Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 146
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I Belong To the Devotee, Devotee Belongs To Me
When a soul takes shelter under God, then God also accepts the soul as his own.
He is the Master of orphans. He gives shelter to the helpless. He gives strength to the
weak. Then he takes complete responsibility of the welfare of the devotee. He always
considers it, as a duty to save the honour of His devotee. It is always the vow of God
that He belongs to the devotee and the devotee belongs to Him.
Your Honour Is My Responsibility
Attendance in Office
In Solapur Vishnupant, Chintopant Tol’s Son, was worked as a Government
servant in the collector’s office. Once, Sri Swamiji came to Tol’s house. After finishing
his bath and daily worship, Tol offered food to Sri Swamiji as naivedya. However, Sri
Swamiji did not accept it. It was 10 A. M. Vishnupant had to attend his office. The
collector and the officers were normally very punctual. So Chintopant told Vishnupant
“You go inside, take food and then go to office”. However, Vishnupant was also a
faithful devotee of Sri Swamiji. How could he take food before Sri Swamiji accepts food?
So he decided, whatever happens, he will not take food unless Sri Swamiji accepts it.
Finally Sri Swamiji took his food at 11:00AM. Then Vishnupant finished his
meals and reached his office. He then requested the Head Clerk to forgive him for
coming late. The head clerk said, “Why forgive? Today you came to work even earlier to
me. See here your signature is here in the attendance register”. When Vishnupant
narrated the truth, all were surprised. By his miraculous work, Sri Swamiji had saved
the honour of Vishnupant.
Four Thousand People Ate the Food Meant For Forty
Sri Swamiji took a halt in village Rampur near Akkalkot. Raoji Patil of Rampur
had vowed that he would feed forty Brahmins in the honour of Sri Swamiji. Now when
Sri Swamiji had come to Rampur, Raoji Patil decided to fulfil his vow. His relative
Vithabai collected food items meant for forty people and prepared the food. Then Raoji
worshipped Sri Swamiji and then offered naivedya food but Sri Swamiji did not accept
it. After sometime he said, “Feed everybody”.
However, this created a difficult situation for Raoji. The food was meant for
forty people only and thousands of people had come for Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’.
Meanwhile Sri Swamiji asked Vithabai to come there along with a basket.
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