Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 114
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Heir To The State
The King of the then Akkalkot State, Shriman Maloji Raje was a great and loyal
devotee of Sri Swami Samarth. He desired for a son. By the kind grace of Sri Swamiji
Queen Rani Sahiba became pregnant. People asked Sri Swamiji “Maharaj, Our
Rajesaheb will get a son or a daughter? ”. Sri Swamiji did not reply straightway but
said, “Bring a bangle”. So as per Sri Swamiji’s hint Rajesaheb got a daughter. The
second time too, Rajesaheb got a daughter. Now for the third time Ranisahiba became
pregnant. When people asked, Sri Swamiji made a dramatic gesture of handling a
military handgun and said, “start simultaneous discharges of many fire arms” (i.e. he
meant – start celebrating) and Rajesaheb got a son. He got his heir to the then, State
of Akkalkot.
Naivedya from Brahmin Lady
A poor Brahmin lady had brought Naivedya for Sri Swamiji with great devotion
but the attendants were not paying any attention to her. She mentally started praying
unto Sri Swamiji and took a seat away from the prime area. In the meantime Sri
Swamiji spoke “Who has stopped Naivedya of that Brahmin lady? Bring your Navaidya
here”. The Brahmin lady came forward and placed the Naivedya in front of Sri Swamiji.
He accepted the food with great love. He was pleased and blessed her “You will give
birth to a mischievous boy”. Hearing this the Brahmin lady became ecstatic. In fact she
had no offspring till the age of forty-five. By the kind grace of Sri Swamiji she became a
mother of a son.
Lord Hanuman In Darkness
A lawyer from Mumbai named Dwarakadas came to Akkalkot for the ‘Darshan’ of
Sri Swamiji. It was 7:00 PM and Sri Swamiji was taking nap on a cot. The lawyer burnt
camphor in front of Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji got up and spoke angrily “You have come
to pray for a son and our Hanuman 200 is sitting in darkness. If you observe, Swamisut
Maharaj is sitting in darkness in the temple of Lord Krishna”. Dwarakadas went to the
temple of Lord Krishna and lighted all lamps. Then Sri Swamiji asked the lawyer to
bring grams. Sri Swamiji took the grams in his hand and started playing for nearly an
hour. Later he gave those grams to the lawyer as Prasad . After a few days the lawyer
became the father of a son.
In this world, a household person becomes very happy by begetting a son. This
does not mean that without a son, parents will not get liberation from bondages of this
world. Sri Swamiji did not agree with the understanding that parents having no male
offspring will not get liberation from the bondages of this world.
200 Hanuman: Monkey God as per Hindu religion and symbolizes extreme and pure devotion to Lord Rama
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