Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 79
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Hole in the Throat
Near Akkalkot there is a small village named Lohagaon. A resident of the village
Bapurao Kulkarni had a hole in his throat. When he would eat or drink anything it would
come out of the hole. He tried all remedial measures but there was no use. Finally he
went to Ganagapur a holy place of Lord Dattatrey, Gulbarga District, in Karnataka
State. He arranged for reciting the Gurucharitra126 and listened to the same with rapt
attention. One night, he had a vision in his dream ordering him to worship the earthen
idol of Lord Ganesh. He started worshiping the Ganesh Idol as per his vision. One day
while worshipping the idol a serpent started to crawl upwards on his body. Bapurao got
terrified and hastily got up. In that confusion the earthen idol of Lord Ganesh fell down
and the serpent fled the scene. From that day onwards Bapurao started feeling better.
Once again Bapurao got a vision in his dream ordering him to sing devotional
songs in the praise of Lord Vishnu. He knew that he lacked both, the knowledge of
poetry and the art of composition. However, because of the vision he tried to write
‘Abhang’ (A species of metre, poetic rhythm, bringing religious hymns in the praise of
God or Sadguru). Nevertheless, he was not able to write the fourth part of each verse
or stanza. He composed 300-400 verses but in every verse the fourth part could not be
written. This greatly bothered him and he became anxious. Then one day he got
another visionary insight stating that Lord Dattatrey has reincarnated Himself in
Akkalkot and so he should proceed to Akkalkot and surrender himself to Sri Swami
Samarth to complete his work.
Bapurao came to Akkalkot and stood praying before Sri Swami Samarth. Sri
Swami touched Bapurao’s throat with his toe and placing his hand on Bapurao’s head
blessed him. The hole in the throat healed completely. Further, with the blessings of Sri
Swami he was able to complete all the verses. Later on, Sri Swami blessed him with
knowledge and he became a popular saint called ‘Das-Bapu.
Leg Injury
Bambgard Saheb
In the then state of Akkalkot there was a wicked and powerful officer named
Bambgard Saheb. One day Kondoo Nana, a devotee of Sri Swami, was washing his face
in the well water of Khasbaag. At the same moment Bambgard Saheb was passing that
way. “Are you not spoiling the water of the well? ”. So saying, the Saheb abused
Kondoo Nana and then kicked him two-four times with his boot. Kondu Nana
complained to Sri Swami but Sri Swami kept silent at that moment.
After a few days Bambgard Saheb suffered an injury on the same leg with which
he had kicked Kondoo Nana. He took proper treatment for the injury but it was in vain.
Finally the doctor suggested cutting his leg as a preventive measure. Bambgard Saheb
became helpless. He asked the Mamlatdar128 Moro Kashi to offer prayers on his behalf
to Sri Swami Samarth for his cure. When Sri Swami heard the prayer he said “Fie upon
you! You fool, why are you telling me? ”. When Bambgard Saheb heard these remarks
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