- The heart, full of purity and poise (Satwa) is the Ocean of milk.
- Steady contemplation of the Divine, either as i) your own reality or ii) as ideal to be reached, is Mandara mountain,
- placed in it as a churning rod Vasuki, the serpent wound round the churning rod as a rope,
- is the group of senses,
- emitting poisonous fumes
- during the process of churning and
- nearly frightening the asuras (demons) who held the head.
- The rope is
- held by good and bad impulses and
- both struggle with the churning process,
- eager for the results, which each has set the heart on!
- Grace of God is the
- Tortoise incarnation,
- for the Lord Himself comes to the rescue
- once
- HE knows that you are earnestly seeking the secret of Immortality!
- He comes,
- silently and
- unobserved,
- as the tortoise did,
- holding the reflection (manana) process
- unimpaired and
- serving as the steady base of all spiritual practices!
- Many things emerge from the mind, when churned,
- but the wise wait patiently
- for the appearance of the guarantor of immortality, and
- seize upon it with avidity!
- That is the lesson of the legend. It is a summary of Atma-vidya!
– Puttaparti Satya Sai Baba in the Divine Discourse on Jan 13, 1965
"I draw to Me, My man from far off or even across the seven Seas to Shirdi, like a sparrow with a string fastened to its feet"-Shirdi Sai Baba, Indian Spiritual Guru-God 