Sai Navguruvar Vrath

[saidevotee]

This vrath is done for 9 Thursdays.
Puja Vidhi (Rules):

• This vrat can be started from any Thursday by uttering “SAI BABA’s”name.
• This vrat has to be continued for 9 Thursdays.
• Any male, female or child can do this vrat.
• On these 9 Thursdays, individual who is doing vrat can eat fruit/milk/sweets, etc., all day long or can have one meal a day. One must not do this vrat without eating anything.
• If possible, go to ‘SAI BABA’ temple to have ‘SAI BABA’S ‘ darshan on these 9 thursadays.
• At home, do pooja/prayer of ‘SAI BABA’ as follows:
• In the morning or in the evening, do the pooja as mentioned below.
• Put yellow cloth in front of you and place, “SAI BABA’s” photo or statue on this cloth.
• Light lamp (diya) in front of BABA’s picture.
• Wash or wipe BABA’s picture with clean water and cloth.
• Put tikka (bindi on the forehead) with “kumkum”(red powder) on BABA’s face.
• Offer yellow flower to BABA.
• Offer fruits or sweets to BABA as naivedya (Prasad).
• Read this SAI story and read/sing “SAI BABA’s” arti after finishing pooja and reading story.
• Tell BABA why you are doing this vrat and ask him to fulfill your wish.
• Give Prasad to all your friends and family members and you also eat it some.
• If because of any reason, you cannot do vrat on any Thursday, slip that Thursday and continue the next Thursday.
• On the 9th Thursday, celebrate “SAI VRAT”. In the celebration process, feed 5 poor people and distribute this SAI VRAT book among people. One can give 5 to 11 etc.
• Put this SAI VRAT story book or printed paper which you are going to distribute among people, when you do pooja and give them to people. By doing this, their wishes will be fulfilled very soon too.
• All wishes will be fulfilled by doing this vrat.

In US, since distributing books to devotees is tough, we usually print this story and leave the copy in the temple for devotees.

[saidevotee]

Sai Vrat Story

Kokilaben and her husband Maheshbai used to live in a big city and they had lots of love for each other. But Maheshbai’s nature was very annoying and he had no sense of talking. Neighbors’ were also very much frustrated by his kind of nature. Kokilaben had lots of faith in God and she was very religious. She was tolerating all her problems silently having lots of faith in God that God will make everything alright one day. But because of Maheshbai’s nature, their business went down gradually and there was not enough income. He started staying at home all day his nature becoming worst.

It was an afternoon one old saint came to Kokilaben’s door. There was enormous light on his face. And he asked for rice and dal(lentils). Kokilaben gave him rice and dal and she folded her hands and said Namaste ( greetings). Saint replied “ SAI WILL ALWAYS KEEP YOU HAPPY”, Kokilaben said, “There is no happiness in my life” and she told all her problems to the saint.

After listening to all her problems, Saint told her about “SAI NAV (NINE) GURUWAR (THURSDAY) VRAT”.

Saint told as follows about the vrat

• This vrat can be started from any Thursday by uttering “SAI BABA’s”name.
• This vrat has to be continued for 9 Thursdays.
• Any male, female or child can do this vrat.
• On these 9 Thursdays, individual who is doing vrat can eat fruit/milk/sweets, etc., all day long or can have one meal a day. One must not do this vrat without eating anything.
• If possible, go to ‘SAI BABA’ temple to have ‘SAI BABA’S ‘ darshan on these 9 thursadays.
• At home, do pooja/prayer of ‘SAI BABA’ as follows:
o In the morning or in the evening, do the pooja as mentioned below.
o Put yellow cloth in front of you and place, “SAI BABA’s” photo or statue on this cloth.
o Light lamp (diya) in front of BABA’s picture.
o Wash or wipe BABA’s picture with clean water and cloth.
o Put tikka (bindi on the forehead) with “kumkum”(red powder) on BABA’s face.
o Offer yellow flower to BABA.
o Offer fruits or sweets to BABA as naivedya (Prasad).
o Read this SAI story and read/sing “SAI BABA’s” arti after finishing pooja and reading story.
o Tell BABA why you are doing this vrat and ask him to fulfill your wish.
o Give Prasad to all your friends and family members and you also eat it some.
o If because of any reason, you cannot do vrat on any Thursday, slip that Thursday and continue the next Thursday.
o If female is doing this vrat, skip the Thursday during menstrual cycle period.
o On the 9th Thursday, celebrate “SAI VRAT”. In the celebration process, feed 5 poor people and distribute this SAI VRAT book among people. One can give 5 to 11 etc.
o Put this SAI VRAT story book or printed paper which you are going to distribute among people, when you do pooja and give them to people. By doing this, their wishes will be fulfilled very soon too.
o All wishes will be fulfilled by doing this vrat.

In this kali age (Kaliyug), ths vrat is very effective. This vrat will give desired fruit to doer, but doer must have full faith and patience. Whoever will distribute this “SAI VRAT” book among people and make good the name of SAI and this vrat, then all their wishes will be fulfilled.

After listening about this SAI vrat from saint, Kokilaben also decided to do this vrat. She started vrat from the Thursday. And she finished 8 GURUWARS (Thursdays) with full faith. On the 9th GURUWAR, she fed poor people and distributed SAI vrat books among friends and relatives.

As soon as she finished the vrat, all the quarrels vanished from her house, prosperity , happiness and peace spread in her home. Maheshbai’s nature was changed completely. Their business started doing well in a short time and started seeing prosperity. Both husband and wife started living happily. One day, Kokilaben’s sister-in-law and her brother came from Surat. Her sister-in-law was talking with Kokilaben. The former said that her kids were not studying and getting failed in exams. Kokilaben told her about “SAI VRAT”. She said, SAI devotion will make education better. Have full faith in “SAI BABA”. He helps everyone. Kokilaben’s sister-in-law asked the details of the vrat.

Kokilaben told about the ‘SAI VRAT’ in detail. And explained her everything about the vrat. Her sister-law went to Surat and she sent a letter after few days. She wrote that her children have started doing ‘SAI VRAT’ and now they are studying very well. She also did vrat and distributed “SAI VRAT” book in her office. One of her friends, who had a very hard time in getting married, got married to a very nice man after started doing “SAI VRAT” and she got her stolen jeweler box back. It was a great miracle.
Hey “SAI BABA’, as you have blessed these people, please bless all others too.




OM SHREE SAI RAM
OM SHREE SAI RAM
OM SHREE SAI RAM