|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
Once Savkar Bhau Rasool, a businessman from Mumbai, was visiting Akkalkot to seek the darshan of Shri Maharaj. After offering his obeisance to Maharaj, he offered shodashopachara pooja and the next day, served meals to Brahmins.
After having offered this seva, he stood before Shri and prayed, "Maharaj, if my business prospers, I will place two hundred rupees before You!"
Having taken this vow before Maharaj, he left for Mumbai. By the grace of Shri Swami Samarth, his business prospered and he made a lot of money and also had children. However, he forgot the vow he had made to Shri Maharaj.
One morning at the Mumbai home of Savkar Bhau, a three-year-old child came into his home and began crawling all around the house. Savkar Bhau was having his lunch at that time and was surprised at seeing the child and asked out loud, "Whose child is this?"
The child was none other than Shri Swami Samarth who, having discarded the form of a child, stood in his Yati roopa.
He sat on a sofa and said to Bhau, "Are Madarchoda. Amche donshe rupaye detos ki nahi?", and then suddenly disappeared from sight.
Savkar was repentant. He immediately realized his mistake and along with his family immediately went to Akkalkot.
Begging Maharaj's forgiveness he prayed, "Maharaj, In my arrogance, I had forgotten my vow and yet You took compassion on me and reminded me Yourself." He then placed two hundred rupees before Shri.
Samarth said, "I am disappointed in you. You did not even ask me to have lunch. How will an Atithi find a place to rest if this is how things are!"
Savkar replied, "Maharaj, From today I will, without fail, offer food and water to all Atithis!"
The next day, after having served meals to Brahmins, he stook Shri's permission and left for Mumbai.
|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
Pradhyapika Mrs. Namrata Bhat describes this incident
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