|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
In Mengalayee, there is a village by the name of Rajur. There is a matha there. Chandulal Divan had arranged for the matha to be considered a jagir in government records.
He was a devotee of Maharaj and Maharaj may also have been very pleased with his astuteness. We believe that is the case as whenever any of His servants seemed to be intelligent, Maharaj would call him Chandulal.
From Rajur, Maharaj went to the Amba temple at Jogai. There is a big mountain in that region and on that mountain, there is a cave that is known as Datta Pahad. Maharaj stayed in the cave for some days, while fasting. The cave was in a forest and the place was desolate. No one ever went there. When people learned about Maharaj being in the cave, people started to throng there for His darshan. Maharaj did not want the attention at that point in time and so he left that place and came to Pandharpur.
From Pandharpur He went to Mangalvedha where He resided for twelve years.
Rajashri Nana Rekhi, an expert astrologer, had prepared the horoscope of Shri Maharaj and brought it to Maharaj at Akkalkot, and offered it at His lotus feet. According to this horoscope, Shri Maharaj was born in the Shaka year 1071, in the month of Chaitra, on the Dwitiya (second day) of the Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight), on a Guruvar (Thursday), under the Ashwini Nakshatra, under the Priti Yoga, in the morning at two ghatikas, with Mesh (Aries) Lagna (ascendant), in the Cheli village which is around twelve kosa (thirty-six kilometers) from Hastinapur, under a vada (banyan) tree, near the deity of Ganapati.
Ram Singh, a devotee of Maharaj, was playing marbles and called upon Maharaj to play his turn. To fulfill his devotee's desire, Maharaj appeared from the ground as an eight-year-old boy.
Swami Suta, a devotee par excellence, had established Swami's math at Kandewadi in Mumbai and believed that Shri Samarth entertained even the most elaborate stories about Himself that His devotees made up. Those who had seen Maharaj's Divinity, would themselves understand His glory, and would not need any stories to be convinced.
|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
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