Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 112 _________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 113 _________________________________________________________________________________________ son”. So she extended her Anchal 198 with an earnest prayer. Sri Swamiji was pleased with her prayer and put the bone piece in her Anchal instead. By the kind grace of Sri Swamiji, good fortune dawned on the lady from the Mahar Community and she gave birth to a son. Jahagirdar of Abdulpur In Abdulpur of Hyderbad State, under the then Government of Nizam, there was a Jahagirdar by name Deshpande who had two wives but no children. Deshpande was sixty year old. To earn God’s favour he went to the holy place Ganagapur in Karnataka State. There he got a vision in his dream directing him to go to Akkalkot. So he went to Akkalkot with his wives. After taking ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji they stood in front of him. Sri Swamiji said, “If a hundred gold coins donated, you will get a brinjal (daughter) and if a thousand gold coins donated, you will get an elephant (son)”. And Sri Swamiji put a cocoanut in the Anchal of the first wife and then asked them to put the same cocoanut in the ‘Anchal’ of the second wife. Jahagirdar Deshpande worshipped Sri Swamiji in Shodshopchar way and arranged sumptuous meals to thousand Brahmins. Then Deshpande returned home by mentally offering continuous prayers to Sri Swamiji. Then in time, Deshpande got one son and one daughter by the kind grace of Sri Swamiji. Nagar Brahmin Moreshwar Hari was a Nagar Brahmin staying at Burhanpur. He had no children. He came to Sri Swamiji and prayed “Maharaj, without a son, life becomes a total failure. Hence, kindly shower your grace and bless me a son”. Sri Swamiji became compassionate towards him and gave him a cocoanut as a blessing and Moreshwar got a son. He named his son ‘Datta’. Moreshwar carried out the first hair cutting ceremony of his son at Akkalkot itself. Then he arranged for sumptuous meals to the Brahmins and returned home by singing merits in praise of Sri Swamiji. Pandurang Jadhav In Pune, there was a gentleman named Pandurang Bapuji Jadhav. He had four sons but unfortunately all the four sons died within a period of two months. Jadhav couple became very unhappy. Jadhav’s wife Bhagubai was very pious. One day she listened to the biography of Sri Swamiji and she became his devotee. She started mentally repeating the name of Sri Swami Samarth regularly. One day she got a vision in her dream and Sri Swamiji spoke “If I give you a son, what would you give me in return? ”. Bhagubai said, “I shall offer my son at your lotus feet and make him Brahmachari 199 ”. After few days she became pregnant and then she gave birth to a son. Then as per her promise she offered her son at the lotus feet of Sri Swamiji. 198 Anchal: The border of her saree. Generally Women extend the border of their saree to accept blessings from a Sadguru or Deity. The blessings can be in various forms: coconut, cloth, rice etc depending on the Sadguru’s wish at the time. 199 Brahmachari: A celibate. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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