Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 130 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Deception By The Milkman The festival of Gurupratipada 218 was being celebrated in the Muth of Sri Swami Samarth of Akkalkot. Arrangements were made to feed Brahmins with sumptuous meals. For the festival, milkman Malloo sold milk at twice the price, still it was found that water was added to the milk. After boiling the milk, it got completely spoilt. How can this word remain hidden from Sri Swamiji? Milkman Malloo had fifteen-twenty shebuffaloes. There was a miracle. Those she-buffaloes did not allow Malloo at all to milk them. Instead of milk, blood started oozing out from the udders of the buffaloes. The milkman became terrified seeing the blood. He tried all remedial treatments but in vain. He became very frustrated and started repenting. He went weeping to Sri Swamiji, Prayed for forgiveness and swore that he would never cheat in the future. Kind-hearted Sri Swamiji forgave the milkman with kind mercy and then his shebuffaloes started giving milk. Forgetting his ego, the milkman started rendering service by providing one seer of milk to the Muth daily for the ‘Prasad’. Repentance Itself Is Atonement Sri Swamiji had come to Solapur from Akkalkot. There, lakhs of people started pouring in to take Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. There was a merchant by name Chanbasappa. Seeing the pomp and prosperity of Sri Swamiji, he spoke to another merchant, Siddhappa Karanje, “Today, merchants, shopkeepers, children, women and men of Solapur have all gone to take ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji of Akkalkot. They are all foolish. Forgetting God Siddheshwar 219 of Solapur, people have gone crazy after an ascetic, Sri Swamiji”. Siddappa was a devotee. He spoke “Why should we commit sin by censuring God, Guru and the saints? Let us go and witness the Divine Power of Sri Swamiji”. Therefore, Chanbasappa and Siddappa both went for the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji. There was a miracle. Chanbasappa witnessed Goddess Parvati along with God Siddheshwar Kailasnath seated in the place of Sri Swamiji himself and glaring with splendour. He became nervous, started trembling with fear and prayed for the kind forgiveness. Then Sri Swamiji advised, “You have already repented. Repentance itself is atonement. Sin gets washed away and the mind gets purified”. The kind-hearted Sri Swamiji put down his pride and gave him a sense of oneness. Brahmin Paid Heavily For His Ego A woman Shivubai, from the then Hyderabad State, along with her son, had come to Akkalkot to take Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. Her son had become blind, after the thread ceremony. She prostrated at the lotus feet of Sri Swamiji and prayed for the 218 Gurupratipada: Worship of preceptor on the first day of lunar fortnight 219 Siddheshwar: Another name of Lord Shiva. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 131 _________________________________________________________________________________________ restoration of eyesight of her son. Sri Swamiji said, “Five giants are coming to test me. At that time, your son will get his eyesight restored”. In the meantime, five stout Vaishnav Brahmins, puffed with pride, came there to test Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji spoke to Shivubai’s kid “Ganesh, come here, just speak out sentence by sentence stored in these Brahmin’s mind along with the correct answer”. Sri Swamiji took out his garland and gave it to Ganesh to wear it. He then moved a marigold flower on both eyes of Ganesh. Instantly the boy started talking as his eyesight was restored. He refuted all the doubts stored in the minds of those Brahmins. All the Vaishnav Brahmins became ashamed and prostrated at the lotus feet of Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji then spoke to their religious instructor, “Because I eat food given by anybody, you slandered me and tried to test me. But your mother committed adultery with several Muslims. You were born to a Muslim father by name Imambaksh”. Hearing these words the religious instructor Brahmin was embarrassed. He repented and prayed to Sri Swamiji for cleansing his sin. Kind-hearted Sri Swamiji became merciful towards him and said “Now go and take bath in the river Ganga (Ganges) and follow Bhagwat Dharma 220 ”. The pride emanating from wealth, youth and knowledge always brings an impediment in the path of religious and spiritual progress. Therefore a Guru always destroys the pride of his devotee. When the human body itself is unreal, then what is the use of that pride? The well known saint Meerabai has said- “Dhana-Jobanaka Garab na keejai ! Jhootha Panchranga Chola re!” 220 Bhagwat Dharma: A system of divine faith and worship Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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