Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 115
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No Liberation For Parents Having No Male Child
Once a Puranik166 from South India had come to Akkalkot. He started
displaying his knowledge in the presence of Sri Swamiji. He started saying “Person
without a son will not get liberation from worldly bondage”.
Listening to these words uttered by Puranik, Sri Swamiji said “Why do you cross
the decorum of good manners and mode of Puranas and exhibit your meaningless
learning here? How do you make a definite conclusion that without a son one will not
get liberation from this worldly bondage? Did the parrot (Shukmuni, son of Vyas) had a
son? Did the lutanist (means: Naradmuni25) had a son? Did Vamdeo had a son? You
are also without a son, would you go to hell? Instead of singing the merits in the praise
of God, what type of useless talk have you started? Why do you state your definite
conclusions that a person without a son will not reach heaven? The deliverance from the
bondages of life and death does not depend upon the son. If did depend upon the son,
then dogs and pigs certainly would have attained this deliverance. Hence it is a fact that
the deliverance and death or the attainment of heaven never depends upon the son. On
the contrary, whatever sins a father commits for bringing up a son takes him to hell”.
Sri Swamiji never agreed with the established truths. He always blessed
a childless person with a child with the sole purpose that a household person
should experience happiness, which would eventually invoke sincere love
towards God and start singing hymns in the praise of God.
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