.Om, to (Shiva) the Lord of Yoga, prostration !
90. Om Bhagavate Namah.Om, to the Possessor of Divine Glory, prostration !
91. Om Bhakta-vatsalaaya Namah.Om, to Him who loves His devotees, prostration !
92. Om Satpurushaaya Namah.Om, to the True Male (purusa), prostration !
93. Om Purushottamaaya Namah.Om, to the Best among Men, prostration !
94. Om Satya-tattva- bodhakaaya Namah.Om, to (the Guru) who awakens (His disciples) to the Principles of Reality, prostration !
95. Om Kaamaadi-shad- vairi-dhvamsine Namah.Om, to the Destroyer of the Six Foes beginning with Desire (Desire, Anger, Greed, Hatred, Pride, and Envy), prostration !
96 Om Abhed-aanandaanubha va-pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives the actual experience of Undivided Bliss, prostration !
97. Om Sama-sarva-mata- sammataaya Namah.Om, to (the Sai himself, here presented in a characteristic feature of His teaching) who approves all religious persuasions as equal, prostration !
98. Om Shrii dakshinaa-muurtaye Namah.Om, to the Venerable (Shiva as the Teacher of Absolute Truth through silence) with His face to the South(the direction of Death, as identified with one of the Fires in the Vedic sacrifice), prostration !
99. Om Shrii venkatesha ramanaaya Namah.Om, to Ramana, the Lord of Venkata Hill, prostration !
100. Om Adbhutaananta- caryaaya Namah.Om, to Him of wonderful and blissful deeds, prostration !
101. Om Prapannaarti- haraaya Namah.Om, to Him who takes away the pains of those who yield themselves (to Him), prostration !
102. Om Samsaara-sarva- duhkha-kshaya- karaaya Namah.Om, to the Cause of the obliteration of every suffering of the Round of Rebirth, prostration !
103. Om Sarvavit-sarvato- mukhaaya Namah.Om, to the Omniscient One, whose face is turned everywhere, prostration !
104. Om Sarvaantar-bahih- sthitaaya Namah.Om, to Him who stays inside and outside all(beings), prostration !
105. Om Sarva-mangala- karaaya Namah.Om, to the Cause of all auspiciousness, prostration !
106. Om Sarvaabhiista- pradaaya Namah.Om, to Him who freely gives all things wished for, prostration !
107. Om Samarasa-sanmaarga- sthaapanaaya Namah.Om, to Him who consolidates the Truth Path along which all experience (for the mystic) has the same taste, prostration !
108. Om Shrii samartha sadguru Saaii naathaaya Namah.Om, to the Venerable Efficacious True Guru, the Lord Sai, prostration !

Gayathri Mantra of Shirdi Sai Baba

Lord Shirdi Sai Baba
Sai Gayathri Mantra

Aum Shirdi Vasaaya Vidmahe
Sachchidhaanandaaya Dhimahee
Thanno Sai Prachodayath

Meaning
We know this Sai is Supreme Divinity incarnate. We meditate on this God of Truth. May this Almighty Personality lead us on the path of total liberation

Best Time to Chant : Thursdays
Number of Times to Chant : 11, 33, 108, or 1008 times

Satvika Tyagam (Atmasamarpan Mantra)

 Surrendering yourself to God
Lord Narayana



Kayena vacha manasendriyairva
Buddhyatmana va prakrite swabhavath
Karomi yadyad sakalam parasmai
Narayanayeti samarpayami



Meaning
Whatever i do with my speech, Whatever I do with my body, Whatever I do with my mind, Whatever I do with my soul or with other senses of my body,  And whatever I do with natures help! I offer (dedicate) everything to Lord Narayana.