Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 182 _________________________________________________________________________________________ items of his house and helped the needy. Finding it unbearable to see the sufferings of the people. He became so restless that he went to his office, took the keys to the Government Treasury, and distributed a handful of money amongst the thousands of needy people. The people gave their solemn blessings and went away, but his senior officer was highly surprised. The Deputy Collector came for inquiry, but it was a miracle that the treasury was not short even by a single penny. Highly overcome with intense emotions due to this incident, Deo Mamaledar went home and bowed his head in front of the Shaligram given to him by Sri Swamiji. Suddenly a miracle took place and Lord Vishnu himself appeared in front of him in place of the Shaligram. Deo Mamaledar was filled with joy and said “Oh! Lord Vishnu! Oh! The Lord of the Universe! What a miracle this is! How much troubles have you taken for a petty man like me? ”. After this divine visit, Deo Mamaledar resigned from his service. He crossed and went beyond all worldly boundaries. He moved from Satara to Nasik and began resolving difficulties of the devotees there. He stayed there unfurling the flag of devotion. It is said that Sri Swamiji had sent Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon after duly initiating him to Deo Mamaledar in Nasik for a few days. Deo Mamaledar was a great saint. He was extremely compassionate, which was rare to find sometimes even in God. He left this world in the year 1887. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 183 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Srikrishna Saraswati-Kumbhar Swami A Brahmin named Appa Bhat Joshi lived in Nandani Village, Kolhapur District. His wife’s name was ‘Annapurna’. He was very satisfied with his life and decided to go to Nrusinhawadi Dattakshetra 275 , to render devotional service. Dattaguru, Himself appeared in his dream as a Brahmin and blessed him saying, “I will myself take birth in this world through your wife, Annapurna.” During the year 1835, Srikrishna took birth in Nandani village. The astrologer prepared the horoscope and said, “This child will become a great saint. People may consider him as a mad person, but he will become an emancipator to this world. He will remain a bachelor and lead people on the right path”. During his childhood, Srikrishna was very mischievous and often disappointed his mother with his childish pranks. To make him wise a thread ceremony was conducted, but they still did not see any improvement in his nature. One day Srikrishna went alone to a place called Maugasuli to visit and take blessings of the family deity, Khandoba 276 . At Maugasuli he vowed not to intake any food until he gets the actual ‘Darshan’ of Lord Khandoba in indisputable real form. Impressed with the true devotion of this little boy, Lord Khandoba manifested Himself in front of Srikrishna. Lord Khandoba placed His bountiful hands on the head of Srikrishna and said, “You are none other than a part of me. Lord Dattatrey Himself has incarnated as Sri Swami Samarth in Akkalkot, so go and take the ‘Darshan’ of Sri swami Samarth”. When Srikrishna reached Akkalkot, Sri Swamiji took hold of his little hands and guided him into a deep forest. There, Sri Swamiji initiated Srikrishna and blessed him. Srikrishna went into absolute trance continuously for seven days after initiation. Sri Swamiji then awakened him from this trance and instructed him to go to Kolhapur and settle there. During his stay with Sri Swamiji, he gave Srikrishna a ‘prasad’ of the sweetmeat prepared from ‘Choorma’. A Brahmin suffering from leprosy was rendering devotional service to Lord Dattatrey at the holy place of Ganagapur. He had a visionary intuition and therefore came to Akkalkot to take blessings from Sri Swamiji. Sri Swamiji then ordered him saying, “You must accompany Srikrishna to Kolhapur and render service to Srikrishna. Your mental wish will be fulfilled then”. The leper Brahmin thus accompanied Srikrishna to Kolhapur and stayed there to render service to him. Srikrishna later liberated him from the disease of leprosy. 275 Nrusinhawadi Dattakshetra: A holy place of Lord Dattatreya 276 Khandoba: another name of Lord Shiva. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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