Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 134
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to go to hell by committing this sin? ”. When Sri Swamiji exposed their secret, those
two people got so much ashamed and embarrassed that they fled the scene.
The Sayings of a Saint
Once, a saint of Kabir-Sect came to Akkalkot. Early in the morning he would go
out with an Indian lute in his hand, wearing garland and adoring the auspicious mark on
his forehead, singing songs. One day Sri Swamiji was sitting on the porch of someone’s
house. At that time the saint was passing by singing with full gestures quoting “This is
the sayings of a saint. This is the saying of a saint”. Hearing these words, Sri Swamiji
rolled and tossed about laughing. He then started mocking the saint by showing the
action of conjugal union by hand and started singing in the same tone “This is the
sayings of a saint”. The disciples and devotees sitting there also started laughing. By
the gesture of Sri Swamiji, the disciples-devotees understood that the saint is a
hypocrite. They followed the saint and reached the place where he had put up. There
they found a coquettish woman, busy in the service of that saint.
In fact, this so-called saint had enticed a married woman and brought her in his
service. Such a saint was moving round singing and advising people to follow the
sayings of a saint. Once fully exposed, the so-called saint ran away from Akkalkot.
Radha’s Breasts Got Dissolved
There was a beautiful prostitute named Radha. She came for Sri Swamiji’s
‘Darshan’. After looking at the lustrous body of Sri Swamiji, Radha had a doubt in her
mind as to whether Sri Swamiji had, at any time, enjoyed the companionship of a
woman or not. Knowing her thoughts, Sri Swamiji asked her “What is the difference
between a man and a woman? ”. Radha replied, “Maharaj, woman’s body is constituted
by separate parts like breasts than the body of a man”. Sri Swamiji immediately spoke
to her “Give your breasts to the Brahmin. Why are you sitting here looking at me? ”.
Hearing this, she went away. Within a few days her breasts started slowly dissolving
and her chest became very plain like a man. She greatly repented. She then earned
merit by performing charitable acts and finally went to Benaras and lived there till the
end.
Vamanrao Gholap
In Pune there was an engineer by name Wamanrao Gholap. He earned lots of
money by corruption. With money power he started committing adultery. One day he
had been to commit adultery with a lady but they were caught red-handed by her
husband who registered a criminal case against him. He lost his sleep. He surrendered
himself to Sri Swamiji and started praying, “Akkalkotniwasi Mother, kindly get me
released. You protect me from this calamity. Henceforth I shall not commit any such
evil act like adultery. Kindly shower your mercy and save me”. Out of repentance, when
he gave up all his evil acts and surrendered, the kind-hearted Sri Swamiji showered
mercy on Wamanrao and got him acquitted. Then Wamanrao gave up his regular
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