Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 168 _________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 169 _________________________________________________________________________________________ explained the meaning of Sri Swamiji’s words to those people and said “It is the original person, one who sleeps on the leaf of an Indian fig tree, has taken incarnation in the form of Lord Dattatreya”. Sonareen with a fiendish behaviour possessed latent powers and hence Sri Swamiji liked her very much. Narasappa of Mysore Sixty-year-old Narasappa had come to Akkalkot from Mysore to seek the kind favour of Sri Swamiji. Except Kannada he did not know any other language and so he was not able to open up his mind in front of Sri Swamiji. Unable to explain himself he would stand silently in front of Sri Swamiji with folded hands. One day, recitation of Puran57 was in progress in the presence of Sri Swamiji. At that time Sri Swamiji hinted Narsappa to come near him. Nearby a person was writing an account. Sri Swamiji took the notebook from the person and wrote in Kannada in the notebook. “Read Bhagwadgita. Your work will get done”. Narasappa became very happy, so he started to learn how to recite the Bhagwadgita from a Shastri 265 . One night, Puranik and an ascetic were discussing about Vedanta. Narsappa slept at the place where this discussion was going on. At midnight he woke up. He was trembling. His eyes were shedding tears. He started saying “Sri Swami Maharaj is God Almighty”. When asked he started saying, “Sri Swamiji took me to Vaikunth 266 . There, in the golden temple on a throne decorated with gems and jewels Lord Rama was seated glaring with splendour along with Goddess Sita, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna and also Hanumanji”. I prayed “Maharaj, today I am blessed by your kind grace. By your kind favour this humble man could get the blessings of Lord Rama”. Narasappa sat there for a long time, as a crazy person. He had sought the kind favour of Sri Swamiji. Rachappa and Govind Bhat In Tamb village of Karnatak a Brahmin named Govind Bhat lived. Hearing the fame of Sri Swamiji he came to Akkalkot. Sitting in front of Sri Swamiji he would sing devotional songs and chant the name of God. By the kind grace of Sri Swamiji Govind Bhat attained siddhi in speech. He became a great devotee of Sri Swamiji. Once he had been to Warli, the abode of Lord Veer Bhadra 267 . At Warli there was a person named Rachappa, a devotee of Lord Veer Bhadra. He was an excellent poet. However, he would not sing devotional songs in praise of any other God except Lord Veerbhadra. Govind Bhat said, “Sri Swami Samarth is the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya. You chant in the praise of Sri Swamiji”. However, Rachappa refused to do so. Govind Bhat felt very bad. He felt that Rachappa has insulted Sri Swamiji. Hence he came to his village Tamb, gave up food and water, and started chanting in the praise of Sri Swamiji for a week. 265 Shastri: One who has studied the shastras 266 Vaikunth: The paradise of the Lord Vishnu 267 Lord Veer Bhadra: The name of a powerful hero created by Lord Shiva, whom he ordered to destroy the Dakshayadnya Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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