The great Sage of Akkalkot -  Akkalkot  Swami Samarththa Maharaj

Pranams at the lotus feet of Swami Samarththa Maharaj!

Chapter - 3

An old man arrived to witness the famous festival of Puri Jagannatha Yathra, he lost his wife in the crowd, he cried before Maharaj “ Maharaj, I came here to earn piousness, see what I have got is grief, I am a Grihastha, I will be all  alone without my wife, I cannot perform any of the rites without her or I will be away from the pleasures of the family life.” Maharaj shouted at the old man “When is your attachment to this world is going to end? You have become too old now, your death is nearing, your body is shivering, when you will win over your senses and put an end to feeding them? Your intellect has become impure.  Do you know where did you come from? Do you know who you are? And where did you go after this birth? Leave all your attachments and worldly desires.  Fool…you have forgotten your real self.” saying so Maharaj kept his hand on his head, suddenly he started recollecting all the incidents related to his previous birth, an extreme joy-filled on his face in place of anxiousness.  Soon he realized that he was a disciple of Swami Nrusimha Saraswathi in his previous birth.  He begged Maharaj to accept him as his disciple and permit him to stay with Swamiji, he doesn’t want to be a Grihastha anymore.  In the meantime his wife appeared from nowhere, he blessed the couple to get relieved from the attachment of Grihasthashrama and accept the path of spirituality.  The couple prostrated before Swamiji and left.