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A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 220 _________________________________________________________________________________________ plenty of urine and was cured of his severe illness forever. Gopalbua had the habit of smoking tobacco. One day he woke up early dawn and got a strong urge to smoke tobacco. But he could not find it anywhere. He saw a lamp lit near the place where Sri Swamiji was sleeping. He went there and started burning a thin rope. Sri Swamiji suddenly woke up and Gopalbua started trembling. He prostrated at the feet of Sri Swamiji and prayed “Kindly shower your mercy on this humble servant”. Sri Swamiji happily initiated Gopalbua. Gopalbua became fully gratified. . Gopalbua had left his house to go to Akkalkot without informing his family and therefore, they had become very anxious. When his wife came to know that he is in Akkalkot, she immediately travelled to Akkalkot in search of her husband. Sri Swamiji brought her and Bua together and then ordered Bua “There is a place called Markandi near Chiplun, Maharashtra. A Brahmacharibua has installed my Padukas. You must stay there and worship those ‘Padukas’. Take your wife along with you and set up a family”. Sri Swamiji blessed them and gave two coconuts and one dried date as Prasad. After these orders from Sri Swamiji, Gopalbua left Akkalkot, stayed with Swamisut in Mumbai for a few days and then went to Chiplun along with his wife. During those days, Markandi was place surrounded with thick forests. Gopalbua settled in such a place along with his wife. Every Thursday, he would collect alms in the form of rice, rice-gruel and prepare their food. He would then get himself fully engrossed in the devotion of Sri Swamiji. Over time, people learnt about this place and started visiting. A number of people had their difficulties resolved with the grace of Sri Swamiji. A temple was then built with the cooperation of these people. With the kind grace of Sri Swamiji, Gopalbua soon became a father to two sons and one daughter. Sri Swamiji had named Bua as Preetinand Swamikumar. Following his name, Preetinand was totally absorbed in the happiness that flowed from his affection towards Sri Swamiji and rendered service with single-minded devotion. He took samadhi in the year 1929. His Samadhi-tomb was constructed in the temple itself. Gopalbua composed two devotional scripts- ‘Karuna Stotra’ and ‘Sadhana Vivek Saramrit’ in poetic form using the name of Preetinand Swami Kumar. He also compiled all the known miracles of Sri Swamiji in his book “Bakhar (historical annals) of Shree Swami Samarth”. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 221 _________________________________________________________________________________________ Shree Digambarbaba Vahalkar Maharaj Shree Ramchandra Narasimha Katdare Maharaj was a resident of Vahal village located near Chiplun, Ratnagiri District in Maharashtra. He was born in the year 1872. After studying to some extent, he started working with Nanal, a lawyer from Ratnagiri who owned large agricultural farms at Sawarde- Dervan. Ramchandra Narasimha Katdare-Vahalkar looked after these farms. He regularly visited the Datta Mandir of Sawarde to get blessings. Once Vahalkarji had some conflicts with the lawyer, so he quit the job and went to Sawarde. He sat under a banyan tree opposite to the Datta Mandir in a naked condition without any food or water for one whole week chanting the name of God. Finally, the people of Sawarde persuaded him to accept some food willingly. He was absorbed in Divine contemplation and behaved as though he was possessed by a demon. In this condition, Akkalkot Niwasi Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj, graced him by making an appearance in from of him. His mental condition became self-meditative with the blessings of Sri Swamiji. He lost his consciousness and started wandering continuously chanting the name of God. Therefore, people started calling him as ‘Digambarbaba’ (naked Baba). His wife and family members tried their best to divert his attention towards worldly life but he was fully absorbed in attaining life’s highest objective, the Divine truth. Digambarbaba left Sawarde and came to Gopalbua Kelkar Maharaj at Chiplun. He took the initiation from Kelkar Maharaj as his Guru and performed rigorous penance. He was fully absorbed in chanting the sacred Gayatri mantra for nearly 13-14 years. Gayatri Mantra is a sacred verse from the Vedas. He chanted this mantra ten million times along with contemplation, meditation as well as the practice of yoga or Spiritual devotion. In the afternoons, he would stare intently at the Sun with fixed eyes; he also sprinkled holy water continuously on a ‘Shaligram’. He would dive in water thousand to twelve hundred times in any season. He would perform devotional worship in a lonely place. Digambarbaba had already destroyed his fondness and attachment towards his physical body. He was blessed with the company of many great saints like Brahmachaitanya Gondavalekar Maharaj, Vasudevanand Saraswati (the incarnation of Lord Dattatrey alias Tembeswami), Chounde Maharaj, Narayan Maharaj Kedgaonkar, Sai baba Mahara, Gadge Maharaj and Kaka Puranik Maharaj. Copyright © 2006 Shree Vitthalrao Joshi Charities Trust
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