Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 14 _________________________________________________________________________________________ giving up the mission of his incarnation he remained immortal, until the end of Kalpa 28 . Lord Dattatrey is considered as the most dignified incarnation since he is the manifestation of the three Divine powers of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Mahesh. These three divine powers represent the creation, continuance and destruction of this Universe respectively. Sage Vasishtha, the Guru of Lord Rama and Krishna considers Lord Dattatrey as his Guru and honours him greatly by offering a standing obeisance. If a great soul like that of Sage Vasishtha, who is ever free from corporeal existence, is always absorbed in the contemplation of Brahma having detached himself of this worldly existence through worship, adoring and chanting the name of Lord Dattatrey, then ordinary souls like us that are dependent of others for welfare should definitely carry out similar worship and chanting without fail for our own upliftment. In Satya Yuga 29 , Lord Dattatrey took the first incarnation as the son of sage Atri and his virtuous wife Anasuya. He is three headed with six hands and is a constant wanderer. He lives on alms, always recollects and is very kind to his devotees. This is the original incarnation of Lord Dattatrey as described in Mythology. 28 Kalpa: A kalpa is a length of time in Hindu cosmology. It is equal to 4,320 million years, a "day of Brahma" or one thousand Yugas, measuring the duration of the world; a "month of Brahma" is supposed to contain thirty such Kalpas, or 129.6 billion years. According to the Mahabharata, 12 months of Brahma constitute his year, and 100 such years. Fifty years of Brahma's are supposed to have elapsed, and we are now in the shvetavaraha-kalpa of the fifty-first; at the end of a Kalpa the world is annihilated. 29 Satya yuga: The first Yuga or age, the golden age, comprising of one million seven hundred twentyeight thousand years. In Hindu tradition, the world goes through a continuous cycle of these epochs. Each ascending phase of the cycle from Kali Yuga to Satya Yuga is followed by a descending phase back to Kali Yuga, then another ascending phase and so on. Alternatively, it is sometimes supposed that at the end of the descending Kali Yuga, the world will return to the Satya Yuga, and begin a new decline. The descent from Satya to Kali is associated with progressively deterioration of Dharma (righteousness) manifested as decrease in length of human life and quality of human moral standards. The traditional virtues accorded highest value in the four epochs are: Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga - dhyana (meditation), Treta Yuga - yajna (sacrifice), Dvapara Yuga - archana (worship), Kali Yuga - daana (gifts) In the highest yuga, the great majority of the people can experience spirituality by direct intuitive realization of truth. The veil between the material and the transcendent realms becomes almost transparent. According to Natya Shastra, there is no Natya performances in the Krita Yuga because it is a period free from any kind of unhappiness or misery. Satya Yuga is also called the Golden Age. Treta Yuga is the mental age, mental power is harnessed, men are in power, and inventions dissolve the illusion of time. (Inventions are characteristic of both Dvapara and Treta yugas.) In Dwapara Yuga, science flourishes, people experience the spiritual in terms of subtle energies and rational choices, inventions are abundant, particularly those that dissolve the illusion of distance (between people and between things), and power is mostly in the hands of women. The end of this age is associated with the death of Krishna, and the events described in the Mahabharata. In the lowest phase, Kali Yuga, most people are aware only of the physical aspect of existence, the predominant emphasis of living is material survival, and power is mostly in the hands of men. People's relationship with the spiritual is governed predominantly by superstition and by authority. Temples, wars, and writing are hallmarks of Dvapara and Kali yugas. In the higher ages (Treta and Satya), writing is unnecessary because people communicate directly by thought; temples are unnecessary because people feel the omnipresence of God; wars are rare but they do occur; one such war is described in the Ramayana. The traditional timescale of the yugas is as follows: Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga - 1,728,000 years Treta Yuga - 1,296,000 years Dvapara Yuga - 864,000 years Kali Yuga - 432,000 years Upon conclusion of seventy-one (or sometimes seven) circuits of this cycle, there is a period equally long during which the world is inundated; then the cycle begins again. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 15 _________________________________________________________________________________________ It is said that Lord Dattatrey normally lived on Girnar Mountain in Gujarat State, but He wandered around the whole day. He would bathe in Kashi (Benaras); perform religious rituals in Panchaleshwar; collect alms in Kolhapur, in Maharashtra State, and sleep at Mahur Gad. Nevertheless, the constant wanderer Lord Dattatrey’s Divine presence is all pervading. Sripad Sri Vallabh - A Historical Incarnation Historically, Sripad SriVallabh has been regarded as the first incarnation of Lord Dattatrey. The Guru Charitra 30 , written in Marathi is regarded as the first and foremost composition on the traditional doctrine of Lord Dattatrey. This book entails a number of miracles conducted by Sripad SriVallabh and Shree Narasinha Saraswati, the incarnations of Lord Dattatrey. The miracles of Sripad SriVallabh have been described in the fifth, eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of Gurucharitra. In the Eastern Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh State, there is a town called Pithapuram near Kakinada. Pithapuram is one of the five pitruteerth where performance of a Shraddha 31 in honour of the manes is considered to be particularly beneficial. A pious Brahmin 32 couple, Aparaj and his wife Sumati lived in this village. There was a Shraddha ceremony in their house on an Amavasya day 33 . Aparaj and Sumati were the devotees of Lord Dattatrey. Unfortunately, none of their offspring’s other than two sons had survived after birth. Even the two sons that survived were unfortunate since one of them was blind and the other was crippled. Hence Sumati was always distressed. On the afternoon of that Shraddha day, Lord Dattatrey came to her house disguised as a mendicant. The food was yet to be served to the Brahmins present in the Shraddha ceremony. However, out of hospitality Sumati fed the guest, Lord Dattatrey to his fullest satisfaction. Lord Dattatrey was highly pleased with her devotion and manifested before her in the form of Trinity 34 . Lord Dattatrey said, “Mother, I am pleased with your devotion. Tell me your wish and I shall fulfil your wish”. Sumati laid herself on the lotus feet of Lord Dattatrey and washed them with her tears of affection. Then Sumati prayed to Lord Dattatrey “Oh Lord! You have addressed me as a mother and this itself has made me content. My offspring’s do not survive. Only two sons survived, out of which one is blind and the other is crippled. Hence with your Divine grace, please bless me a son endowed with knowledge like you!” 30 Guru Charitra: The biography of the spiritual preceptor 31 Shraddha: Offerings in the memory of the manes of the deceased ancestors - death anniversary of one of the family members 32 Brahmin: The traditional higher caste wherein the person is an expert in the knowledge of Vedas and other Vedic texts in the Hindu sacred Scriptures 33 Amavasya day: New moon day 34 Trinity: A union of Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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