Guru Charitra - Complete Biography of Shree Akkalkot Niwasi Swami Samarth MaharajTranslation of Hindi Book "Shree Swami Samarth Maharaj Ki Avatar Leela"

Meeting Parents

One day early in the morning Sriguru[1] reached Korangnagar in Akola District, Maharashtra and unexpectedly stood in the courtyard of his home. His parents always remembered their son Narhari since he had left home, but they were not able to recognise the ascetic Sriguru who came and stood in their courtyard. However, when they did recognise him, everyone from the house came for his blessings and worshipped him. Word spread around and the villagers started to come in for the blessings of Sriguru.

From within this crowd, his sister Ratna appeared and stood before him. She was seeing her brother for the first time. Sriguru realized that she desired to talk to him. Ratna laid herself down at his feet and said, “I would also like to do penance and get myself deeply involved in devotion”. Sriguru answered,“Offering service to one’s husband is the prime sacred duty for a woman. That itself is the real path to salvation”. Ratna asked him, “What are all the happenings that would take place in my life?”  Sriguru then replied, “In your past birth, you severely beat up a cow and created quarrels in your family by slandering. Hence now your husband would quarrel with you in this life and become an ascetic. You will suffer from white leprosy marks on your body, which would give you a lot of pain. But going through all these sufferings will wash away all your sins. You will then get my Divine blessings when you meet me in Ganagapur[2]”.

A number of people from the village invited Sriguru to their homes for accepting alms. Sriguru did not want to turn anyone down for it might hurt their feelings. Therefore, he accepted everyone’s invitation. He then visited everyone’s home at the same time, as promised, in different forms and accepted their worship and alms. When people realized the fact that Sriguru was present in all their houses at the same instant, they were all simply shocked with this miracle.


[1] Sriguru: (Lord) Sri Narasinha Saraswati

[2] Ganagapur: In Gulbarga, Karnatak State.