Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 105
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around his neck and threw it towards the blind Pandit. Pandit took the garland and with
great devotion touched his eyes softly with it. The very touch of that garland restored
his eyesight. With this miracle, Pandit got so much overcome by vehement emotion that
he spoke “Maharaj I was blind by birth. By your kind grace I regained my eyesight.
Kindly allow me to render devotional service at your lotus feet”. He returned home with
great happiness and continued rendering devotional service to Sri Swamiji.
Janaki
There was a lady named Janaki from Pune. She suffered from some eye-illness
and she lost her eyesight. She tried all types of treatment but there was no use. Then
she came to Sri Swamiji at Akkalkot. While she was taking ‘Darshan’, Sri Swamiji spoke
to her “Treat your eyes with elephant urine and you will regain your eyesight”. She did
accordingly and her eyesight was restored. Then she worshipped Sri Swamiji and
offered food as Naivedya. After this she returned home happily.
Soordas
Before his manifestation, while wandering, Sri Swami Samarth went to
Dwaraka145 in Gujarath State. At Dwaraka, there was a blind saint who was known as
Soordas. Sri Swamiji touched the eyes of Soordas with his hand. Soordas regained his
eyesight and when he opened his eyes he was stunned to see Lord Krishna Himself,
standing in front of him holding a conch, a chakra (A holy sharp circular weapon) and a
mace. He became fully content by the ‘Darshan’ of his tutelary deity. Sri Swamiji,
seeing his true devotion, blessed Soordas with a boon saying “You will get freed from
threefold botheration and attain Divine Knowledge”.
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