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According to the ancient and revered custom, Hemadpant begins the work, Shri Sai Satcharita, with various salutations.
(1) First, he makes obeisance to the God Ganesh¹ to remove all obstacles and make the work a success, and says that Shri Sai is God Ganesh Himself. DO
(2) Then, to goddess Saraswati to inspire him to write the work and says that Shri Sai is one with this Goddess, and that He is Himself singing His own life.
(3) Then, to the Gods; Brahma, Vishnu and Shankar - the Creating, Preserving and Destroying deities respectively, and says that Sainath is one with them and He, the great teacher, will carry us across the river of worldly existence.
(4) Then, to his tutelary deity Narayan Adinath, who manifested himself in Konkan - the land reclaimed by Parashurama³, (Ram in the Hindi version) from the sea; and to the Adi (Original) Purush of the family.
(5) Then, to Bharadwaj Muni, into whose gotra (clan) he was born and also to various Rishis, Yagnyavalkya, Bhrugu, Parashar, Narad, Vedavyas, Sanak, Sanandan, Sanatkumar, Shuka, Shounak, Vishwamitra, Vasishtha, Valmiki, Vamadev, Jaimini, Vaishampayan, Nava Yogindra etc; and also modern saints, such as Nivrutti, Dnyanadev, Sopan, Muktabai, Janardan, Eknath, Namdev, Tukaram, Kanha, and Narahari etc.
ISBN:WONDERFULLIFE
