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Bhagavan Sathya Sai Baba's
500-year old horoscope
Astrological predictions of Baba's
advent
There is
an institution in New Delhi known as Indian Astro-Occult Research
Association. Dr. E.V. Sastry, a famous and prominent member of the
association happened to read the book Sathyam Sivam Sundaram.
He then began a search to find out from Nadi Grandham available in
Tamil Nadu, about the indications in Baba's horoscope. It was very
strange, wonderful and startling. In these collections of grandhas
which are more than five hundred years old and are considered as
one of the wonders of the world, were found some parts describing
Baba, all of which were not in a single instance, different from
what is published about Baba's life in the book Sathyam Sivam
Sundaram. This truth made him wonderstruck. Thereafter, he had
great faith in Baba's greatness and marvelled at the advancement
of the science of astrology developed by great sage like Agasthya,
Budha and Sukra. Dr. Sastry (it may be mentioned here incidentally
that his pen name is 'Leo') happened to come to Puttaparthi in
November 1960 on the birthday of Baba. On that occasion Dr. Sastry
had with him an old palm leaf taken out from the Nadi Grandham,
which contained details about Baba written by some incognito, but
an old, famous and well learned pandit.
On that auspicious day he placed it at the Lotus Feet of Baba and
felt gratified.
That piece of palm leaf was only 36 centimeters long and 1/2 cms.
broad. But within the breadth of 1/2 cms. on either side were 26
lines each containing 250 letters. Several facts were detailed
therein. Only with the aid of a most powerful microscope could
these letters be read clearly. These descriptions written in old
Tamil poetic stanzas, in the form of an essay, were very
beautiful, fully apt and highly illuminative. In that, not a
single letter or word was redundant of uninformative. Palm leaves
of this kind written in Sanskrit, are also found. Dr. K.M. Munshi
had said that there are such grandhas written in the Tibetan
language also.
In Tamil Nadu, there are kept in custody as sole private property,
their divisions of the aforementioned palm leaf grandhas, under
the names of Agasthya Nadi, Budha and Sukra nadi. Dr. Sastry
contacted these three divisions and collected facts about Baba
from these different grandhas, detailed according to the planetary
position of Baba's horoscope. What is most astonishing to us in
this is that the planetary position indicated in all the three
grandhas at the time of Baba's birth into this world is
identically the same without any difference whatsoever. In each of
these, facts are enumerated in the form of poetry and past and
present incidents in Baba's life are so truly described that we
are awe-stricken at the accuracy and information. After reading
all this we are struck with wonder at our ancestor's predictions
of events that was done accurately without any mistake, and at the
perfection of the science of astrology which has enabled them to
predict so.
In one Nadi Grandhas the following is said: "The person to whom
this horoscope relates, in his previous birth was Sai Baba, who
was a famous Maharishi. He was also a world famous Sad Guru!"
Another Nadi says, "I am an avatar of Sai". This fact cannot be
contradicted also. In all three Nadis, the names of his father and
mother are mentioned, clearly, truly and accurately. In addition,
another fact clearly mentioned in these is, "the person to whom
this horoscope relates, whose name is Sathyanarayana Raju, will
renounce the world in his boyhood, will start schools and
hospitals, will publish books for the upliftment of the world,
will spend every day of his whole lifetime for the establishment
of dharma, which is his ideal and objective." Another fact written
in Budha Nadi is, "the person to whom this horoscope relates will
spend the whole of his lifetime always enjoying the bliss derived
from uniting jivatma with paramatma." In Agastheya Nadi it is
mentioned that Baba will be an all merciful avatar of God. Not
only that, but is it also mentioned the He will be, Akkilathara
pitha i.e. authority on manava vamsam, preceptor, protector, and
father of the world.
In Sukra Nadi it is written, "Baba will have all the siddhis
possessed by Sai Baba; by love, kidness and knowledge he will
establish eternal bliss in this world. He will establish a mandir
which will be conducive for practising tapas etc." On top of all
this is another important passage in Sukra Nadi, i.e. "the person
to whom this horoscope relates will be an avatar amongst the
avatars". Another sentence is, "He will derive immense pleasure in
the service of mankind."
Those who are fortunate enough to have darshan of Baba and enjoyed
the bliss of hearing His nectar-like words, and seen every action
of His filled with mercy and sweetness and those who are able to
understand at least one tenth of a millionth part of that great
truth, even without the necessity of knowing what is mentioned in
these Nadis, have understood the greatness of Baba. But, even for
them, the fact about His coming into being, written separately,
several centuries before His incarnation by three special expert
astrologers, detailing his horoscope aspects, describing His
character which is in no way different from what we see now in
Him, is an agreeable surprise.
But in spite of the wonderful description written several
centuries before, of the character and qualities of this avatar,
and experiencing these great qualities with our very eyes of this
great avatar there are some doubting Thomas' and this will help in
clearing their doubts. Not only that, it is good if any of those,
who have not yet got firm faith in Baba's divinity, are now
convinced...
From: Sanathana
Sarathi, February 1961 |