Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj

A Short Biography of Shree Swami Samarth 87
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possession and returned home happily. Then onwards on every full moon day he
started going to Akkalkot on a pilgrimage to take Sri Swami Samarth’s ’Darshan’.
Govindrao
Govindrao, the son of Chintopant Toll, had severe stomach pain. One day
unexpectedly Sri Swamiji came to his house and called Govindrao as ‘goldsmith’ and
immediately there was a surge of psychic phenomena due to demoniac possession in
Govindrao’s body and he started admonishing Sri Swamiji. He started swinging and
went near Sri Swamiji and said, “Why should an ascetic remain in one place just like a
buried wooden stump? ”. He went ahead to kick Sri Swamiji but the servants caught
hold of him. Sri Swamiji silently went out and sat under the ‘Audumbar’ tree. The
psychic went near Sri Swamiji and said, “Why should an ascetic stay in a village? ”.
Finally, Sri Swamiji shouted angrily at Govindrao “You black-smith, bind the
hands of this fellow with an iron chain weighing fifty seers 162 ”. Both the hands of
Govindrao got entangled as though an iron chain weighing fifty seers bound them.
Govindrao started shouting, “Maharaj, I am going to die. Kindly save me. I have
offended you and committed great sins. Govindrao has taken my money. You tell him to
return the money and then I will go away”.
By that time, a Muslim devotee arrived. Noticing Govindrao he said, “The tree is
undergoing a lot of hardships. Kindly give relief to that tree”. Sri Swamiji said “A great
man with a beard like you, has come here, why don’t you yourself relieve him from the
bind of that heavy chain? ”. However, the Muslim devotee lacked enough courage to do
so. A woman devotee had come for Sri Swamiji’s ‘Darshan’ of. She went ahead. No
sooner she touched Govindrao his hands got freed from the invisible binding chain.
Within two-three days Govindrao got relief from his stomach pain to a great extent.
Then Sri Swamiji said, “At the age of fifty-five you will be completely relieved from the
stomach pain as well as the demoniac spirit of a deceased Brahmin”. Eventually
Govindrao got the total relief after the completion of fifty-five years.
Shankarrao Daftardar
Shriman Shankarrao saheb was a record keeper in the regime of the then Nizam
of Hyderabad. He was demoniacally possessed. He was also suffering from T. B. He had
taken lots of medical treatment but there was no positive effect. He came to Ganagapur
and performed number of religious ceremonials, gave money in charity and rendered
devotional service. Finally, he had a visionary insight advising him to go to Akkalkot. At
Akkalkot, with the help of Sundarabai who was a devotee of Sri Swamiji, Shankarrao
saheb offered his prayers to Sri Swamiji. Hearing the prayers, Sri Swamiji got up and
went to the graveyard of Muslims. One graveyard was kept ready there. He went and
slept in that pit. When Sri Swamiji woke up from that grave pit, he told Shankarrao
162 Seers: Indian measure of weight. One Seer = Two pounds.
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