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The 51 chapters of the
Shri Sai Satcharitra.

Hemadpant’s biography of Sai Baba was written between 1910 and 1916, published in Marathi in 1929 and translated to English by N. V. Gunaji. The 51 chapters below are the canonical record. Each page is a factual summary with every verbatim quote sourced from the original text.

We are reading and writing one chapter at a time. 47 of 47 are currently available. The rest are linked to the source and being added.

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01Salutations & the Grinding of Wheatread → 02Object of Writing; Hemadpant title; Necessity of a Gururead → 03Sai Baba's Sanction; the Rohilla; Baba's Nectar-like Wordsread → 04Sai Baba's First Advent in Shirdiread → 05Welcome Sai; the Lamps with Water; Padukas; Mohdin; Javhar Aliread → 06Rama-Navami Festivalread → 07Hand in the Fire; Plague Sufferings; Visit to Pandharpurread → 08Importance of Human Life; Bayajabairead → 09Tarkhad Familyread → 10Sai as Gururead → 11Omnipresenceread → 12Manasa bhajare guru charanamread → 13Cures of Diseasesread → 14Dakshina — Part 1read → 15Cholkar's Sugarless Tea; Two Lizardsread → 16-17Brahmajnana; the Pundit's Questionread → 18-19Radhabai's Two Pice (Shraddha & Saburi); Cast Your Burdenread → 20Isavasya Upanishad Translationread → 21V.H. Thakur; Anantrao Patankar (Nine-fold Bhakti); Pandharpur Pleaderread → 22Rescues from Snake-bites; Baba's Opinion on Killing Serpentsread → 23Yoga and Onion; Shama's Snake-bite; Cholera Ordinances; Goat Ordealread → 24Baba's Wit & Humour: Chana Leela; Sudama; Anna vs. Mavsibairead → 25Damu Anna Kasar: Speculations and the Mango Miracleread → 26Bhakta Pant; Pitale's Epileptic Son; Ambadekar Saved from Suicideread → 27Consecrated Books; Vishnu-Sahasra-Nam; Vitthal Vision; Khaparderead → 28Sparrows Drawn to Shirdi: Lakhamichand; Burhanpore Lady; Megharead → 29Madrasi Bhajani Mela; Tendulkar Family; Captain Hate; Narvekarread → 30Drawn to Shirdi: Kakaji Vaidya; Shama's Vows; Khushalchand; Ramalalread → 31Passings in Baba's Presence: Vijayanand, Mankar, Noolkar, Megha, Tigerread → 32In Quest of Guru and God; the Vanjari; Fasting Disapproved; Baba's Sircarread → 33Greatness of Udi: Jamner Miracle; Scorpion; Plague; Karnikread → 34Udi Cures: Doctor's Nephew; Dr. Pillay; Plague; Bombay Ladyread → 35Tested and Never Found Wanting: Thakkar; Insomnia; Balaji Newaskarread → 36Two Goa Gentlemen; Mrs. Aurangabadkar's Coconutread → 37The Chavadi Processionread → 38Baba's Handi; Kala; Cup of Butter-Milkread → 39-40Baba's Sanskrit; Gita IV.34; Booty Wada → Samadhi Mandirread → 41Picture from Bandra; B.V. Deo Stealing the Rags; Jnaneshwariread → 42Mahasamadhi — Previous Indications; Rs. 9 to Laxmibairead → 43-44Mahasamadhi; 72-hour Samadhi (1886); Nectar-like Wordsread → 45Kakasaheb's Doubt; Anandrao's Vision; the Wooden Plankread → 46Shama's Gaya Trip; Two Goats Past-Liferead → 47Veerbhadrappa and Chenbassappa (Snake and Frog)read → 48Signs of Sadguru; Shevade; Sapatnekars and Murlidharread → 49Hari Kanoba's Sandals; Somadeva Swami; Nana and Beautyread → 50Kakasaheb Dixit; Tembye Swami; Balaram Dhurandharread → epilogueEpilogue — Greatness of Sai; Fala-Shruti; Prasad-Yachanaread →
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Slight wording differences exist between translations. We use Gunaji’s adaptation as the primary source.