Pearls of Devotion
19. Om Shri Sai Yashakaaya Shirdi Vaasine Namah
[Who was famous in the previous body as the resident of Shirdi.]
Baba has proved many a times He is the incarnation of Shirdi Sai Baba. Shirdi Sai Baba Himself had told His devotees that He would be reborn after eight years. Likewise, Sri Sathya Sai Baba was born on 1926, eight years after Shirdi Sai Baba’s end of earthly life.
In His childhood days, young Sathya sang songs of Sai Baba. He once threw jasmine flowers on the floor. The words ‘Sai Baba’ were formed. At the age of fourteen, Baba declared He is the incarnation of Shird Sai Baba. In one more breathtaking incident, Baba asked about an idol of Aanjaneye to the queen of Chincoli. The idol had been given to the king by Shidi Sai. Even the rani did not know about the whereabouts of the idol. But Baba found the idol for the queen in the palace.
