|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
One day Shri Samarth went to bagehali accompanied by around fifty people. He stayed there for some time and then at noon got up and began to walk away.
Maharaj said to those accompanying Him, "Pahanyas gammat, khanyas namatt chala!"
Those following Him had not had their meals. On top of that Maharaj was walking in the scorching sun. One by one, the followers stopped following Him and began turning back. Eventually, only a handful of people stayed with Shri. One of those who stayed with Maharaj was Babasaheb Jadhav.
Finally, at around three in the afternoon, Maharaj arrived in the Idgi village and went and sat in the Maruti temple. The villagers offered Him a hookah which he did not partake in.
The same day, Ravanna was toiling away on his land at Idgi village. At around four in the afternoon, he was bitten by a snake. The sharp tingling sensations began throughout his body as the venom spreading through his body began taking its effect. By the time his friends brought him before Maharaj, Ramanna was dead.
Babasaheb Jadhav picked up Maharaj's shoes and placed them on Ravanna's head, hoping that this would alleviate his suffering. The most compassionate Bhaktabhimani Samarth takes to the logical conclusion any action that His devotees perform.
On seeing His shoes placed on Ravanna's head, Maharaj, who was lying down, immediately got up, and angrily said, "Hat thujhya aaila, gadhya, gadhva, why did you keep the shoes on the corpse!?"
A barrage of expletives followed with Babasaheb at the receiving end. There was a crowd gathered inside the Maruti temple but dispersed as soon as they saw that Maharaj was angry. The scared Babasaheb stepped back and stood far away from Maharaj while two men continued to hold on to Ravanna.
Maharaj then removed his cap and flung it away and then ripped his loin cloth and stood digambar. He then called Babasaheb closer while showering him with the choicest words, "Ye Bhosadichya, ye chodichya!"
A hesitant Babasaheb, who was now standing in the corner, began inching closer to Shri who said, "Bhosadichya, who asked you to keep the shoes on the corpse's head!?"
Babasaheb had no answer.
Maharaj then asked Babasaheb to remove his turban and thrash it on the floor. After he had done this, Shri then asked him to remove his shirt and thrash it on the floor. Babasaheb obeyed.
Babasaheb feared that Maharaj would make him stand digambar as punishment but nothing of the sort happened.
Maharaj instructed Babasaheb, "Call out Ravanna's name into his ear!"
There was no response.
Maharaj then told Babasaheb, "Call out Ravanna in both his ears!"
When Babasaheb did as he was instructed Ravanna suddenly opened his eyes and began looking around at the folks gathered around him. He then asked for something to eat. Maharaj then instructed them to feed him kheer made from botwe (wheat flour).
Shri Samarth was offered the kheer and other preparations for naivedya, which He instructed to offer to Maruti, and then told Babasaheb to eat it as prasad. Maharaj fasted the entire day.
Ravanna was fed some of the kheer as prasad and was soon completely fine as if he had never been bitten by a snake.
Everyone glorified Shri Swami Samarth.
It is generally said that anyone suffering from snakebite should not be given milk but where life-giving Samarth is present, even poison will act as an anti-venom!
All this took place because Babasaheb placed Shri's shoes on Ravanna's head and the most compassionate Deendayal Swami bestowed life upon the poor man.
No mortal can understand or expound the glories of Shri Swami Samarth!
The next day Maharaj went to Rampur. There, He was offered a ritual bath and worship. It was only then that He accepted naivedya.
|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
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