Old Vaishnav Brahmin

An old Vaishnav ^[1] Brahmin was suffering from stomach pain. He came to Akkalkot and started rendering service to Sri Swami Samarth. Sri Swami was silent for a few days. One day Sri Swami angrily spoke to him “Am I indebted to your father? Then why do you waste your life by coming to an ascetic like me? ”. The Brahmin earnestly prayed to Sri Swamiji “Maharaj, is there any other saviour for me than you? Kindly bless me”. The merciful Swami softened and said, “go now, eat the leaves of that neem tree which is above your head, along with the dung of an elephant”. The Brahmin ate those leaves accordingly. Next day he came back to Sri Swami and said “Maharaj, the leaves of that tree are very bitter”. Then Sri Swami said “Oh! You eat the leaves of this particular branch of that neem tree”. The leaves of that branch were very sweet and the stomach-pain of that Brahmin totally stopped. Then onwards the Brahmin became a great devotee of Sri Swami Samarth.

Govindrao Tol

Shri Govindrao Tol, son of Shri Chintopant alias Appasaheb Tol lived in Solapur, Maharashtra. He had severe stomach-pain. His stomach had swollen and the body had become very weak.

No remedy was effective. The doctor suggested an operation to be carried out. In his Government job, Govindrao had to visit various villages for office inspection. On one of those days he went to Bijapur in Karnataka. Sri Swami Samarth became merciful towards this devotee. One night Sri Swami gave a vision in Shri Govindrao’s dream. Sri Swami removed a ball of thread from the stomach of Shri Govindrao and said, “Now you go. You will become alright”. By then Shri Govindrao woke up from sleep. He felt that his stomach was lighter now. Within a few days, he recovered fully. When his doctors heard about this, they were astounded.

Gopalbua Kelkar

Gopalbua Kelkar alias Preetinand Swamikumar of Chiplun in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, served in the Railway Department. He was suffering from acute stomachache due to gas trouble. Various types of remedial treatment were done but there were no results. When the gas started moving in the leg, stomach or in the waist, he would suffer from unbearable pain. Gopalbua was unable to carry on his office duties or any other works and he had to stay home. There he tried all types of treatment but his health started getting worse. He was not able to eat or walk even two steps. Eventually he left home and came to Akkalkot for the ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swami Samarth. One day, Sri Swami appeared in his dream, moved his hand over his stomach and said, “I will wipe out your illness of acute pain”.

By then Gopalbua woke up from his dream. Then he passed two metal round pots full of urine, which eliminated his pain entirely. Thus he completely recovered from the illness. Later on Sri Swami initiated Gopalbua, who then built a Markandi Math in Chiplun and started rendering devotional service to Sri Swami. Gopalbua also authored a book – a collection of miraculous works of Sri Swami Samarth.

Govind Pant

Near Akkalkot, there is a village called Mamadabad. There stayed a gentleman named Govindpant Kulkarni. After taking meals he would suffer from severe stomach pain. He tried all types of remedial treatment but there was no result. At last he went to the holy place Ganagapur in Gulbarga Dist. Karnataka to render devotional service to Sriguru ¹³⁴. At Ganagapur he got a visionary insight directing him to go to Sri Swami Samarth at Akkalkot. Accordingly, he came to Akkalkot. When he took ‘Darshan’ of Sri Swami, Sri Swami said, “Take ‘Gomutra’ (cow’s urine) and ‘Gomay’ (cowdung), for seven days. In the past life, you had troubled an old cow, hence you are getting this stomach pain”. Govindpant remained in Akkalkot and took cow’s urine and cowdung. His illness was completely cured. Then Gopalpant returned home singing devotional songs in the praise of Sri Swami Samarth.

Moraba Kulkarni

In Akkalkot, there was a devotee named Moraba Kulkarni. One night his wife started getting such an acute unbearable stomachache that in the middle of the night she went to jump in the well and die. Sri Swami Samarth sent his disciple and called her to his place. Sri Swami by his kind grace instantly cured her illness. Kulkarni couple were already devotees of Sri Swami. This incident made strengthened their devotion.