Many students pray, “If I pass with a first class, I’ll break five coconuts at Your feet.” Does this mean God does not have coconuts at His disposal? All objects we offer, like leaf, flower, water, etc., have an allegorical significance. The word narikela stands for a coconut. Every Indian must grasp the inner meaning of offering a coconut to God. We never offer the coconut as it is. We remove the fibre that covers it and offer the fruit that is free from all the external fibre. Only then is it possible to break the coconut. By breaking the coconut, the water in it flows out. The heart is the coconut and it is covered by the fibre of desire. The water that flows out is the samskara or purification. The fibres on the surface are the desires. We must strip the heart of all desires and offer the core without the fibre. It then becomes an offering to God.
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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