Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 112
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Swamiji only after taking a bath. Hence she went to the lake to purify herself for her
bath.
To avoid this ‘Prasad’ getting lost in the water just by chance she buried the two
dried date fruits in the sand. After taking bath she came home and forgot to bring the
‘Prasad’ along with her. At night she remembered about the ‘Prasad’. However, she
could not go to the lake since it was dark. Therefore, she went in the morning to the
lake. She dug up the place where she had buried ‘Prasad’ but instead she found two
eggs in place of the two dried date fruits. She picked up those two eggs. By that time
both the eggs cracked, two birds came out of them and flew away.
When the people came to know of this, they criticised her for her foolishness in
neglecting the ‘Prasad’ given by Sri Swamiji. She went crying to Sri Swamiji and
narrated the incident. Sri Swamiji became very angry and said “You foolish lady what
do you expect from me? Get lost from here”. Sri Swamiji, out of anger gave her abuses.
Nevertheless, she continued her devotional service with great determination. Pleased by
her devotional service Sri Swamiji blessed her and gave her a cocoanut. Within a few
days her strong desire of motherhood was fulfilled by the kind grace of Sri Swamiji.
Jujube Tree
Ramkrishnarao Sirdesai from Mumbai served in Department of Railway. He had
no children. So he came to Akkalkot along with his wife Annapoornabai. Sri Swamiji
said “Render your service to Jujube tree, then you will get a son with the radiance of
fire”. However, Ramkrishnarao came to know that nobody goes round a Jujube Tree.
Therefore, his wife Annapoornabai started going around the Peepal Tree instead. This
did not serve any purpose. He asked saints and ascetics about this Jujube Tree. An
ascetic named Brahmanand told him “You have not understood fully the true meaning
of Sri Swamiji’s words. Sri Swamiji calls Saint Sri Swamisut as ‘Jujube Tree’.”
Ramkrishnarao along with his wife went to Sri Swamisut’s Muth and started rendering
devotional service. In due course Annapoornabai gave birth to a son, by the kind grace
of Sri Swamiji.
Prasad of Bones
A lady of Lingayat merchant community was childless. She came to Akkalkot to
offer her prayers to Sri Swamiji. At the time, Sri Swamiji was sitting in the locality of
Mahar community. A large bone piece lay nearby Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji picked up this
bone and gave it to the lady with blessings and said, “Take this boy”. However, the lady
thought that touching the piece of bone, which had contact with untouchables, would
pollute her. She did not go forward to accept the bone piece offered by Sri Swamiji.
At the time a lady belonging to the Mahar community, was sitting nearby and
she had no children as well. She prayed to Sri Swamiji “Maharaj kindly bless me with a
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