Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 39
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saw a big procession coming his way. He saw the King seated in a palanquin and Lord
Narsinha seated in the second palanquin. He prostrated in front of the palanquin and
offered salutation to his family deity Lord Narasinha. When he looked up he saw Sriguru
adorning the seat of Lord Narsinha! Even the people in the procession appeared in the
form of Sriguru. He was spellbound. He clung on to the lotus feet of Sriguru and with
folded hands prayed, “Oh! Lord, please reconcile all these forms and grace me with
your ‘Darshan’ in your original form”. Then Sriguru reconciled all his forms and
manifested in the form of Lord Narsinha. With tears of joy in his eyes Trivikram Bharati
washed the lotus feet of Lord Narsinha.
Then Sriguru spoke “You are slandering me as a hypocrite. Do you think that all
this pomp is for me? For me, soil and gold are the same. For me, to live in a King’s
palace or in the shade of a tree at the confluence are both equally good. I am thirsty for
devotion. All this pomp is for the sake of the devotees and only their happiness”.
Hearing these words Trivikram Bharati prayed to Sriguru for forgiveness. He also
prayed to Sriguru for his deliverance from this world. Sriguru was very much pleased
with his devotion. He said, “I am pleased with your devotion. You shall definitely get
deliverance”. Trivikram Bharati desired to go to Ganagapur along with Sriguru to offer
his devotional service but Sriguru ordered him to stay in Kumasi village and offer his
devotional service.
Arrogance of Hypocrite Brahmin
A Muslim king ruled Vidur. He was very cruel and hated the Hindu community.
He would slander the Brahmin community and the holy Vedas. He would invite
Brahmins and pay them money to get the Holy Vedas read in the royal court. He would
arrange for discussions on the Holy Vedas and poke fun at both, the Brahmins and the
Holy Vedas alike. Therefore the Brahmins with high integrity would never go to the
royal court to read the Holy Vedas. Those attending the royal court would get money,
but only at the cost of defaming the Hindu religion.
For the lure of money Brahmins from far–off places started coming to Vidur. For
this same reason, two Brahmins from a distant place came to the royal court. They
were greedy and their only intention was to make money. They were very arrogant and
at the same time they did not have deep knowledge about the Vedas. They would
debate on the holy Vedas with other Brahmins and defeat them. Then they would
collect Victory certificate from the defeated Brahmins to prove their superiority.
They collected several such victory-certificates and finally arrived at the royal
court of the King of Vidur. They told the King “We are fully conversant with all the four
holy Vedas. We have reached here after defeating the Brahmins of every village. Please
see these victory-certificates. Now we would like to challenge the Brahmins of your
Kingdom. Invite all the learned Brahmins of your Kingdom and lets see the result”. This
turned out to be a great opportunity for the King to slander the holy Vedas and the
Brahmin community. Therefore, he arranged for a special court regarding the holy
Vedas and invited all the Brahmins of his Kingdom. Then he addressed them “These two
learned Brahmins have come to our kingdom. Whoever defeats them in the debate on
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