Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 190 _________________________________________________________________________________________ immediately offered their charitable alms in the pouch for Sri Swamiji. When an amount of about one hundred twenty five rupees was collected, Sri Swamiji threw the pouch towards Cholappa and said “Cholappa, take this money. I am now freed from your debts”. Over time, Sundarbai was able to establish her domination by her service and tactfulness. She was able to remove Cholappa from his service. But Cholappa was still given permissions to visit and take the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji. Initially, he was a very poor man but he had become rich due to the kind blessings of Sri Swamiji. His twelve years of service at the lotus feet of Sri Swamiji had borne good fruits and brought him prosperity. However, he was deprived of rendering service to Sri Swamiji due to his greed. Sri Swamiji visited him during his last moments. In fact, Sri Swamiji was very unhappy by the death of Cholappa. Sri Swamiji said, “We were associated for the past seven lives and today I am freed from that bond”. Cholappa was one of the favourite devotees of Sri Swamiji. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 191 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Sundarabai After Cholappa, Sundarabai took over the management of all affairs related to the service of Sri Swamiji. Cholappa had called in for Sundarabai as a helping hand. Sundarabai was a resident of Sholapur and came to Akkalkot for rendering service to Sri Swamiji. When Cholappa requested permission from Sri Swamiji to let Sundarabai give him a helping hand, Sri Swamiji had already predicted, “Cholappa, do not give this work to her. She will give you pain”, But Cholappa took this remark as a joke and delegated work to Sundarabai. Eventually, she was able to take care of most of Sri Swamiji’s needs such as taking him to the lavatory, giving bath, dressing him, and feeding him food etc. Thus she exerted her dominance on everybody. With her habit of backbiting, she sent away Cholappa and prevented Balappa from taking the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji. She started collecting all the offerings and monetary gifts from the devotees. Sri Swamiji had to bear this highhandedness of Sundarabai. She also started extorting money from the devotees who visited for the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swamiji. She wore very old torn sarees and requested money for purchasing a new saree from the devotees. She also sometimes compelled Sri Swamiji to sleep or wake up. Sundarabai snatched away all offerings whether it be money, sweet meats or fruits that were offered by the devotees to Sri Swamiji. Once she snatched away twenty-five rupees that a devotee offered to Sri Swamiji. When Sri Swamiji told her to give that money to Cholappa, she started to evade. At last Sri Swamiji slapped her with a shoe thrice on her head and only then she threw the money away. She later brought her family members and let them stay in the temple. She became so arrogant that when a devotee offered pomegranate to Sri Swamiji, she peeled and fed her grandson first and then fed Sri swamiji with the remains fallen on the floor. Fed up with her greed and highhandedness, the devotees started complaining about her. But she had fully influenced the Queen and no one paid any attention to these complaints. At last, the devotees complained to the Collector, who investigated the case and forcibly removed Sundarabai from the service of Sri Swamiji. Sundarabai was very virtuous and fortunate to get the golden opportunity of serving Sri Swamiji for a number of years. This is a classic example of how greed and temptation can make a person blind and arrogant. Sundarabai, with the strength of her service to Sri Swamiji managed to take over the control and collected a number of material things. However, even after being so close to the incarnation of Lord Dattatrey Himself, she failed to use his blessings for her own spiritual upliftment. Policemen were called over to remove her from the service of Sri Swamiji. They seized everything from Sundarabai’s room such as money, clothing, grains, sweets etc. Thus ended the authority of Sundarabai and the government finally decided to appoint a Jury of five members for the service of Sri Swamiji. Sundarabai later repented for her deeds, but did not give up her devotion towards Sri Swamiji. She was able to render service to Sri Swamiji again during his last few days. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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