Sri Swami, while being on a constant travel, reached Rameshwar ^[1] and sat under a tree there. A Brahmin who lived nearby strongly felt that the person sitting under the tree possibly might be a man of incarnation. Therefore he brought some Naivedya ^[2] for Sri Swami, who ate part of the offerings. The Brahmin repeated these offerings daily. One day when the Brahmin prayed to Sri Swami to bless him with a son, Sri Swami said, “A son will be born and that son will depart. Now go away”. Then Sri Swami left the place. However, the Brahmin continued to bring and place food offerings for Sri Swami under the tree, daily without exception. His wife gave birth to a son, within a short time.

Whatever food offerings, the Brahmin would keep under the tree, a devil would eat it. The Brahmin was surprised to see that in the absence of Sri Swami, someone else eats the offering. One day when the Brahmin had been to the temple of Lord Rameshwar for ‘Darshan’, there he was surprised to see Sri Swami Samarth seated and glaring with splendour in place of Lord and instead of Rameshwar. Experiencing this miracle, the Brahmin started asking his son to come inside the temple and take Sri Swami Samarth’s ‘Darshan’. Nevertheless, his son became very much afraid of taking ‘Darshan’. When the Brahmin caught hold of his son and forcibly brought him to the temple, his son started screaming loudly and died right there in front of Sri Swami.

In place of his son, the Brahmin saw a dreadful body lying there. The Brahmin and his wife started crying and prayed to Sri Swami “Maharaj, this son was born by your blessings, then how did he die now? ”. Sri Swami spoke “I had told you in advance, that a son will be born and depart from you. Whatever food offerings you were placing under the tree, this devil would eat. The same devil was born to you as a son. I have liberated him from this devil’s life. Now cremate this devil’s body. Apply this Bhasm⁸⁸ to the devil’s body. His body will diminish in size”. After the cremation of the devil’s body, the Brahmin came to Sri Swami and started praying, “Maharaj, I have become old now. I am childless. Please bless me with a son”.

Then Sri Swami Samarth blessed him and said, “Now go home. You will get a son”. After this blessing, the wife of the Brahmin gave birth to a son. The couple became very happy and they started devotional service to Sri Swami till the end.