|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
There was a fisherman (Koli) named Laxman who lived in Thane. He was a devotee of Shri Swami Samarth and had been to Akkalkot a few times for Swami's darshan.
Once, when he had taken his boat into the sea during the storm, the sea became very turbulent. Everyone on the boat was scared that it might capsize. They felt that their doom was near. Just then Laxman called out to Shri Swami Samarth, "O Mother who resides at Akkalkot, Save us! We are helpless to save ourselves and our boat is about to capsize!"
At that time Shri Swami Samarth was seated on a cot in Cholappa's house at Akkalkot. He suddenly got up and touched his right hand to the ground and then lifted it up while uttering "Hun Hun Hun!" Then he sat back on the cot.
For some time, a flow of saltwater streamed from his hand. When his attendants asked Him about the water, He said, "Did I not lift the boat in the ocean!?" No one present understood what He meant.
Here in the sea, Laxman and his sailors had felt as if some unseen power had lifted the boat from the water. They were able to navigate to safe waters and then finally to shore. A grateful Laxman took his family to Akkalkot and after receiving darshan from Maharaj, narrated the entire incident to the attendees. That is when everyone understood Maharaj's actions, his words, the flow of saltwater, and how He had saved His devotee.
Laxman continued to bring some people from his fishing community to Akkalkoti regularly.
|| Shri Swami Samarth ||
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