Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 166 _________________________________________________________________________________________ The prisoner who had escaped was located in the morning. The prisoner said that through out the night, whenever he would try to run away, an ascetic would stop him from doing so. The Jamadar handed over the prisoner to the concerned officer in charge of the tahsil. He then resigned from his job as per his vow. He left behind his household and came to Sri Swamiji and remained there rendering devotional service. One day Sri Swamiji threw his shoes on the Jamadar. The Jamadar considered this as Prasad and took the shoes to his village Maindargi and started worshipping those shoes. His wife and children felt very bad as the Jamadar in spite of being a Muslim worships the shoes of a Hindu saint. They threw him out of the house. The helpless Jamadar took shelter in an old house outside the village. His fame spread everywhere. For sick and miserable people, who came to him, he would give the dust collected under the leather shoes of Sri Swamiji as ‘Prasad’ and they would get relief from their ailments. People started calling him a fully accomplished person. Sri Swamiji started calling him Peersaheb 258 . Then people also started calling him Peersaheb. As his status ascended his family too started respecting him. He built a temple and installed the leather shoes i.e. Padukas of Sri Swamiji. By the kind grace of Sri Swamiji Jamadar came to be known as Awalia 259 . Kashikar Swami In Kashi 260 there was a learned Swami. He had studied the Shastras very deeply. He had some doubts about Vedas - regarding the soul and non-self and the science of Yoga. When he went on a pilgrimage he met a number of saints, ascetics and learned people but no one could clear his doubt. Once, while on pilgrimage, he was in Malbar 261 . There he got a visionary intuition advising him to go to Akkalkot. At the time he wasn’t even aware about the significance and whereabouts of a place called Akkalkot. After making due enquiries he started searching and finally he came reached Akkalkot. Even though he was a highly learned man well versed in the scriptures, but by the mere ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swami Samarth there was a surge of devotion in his heart. His eyes started shedding tears of joy. Kashikar Swami stayed in Akkalkot for a month. One day after finishing his bath and morning prayers he came for Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. After the ‘Darshan’ he went on prostrating before Sri Swamiji. He would get up and again prostrate before Sri Swamiji. Nearly for ten to twelve times, he prostrated before Sri Swamiji. His eyes were shedding tears, his body was shivering, and he would get wet with perspiration. With humbleness he perceived Sri Swamiji. After sometime he sat down. Then he said that 258 Peersaheb: A muslim saint 259 Awalia: An accomplished muslim saint 260 Kashi: In Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh state of India. 261 Malbar: A region in south of India. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 167 _________________________________________________________________________________________ because of the kind grace of Sri Swamiji all his doubts got cleared. Being fully satisfied he went back after few days. Haribhau-Swamisut Haribhau from Mumbai suffered loss in his business. Therefore, he vowed to make an offering to Sri Swamiji if his wish gets fulfilled. Thereafter he made good profit in his business. To keep his vow he came to Akkalkot. Sri Swamiji regarded him as his son. Sri Swamiji showered his kind grace on Haribhau and gave him the Padukas. Haribhau built a temple, installed the padukas, and spread the fame of Sri Swamiji. Siddhappa Jangam Siddhankeri is a village near Akkalkot. There is a big Muth belonging to the Lingayat Community. A Jangam 262 Guru named Siddhappa was the chief of the Muth. The Muth was very prosperous but Jangam Siddhappa was a pure and honest devotee. He came to Akkalkot with great pomposity for Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. Siddhappa was fully content by the ‘Darshan’ of the Divine form of Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji asked him “If I give you a bread can you digest the same? ”. Siddhappa humbly replied “Maharaj, whatever you give with kind grace, it will be certainly digested, not only by me but also by everybody”. At that very time a shepherd was passing by. Sri Swamiji asked for bread from the shepherd and gave it to Siddhappa. In fact a Jangam swami never accepts food from anybody, except another Jangam swami. But Siddhappa Jangam ate the bread as prasad given by Sri Swamiji. No sooner, than he ate that bread his egoism disappeared, he lost his consciousness, and he got merged into the universal spirit. Sri Swamiji spoke to him “Now go to your temple and with undivided attention, attain divinity. Maintaining a selfless unselfish conduct and with sweet speech, give happiness to everybody”. By the kind favour of Sri Swamiji Siddhappa Jangam got absorbed in the contemplation of Lord Brahma. Bairamji Sri Swamiji had been to Naldurga in Andhra Pradesh. A Parsi gentleman Bairamji was the revenue collector at the time in Naldurga. Some of his clerical staff wanted to take Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’ and so requested officer Bairamji to grant them an hour’s time off. However, Bairamji became angry and said, “You behave like uncivilised foolish people. What exactly will you gain by the ‘Darshan’ of a human being? One should not go crazy after saints and ascetics and worship them”. 262 Jangam: One who is moving. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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