Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 204 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Swami Samarth asked him “Why are you prostrating at my feet? ”. Ramanand replied, “I want a very firm foundation (I want your full blessings)”. Sri Swamiji pointed his finger to a deerskin hanging on a wall peg and said, “Look there, Look there”. Ramanand did not understand the purpose of showing deerskin and said, “I am ignorant”. Upon hearing this, Sri Swamiji burst out with anger and started abusing Ramanand. Other devotees present there became very nervous and started pulling Ramanand away, but he stood there steady and patient without getting nervous with the abuses. Seeing his firmness, Sri Swamiji stopped his abuses and finally said, “You can now go from here - Your work is done (You are fully blessed)”. As per the orders of Sri Swami Samarth, Ramanand returned to Pune. His was totally transformed and he continuously started chanting the words Sadgururaj Mauli 290 and Sadguru Atmaram 291 . A year later, when Ramanand went to Akkalkot to get his blessings, Sri Swami Samarth said to him, “The seed you have sowed has grown into a mango tree. Mangoes are getting ripe. When the mangoes are fully ripe, your aim will be fulfilled”. Another year later (third Year) Ramanand went back to Akkalkot with determination not to return without getting fully blessed with initiation from Sri Swami Samarth. So upon arriving at Akkalkot this year, he started rendering devotional service at the lotus feet of Sri Swami Samarth. Ramanand continued his devotional service to Swamiji even at night and slowly massaged Sri Swamiji’s legs. He massaged throughout the night, but Sri Swamiji did not ask him to stop even when it was dawn. Suddenly, a miracle took place and a dreadful cobra appeared from in between the knees of Sri Swami Samarth. It started hissing at Ramanand by raising its hood. This was a moment of test for his virtue and courage. So without caring about his life, he continued massaging the legs of Sri Swami Samarth. Sri Swami Samarth angrily got up and roared at Ramanand “You monstrous fellow, go away from here” and slapped Ramandand with force. With this strong slap, Ramanand lost his consciousness and instantly passed into Super conscious state. He regained consciousness only on the next day and his delightfulness was inexpressible in words. Since that very moment, he experienced total detachment from the worldly matters. Ramanandji thus attained Vairagya 292 . Sri Swami Samarth ordered Ramanandji to give a ceremonious dinner to a thousand Brahmins. Ramanandji became very worried, since he had absolutely no money left to comply with the Guru’s orders. The container of perfume bottles, which he had brought with him, had been destroyed in an accident. By collecting the remains of these perfumes from the broken bottles, Ramanandji prepared a special perfume ‘Ashtagandha’ (a mixture of a variety of perfumes, normally eight different kinds of perfumes). He offered this special perfume to the ruler of Akkalkot, who was very much impressed and paid a good price to Ramanandji. Ramanandji then arranged for the ceremonial dinner to thousand Brahmins with this money and thus he fulfilled the commands of his master, Sri Swami Samarth. 290 Sadguru Mauli: The preceptor a mother - Ramanand with affection looked upon his preceptor Sri Swami Samarth, as his mother 291 Sadguru Atmaram: The precepto, who has been distracted from sense objects and delighted in the contempletion of one’s own soul 292 Vairagya: Complete detachment from worldly pleasures. A very high state of realization. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 205 _________________________________________________________________________________________ After this, Sri Swami Samarth asked Ramanandji “What would you offer me as ‘Gurudakshina’? ”. Ramanandji said, “I shall obey your orders with great respect”. Then Sri Swami Samarth said, “You must immediately stop your business of perfumes and converting base metal into gold using the medicinal herbs. This will be your Gurudakshina 293 ”. Ramanand agreed without hesitation. After returning to Pune, Ramanandji totally detached himself from worldly attachments. People started saying that Ramanandji had gone lost his mental balance. He did not pay any attention to their remarks. Next year, when he went to Akkalkot, Sri Swami Samarth ordered him to undertake Narmada77, an arduous circular pilgrimage of the entire route of the river Narmada. He started the Parikrama bare feet from Omkar Mandhata. He had vowed to himself, that he would not request anybody for food unless someone offers by free will; if required, he will only drink water for survival. This pilgrimage was a real test of his devotion towards his Guru and for his patience. He had various adventurous and dangerous experiences during this pilgrimage, He was harassed by the Gosavis / ascetics; had to jump into a river inhabited by crocodiles. He had to walk bare feet and had to complete his pilgrimage in burning hot sun. Once Mother Narmada appeared in person and offered him a pot of milk to drink. One great ascetic fed him a root to repress hunger. One beautiful lady put his honour to test, but by the kind grace of Sri Swami Samarth he remained calm without distraction and successfully stood the test. By this time Sri Swami Samarth had taken Mahasamadhi. Ramanandji returned to Pune after his Narmada parikrama. He had left everything at the will of God. To pay back his loans, he had to sell his house. His virtuous wife, Smt. Janakibai ‘Aaisaheb’ became restless on account of these circumstances, but Ramanandji remained indifferent. He set up a Temple-shrine at Pune and worked towards resolving the difficulties of the people. In addition, he also propagated spiritualism for the upliftment of his devotees to achieve life’s highest objective, the Divine Truth. Every year, seven to eight festivals and other religious practices as per the family tradition were being celebrated with great pomp and show. Shree Beedkar Maharaj was strongly rebuking his devotees for their mistakes. He said “You show carelessness in your worldly dealings. Hence you are not able to make any progress in spiritualism either. Because you are under my shelter, I am rebuking you. It is my earnest attempt that you become skilful in every matter and also sharpen your intelligence. Those who do not come under my shelter will not get a single word regarding them”. Shree Beedkar Maharaj had a mother’s affection towards his devotees but was equally tough at the same time. Very often he said, “I tell you to go insane. But nobody is ready to become insane”. It was only Shree Baba Maharaj Sahasrabuddhe, who always acted as per the advice of Shree Beedkar Maharaj. Hence Shree Beedkar Maharaj exclusively blessed 293 Gurudakshina: A gift to a Guru, the spiritual preceptor on the completion of a course of instruction Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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