Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 70
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“Soordas, whomever you are calling with all devotion, I am that same person standing
in front of you right now”. Sri Swami touched the blind eyes of Soordas and he regained
eyesight! Soordas saw standing before him, the dark blue coloured, and charming
figure of Lord Krishna. He was fully satisfied. Out of awareness, he looked at the figure
again and was surprised to find Sri Swami Samarth himself standing there, in place of
Lord Krishna. He prostrated at the lotus feet of Sri Swami, and prayed “I was blind by
birth. By your kind blessings, I got this divine vision. Now kindly bless me with
deliverance from this cycle of birth and death”. Then Sri Swami Samarth blessed him
with a boon to be a theologian.
A Crippled Ascetic Regains Legs
Sri Swami Samarth, after going to Girnar Mountain in Gujarath, came to
Hanumandhari. There was a crippled ascetic at Hanumandhari. After hearing about the
great fame of Sri Swami he desired for his ‘Darshan’. Being crippled, he was unable to
go to Sri Swami; so mentally he started praying with all earnestness. Being omniscient
Sri Swami heard the mental prayers of that crippled ascetic and just like a cow goes
running to its calf to render help, Sri Swami too came to the crippled person. Then Sri
Swami spoke to him “You crippled person, close your eyes, do not look back and come
to me”. Acting as per Sri Swamiji’s orders, the crippled ascetic tried to take a step
ahead and what a miracle! He regained his legs and started walking slowly and steadily
and finally reached near Sri Swami. He prostrated at the lotus feet of Sri Swami. After
taking the blessings of Sri Swami the ascetic went on pilgrimage.
A Girl Transformed into a Boy
There is a village Ambejogai in Marathawada, Maharashtra. Sri Swami being on
constant travel reached Ambejogai and started staying on a nearby hill. A peasant girl
would always take her animals to the hill to graze. Sri Swami came to know her. He
would play with her. The girl’s father, being very greedy to earn money, forced her to
wear a boy’s dress and then sold her as a boy to a rich man, who adopted her as his
son.
Later on, the rich man selected a girl to marry his adopted son. He wanted to
celebrate the marriage ceremony with great pomp. On the wedding day women from
the girl’s side came to their house to apply Mehandi 138 to the boy as per the prevailing
custom. However, they started suspecting that the concerned bridegroom was not a
boy but instead a girl. This created a big confusion in the rich man’s house.
When the rich man came to know this truth, he became extremely unhappy and
he complained to the king stating that a peasant had cheated him by giving a girl
instead of a boy. The king gave his orders to kill the girl-adopted boy. Soldiers caught
hold of her and took her to the hill. The girl was crying and writhing in pain. In that
state of severe agony she prayed to Sri Swami Samarth with full devotion and
earnestness. Sri Swami heard her earnest prayers and came running for her rescue. He
became very angry on those soldiers and ordered them to call the king and the rich
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