While going through the dense forest, due to thick darkness, he was not able to locate the road for his further journey. Groping here and there in darkness, while he was invoking the name of his sadguru Shree Swami Samarth, he got a piece of small rusted iron. With the help of that iron piece, he kindled fire and sat for meditation. At some distance from the fireplace, he saw one tiger sitting in the form of death. Maintaining his presence of mind, looking at the tiger audaciously, he started continuously invoking the name of his sadguru Shree Swami Samarth. Surprisingly the tiger went away. The eyes of Shree Beedkar Maharaj started oozing tears on account of his sadguru’s affection towards him.
In the morning, when he started walking ahead in the forest, he came to a broken border of the river Narmada. As he was very thirsty, he jumped from the border in the sand and quenched his thirst by drinking enough Narmada river water. Then he started walking ahead in the sand along the river border, towards the source of the river. After traversing about half a kilometre, he came to a dense cluster of trees and he got a wonderful surprise as he saw human footprints double the size of his own foot prints imprinted in the sand. Following these footprints, he came to a cave and entered the same. After walking ahead inside the cave, he came across an open space, enclosed by a fence and the clean road inside was decorated by bowers (creepers) of fragrant flowers on both sides.
Walking along that road he came to the main gate and he was terrified to find the same tiger sitting there with closed eyes. Then Shree Beedkar Maharaj realised that this was entirely the play of his sadguru, Shree Swami Samarth and he surrendered himself with full heart at the feet of his sadguru Shree Swami Samarth. To his great surprise, he saw his sadguru (preceptor) Shree Swami Samarth himself in the place of the said tiger. He washed the feet of his sadguru Shree Swami Samarth, with his tears of joy. Then Shree Swami Samarth said “My son, you need not be afraid.”
Shree Beedkar Maharaj became fearless, by the visionary sight of his sadguru Shree Swami Samarth and went ahead. He came to a naturally beautiful and charming hermitage. He entered the hermitage and saw an old yogi (ascetic) with a mass of matted hair on the head, wearing tiger skin and twice the size of Shree Beedkar Maharaj, deeply absorbed in meditation. Shree Beedkar Maharaj paid obeisance to that great yogi, and appealed to him for the refutation of his diversity of sentiments.
The great yogi, with love, gave the obvious interpretation of the actual accomplishment of the human birth and also the principle of absorption into the essence of union (Brahma), to Shree Beedkar Maharaj. The yogi also gave one root burnt in the fire, to Shree Beedkar Maharaj. By eating this root, a yogi can continue for eight days without food.
By the grace of this great yogi, Shree Beedkar Maharaj completed the Parikrama of Narmada River and reached the main road. By this main road he came to the hermitage of Shree Sane Swami. Shree Sane Swami had the full knowledge of preparing Haritali Bhasm (ashes) as well as the knowledge of accomplishment of speech. With Haritali Bhasma, he was able to cure any disease,. He was more popular as a physician, than a saint. His procedure of taking bath was simply splendid. His garb was that of a saint but he had no asceticism. By seeing this, Shree Beedkar Maharaj explained to Shree Sane Swami, the actual ideals of asceticism. For the satisfaction of Shree Sane Swami and also to change his tendency, Shree Beedkar Maharaj jumped into the deep part of the river filled with crocodiles. As he had the full support of his Sadguru Shree Swami Samarth, he came out of the river, without any scratch. By seeing this adventure of Shree Beedkar Maharaj, Shree Sane Swami completely lost his attachment to his body.
During the Parikrama, he gave advice to saints as well as mendicants, whoever came across him, on the way, regarding the realization of the self as well as that of asceticism and then proceeded ahead on his journey.