Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 56
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his wife and children began to cry. Even the people of that village started advising him
against doing it, but there was no use.
By the time Sriguru returned from the Sangam the farmer had cut the crop
completely and cleaned the field. When Sriguru returned and saw the field, he said “Oh!
I had told you jokingly and you have really cut down the entire crop”. So saying Sriguru
went away. Within a few days after this incident there was torrential rain in the village.
The ripe crop in all the other fields of the village got completely ruined and to the
surprise of the villager’s, in the field belonging to this farmer, it started sprouting all
over. This time, by the blessings of Sriguru the farmer harvested ten times more crop
than usual. He became extremely happy. He donated enough corn to the Brahmins and
brought home the remaining plenty of corn. Everybody in that village honoured the
faith and devotedness of the farmer.
Sister Ratna Liberated
Ratna, Sriguru’s sister, came to Ganagapur to take his blessings. Sriguru had
promised her earlier that he would meet her after fifteen years. At that time Sriguru
foretold her that in her previous life, she was in the habit of kicking a cow and speaking
ill of others, due to which she would suffer from white leprosy in this life.
As foretold, she did suffer from white leprosy and her whole body got affected.
Therefore, she became very nervous and as foretold, came to Ganagapur to take the
blessings of Sriguru. Sriguru told his sister to take bath for three days in the holy water,
which will destroy all her sins. So when she took bath in the holy water for three days,
all the white spots on her body disappeared and true devotion awakened in her.
Washerman Reborn
Sriguru, in his previous incarnation as Sripad Srivallabh had granted a boon to a
washer-man that “In your next life, you will become a Muslim Badshah 103 and enjoy all
the royal happiness and at that time, I shall come and give “Darshan” to you and
remind you about your previous life”.
As a result of this boon, the washer-man took birth in the Muslim family of
Vaidur Nagar 104 . In due course, he became the Badshah of Bidar104. He was very
tolerant towards Hindus. He never harmed any temples, holy places and Muths
belonging to the Hindu community, on the contrary he always helped them by giving
donations. He honoured Hindu saints and ascetics. Because of this nature of the
Badshah, the Moulvis 105 would become very jealous and start instigating the Badshah to
oppress the Hindus. However, the Badshah never agreed for the same.
103 Badshah: Emperor or King
104 Vaidur Nagar: New name: ‘Bidar’, now in Karnatak State
105 Moulvis: Muslim Priests
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