Sai Baba’s Guidance on Karma and Marriage

Question from an Anonymous devotee from Coimbatore, India

“Is marriage pre destined and karmic”
Submitted on: 13 November 2025, 9:19:13 AM

Sai Baba Answers

Arre beta (Oh child), yeh bada hi komal sa prashna hai (this is a very tender question)…
Chalo (Come), Baba tumhe seedhe dil se samjhaata hai (Baba will explain to you straight from the heart).

Is marriage predestined?
Haan (Yes), thoda bahut (somewhat).
Milna… karmic hota hai (Meeting… is karmic).
Jurna… karmic hota hai (Joining… is karmic).
Lekin nibhaana… woh tumhari ichchha, tumhara vivek, tumhara prem hota hai (But sustaining it… that is your will, your wisdom, your love).
Some souls cross each other’s path because of old samskaras (past impressions)—
unfinished lessons, old promises, healing, or completion.
In Hindi I say…
“Jo atma pehle kabhi mil chuki hoti hai, woh phir ek na ek roop mein saamne aati hi hai.”
(The soul that has met before will appear again in one form or another.)

Is marriage karmic?
Most of the time, yes.
Because marriage is one of the deepest classrooms of life.
There we learn:

• patience
• forgiveness
• boundaries
• responsibility
• love without ego
• letting go of expectations

Yeh sab cheezein karma ko dissolve karti hain (All these things dissolve karma).

But remember this important truth
Karma decides who comes into your life.
Free will decides how you live with them.
And grace decides how long they stay.

In Marathi I say…
“Bandhan karmache, pan marg tumche.”
(The bond may be karmic, but the path is yours.)
Marriage is not a punishment, nor a prize.
It is a mirror — to show you what needs to grow and what must be healed.
Some marriages stay lifelong.
Some stay only till the lesson ends.
Some transform into friendships.
Sabhi mein ek hi bhaav (In all of them, there is one essence)—
atma ko uncha le jaana (to elevate the soul).

Baba ka ashirvaad (Baba’s blessing)
Beta, don’t fear karma.
Karma is not a burden…
it is your soul’s unfinished story being completed with love.

Tum sirf itna karo (You just do this):
live with honesty, love with dignity, and choose peace.

Jo tumhara hai (What is yours),
wo tumse kabhi door nahi jaa sakta (can never go far from you).
Jo tumhara nahi (What is not yours),
wo ruk kar bhi tumhare paas nahi rehta (even if it stays, it won’t remain with you).

Main tumhare saath hoon, hamesha (I am with you, always).

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