Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 75
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Govindrao Tol
Shri Govindrao Tol, son of Shri Chintopant alias Appasaheb Tol lived in Solapur,
Maharashtra. He had severe stomach-pain. His stomach had swollen and the body had
become very weak.
No remedy was effective. The doctor suggested an operation to be carried out.
In his Government job, Govindrao had to visit various villages for office inspection. On
one of those days he went to Bijapur in Karnataka. Sri Swami Samarth became merciful
towards this devotee. One night Sri Swami gave a vision in Shri Govindrao’s dream. Sri
Swami removed a ball of thread from the stomach of Shri Govindrao and said, “Now
you go. You will become alright”. By then Shri Govindrao woke up from sleep. He felt
that his stomach was lighter now. Within a few days, he recovered fully. When his
doctors heard about this, they were astounded.
Gopalbua Kelkar
Gopalbua Kelkar alias Preetinand Swamikumar of Chiplun in Ratnagiri,
Maharashtra, served in the Railway Department. He was suffering from acute
stomachache due to gas trouble. Various types of remedial treatment were done but
there were no results. When the gas started moving in the leg, stomach or in the waist,
he would suffer from unbearable pain. Gopalbua was unable to carry on his office duties
or any other works and he had to stay home. There he tried all types of treatment but
his health started getting worse. He was not able to eat or walk even two steps.
Eventually he left home and came to Akkalkot for the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swami Samarth.
One day, Sri Swami appeared in his dream, moved his hand over his stomach and said,
“I will wipe out your illness of acute pain”.
By then Gopalbua woke up from his dream. Then he passed two metal round
pots full of urine, which eliminated his pain entirely. Thus he completely recovered from
the illness. Later on Sri Swami initiated Gopalbua, who then built a Markandi Math in
Chiplun and started rendering devotional service to Sri Swami. Gopalbua also authored
a book - a collection of miraculous works of Sri Swami Samarth.
Govind Pant
Near Akkalkot, there is a village called Mamadabad. There stayed a gentleman
named Govindpant Kulkarni. After taking meals he would suffer from severe stomach
pain. He tried all types of remedial treatment but there was no result. At last he went to
the holy place Ganagapur in Gulbarga Dist. Karnataka to render devotional service to
Sriguru134 . At Ganagapur he got a visionary insight directing him to go to Sri Swami
Samarth at Akkalkot. Accordingly, he came to Akkalkot. When he took ‘Darshan’ of Sri
Swami, Sri Swami said, “Take ‘Gomutra’ (cow’s urine) and ‘Gomay’ (cowdung), for
seven days. In the past life, you had troubled an old cow, hence you are getting this
stomach pain”. Govindpant remained in Akkalkot and took cow’s urine and cowdung.
His illness was completely cured. Then Gopalpant returned home singing devotional
songs in the praise of Sri Swami Samarth.
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