|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
Maharaj began his leela when at the home of Chintopant Appa Tol.
He would go to the forest outside the village and bring back large branches from the castor tree. He would then make foot-long pieces of these branches and stuff them with mud. These pieces he would arrange these as if he was readying rifles for battle. Maharaj would also gather the woolen fringes found at the end of a ghongadi and would arrange these in a queue. He continued to do this for seven months.
Whenever anyone asked Him what he was doing, He replied, "I am readying platoons."
Only when Nanasaheb Peshwa led the first war of Independence against the British, did everyone realize what Maharaj was referring to, through his words and actions.
Every word that Maharaj spoke and every action that he performed had a deep significance and esoteric meaning which in some cases was crystal clear, with the benefit of hindsight.
After the British defeated us Indians after the first war of Independence, the instances of armed uprisings in pockets around the country eventually subsided. It was then that Maharaj started playing a new game.
At Akkalkot there is a large cannon that is called Lakshmi. Maharaj used to put his face into the mouth of the cannon and sit for hours. He did this for many days.
The British were looking for those Indians that had directly or indirectly supported the Indian side in the first war of Independence and were sentencing them to death by cannon. When this fact became well known, that is when people understood the meaning behind Maharaj's actions.
Many princely states were investigated and action was taken against them. Some people from Naldurg, Menglai began looting.
One day Shri Swami Samarth was seated in the front yard of Badulkhan's house in Budhwar peth. Someone mentioned the looting.
On hearing this, Maharaj said, "Nothing belongs to the Hindu now. The elephant is gone. The horse is gone. The palanquin is gone. Everything is gone."
His words ring true as the Hindu still suffers in his own country.
|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
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