Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 168
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The same day Sir Salarjung saheb, the Prime Minister of the then state of
Hyderabad, had come to Naldurga for Sri Swamiji ‘Darshan’. Along with Sir Salarjung
Saheb the staff of the collector’s office too took the opportunity to take Sri Swamiji’s
’Darshan’. None of the staff paid any attention to Bairamji’s objections.
Next day, Bairamji fired al of them. On some pretext the fired staff managed to
take Bairamj for Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. While taking Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’ Bairamji
started choking with fear and he fell down. Then Sri Swamiji spoke with anger “You
fool, by your bad conduct, are you not hurting people? Is it permitted in your religion to
cause censurable and fatal works causing death etc? ”.
Hearing these words of Sri Swamiji Bairamji repented very much. He prayed for
forgiveness, took eight days leave, and started rendering service to Sri Swamiji. He
prayed to Sri Swamiji “Maharaj, kindly uplift me with your kind advice”. Then Sri
Swamiji favoured Bairamji with the advice of virtuous conduct. After this Bairamji
became a devotee of Sri Swamiji till the end.
Manyaba
The son of a Brahmin from Maindargi village Manyaba was an orphan. He was
dumb and mentally dull. Manyaba somehow carried on his life. One day the village
people took Manyaba to Akkalkot and left him there at the lotus feet of Sri Swamiji. Due
to the kind favour of Sri Swamiji dumb Manyaba started speaking. He was able to talk
Marathi and Kannada languages. He attained speech siddhi. Whatever he would say,
those words would manifest in reality. People started visiting and respecting him. To get
success in their ventures people started pressurising him to utter, “Speak out that the
work will be done”. However, he would not come under undue pressure. He would say,
“Sri Swamiji will beat me, remove the skin of my buttocks and bleed me”. By the kind
favour of Sri Swamiji finally Manyaba became a saint.
Saraswati Sonareen
There was a lady named Saraswati Sonareen 263 . While singing Abhanga 264 she
would break into tears and then wander like a crazy person. Sri Swamiji had favoured
her with kind grace. Whatever Sri Swamiji would speak in a mysterious way, she would
understand the meaning. She would maintain herself by begging. She would feed dogs
and wander everywhere. When Sri Swamiji would get angry he would never listen to
anyone. At that time devotees would look for Sarswati Sonareen and Manyaba and
bring them to Sri Swamiji. Seeing those two Sri Swamiji would get pleased.
Once some people from Narasinhawadi in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, had come to
take Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’. They asked Sri Swamiji “Maharaj, who are you? ”. Sri
Swamiji said “Mool Purush, Vatavriksha, Dattanagar”. Then Saraswati Sonareen
263 Sonareen: Woman from Goldsmith caste
264 Abhanga: Singing of religious hymns in praise of God or Sadguru
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